Notice of Application to Amend an Endangered Species Act Incidental Take Permit to Include Canada Lynx and Puget Sound/Coastal Bull Trout on the Plum Creek Timber Company Permit for Timber Harvest in the State of Washington, and to Issue an Incidental Ta

This notice advises the public that FWS has received a request to add Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) and Puget Sound/Coastal bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) to the species covered by incidental take permit PRT-808398, issued to the Plum Creek Timber Company on June 27, 1996. NMFS has received a request for an incidental take permit (1220) for the Middle Columbia River (MCR) steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Puget Sound (PuS) chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha). These requests have been submitted to FWS and NMFS (the Services) pursuant to the Implementation Agreement for the Habitat Conservation Plan (Plan) accompanying the incidental take permit. FWS is proposing to add Canada Lynx and Puget Sound/Coastal bull trout to Plum Creek's permit, and NMFS is proposing to issue an incidental take permit for the MCR steelhead and PuS chinook salmon. The purpose of this notice is to seek public comment on FWS' proposed permit amendment and NMFS' permit issuance.