[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 141 (Monday, July 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 37922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18471]



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Issuance of a Permit for Incidental Take of Threatened and 
Endangered Species

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On November 17, 1995, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register (60 FR 57722) that an application had been filed with the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) by Plum Creek Timber Company, L.P., 
of Seattle, Washington, for a permit to incidentally take the 
threatened northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina), marbled 
murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus marmoratus), and grizzly bear (Ursus 
arctos=U.a. horribilis), and the endangered gray wolf (Canis lupus), 
pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1532 et seq.). This is in the course of the 
otherwise legal activities of forest management and related incidental 
land use activities in portions of King and Kittitas Counties, 
Washington, pursuant to the Habitat Conservation Plan, its 
Implementation Agreement, and the incidental take permit.
    Notice is hereby given that on June 27,1996, as authorized by the 
Act, the Service issued incidental take permit PRT-808398 to Plum Creek 
Timber Company, L.P., subject to certain conditions set forth therein. 
The permit was granted only after it was determined that it was applied 
for in good faith, that by granting the permit it will not lead to the 
jeopardy of the species, and that it will be consistent with the 
purposes and policies set forth in the Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Western Washington Office, 3704 Griffin Lane SE, Suite 102, 
Olympia, Washington 98501-2192, telephone (360-753-9440).

    Dated: July 12, 1996.
Don Weathers,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
[FR Doc. 96-18471 Filed 7-19-96; 8:45 am]
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