Issuance of Permit for Incidental Take of Threatened Species for the Monument Creek Interceptor Tie-In Project Along Jackson Creek, El Paso County, CO, 42361 [05-14503]
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Additional information on this permit
action may be requested by contacting
the Colorado 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: July 8, 2005.
Mike Stempel,
Acting Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Issuance of Permit for Incidental Take
of Threatened Species for the
Monument Creek Interceptor Tie-In
Project Along Jackson Creek, El Paso
County, CO
Notice of Availability of a Final
Integrated Pest Management Program
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Horning Seed Orchard; Clackamas
County, OR
AGENCY:
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of permit for
incidental take of endangered species.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On February 15, 2005, a
notice was published in the Federal
Register (Vol. 70, No. 30, FR 7754), that
an application had been filed with the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)
by the Triview Metropolitan District and
Forest Lakes Metropolitan District 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 ‘‘Low-Effect
Habitat Conservation Plan for Issuance
of an Endangered Species Act Section
10(a)(1)(B) Permit for the Incidental
Take of the Preble’s Meadow Jumping
Mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) for
the Monument Creek Interceptor Tie-In
Along Jackson Creek, El Paso County,
Colorado.’’
Notice is hereby given that on June
30, 2005, as authorized by the
provisions of the Endangered Species
Act, the Service issued a permit (TE–
097228–0) 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.
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Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: In accordance with Section
102 of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces the
availability of a Final Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) that evaluates,
analyzes, and discloses to the public
direct, indirect, and cumulative
environmental impacts of a proposed
integrated pest management program at
the Horning Seed Orchard in Clackamas
County, Oregon, in BLM’s Salem
District. The integrated pest
management program is proposed to
control the insect, weed, animal, and
disease problems at the orchard, and to
maintain healthy, vigorous crop trees for
the production of seed and other
vegetative materials used for
reforestation and a variety of land
management actions.
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will not receive a formal response;
however, they will be considered and
included as part of the BLM decisionmaking process.
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including names and street addresses of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Issuance of Permit for Incidental Take of Threatened Species for
the Monument Creek Interceptor Tie-In Project Along Jackson Creek, El
Paso 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 February 15, 2005, a notice was published in the Federal
Register (Vol. 70, No. 30, FR 7754), that an application had been filed
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) by the Triview
Metropolitan District and Forest Lakes Metropolitan District 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 ``Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for Issuance of an
Endangered Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permit for the Incidental
Take of the Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) for
the Monument Creek Interceptor Tie-In Along Jackson Creek, El Paso
County, Colorado.''
Notice is hereby given that on June 30, 2005, as authorized by the
provisions of the Endangered Species Act, the Service issued a permit
(TE-097228-0) 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 Colorado 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: July 8, 2005.
Mike Stempel,
Acting Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
[FR Doc. 05-14503 Filed 7-21-05; 8:45 am]
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