Notice2025-22349
Receipt of Two Incidental Take Permit Applications for Participation in the General Conservation Plan for the Alabama Beach Mouse; Categorical Exclusion; Baldwin County, Alabama
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Published
December 9, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentFish and Wildlife Service
Abstract
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of two separate incidental take permit (ITP) applications under the Endangered Species Act (ESA): One from Sean and Dawn Carmichael and the other from John O'Connor (applicant/applicants), under the approved general conservation plan (GCP) and final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the Alabama beach mouse (ABM; Peromyscus polionotus ammobates). Each applicant requests an ITP to take the federally listed ABM incidental to construction 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 qualifies under the terms of the ABM GCP.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57095-57096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22349]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2025-0869; FXES11140400000-267-FF04EA4000]
Receipt of Two Incidental Take Permit Applications for
Participation in the General Conservation Plan for the Alabama Beach
Mouse; Categorical Exclusion; Baldwin County, Alabama
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt
of two separate incidental take permit (ITP) applications under the
Endangered Species Act (ESA): One from Sean and Dawn Carmichael and the
other from John O'Connor (applicant/applicants), under the approved
general conservation plan (GCP) and final environmental impact
statement (FEIS) for the Alabama beach mouse (ABM; Peromyscus
polionotus ammobates). Each applicant requests an ITP to take the
federally listed ABM incidental to construction 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
qualifies under the terms of the ABM GCP.
DATES: We must receive your written comments on or before January 8,
2026.
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-2025-0869 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-2025-0869.
<bullet> U.S. Mail: Public Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No.
FWS-R4-ES-2025-0869; 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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of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
announce receipt of applications, under the approved GCP for the ABM
(Peromyscus polionotus ammobates) from Sean and Dawn Carmichael and
from John O'Connor for two separate ITP's, also known as a section
10(a)(1)(B) permit, under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (ESA;
16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The ABM GCP was approved March 28, 2012. An
environmental impact statement and record of decision for the GCP was
approved at the same time.
A GCP is a mechanism that meets the definition of a conservation
plan in section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA and enables the construct of a
programmatic permitting and conservation process to address a defined
suite of proposed activities over a defined planning area.
We certify that each application is statutorily complete and
includes the necessary information to enroll in the GCP. We have no
evidence that the applicant would be disqualified pursuant to 50 CFR
13.21.
Each applicant requests an ITP to take ABM, incidental to
construction in Baldwin County, Alabama. We request comment from the
public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies on each
application, which includes the applicants' HCPs, and on the Service's
preliminary determination that the proposed ITP qualifies under the ABM
GCP and FEIS published on March 28, 2012 (FWS-R4-ES-2012-N063).
Proposed Projects
Permit Number: PER20920242
Sean and Dawn Carmichael, applicant, requests a 50-year ITP to take
ABM via the conversion of 0.123 acres (ac) of occupied nesting,
foraging, and sheltering ABM habitat incidental to the construction of
a single-family home with a pool on a 0.878 ac parcel located at 2120
West Beach Boulevard in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The applicant proposes to
mitigate for the take of ABM through an in-lieu fee of $12,279.70 to
the Alabama Coastal Heritage Trust's ABM conservation fund.
Permit Number: PER19412055
John O'Connor, applicant, requests a 50-year ITP to take ABM via
the conversion of approximately 0.080 ac of occupied nesting, foraging,
and sheltering ABM habitat via the tear down, enlargement, and
reconstruction of a single-family home on a 0.670 ac lot. The parcel is
located at 2116 Ponce de Leon Court in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The
applicant proposes to mitigate for the take of ABM through an in-lieu
fee of $8,047.70 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 the residential development and associated
infrastructure (e.g., electric, water, sewer lines, and driveways),
would individually and cumulatively have a minor effect on ABM and the
human environment. Reasonably foreseeable effects encompass effects of
implementation of the action along with other past, present, and
reasonably foreseeable future effects. Therefore, we have the made a
preliminary determination that each proposed ESA section 10(a)(1)(B)
permit would meet the requirements of the GCP and FEIS.
Next Steps
The Service will evaluate each application and any comments
received as a result of this notice 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 PER20920242 to Sean and Dawn Carmichael and PER19412055 to
John O'Connor.
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.
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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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides this notice under ESA
section 10(c) and its implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.32), the
National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the
Department of Interior's implementing regulations (43 CFR part 46).
William Pearson,
Field Supervisor, Alabama Ecological Service Field Office.
[FR Doc. 2025-22349 Filed 12-8-25; 8:45 am]
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