[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 73 (Tuesday, April 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18630-18631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9172]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Issuance of Permit for Incidental Take of Threatened Species for 
the Pinery Glen Residential Development, Douglas County, CO

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of permit for incidental take of endangered 
species.

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SUMMARY: On October 17, 2001, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register (66 FR 52777), that an application has

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been filed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) by 
Continental Homes on behalf of the Pinery Glen residential subdivision, 
Douglas County, Colorado, for a permit to incidentally take, pursuant 
to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1539), as amended, Preble's meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius 
preblei), pursuant to the terms of the Environmental Assessment/Habitat 
Conservation Plan for Issuance of an Endangered Species Section 
10(a)(1)(B) Permit for the Incidental Take of the Preble's Meadow 
Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) at Pinery Glen in Douglas 
County, Colorado.
    Notice is hereby given that on March 20, 2002, as authorized by the 
provisions of the Endangered Species Act, the Service issued a permit 
(TE-048568-0) to the above named party subject to certain conditions 
set forth therein. The permit was granted only after the Service 
determined that it was applied for in good faith, that granting the 
permit 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 Endangered Species Act, as amended.
    Additional information on this permit action may be requested by 
contacting the Service's Colorado Ecological Services Field Office, 755 
Parfet Street, Suite 361, Lakewood, Colorado 80215, telephone (303) 
275-2370, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

    Dated: March 25, 2002.
John A. Blackenship,
Acting Regional Director, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 02-9172 Filed 4-15-02; 8:45 am]
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