[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 185 (Monday, September 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 49787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24246]
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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 July 31, 1996, a notice was published in the Federal Register
(61 FR 39979) that an application has been filed with the Fish and
Wildlife Service by Connel Gower Construction, Inc. 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). Anticipated incidental
take of this species is in conjunction with otherwise legal activities
including construction of commercial and industrial buildings and
facilities within a 63-acre industrial complex in Cedar City, Iron
County, Utah pursuant to the Implementation Agreement that implements
the Habitat Conservation Plan prepared by Connel Gower Construction,
Inc.
Notice is hereby given that on September 13, 1996, as authorized by
the provisions of the Act, the Service issued an incidental take permit
(permit number PRT-817340) 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.
Additionally information on this permit action may be obtained by
contacting the Assistant Field Supervisor, Fish and Wildlife Service,
Utah Ecological Services Field Office, 145 East 1300 South Street,
Suite 404, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115, telephone (801) 524-5001, on
weekdays between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Dated: September 13, 1996.
Terry T. Terrell,
Deputy Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
[FR Doc. 96-24246 Filed 9-20-96; 8:45 am]
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