As used in this part:
- (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.
Enacted by Chapter 358, 2016 General Session