Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 13.11.1998

Notice of Availability

A private landowner, Mr. Charles H. Lewis III of Misstex Properties, L.C., has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. The applicant has been assigned permit number TE-003596-0. The proposed permit would authorize the applicant to take one red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW) group incidental to timber harvest operations and proposed development of 80 acres of timberland on a 753-acre tract of land located in Montgomery County, Texas. This notice advises the public that the Service has opened the comment period on the permit application. The permit application includes the Misstex RCW Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). Based upon guidance in the Service's November 1996, Habitat Conservation Planning Handbook, the Misstex RCW HCP qualifies as a ``Low Effect'' HCP. Therefore, this action is a categorical exclusion as provided by 516 DM 2, Appendix 1 and 516 DM 6, Appendix 1 and no further National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation will be made. This notice is provided pursuant to section 10c of the Act and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). The Serv