Sec. 3. Amendment and renewal of the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan, Washington County, Utah
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Upon receipt from the County of a proposal to amend and renew the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan, Washington County, Utah, that includes an approximately 6,865 acre desert tortoise reserve zone named the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Zone 6, generally depicted 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 with applicable laws, approve such amendment and renew such plan and the permit under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) that was issued for such plan, for a period of 25 years.
As soon as practical 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 parcel described in subsection (a). The map and legal description submitted under this subsection 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 Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Zone 6, shall be facilitated by the County as part of and in conformity with the provisions of the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan. The Secretary shall manage Federal lands within the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Zone 6, of the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan, in a manner consistent with the purposes of the Red Cliffs Desert Tortoise Reserve, in consultation with the Shivwits Band of Paiutes and to enhance the natural values of such lands, including wildlife habitat, and recreational, cultural, educational, and scientific values of such lands.
The Secretary, at the request of the owner of the non-Federal lands located in the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area, the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, and the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Zone 6, shall seek to acquire through exchange under the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–333 ; 110 Stat. 4137 et seq.) or by purchase or donation, those non-Federal lands as soon as practicable. The Secretary, in consultation with units of local government including the County, shall amend the St.
George Field Office Resource Management Plan to provide for management of Federal lands within the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Zone 6. The amendment under paragraph
(1)shall include— management of species in accordance with the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan; the utility development protocols as outlined for the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve and/or Incidental Take Areas dated August 1, 2006, as amended; and management of recreational activities in conformance 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 manage the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Zone 6, 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 Northern Transportation Corridor identified in section 5(e). In the permit extended under subsection (a), the Secretary shall credit Washington County mitigation credit— for the tortoises protected on non-Federal lands in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Zone 6; and in yearly installments, for those tortoises successfully translocated and surviving, based on survivorship and juvenile recruitment estimates as determined by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The Secretary shall adopt the amendment to the St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan not later than two years after receipt of Washington County’s proposal to amend and renew the Habitat Conservation Plan including the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Zone 6. 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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- Pub. L. 104-333
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Amendment and renewal of the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan, Washington County, Utah
Pub. L.Pub. L. 104-333
Stat.110 Stat. 4137
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