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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

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 [Federal Register: February 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 35)]
[Notices]
[Page 8009]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr22fe07-76]

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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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