Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for a Residential Development called Bal Harbour subdivision, in Brevard County, FL

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Gen Real Estate and Management Company (Applicant), is seeking an incidental take permit from the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, (Act) as amended. The permit would authorize the take of the Florida scrub jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens coerulescens, a threatened species, in Brevard County, Florida, for a period of 5 years. The proposed taking is incidental to construction of 60 single family homes including the necessary infrastructure on approximately 15.1 acres (Project), all of which contains occupied Florida scrub jay habitat to be permanently altered. The Project is called Bal Harbour, and is located along State Road A1A south of the city of Melbourne, in the Coconut Point area of Brevard County, Florida. The Service also announces the availability of an environmental assessment (EA) and habitat conservation plan (HCP) for the incidental take application. Copies of the EA or HCP may be obtained by making a request to the Regional Office address below. This notice also advises the public that the Service has made a preliminary determination that issuing the incidental take permit is not a major Federal ac