[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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