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(ITP) transfer and renewal application
and a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP).
Solterra Resort Community
Development District (CDD) and AK
Oakmont LLC (co-applicants) request
transfer and renewal of ITP TE098035–
1 under the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (Act). The coapplicants anticipate taking about 18.59
acres of feeding, breeding, and
sheltering habitat used by the sand
skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) and bluetailed mole skink (Eumeces egregius
lividus) (skinks) incidental to land
preparation and construction in Polk
County, Florida. The applicants’ HCP
describes proposed minimization
measures and mitigation measures to
address the effects of development on
the covered species.
DATES: We must receive your written
comments on the ITP application and
HCP on or before April 24, 2015.
ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section for information on
how to submit your comments on the
ITP application and HCP. You may
obtain a copy of the ITP application and
HCP by writing the South Florida
Ecological Services Office, Attn: Permit
number TE098035–1, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 1339 20th Street, Vero
Beach, FL 32960–3559. In addition, we
will make the ITP application and HCP
available for public inspection by
appointment during normal business
hours at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Al Begazo, South Florida Ecological
Services Office (see ADDRESSES);
telephone: 772–469–4234.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Submitting Comments
If you wish to comment on the ITP
application or HCP, you may submit
comments by any one of the following
methods:
Email: [email protected]. Use
‘‘Attn: Permit number TE098035–1’’ as
your message subject line.
Fax: Al Begazo, 772–469–4234, Attn.:
Permit number ‘‘TE098035–1.’’
U.S. mail: Al Begazo, South Florida
Ecological Services Field Office, Attn:
Permit number ‘‘TE098035–1,’’ U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, 1339 20th
Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960–3559.
In-person drop-off: You may drop off
comments or request information during
regular business hours at the above
office address.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
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your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can request in your
comments that your personal
identifying information be withheld
from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Applicants’ Proposed Project
We received an application from the
co-applicants for an incidental take
permit, along with a proposed habitat
conservation plan. The co-applicants
request a transfer and 15-year renewal of
an ITP under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the
Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). If we
approve the application, the coapplicants anticipate taking a total of
approximately 18.59 acres of skink
breeding, feeding, and sheltering
habitat, incidental to land preparation
and construction in Sections 9, 10, and
15, Township 26 South, Range 23 East,
Polk County, Florida. The co-applicants
currently have a specific site plan that
includes the construction of one or more
residences, buildings, roads, green
areas, structures, and parking areas, and
installation of associated utilities. The
co-applicants propose to transfer and
renew this project without changes, and
have complied with all the mitigation
requirements set forth in the initial
review and permitting of the project.
The co-applicants propose to
minimize impacts to skinks by
preserving a total of 71.14 acres of
suitable skink habitat on site. The
preservation parcel has been put under
a conservation easement granted to Polk
County and will be managed in
perpetuity. The Service listed the sand
skink and the blue-tailed mole skink as
threatened in 1987 (November 6, 1987;
52 FR 42658, effective December 7,
1987).
Our Preliminary Determination
The Service has made a preliminary
determination that the co-applicants’
project, including the mitigation
measures, will individually and
cumulatively have a minor or negligible
effect on the species covered in the
HCP. Therefore, issuance of the ITP is
a ‘‘low-effect’’ action and qualifies as a
categorical exclusion under the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40
CFR 1506.6), as provided by the
Department of the Interior Manual (516
DM 2 Appendix 1 and 516 DM 6
Appendix 1). We base our preliminary
determination that issuance of the ITP
qualifies as a low-effect action on the
following three criteria: (1)
Implementation of the project would
result in minor or negligible effects on
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candidate species and their habitats; (2)
Implementation of the project would
result in minor or negligible effects on
other environmental values or
resources; and (3) Impacts of the project,
considered together with the impacts of
other past, present, and reasonably
foreseeable similarly situated projects,
would not result, over time, in
cumulative effects to environmental
values or resources that would be
considered significant. This preliminary
determination may be revised based on
our review of public comments that we
receive in response to this notice.
Next Steps
The Service will evaluate the HCP
and comments submitted thereon to
determine whether the application
meets the requirements of section 10(a)
of the Act. The Service will also
evaluate whether issuance of the section
10(a)(1)(B) ITP complies with section 7
of the Act by conducting an intraService section 7 consultation. The
results of this consultation, in
combination with the above findings,
will be used in the final analysis to
determine whether or not to transfer and
renew the ITP. If it is determined that
the requirements of the Act are met, the
ITP will be transferred and renewed.
Authority: We provide this notice under
Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and NEPA regulations
(40 CFR 1506.6).
Robert (Bob) Progulske,
Everglades Program Supervisor, South Florida
Ecological Services Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[GX15GC009PLSG00]

