Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Incidental take permits— Iron County, UT; Utah prairie dog,

[Federal Register: July 22, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 140)]

[Notices]

[Page 39291]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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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 of Issuance.

On May 12, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register (63 FR 26204-26206) that an application had been filedwith the Fish and Wildlife Service by Iron County and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources for a permit to incidentally take, pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species 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, but not limited to, development and maintenance of facilities on non-Federal land in Iron County, Utah, pursuant to the Permit Acceptance Statement that implements the Habitat Conservation Plan prepared by Iron County and the Division.

Notice is hereby given that on July 9, 1998, as authorized by the provisions of the Act, the Service issued an incidental take permit (permit number PRT-MB000142-0) 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 section 10(C)(2)(B) of the Act, as amended.

Additional information on this permit action may be obtained by contacting the Field Supervisor, U.S. 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 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Dated: July 19, 1998. Terry Terrell, Deputy Regional Director, Region 6.

[FR Doc. 98-19483Filed7-21-98; 8:45 am]

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