{"abstract":"In accordance with the Endangered Species Act, as amended, and the National Environmental Policy Act, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of the final environmental impact statement and draft record of decision analyzing the impacts of issuance of an incidental take permit (ITP) for implementation of the MidAmerican Energy Company's Final Habitat Conservation Plan MidAmerican Energy Company Iowa Wind Energy Project Portfolio (HCP). Our decision is to issue a 30-year ITP for implementation of the HCP, which authorizes incidental take of the federally endangered Indiana bat, federally threatened northern long-eared bat, federally protected bald eagle, the little brown bat, and tricolored bat under the Endangered Species Act.","action":"Notice of availability; request for comments.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2019/10/07/2019-21547.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"84 FR 53461","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"We will finalize the record of decision and issue a permit no sooner than 30 days after the publication of this notice of availability in the Federal Register.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FWS-R3-ES-2018-0037","FXES11130300000-189-FF03E00000"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2019-21547","effective_on":null,"end_page":53462,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2019/10/07/2019-21547.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/07/2019-21547/final-environmental-impact-statement-on-midamerican-energy-companys-habitat-conservation-plan-for","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2019-21547?publication_date=2019-10-07","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2019-10-07/2019-21547/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":1005,"last_updated":"2026-10-25 00:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-10-07/pdf/2019-21547.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2019-21547.pdf?1570115716","publication_date":"2019-10-07","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2019/10/07/2019-21547.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Final Habitat Conservation Plan, Appendices, and Addendum - See Attachments","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2018-0037-0107"},{"title":"Draft Record of Decision -  MidAmerican Energy Company","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2018-0037-0106"},{"title":"Final Environmental Impact Statement for the MidAmerican Energy Company HCP and ITP","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2018-0037-0105"},{"title":"MEC Final HCP Addendum Vol II","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2018-0037-0104"},{"title":"MEC Draft HCP_Appendix D - Take Prediction","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2018-0037-0016"},{"title":"Not relevant to this docket.","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2018-0037-0015"},{"title":"MEC Draft HCP_Appendix F - Avian Identification Guide","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2018-0037-0014"},{"title":"MEC Draft HCP","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2018-0037-0013"},{"title":"MEC HCP Addendum_Technical Reports","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2018-0037-0012"},{"title":"MEC Draft HCP_Appendix K - Compliance Monitoring Protocol","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2018-0037-0011"}],"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=FWS-R3-ES-2018-0037","supporting_documents_count":19,"docket_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2018-0037","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Environmental Impact Statement and Habitat Conservation Plan; Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for Midwestern Bat and Bird Species; MidAmerican Energy Company, Iowa","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2019-10-09T03:00:08Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":53461,"subtype":null,"title":"Final Environmental Impact Statement on MidAmerican Energy Company's Habitat Conservation Plan for Midwestern Bat and Bird Species in Iowa","toc_doc":"MidAmerican Energy Company's Habitat Conservation Plan for Midwestern Bat and Bird Species in Iowa","toc_subject":"Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":84}