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

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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