[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 65 (Friday, April 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 19014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06961]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[Docket No. FWS-R8-ES-2018-0116; FF08ESMF00-FXES11140800000-189]


Block 12 Development Project, Kern County, California; Draft 
Environmental Assessment and Draft Habitat Conservation Plan; Reopening 
of Public Comment Period

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is reopening the 
public comment period for the draft environmental assessment (draft EA) 
and draft habitat conservation plan (HCP) in support of an incidental 
take permit (ITP) application received from Aera Energy, LLC.

DATES: The comment period for the draft EA and draft HCP addressing the 
ITP application for incidental take, which opened via a notice that 
published on March 2, 2020 (85 FR 12322), is reopened. We will accept 
comments received or postmarked on or before April 17, 2020. Comments 
submitted electronically using http://www.regulations.gov (see 
ADDRESSES) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing 
date.

ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: The draft EA, draft HCP, and any 
comments and other materials that we receive are available for public 
inspection at http://www.regulations.gov in Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2018-
0116.
    Submitting Comments: To submit comments, please use one of the 
following methods, and note that your information requests or comments 
are in reference to the draft EA, draft HCP, or both. If you have 
previously submitted comments, please do not resubmit them, we have 
already incorporated them in the public record and will fully consider 
them in our final decision.
     Internet: Submit comments at http://www.regulations.gov 
under Docket No. FWS-R8-ES-2018-0116.
     U.S. Mail or Hand-Delivery: Public Comments Processing, 
Attn: Docket No. FWS-R8-ES-2018-0116; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
Headquarters, MS: PRB/3W; 5275 Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA 22041-
3803.
    For more information, see Public Comments under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justin Sloan, Senior Wildlife 
Biologist, or Patricia Cole, Chief, San Joaquin Valley Division, 
Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, by email at [email protected] 
or [email protected], by phone at 916-414-6600 or via the Federal 
Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) 
received an incidental take permit (ITP) application from Aera Energy, 
LLC in accordance with the requirements of the Endangered Species Act, 
as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). For more information, see the 
March 2, 2020 (85 FR 12322), notice. We are reopening the public 
comment period on the draft EA and draft HCP documents (see DATES and 
ADDRESSES).

Authority

    We issue this notice pursuant to section 10(c) of the ESA (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.22 and 
17.32), and the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.) and its implementing regulations (40 CFR 1506.6 and 43 CFR 
46.305).

Jennifer Norris,
Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, Sacramento, 
California.
[FR Doc. 2020-06961 Filed 4-2-20; 8:45 am]
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