Sec. 3. Amendment and renewal of the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan, Washington County, Utah
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On receipt from the County of a proposal to amend and renew the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan to include an additional 6,865-acre desert tortoise reserve zone identified as the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve–Zone 6 on the map entitled Red Cliffs Desert Reserve–Zone 6 and dated February 23, 2018, the Secretary shall, after coordination with units of local government and in accordance with this Act and applicable law— approve the amendment; and renew, for a period of 25 years— the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan; and the permit issued under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) for the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan.
As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate an official map and legal description of the reserve zone described in subsection (a). The map and legal description submitted under paragraph
(1)shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may make minor modifications of any clerical or typographical errors in the map or the legal description. A copy of the map and the legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate field offices of the Bureau of Land Management. Management of the reserve zone described in subsection
(a)shall be facilitated by the County as part of, and in accordance with, the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan. The Secretary shall manage Federal land within the reserve zone described in subsection (a)— in a manner consistent with the purposes of the Red Cliffs Desert Tortoise Reserve; and to enhance the natural values of the land comprising the reserve zone, including wildlife habitat and the recreational, cultural, educational, and scientific values of the land. The Secretary, in consultation with units of local government, shall amend the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan to provide for management of Federal land within the reserve zone described in subsection (a). The amendment under paragraph
(1)shall— provide for the management of species in the reserve zone described in subsection
(a)in accordance with the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan; include the utility protocols entitled Development Protocols for Projects Within the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve and/or Incidental Take Areas and dated August 1, 2006 (as amended); and provide for the management of recreational activities in accordance with the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan for other zones in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, including rock climbing, organized events, hiking, biking, horseback riding, and off-highway vehicle use on designated trails and roads. The Secretary shall adopt the amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan within 2 years after receipt of the proposal of the County to amend and renew the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan including the reserve zone described in subsection (a). The Secretary shall manage the reserve zone described in subsection
(a)as a land bank to provide mitigation credits for future disturbances of the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, including utility disturbances and the construction of the corridor described in section 5(e). In the permit renewed under subsection (a)(2)(B), the County shall receive mitigation credit for— the tortoises protected on non-Federal land in the reserve zone described in subsection (a); and in annual installments, any tortoises successfully translocated and surviving in the reserve zone described in subsection (a), based on survivorship and juvenile recruitment estimates, as determined by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Except as provided in this section, nothing in this Act otherwise limits, alters, modifies, or amends the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan.
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Sec. 3
Amendment and renewal of the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan, Washington County, Utah
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