Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 16.09.2008

Williamson County Regional Habitat Conservation Plan, Williamson County, TX

Williamson County (Applicant) submitted an application (TE- 181840-0) for an incidental take permit (ITP) to cover four species currently listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The proposed take would occur as a result of proposed road construction, maintenance, and improvement projects; utility construction and maintenance; school development and construction; public or private construction and development; and land clearing within western Williamson County, Texas. We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have issued a final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) to evaluate the impacts of and alternatives for the possible issuance of an ITP. The Applicant completed a final Regional Habitat Conservation Plan (RHCP), as required by the Act, which provides measures to minimize and mitigate the effects of the proposed taking of covered species and effects to the habitats upon which they depend.