Notice2025-15979
Receipt of Two Incidental Take Permit Applications for Participation in the General Conservation Plan for the Alabama Beach Mouse; Categorical Exclusion; Baldwin County, AL
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Published
August 21, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentFish and Wildlife Service
Abstract
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from Lydia Carpenter and one from Joshua Milligan 1031, LLC (applicant/applicants) for two separate incidental take permits (ITP) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the National Environmental Policy Act under the approved General Conservation Plan (GCP) and final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the Alabama beach mouse. A GCP is a mechanism that meets the definition of a conservation plan in the ESA and enables the programmatic permitting and conservation process to address a defined suite of proposed activities over a defined planning area. Each applicant requests an ITP to take the federally listed Alabama beach mouse incidental to the construction of a single-family home in Baldwin County, Alabama. We request public comment on these applications, which include the applicants' proposed habitat conservation plan (HCP) and on the Service's preliminary determination that the proposed permitting action may qualify under the terms of the Alabama beach mouse GCP. We certify that the applications received are statutorily complete and include the necessary information to enroll in the GCP.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 160 (Thursday, August 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40839-40840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15979]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2025-0042; FXES11140400000-256-FF04AL4000]
Receipt of Two Incidental Take Permit Applications for
Participation in the General Conservation Plan for the Alabama Beach
Mouse; Categorical Exclusion; Baldwin County, AL
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt
of an application from Lydia Carpenter and one from Joshua Milligan
1031, LLC (applicant/applicants) for two separate incidental take
permits (ITP) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the
National Environmental Policy Act under the approved General
Conservation Plan (GCP) and final environmental impact statement (FEIS)
for the Alabama beach mouse. A GCP is a mechanism that meets the
definition of a conservation plan in the ESA and enables the
programmatic permitting and conservation process to address a defined
suite of proposed activities over a defined planning area. Each
applicant requests an ITP to take the federally listed Alabama beach
mouse incidental to the construction of a single-family home in Baldwin
County, Alabama. We request public comment on these applications, which
include the applicants' proposed habitat conservation plan (HCP) and on
the Service's preliminary determination that the proposed permitting
action may qualify under the terms of the Alabama beach mouse GCP. We
certify that the applications received are statutorily complete and
include the necessary information to enroll in the GCP.
DATES: We must receive your written comments on or before September 22,
2025.
ADDRESSES:
Obtaining Documents: The documents this notice announces, as well
as any comments and other materials that we receive, will be available
for public inspection online in Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2025-0042 at
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Submitting Comments: If you wish to submit comments on any of the
documents, you may do so in writing by one of the following methods:
<bullet> Online: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments on Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2025-0042.
<bullet> U.S. Mail: Public Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No.
FWS-R4-ES-2025-0042; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Lynn, by U.S. mail (see
ADDRESSES), by telephone at 1-251-538-2065, or via email at
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(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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, announce
receipt of an application under the approved GCP for the Alabama beach
mouse from Lydia Carpenter and an application from Joshua Milligan
1031, LLC for an ITP under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (ESA;
16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Each applicant requests an ITP to take the
federally listed Alabama beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates).
One applicant will take Alabama beach mice (ABM) incidental to the
construction, maintenance, and operation of a deck with a pool while
the other will take ABM incidental to construction of a single-family
home in Baldwin County, Alabama. We request public comment on the
application, the applicants' HCPs, and on the Service's preliminary
determination that these proposed ITPs may qualify for a categorical
exclusion under the GCP and FEIS for the Alabama beach mouse published
on March 28, 2012 (FWS-R4-ES-2012-N063).
Proposed Projects
Permit Number: PER16528606
The applicant Lydia Carpenter requests a 50-year ITP to take ABM
via the conversion of 0.015 acres (ac) of occupied nesting, foraging,
and sheltering habitat incidental to the construction of a deck with
pool to an existing house on a 0.460-ac parcel located at 5609 Beach
Boulevard in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The applicant proposes to mitigate
for the take of ABM through an in-lieu fee of $1,476.60 to the Alabama
Coastal Heritage Trust's ABM conservation fund.
Permit Number: PER18606066
Applicant Joshua Milligan 1031, LLC requests a 50-year ITP to take
ABM via the conversion of approximately 0.036 acre (ac) of occupied
nesting, foraging,
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and sheltering habitat via the tear down, enlargement, and
reconstruction of a single-family home on a 0.413-ac lot. The parcel is
located at 5465 Beach Boulevard in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The applicant
proposes to mitigate for the take of ABM through an in-lieu fee of
$3,590.30 to the Alabama Coastal Heritage Trust's ABM conservation
fund.
Our Preliminary Determination
The Service has made a preliminary determination that reasonably
foreseeable effects of the applicants' proposed projects, including the
construction of a deck with a pool and a single-family home and
associated infrastructure (e.g., electric, water, and sewer lines),
would have a minor effect on ABM and the human environment. Therefore,
we have preliminarily determined that the proposed ESA section
10(a)(1)(B) permit would meet the requirements of the GCP and FEIS.
Next Steps
The Service will evaluate the application and the comments to
determine whether to issue the requested ITP. We will also conduct an
intra-Service consultation pursuant to section 7 of the ESA to evaluate
the effects of the proposed take. After considering the preceding and
other matters, we will determine whether the permit issuance criteria
of section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA have been met. If met, the Service
will issue ITP number PER16528606 to Lydia Carpenter and ITP number
PER18606066 to Joshua Milligan 1031, LLC.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, be aware that
your entire comment, including your personal identifying information,
may be made available to the public. If you submit a comment at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, your entire comment, including any personal
identifying information, will be posted on the website. If you submit a
hardcopy comment that includes personal identifying information, such
as your address, phone number, or email address, you may request at the
top of your document that we withhold this information from public
review. However, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Moreover, all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be made available for public
disclosure in their entirety.
Authority
The Service provides this notice under section 10(c) of the ESA (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.32),
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), as
amended, and the Department of the Interior's implementing regulations
(43 CFR part 46).
William J. Pearson,
Field Supervisor, Alabama Ecological Service Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2025-15979 Filed 8-20-25; 8:45 am]
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