<searchTitle>Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Eastern Indigo Snake; Decatur County, GA; Categorical Exclusion; Federal Register Vol. 89, Issue </searchTitle>
<granuleClass>NOTICE</granuleClass>
<accessId>2024-24261</accessId>
<agency order="1">DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR</agency>
<agency order="2">Fish and Wildlife Service</agency>
<commentDate>2024-11-20</commentDate>
<departmentDoc>Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2024-0155</departmentDoc>
<departmentDoc>FXES11140400000-245-FF04EG1000</departmentDoc>
<billingCode>4333-15-P</billingCode>
<frDocNumber>2024-24261</frDocNumber>
<action>Notice of availability; request for comments and information.</action>
<summary>We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from Tri-State II Solar Project, LLC (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. The applicant requests the ITP to take the federally listed threatened eastern indigo snake incidental to the construction and operation of a solar facility in Decatur County, Georgia. We request public comment on the application, which includes the applicant's proposed habitat conservation plan (HCP), and on the Service's preliminary determination that the proposed permitting action may be eligible for a categorical exclusion pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, the Department of the Interior's (DOI) NEPA regulations, and the DOI Departmental Manual. To make this preliminary determination, we prepared a draft environmental action statement and low-effect screening form, both of which are also available for public review. We invite comment from the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies.</summary>
<dates>We must receive your written comments on or before November 20, 2024.</dates>
<contact>Michele Elmore, Georgia Ecological Services Field Office, by phone at 706-613-9493 or via email at GAES_assistance@fws.gov. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point- of-contact in the United States.</contact>
<tocSubject1>Permits; Applications, Issuances, etc.</tocSubject1>
<tocDoc>Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Eastern Indigo Snake, Decatur County, GA; Categorical Exclusion, </tocDoc>
<emailRef>GAES_assistance@fws.gov</emailRef>
<urlRef>https://www.regulations.gov</urlRef>