Agency Information Collection
Activity; National Cooperative
Geologic Mapping Program (EDMAP
and STATEMAP)
United States Geological
Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a revision of a
currently approved collection (1028–
0088).
AGENCY:

We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, and as part of our continuing
efforts to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, we invite the

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general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on this IC. This collection is
scheduled to expire on October 31,
2015.
To ensure that your comments
are considered, we must receive them
on or before May 26, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this information collection to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7197 (fax);
or [email protected] (email).
Please reference ‘Information Collection
1028–0088, National Cooperative
Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP—
EDMAP and STATEMAP)’ in all
correspondence.
DATES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas A. Howard, Associate Program
Coordinator NCGMP (STATEMAP and
EDMAP), USGS Geological Survey,
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 908,
20192 (mail); at 703–648–6978
(telephone); or [email protected]
(email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Abstract
EDMAP is the educational component
of the NCGMP that is intended to train
the next generation of geologic mappers.
The primary objective of the
STATEMAP component of the NCGMP
is to establish the geologic framework of
areas that are vital to the welfare of
individual States.
The NCGMP EDMAP program
allocates funds to colleges and
universities in the United States and
Puerto Rico through an annual
competitive cooperative agreement
process. Every federal dollar that is
awarded is matched with university
funds. Geology professors, who are
skilled in geologic mapping, request
EDMAP funding to support
undergraduate and graduate students at
their college or university in a one-year
mentored geologic mapping project that
focuses on a specific geographic area.
Only State Geological Surveys are
eligible to apply to the STATEMAP
component of the National Cooperative
Geologic Mapping Program pursuant to
the National Geologic Mapping Act
(Pub. L. 106–148). Since many State
Geological Surveys are organized under
a State university system, such
universities may submit a proposal on
behalf of the State Geological Survey.
Each fall, the program announcements
are posted to the Grants.gov Web site
and respondents are required to submit
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Form 424, 424A, 424B, Proposal
Summary Sheet, the Proposal, and
Budget Sheets. Additionally, EDMAP
proposal must include a Negotiated Rate
Agreement, and a Support letter from a
State Geologist or USGS Project Chief).
Since 1996, more than $5 million
from the NCGMP has supported
geologic mapping efforts of more than
1,000 students working with more than
244 professors at 148 universities in 44
states, the District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico. Funds for graduate projects
are limited to $17,500 and
undergraduate project funds limited to
$10,000. These funds are used to cover
field expenses and student salaries, but
not faculty salaries or tuition. The
authority for both programs is listed in
the National Geologic Mapping Act
(Pub. L. 106–148).
We will protect information from
respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing
regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under
regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data
and information to be made available to
the public or for limited inspection.’’
Responses are voluntary. No questions
of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are asked.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0088.
Form Number: NA.
Title: National Cooperative Geologic
Mapping Program (NCGMP–EDMAP
and STATEMAP).
Type of Request: Renewal without
change.
Affected Public: University or College
faculty and State Geological Surveys.
Respondent’s Obligation: None.
Participation is voluntary, though
necessary to receive funding.
Frequency of Collections: Annually.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: Approximately 50
University or College faculty and
approximately 45 State Geological
Survey responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 36
hours.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
5,220 hours total. We expect to receive
approximately 50 applications for
EDMAP and 45 applications for
STATEMAP each year which takes each
applicant approximately 36 hours to
complete, totaling 3,420 hours. This
includes the time for project conception
and development, proposal writing and
reviewing, and submitting a project
narrative through Grants.gov. We expect
to issue 45 EDMAP and 45 STATEMAP
grants per year. The grant recipients are
also required to submit a final technical
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approximately 20 hours to complete,
totaling 1,800 hours.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burdens associated with this IC.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor and
you are not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and current expiration date.
III. Request for Comments
We are soliciting comments as to: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the agency
to perform its duties, including whether
the information is useful; (b) the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) how
to minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Please note that the comments
submitted in response to this notice are
a matter of public record. Before
including your personal mailing
address, phone number, email address,
or other personal identifiable
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment including your personal
identifiable information, may be made
publically available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personally identifiable
information from public view, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Douglas A. Howard,
Associate Program Coordinator, National
Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Review Committee:
Meeting
National Park Service, Interior.
Meeting Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Notice is hereby given in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, (5 U.S.C. Appendix 1–
16), of a meeting of the Native American

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