# 2026-11869: Ventura Homes Meet the Coastal California Gnatcatcher in Permit Review 2026-11869, Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Coastal California Gnatcatcher, Ventura County, CA; Categorical Exclusion, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service published 2026-06-12, effective We must receive your written comments on or before July 13, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-28). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-11869 - As of: 2026-10-28 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2026-11869 - Title: Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Coastal California Gnatcatcher, Ventura County, CA; Categorical Exclusion - Type: Notice - Agencies: Interior Department; Fish and Wildlife Service - Citation: 91 FR 35701 - Published: 2026-06-12 - Effective: We must receive your written comments on or before July 13, 2026. - Comments close: 2026-07-13 - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-10-28 ## In one line Ventura Homes Meet the Coastal California Gnatcatcher in Permit Review ## Summary Moorpark 67, LLC wants to build homes in Ventura County, CA, where the coastal California gnatcatcher lives. They’ve applied for a special permit that lets them protect the bird while developing the land. The Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for public comments by July 13, 2026, before deciding if this plan can move forward without extra environmental reviews. ## Abstract We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from Moorpark 67, LLC (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. The applicant requests the ITP to take the federally listed coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) incidental to residential development in the City of Moorpark, Ventura County, California. We request public comment on the application, which includes the applicant's proposed habitat conservation plan, 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 low-effect screening form, which is also available for public review. We invite comment from the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies. ## Effects PRIA read - Developer Seeks Permit to Build on 68 Acres: benefit, high. Moorpark 67, LLC applied for an incidental take permit to build a mixed-density residential community on a largely vacant 68-acre site in the City of Moorpark, Ventura County, California. The permit would authorize take of the federally threatened coastal California gnatcatcher incidental to constr… - Required Land Conservation and Habitat Mitigation: cost, medium. The applicant's habitat conservation plan proposes avoiding and minimizing impacts and mitigating unavoidable loss by conserving and enhancing about 28.76 acres of coastal sage scrub: placing conservation easements on approximately 13.22 acres on the project site and enhancing 15.54 acres on adjace… - Preliminary 'Low-Effect' Finding and NEPA Categorical Exclusion: mixed, medium. The Fish and Wildlife Service preliminarily determined the proposed ITP would be a 'low-effect' action that individually and cumulatively would have a minor effect and therefore may qualify for a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act. 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