[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 30636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15270]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Issuance of Permit for Incidental Take of Threatened Species
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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On April 25, 1996, a notice was published in the Federal Register
(61 FR 18407) that an application had been filed with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service) by the Smead Manufacturing Company for a
permit to incidentally take, pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the
Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.), threatened Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens) in conjunction
with otherwise legal activities including manufacturing facility
construction and operation, in Cedar City, Iron County, Utah pursuant
to the Implementation Agreement that implements the Habitat
Conservation Plan prepared by the Smead Manufacturing Company.
Notice is hereby given that on May 29, 1996, as authorized by the
provisions of the Act, the Service issued an incidental take permit
(permit number PRT-814008) to the above-named party subject to certain
conditions set forth therein. The permit was granted only after it was
determined that it was applied for in good faith, that by granting the
permit it will not be to the disadvantage of the threatened species,
and that it will be consistent with the purposes and policy set forth
in the Act, as amended.
Additional information on this permit action may be obtained by
contacting the Assistant Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Utah Field Office, 145 East 1300 South Street, Suit 404, Salt
Lake City, Utah, 84115, telephone (801) 524-5001, between the hours of
7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays.
Dated: June 6, 1996.
Ralph O. Morgenweck,
Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 96-15270 Filed 6-14-96; 8:45 am]
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