[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 185 (Friday, September 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 59110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24295]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Newspapers To Be Used by the Alaska Region for Publication of 
Legal Notices of Proposed Hazardous Fuel Reduction Projects

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice lists the newspapers that Ranger Districts, 
Forests, and the Regional Office of the Alaska Region will use to 
publish legal notices of the opportunity to object to proposed 
hazardous fuel reduction projects authorized under the Healthy Forests 
Restoration Act of 2003. The intended effect of this action is to 
inform interested members of the public which newspapers will be used 
to publish legal notice of actions subject to the predecisional 
administrative review process at 36 CFR 218, thereby allowing them to 
receive constructive notice of the proposed actions, to provide clear 
evidence of timely notice, and to achieve consistency in administering 
the predecisional review process.

DATES: Publication of legal notices in the listed newspapers begins on 
October 1, 2011. This list of newspapers will remain in effect until it 
is superceded by a new list, published in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Robin Dale, Alaska Region Group Leader for Appeals, 
Litigation and FOIA; Forest Service, Alaska Region; P.O. Box 21628; 
Juneau, Alaska 99802-1628.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robin Dale; Alaska Region Group Leader 
for Appeals, Litigation and FOIA; (907) 586-9344.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice provides the list of newspapers 
that Responsible Officials in the Alaska Region will use to give notice 
of proposed hazardous fuel reduction projects subject to the 
predecisional administrative review process at 36 CFR 218. The 
timeframe for objection to a proposed hazardous fuel reduction project 
subject to this process shall be based on the date of publication of 
the legal notice of the project in the newspaper of record identified 
in this notice.
    The newspapers to be used for giving notice of Forest Service 
projects 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 and the Glacier and Seward 
District Rangers: Anchorage Daily News, published daily in Anchorage, 
Alaska.
    Decisions of the Cordova District Ranger: Cordova Times, published 
weekly in Cordova, Alaska.

Tongass National Forest

    Decisions of the Forest Supervisor and the Craig, Ketchikan/Misty, 
and Thorne Bay District Rangers: Ketchikan Daily News, published daily 
except Sundays and official holidays in Ketchikan, Alaska.
    Decisions of the Admiralty Island National Monument Ranger, the 
Juneau District Ranger, the Hoonah District Ranger, and the Yakutat 
District Ranger: Juneau Empire, published daily except Saturday and 
official holidays in Juneau, Alaska.
    Decisions of the Petersburg District Ranger: Petersburg Pilot, 
published weekly in Petersburg, Alaska.
    Decisions of the Sitka District Ranger: Daily Sitka Sentinel, 
published daily except Saturday, Sunday, and official holidays in 
Sitka, Alaska.
    Decisions of the Wrangell District Ranger: Wrangell Sentinel, 
published weekly in Wrangell, Alaska.
    Supplemental notices may be published in any newspaper, but the 
timeframes for filing objections will be calculated based upon the date 
that legal notices are published in the newspapers of record listed in 
this notice.

    Dated: September 9, 2011.
Beth G. Pendleton,
Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 2011-24295 Filed 9-22-11; 8:45 am]
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