FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ISSUES NOTICE: RECEIPT OF INCIDENTAL TAKE PERMIT APPLICATION AND PROPOSED HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN FOR SAND SKINK AND BLUE-TAILED MOLE SKINK; POLK COUNTY, FL; CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a notice called: Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for Sand Skink and Blue-Tailed Mole Skink; Polk County, FL; Categorical Exclusion.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Dec. 8 by Jose Rivera, Manager, Division of Environmental Review, Florida Ecological Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Summary: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from Pulte Home Company, LLC (Sand & Silica North project) (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The applicant requests the ITP to take the federally listed threatened sand ...