Federal Register: December 29, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 250)

DOCID: FR Doc 06-9926

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Appealable decisions; legal notice:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.

SUBJECT CATEGORY:

Newspapers Used for Publication of Legal Notice of Appealable Decisions for the Northern Region; Northern Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and portions of South Dakota and Eastern Washington

DATES: Publication of legal notices in the listed newspapers will begin with decisions subject to appeal that are made on or after January 2, 2007. The list of newspapers will remain in effect until another notice is published in the Federal Register.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

This notice lists the newspapers that will be used by all Ranger Districts, Forests, Grasslands, and the Regional Office of the Northern Region to publish legal notices for public comment and decisions subject to appeal and predecisional administrative review under 36 CFR 215, 217, and 218. The intended effect of this action is to inform interested members of the public which newspapers will be used to publish legal notices for public comment or decisions; thereby allowing them to receive constructive notice of a decision, to provide clear evidence of timely notice, and to achieve consistency in administering the appeals process.

SUMMARY:

Northern Region,

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

Appeals and Litigation Group Leader; Northern Region; P.O. Box 7669; Missoula, Montana 59807, Phone: (406) 3273696.

The newspapers to be used are as follows:
Northern Regional Office
Regional Forester decisions in Montana: The Missoulian, Great Falls Tribune, and The Billings Gazette.
Regional Forester decisions in Northern Idaho and Eastern
Washington: The Spokesman Review and Lewiston Tribune.
Beaverhead/Deerlodge NFMontana Standard
Bitterroot NFRavalli Republic
Clearwater NFLewiston Tribune
Custer NFBillings Gazette (Montana)
Rapid City Journal (South Dakota)
Dakota Prairie GrasslandsBismarck Tribune (North and South Dakota)
Flathead NFDaily Inter Lake
Gallatin NFBozeman Chronicle
Helena NFIndependent Record
Idaho Panhandle NFsCoeur d'Alene Press
Kootenai NFDaily Inter Lake
Lewis & Clark NFGreat Falls Tribune
Lolo NFMissoulian

Nez Perce NFLewiston Tribune

Supplemental notices may be placed in any newspaper, but time frames/deadlines will be calculated based upon notices in newspapers of record listed above.

Dated: December 22, 2006.
Kathleen A. McAllister,
Deputy Regional Forester.
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