[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 61302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26587]



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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. 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 October 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--Missoulina
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: October 10, 2000.
Kathleen A. McAllister,
Deputy Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 00-26587 Filed 10-16-00; 8:45 am]
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