legislation: 112-s-1580

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112-s-1580 112 s 1580 Protecting Public Safety and Sacred Sites from the Utah Prairie Dog Act of 2011 Animals 2011-09-20 2011-09-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 1 Protecting Public Safety and Sacred Sites from the Utah Prairie Dog Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to amend the special rule concerning takings of the Utah prarie dog to permit the taking of such prairie dog under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in any airport or cemetery in such prairie dog's range in which a state demonstrates that: (1) the prairie dog's entry or existence causes a threat to public health and safety or to the sanctity of a burial site, and (2) all practicable measures to eliminate that threat have been carried out without success. Defines "practicable measures" as: (1) the construction of fences around such areas, and (2) translocation of the prairie dogs by methods used by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. 2023-01-11T13:22:17Z  

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