[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 35 (Thursday, February 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 8009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2981]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Issuance of Two Permits for Incidental Take of a Threatened 
Species to the Cedar City Corporation and the Paiute Indian Tribe in 
Iron County, UT

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice that we, the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, issued two permits for the incidental take of the 
Utah prairie dog, a threatened species, on the Cedar Ridge Golf Course 
and the Paiute Tribal Lands in Iron County, Utah.

ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted with the permit 
application are available for review, subject to the requirements of 
the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act, from the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Utah Ecological Services Field Office, Fish and 
Wildlife Service, 2369 W. Orton Circle, Suite 50, West Valley City, 
Utah 84119.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elise Boeke, Fish and Wildlife 
Biologist, Utah Field Office (see ADDRESSES), telephone (801) 975-3330.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 15, 2006, we published a notice in 
the Federal Register (71 FR 28048) announcing that we had received an 
application from the Cedar City Corporation and the Paiute Indian Tribe 
(Applicants), for permits to incidentally take, under section 
10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (Act), the Utah prairie dog on the Cedar Ridge 
Golf Course and the Paiute Tribal Lands in Iron County, Utah.
    On January 5, 2007, we issued permits (TE-125039-0, TE-143347-0) to 
the Applicants subject to certain conditions, which we listed on the 
permit. We issued the permits only after we determined that--(1) The 
Applicants applied in good faith, (2) granting the permits will not be 
to the disadvantage of the Utah prairie dog, and (3) issuing the 
permits will be consistent with the purposes and policy set forth in 
the Act.

    Authority: The action is authorized by the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

    Dated: January 5, 2007.
Mike Stempel,
Acting Regional Director, Region 6.
 [FR Doc. E7-2981 Filed 2-21-07; 8:45 am]
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