[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 221 (Tuesday, November 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63827-63828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30659]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


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

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice lists the newspapers that will be used by all 
Ranger Districts, Forests, and the Regional Office of the Northern 
Region to publish legal notice of all decisions subject to appeal under 
36 CFR parts 215 and 217 and to publish notices for public comment and 
notice of decision subject to the provisions of 36 CFR part 215. The 
intended effect of this action is to inform interested members of the 
public which newspapers will be used

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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.

DATES: Publication of legal notices in the listed newspapers will begin 
with decisions subject to appeal that are made on or after November 18, 
1998. The list of newspapers will remain in effect until another notice 
is published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristine M. Lee; Regional Appeals and Litigation Coordinator; Northern 
Region; PO, Box 7669; Missoula, Montana 59807. Phone: (406) 329-3647.
    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.
    Regional Forester decisions in North Dakota: Bismarck Tribune.
    Regional Forester decisions in South Dakota: Rapid City Journal.

Beaverhead/Deerlodge--Montana Standard
Bitterroot--Ravalli Republic
Clearwater--Lewiston Morning Tribune
Custer--Billings Gazette (Montana)
    Bismarck Tribune (North Dakota)
    Rapid City Journal (South Dakota)
Flathead--Daily Interlake
Gallatin--Bozeman Chronicle
Helena--Independent Record
Idaho Panhandle--Spokesman Review
Kootenai--Daily Interlake
Lewis & Clark--Great Falls Tribune
Lolo--Missoulian
Nez Perce--Lewiston Morning 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: November 10, 1998.
Kathleen A. McAllister,
Deputy Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 98-30659 Filed 11-16-98; 8:45 am]
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