[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74791-74792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30278]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2015-N177; FXES11120800000-156-FF08ECAR00]


Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for Seven Covered Species, 
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Land, Inyo and Mono Counties, 
California

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability; extending of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), advise the 
public that we are extending the public review and comment period for 
the draft low effect habitat conservation plan (draft HCP) for the Los 
Angeles Department of Water and Power's operations, maintenance, and 
management activities on its land in Inyo and Mono Counties, 
California, and draft Environmental Action Statement/Low Effect 
Screening Form.

DATES: To ensure consideration of your comments in our final 
determination regarding whether to issue an incidental take permit, we 
must receive your written comments by January 15, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of the draft HCP and Environmental

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Action Statement/Low Effect Screening Form online at http://www.fws.gov/carlsbad/HCPs/HCP_Docs.html. You may request copies of the 
documents by email, fax, or U.S. mail (see below). These documents are 
also available for public inspection by appointment during normal 
business hours at the office below. Please send your requests or 
written comments by any one of the following methods, and specify 
``LADWP HCP'' in your request or comment.
    Submitting Request for Documents/Comments: You may submit comments 
or requests for more information by any of the following methods:
    Email: [email protected]. Include ``LADWP HCP'' in the 
subject line of your message. If you choose to submit comments via 
email, please ensure that the file size does not exceed 10 megabytes. 
Emails that exceed the maximum file size may not be properly 
transmitted to the Service.
    Telephone: Kennon A. Corey, Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Office, 
760-322-2070.
    Fax: Kennon A. Corey, Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Office, 760-
322-4648, Attn.: LADWP HCP.
    U.S. Mail: Kennon A. Corey, Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Office, 
Attn.: LADWP HCP, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 777 East Tahquitz 
Canyon Way, Suite 208, Palm Springs, CA 92262.
    Suite 208, Palm Springs, CA 92262.
    In-Person Viewing or Pickup of Documents, or Delivery of Comments: 
Call 760-322-2070 to make an appointment during regular business hours 
at the above address.

Public Availability of Comments

    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kennon A. Corey, Assistant Field 
Supervisor, Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Office; telephone 760-322-
2070. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), please 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In the October 7, 2015, Federal Register (80 FR 60669), we 
announced the availability of the draft HCP and draft Environmental 
Action Statement/Low Effect Screening Form. We solicited comments from 
the public on these draft documents until November 6, 2015. On November 
4, 2015, we announced in the Federal Register (80 FR 68332) that we 
were extending the comment period to December 4, 2015.
    Since we announced the availability of the draft documents and 
extended the comment period to November 4, we have received additional 
requests from the public to allow more time for public comment. Public 
involvement is an important part of the process in considering a draft 
HCP and application for an incidental take permit. Therefore, we are 
extending the comment period to January 15, 2016. All comments received 
by the date specified in DATES will be considered in making a final 
determination regarding whether to issue an incidental take permit.

Authority

    We provide this notice under section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.) and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).

G. Mendel Stewart,
Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, Carlsbad, 
California.
[FR Doc. 2015-30278 Filed 11-27-15; 8:45 am]
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