Notice 12 Sep 2025 cultural heritage, anthropology, regulation, nagpra, florida, repatriation, business compliance, archaeology

🏺Notice of Inventory Completion Under NAGPRA by University of Florida

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History (FMNH) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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Notice 12 Sep 2025 cultural heritage, museum, florida, regulations, nagrpa, repatriation

🪦Notice of Inventory Completion

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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Notice 11 Sep 2025 endangered species act, habitat conservation, wildlife regulations, florida, incidental take permit, development

🏡Incidental Take Permit Application for Polk County, Florida

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from Lennar Homes (Smokey Groves) (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 and blue-tailed mole skink incidental to the construction of a mixed density residential development in Polk County, Florida. We request public comment on the application, which includes the applicant's proposed habitat conservation plan (HCP), and on the Service's preliminary determination that the proposed permitting action may be eligible for a categorical exclusion pursuant to the Nation Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Department of Interior's (DOI) NEPA regulations, and the DOI Department Manual (DM). To make this preliminary determination, we prepared a draft screening form and NEPA statement for HCPs, which is available for public review. We invite comment from the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies.

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Notice 11 Sep 2025 endangered species act, habitat conservation, residential development, florida, compliance

🦎Fish and Wildlife Service Notice on Incidental Take Permit Application

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from CBD Land Investors, LLC (applicant), for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The applicant requests the ITP to take the federally listed sand skink and blue-tailed mole skink incidental to the construction of a residential development in Polk County, Florida. We request public comment on the application, which includes the applicant's proposed habitat conservation plan (HCP), and on the Service's preliminary determination that the proposed permitting action may be eligible for a categorical exclusion pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Department of the Interior's (DOI) NEPA regulations, and the DOI Departmental Manual (DM). To make this preliminary determination, we prepared a draft screening form and NEPA statement for HCPs, both of which are available for public review. We invite comment from the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies.

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Notice 10 Sep 2025 cultural heritage, government regulation, florida, compliance, museums, repatriation, nagpra

🏺Notice of Inventory Completion for Repatriation at University of Florida

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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Rule 9 Sep 2025 coast guard, waterways, maritime regulations, marine safety, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, harbors, safety, navigation (water), business compliance, event management, florida, security measures, st. petersburg

🚢Special Local Regulations for Marine Events in St. Petersburg

The Coast Guard is revising its existing special local regulations by adding a new recurring event to an existing table. The Coast Guard is expanding a regulated area for one event and updating the dates of existing events in the Coast Guard Southeast District Sector St. Petersburg.

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Notice 5 Sep 2025 museum, repatriation, cultural heritage, florida, compliance, native american

🏺Notice of Inventory Completion for University of Florida Museum

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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Notice 5 Sep 2025 native american, repatriation, cultural heritage, florida, compliance, nagpra, museums

🪦NAGPRA Notice of Inventory Completion for University of Florida

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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Notice 3 Sep 2025 federal regulation, faa, aerospace, environmental assessment, florida, spacex, space

🚀FAA Announces Final Environmental Assessment for SpaceX Launches

The FAA is announcing the availability of the Final Environmental Assessment and Mitigated Finding of No Significant Impact/Record of Decision for SpaceX Falcon 9 Operations at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida (Final EA). The Final Environmental Assessment analyzes: Up to 120 Falcon 9 launches annually at SLC-40, which represents an annual increase of 70 launches from the 50 previously analyzed in a July 2020 EA; construction and operation of a landing zone at SLC-40; and up to 34 first-stage booster landings at the new landing zone annually. The Final EA also evaluates the potential environmental impacts associated with FAA's approval of related airspace closures. The FAA has posted the Final Environmental Assessment and Mitigated Finding of No Significant Impact/Record of Decision on the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation website: https://www.faa.gov/space/ stakeholder_engagement/SpaceX_Falcon_SLC_40_EA. The Unique ID for this document is EAXX-021-12-000-1737545438.

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Notice 2 Sep 2025 compliance, endangered species, habitat conservation, florida, permit application, sand mining

🦎Permit Application for Sand Mine Expansion and Endangered Species Compliance

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from Nola Land Company, Inc. (E.R. Jahna Haines City Sand Mine) (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. The applicant requests the ITP to take the federally listed sand skink and blue-tailed mole skink (skinks) incidental to the construction and operation of a sand mine expansion in Polk County, Florida. We request public comment on the application, which includes the applicant's proposed habitat conservation plan (HCP), and on the Service's preliminary determination that the proposed permitting action may be eligible for a categorical exclusion pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Department of the Interior's (DOI) NEPA regulations, and the DOI Departmental Manual. To make this preliminary determination, we prepared a draft screening form and NEPA statement for HCPs, which is available for public review. We invite comment from the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies.

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