[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 38470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13881]


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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 June 3, 
2002. The list of newspapers will remain in effect until another notice 
is published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Appeals and Litigation Group Leader; 
Northern Region; PO Box 7669; Missoula, Montana 59807. Phone: (406) 
329-3696.
    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 and South Dakota)
Flathead
    Daily Inter Lake
Gallatin
    Bozeman Chronicle
Helena
    Independent Record
Idaho Panhandle
    Spokesman Review
Kootenai
    Daily Inter Lake
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 24, 2002.
Kathleen A. McAllister,
Deputy Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 02-13881 Filed 6-3-02; 8:45 am]
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