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  • (1) "Compensatory mitigation" means avoiding, minimizing, rectifying, reducing, or eliminating impacts on sage grouse habitat by providing substitute sage grouse habitat through conservation projects or conservation banks.
  • (2) "Conservation plan" means the current version of the "Conservation Plan for Greater Sage-grouse in Utah" developed by the state and approved by the governor.
  • (3) "Permanently disturb" means an action that disrupts the common activities of sage grouse for a period of more than five years and includes all areas where the effects of the action could be expected to disrupt the common activities of sage grouse for a period of more than five years.
  • (4) "Person" means:
    • (a) an individual;
    • (b) a corporation;
    • (c) a limited liability company;
    • (d) a partnership;
    • (e) an association;
    • (f) a trust; or
    • (g) a voluntary organization.
  • (5) "Program" means the Sage Grouse Compensatory Mitigation Program created under Section 79-2-504.
  • (6) "Sage grouse" means the greater sage-grouse, or the species centrocercus urophasianus.




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