[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 16603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8821]


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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.

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    On February 28, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register (40 FR 9204-9205) that an application had been filed with the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
Day Saints 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 construction of a meeting house, 
seminary building, parking area, and associated infrastructure on a 
6.3-acre site in Cedar City, Iron County, Utah pursuant to the 
Implementation Agreement that implements the Habitat Conservation Plan 
prepared by the LDS Church.
    Notice is hereby given that on March 31, 1997, as authorized by the 
provisions of the Act, the Service issued an incidental take permit 
(permit number PRT-825570) 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 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 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 am and 4:30 pm.

    Dated: March 31, 1997.
Terry Terrell,
Deputy Regional Director, Region 6, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 97-8821 Filed 4-4-97; 8:45 am]
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