R634-3-2. Program Goals

  (1) The Compensatory Mitigation Program seeks to offset the impacts of permanent disturbances to sage-grouse habitat in Utah by

  (a) encouraging responsible economic development through avoiding and minimizing permanent disturbance within sage-grouse habitat, when possible, and thereby maintaining the distribution of sagebrush habitats within Sage-grouse Management Areas (SGMAs) in Utah; and

  (b) providing Compensatory Mitigation resulting in an increase to or protection of habitat to offset the impacts from Permanent Disturbance in sage-grouse habitats within Utah.

  (2) The Program strives to be consistent, where practical, with county plans for Sage-grouse that include a compensatory mitigation strategy.