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Notice of availability; request
for comments and information.

ACTION:

We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), announce receipt of
an application from Tampa Electric
Company (applicant) for an incidental
take permit (ITP) under the Endangered
Species Act. The applicant requests the
ITP to take the federally listed sand
skink and blue-tailed mole skink
incidental to the construction of an
electrical power substation in Polk
County, Florida. We request public
comment on the application, which
includes the applicant’s proposed
habitat conservation plan (HCP), and the
Service’s preliminary determination that
this HCP qualifies as ‘‘low-effect,’’
categorically excluded, under the
National Environmental Policy Act. To
make this determination, we used our
environmental action statement and
low-effect screening form, both of which
are also available for public review.
DATES: We must receive your written
comments on or before September 16,
2020.
ADDRESSES:
Obtaining Documents: You may
obtain copies of the documents online
in Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2020–0090
at http://www.regulations.gov.
Submitting Comments: If you wish to
submit comments on any of the
documents, you may do so in writing by
any of the following methods:
• Online: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–
2020–0090.
• U.S. mail: Public Comments
Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R4–
ES–2020–0090; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg
Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lindsay Nester, by telephone at 772–
469–4226 or via email at lindsay_
[email protected]. Individuals who are
hearing or speech impaired may call the
Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877–
8339 for TTY assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
Fish and Wildlife Service, announce
receipt of an application from Tampa
Electric Company (applicant) for an
incidental take permit (ITP) under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
The applicant requests the ITP to take
the federally listed sand skink (Neoseps
reynoldsi) and blue-tailed mole skink
(Eumeces egregious lividus) (skinks)
incidental to the construction of an
electrical power substation in Polk
County, Florida. We request public
comment on the application, which
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includes the applicant’s proposed
habitat conservation plan (HCP), and on
the Service’s preliminary determination
that this HCP qualifies as ‘‘low-effect,’’
categorically excluded, under the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). To make
this determination, we used our
environmental action statement and
low-effect screening form, which are
also available for public review.
Project
Tampa Electric Company requests a
10-year ITP to take skinks through the
conversion of approximately 0.233 acres
of occupied skink foraging and
sheltering habitat incidental to the
construction of an electrical power
substation located on a 3.13-acre parcel
in Section 17, Township 27 South,
Range 25 East in Polk County, Florida.
The applicant proposes to mitigate for
take of the skinks by purchasing credits
equivalent to 0.47 acres of skinkoccupied habitat from a Serviceapproved conservation bank in Polk
County. The Service would require the
applicant to purchase the credits prior
to engaging in any phase of the project.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, be aware that your entire
comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made
available to the public. While you may
request that we withhold your personal
identifying information, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Our Preliminary Determination
The Service has made a preliminary
determination that the applicant’s
project, including land clearing,
construction of an electrical substation,
and the proposed mitigation measure,
would individually and cumulatively
have a minor or negligible effect on the
skinks and the environment. Therefore,
we have preliminarily concluded that
the ITP for this project would qualify for
categorical exclusion, and the HCP
would be low effect under our NEPA
regulations at 43 CFR 46.205 and
46.210. A low-effect HCP is one that
would result in (1) minor or negligible
effects on federally listed, proposed, and
candidate species and their habitats; (2)
minor or negligible effects on other
environmental values or resources; and
(3) impacts that, when considered
together with the impacts of other past,
present, and reasonable foreseeable
similarly situated projects, would not
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to environmental values or resources
over time.
Next Steps
The Service will evaluate the
application and the comments to
determine whether to issue the
requested permit. We will also conduct
an intra-Service consultation pursuant
to section 7 of the ESA to evaluate the
effects of the proposed take. After
considering the preceding matters, we
will determine whether the permit
issuance criteria of section 10(a)(1)(B) of
the ESA have been met. If met, the
Service will issue ITP number
TE77447D–0 to Tampa Electric
Company.
Authority
The Service provides this notice
under section 10(c) (16 U.S.C. 1539(c))
of the ESA and NEPA regulation 40 CFR
1506.6.
Roxanna Hinzman,
Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological
Services Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[20X.LLWO220000.L10200000.PK0000; OMB
Control Number 1004–0041]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Authorizing Grazing Use
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
are proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
16, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
by mail to Chandra Little. U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, 1849 C Street NW,
Room 2134LM, Washington, DC 20240;
or by email to [email protected]. Please
reference Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Control Number 1004–
0041 in the subject line of your
comments.
SUMMARY:

To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Brian Thrift by email
at [email protected], or by telephone at

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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208–373–3869. Individuals who are
hearing or speech impaired may call the
Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877–
8339 for TTY assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the PRA and its
implementing regulations at 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1), all information collections
require approval under the PRA. We
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.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
Federal agencies to comment on new,
proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand our
information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the
desired format.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Abstract: The BLM is required by the
Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315–315r)

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and Subchapter IV of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C.
1751–1753) to manage domestic
livestock grazing on public lands
consistent with land use plans,
principles of multiple use and sustained
yield, and other relevant factors.
Compliance with these statutory
provisions necessitates collection of
information on matters such as
permittee and lessee qualifications for a
grazing permit or lease, base property
used in conjunction with public lands,
and the actual use of public lands for
domestic livestock grazing. Most
permits and leases are in effect for 10
years and are renewable if the BLM
determines that the terms and
conditions of the expiring permit or
lease are being met.
Title of Collection: Authorizing
Grazing Use (43 CFR subparts 4110 and
4130).
OMB Control Number: 1004–0041.
Form Number: 4130–1, 4130–1a,
4130–1b, 4130–3a, 4130–4, and 4130–5.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Any
U.S. citizen or validly licensed business
may apply for a BLM grazing permit or
lease. The BLM administers nearly
18,000 permits and leases for grazing
domestic livestock, at least part of the
year on public lands.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 18,010.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 33,810.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 10 to 35 minutes,
depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 7,811.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: The BLM
collects the information on Forms 4130–
1, 4130–1a, 4130–1b, and 4130–4 on
occasion. The BLM collects the
information on Forms 4130–3a and
4130–5 annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $30,000.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Chandra Little,
Regulatory Analyst.

Wednesday, September 23 (8:00 a.m.–
4:00 p.m.)
Advisory Board Administrative Items
(8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.)

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Bureau of Land Management
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Virtual Wild Horse and Burro Advisory
Board Meeting
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Wild Horse
and Burro Advisory Board (Advisory
Board) will hold a virtual public
meeting due to public health
restrictions.
DATES: The Advisory Board will hold a
virtual public meeting on Wednesday
and Thursday September 23–24, 2020,
from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Mountain
Time (MT).
ADDRESSES: The virtual meeting will be
held via the Zoom Webinar Platform.
Written comments pertaining to the
meeting and written statements that will
be presented to the Advisory Board may
be filed in advance of the meeting
through the Advisory Board email
address at www.whbadvisoryboard@
blm.gov. Please include ‘‘Advisory
Board Comment’’ in the subject line of
the email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dorothea Boothe, Acting Wild Horse
and Burro Program Coordinator:
telephone: (602) 906–5543, email:
[email protected]. Individuals that use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at (800) 877–8339 to
contact Ms. Boothe during normal
business hours. The FRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week. All
responses will be during normal
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Advisory Board advises the Secretary of
the Interior, the BLM Director, the
Secretary of Agriculture, and the Chief
of the U.S. Forest Service on matters
pertaining to the management and
protection of wild, free-roaming horses
and burros on the nation’s public lands.
The Advisory Board operates under the
authority of 43 CFR 1784.
SUMMARY:

Advisory Board Public Meeting Agenda

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