[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1193-1194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-478]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Extension of Comment Period on the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement and Application for the Proposed Issuance of a Permit To 
Allow Incidental Take of Threatened and Endangered Species on Plum 
Creek Timber Company, L.P., Lands in the I-90 Corridor, King and 
Kittitas Counties, Washington

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice, extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the U. S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service is extending the comment period for the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and the application for the 
proposed issuance of an incidental take permit (PRT-808398) to Plum 
Creek Timber Company, L.P. . This notice is provided pursuant to 
section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act and National Environmental 
Policy Act regulations.

DATES: Written comments on the permit application and DEIS should be 
received on or before January 22, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the application or DEIS, or requests for 
those documents, should be addressed to William Vogel, U. S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Pacific Northwest Habitat Conservation Plan Program, 
3773 Martin Way East, Building C--Suite 101, Olympia, Washington 98501; 
(360) 534-9330. Please refer to permit No. PRT-808398 when submitting 
comments. Individuals wishing copies of the documents for review should 
immediately contact the office listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Vogel, U. S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, or Steve Landino, National Marine Fisheries Service, at the 
office listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 17, 1995 (60 FR 222:57722-
57724), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 
Fisheries Service (together the Services) announced the availability of 
a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and the receipt of an 
application for the 

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proposed issuance of a permit to allow incidental take of threatened 
and endangered species on Plum Creek Timber Company, L.P., lands in the 
I-90 Corridor, King and Kittitas Counties, Washington. Regulations 
governing permits for threatened and endangered species are in 50 CFR 
17.22 and 17.32.
    The Services have received a number of requests for extension of 
the comment period. In response the Services have extended the comment 
period until January 22, 1996.

    Dated: January 9, 1996.
Thomas J. Dwyer,
Deputy Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
[FR Doc. 96-478 Filed 1-16-96; 8:45 am]
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