FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ISSUES NOTICE: RECEIPT OF INCIDENTAL TAKE PERMIT APPLICATION AND PROPOSED HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN FOR PIRAEUS POINT PROJECT, CITY OF ENCINITAS, CA; CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a notice called: Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for Piraeus Point Project, City of Encinitas, CA; Categorical Exclusion.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Dec. 30 by Jonathan Snyder, Acting Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Summary: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from Lennar Homes of California, LLC (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The applicant requests the ITP to take the federally threatened coastal California gnatcatcher incidental to construction of th...