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

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a notice called: Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for Sand Skink and Bluetail Mole Skink; Lake County, FL; Categorical Exclusion.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 5 by Jose Rivera, Acting Manager, Division of Environmental Review, Florida Ecological Services Field Office.

Summary: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from Clayton Properties Group, Inc. dba Highland Homes (Radio Road) (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. The applicant requests the ITP to take the federally listed threatened sand skink (skinks) incident...