[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 93 (Friday, May 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 30562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11946]


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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 215 and 217 and to publish notices for public comment and notice 
of decision subject to the provisions of 36 CFR 215 and 217 and to 
publish notices for public comment and notice of decision subject to 
the provisions of 36 CFR 215. 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.

DATES: Publication of legal notices in the listed newspapers will begin 
with decisions subject to appeal that are made on or after May 15, 
2000. The list of newspapers will remain in effect until another notice 
is published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interregional NEPA, Appeals and 
Litigation Leader; Northern Region; P.O. 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) Rapid City Journal (South 
Dakota).
    Dakota Prairie National Grasslands--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: May 7, 2000.
Kathleen A. McAllister,
Deputy Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 00-11946 Filed 5-11-00; 8:45 am]
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