Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for the Wildwash Sand and Gravel Mine, San Bernardino County, CA

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E. L. Yeager Construction Company, Incorporated, of Riverside, California, has applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service for a 20-year incidental take permit pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). The Service proposes to issue an incidental take permit for the federally-listed threatened desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) at the proposed mine site, located in San Bernardino County, California. The permit also would include the state-listed threatened Mojave ground squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis) and the unlisted loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), should these species be listed during the life of the permit. This notice announces the availability of the permit application and the environmental assessment. The permit application includes the habitat conservation plan for the Wildwash Sand and Gravel Mine and an implementing agreement. The Service requests comments on these documents, including the appropriateness of the ``No Surprises'' assurances contained in section 12.3.a of the implementing agreement. All comments received, including names and addresses, will become part of the administrative record and may be made avail