Zasoby i środowisko · 18/06/2004

Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/DEIR) for the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Program, Section 10 Permit Application for Incidental Take, Draft Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan, Draft Biological Assessment, and Draft Implementing Agreement

Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), this notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has received an application for an incidental take permit (ITP) pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR MSCP). The requested ITP, if granted, would authorize the LCR MSCP permittees incidental take of the following federally listed and candidate species: southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) (flycatcher), Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) (clapper rail), desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) (tortoise), bonytail (Gila elegans) (bonytail), humpback chub (Gila cypha) (humpback), razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) (razorback), and yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) (cuckoo). The requested ITP would also address incidental take for 20 other species of animals and plants that are not currently federally listed or candidate species. The proposed take would occur in Mohave, La Paz, and Yuma counties, Arizona; San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial counties, California; and Clark County, N