[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 140 (Wednesday, July 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19483]


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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 May 12, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register (63 
FR 26204-26206) that an application had been filed with 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. 98-19483 Filed 7-21-98; 8:45 am]
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