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

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a notice called: Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for Quail Meadows Apartments Project, City of Encinitas, CA; Categorical Exclusion.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Feb. 2 by Jonathan Snyder, Acting Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, Carlsbad, California.

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