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• <br />TABLE _OF CONTENTS <br />Page <br />List of Illustrations <br />Iv <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br />1 <br />2 <br />1.1. <br />Purpose and Need of the Proposed Action <br />1.2 <br />Government Regulations Pertaining to the Sebastian HCP <br />4 <br />2.0 PROJECT <br />DESCRIPTION/IMPACTS <br />6 <br />2.1 <br />Sebastian HCP Boundaries (HCP Plan Area) <br />6 <br />2.2 <br />Property Ownership Status of Scrub -Jay Habitat <br />Compensation Areas <br />10 <br />2.3 <br />Description of the Proposed Action <br />11 <br />2.4 <br />Description of the Species Considered Under <br />the Sebastian HCP <br />12 <br />2.4.1 Biological Overview of the Florida Scrub -Jay <br />12 <br />3.0 HCP <br />PLAN AREA BASELINE INFORMATION <br />?4 <br />3.1 <br />FWS Consultation History and Existing Data <br />for Sebastian Highlands Scrub -Jay Habitat Lots <br />24 <br />3.2 <br />Sebastian HCP Plan Area - Population Status <br />and Habitat Utilization <br />34 <br />3.3 <br />South Brevard County Florida Scrub -Jay <br />Population Status <br />40 <br />3.4 <br />Documentation of the Occurrence of Federal <br />and State Protected Species Within the HCP Plan Area <br />40 <br />3.5 <br />Other Regulatory Laws Relevant to the HCP Plan Area <br />41 <br />3.6 <br />Sebastian HCP Plan Area Habitat Types and <br />Surrounding Land Use Descriptions <br />43 <br />4.0 IMPACT ASSESSMENT <br />48 <br />4.1 <br />Determination of Acreage of Potential Scrub -Jay Habitat <br />to be Impacted, Preserved and Restored <br />48 <br />4.1.1 Methodology <br />48 <br />4.1.2 Acreage of Privately -Owned Sebastian Highlands <br />Potential Scruh-Jay Habitat Lots <br />60 <br />4.1.3 Acreage of Existing (Occupied) Scrub -Jay Habitat <br />on the Scrub -Jay Habitat Compensation Areas <br />60 <br />4.1.4 Acreage of Unoccupied, Restorable Scrub -Jay <br />Habitat on the Scrub -Jay Habitat Compensation Areas <br />61 <br />4.2 <br />Estimated Amount or Extent of Take <br />61 <br />4.3 <br />Analysis of the Effect of the Take on the North <br />Indian River County/South Brevard County Metapopulation <br />62 <br />