[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 113 (Monday, June 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33575-33576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14065]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


List of Newspapers To Be Used by the Alaska Region for 
Publication of Legal Notices of Decisions Subject to Administrative 
Appeal Under the Optional Appeal Procedures Available During the 
Planning Rule Transition Period.

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice lists the newspapers that Forests and the Regional 
Office of the Alaska Region will use to publish legal notice of all 
decisions subject to appeal under the Optional Appeal Procedures 
Available During the Planning Rule Transition Period (formerly 36 CFR 
part 217). The intended effect of this action is to inform interested 
members of the public which newspapers will be used to publish legal 
notice of decisions subject to appeal during the transition period, 
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 begins on 
July 1, 2010. This list of newspapers will remain in effect until it is 
superceded by a new list, published in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Ken Post, Appeals Specialist; Forest Service, Alaska

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Region; P.O. Box 21628; Juneau, Alaska 99802-1628.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Post, Appeals Specialist; (907) 
586-8796.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice provides the list of newspapers 
that Responsible Officials in the Alaska Region will use to give notice 
of decisions subject to appeal. The timeframe for appeal under the 
Optional Appeal Procedures Available During the Planning Rule 
Transition Period shall be based on the date of publication of the 
legal notice of the decision in the newspaper of record identified in 
this notice.
    The newspapers to be used for giving notice of Forest Service 
decisions in the Alaska Region are as follows:

Alaska Regional Office

    Decisions of the Alaska Regional Forester: Juneau Empire, published 
daily except Saturday and official holidays in Juneau, Alaska; and the 
Anchorage Daily News, published daily in Anchorage, Alaska.

Chugach National Forest

    Decisions of the Forest Supervisor: Anchorage Daily News, published 
daily in Anchorage, Alaska.

Tongass National Forest

    Decisions of the Forest Supervisor: Ketchikan Daily News, published 
daily except Sundays and official holidays in Ketchikan, Alaska.
    Supplemental notices may be published in any newspaper, but the 
timeframes for filing appeals will be calculated based upon the date 
that notices are published in the newspapers of record listed in this 
notice.

    Dated: May 28, 2010.
Beth G. Pendleton,
Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 2010-14065 Filed 6-11-10; 8:45 am]
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