[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10087-10088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03789]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Annual List of Newspapers To Be Used by the Alaska Region for 
Publication of Legal Notices of Proposed Projects and Activities 
Implementing Land and Resource Management Plans, Including Hazardous 
Fuel Reduction Projects, Subject to the Pre-Decisional Administrative 
Review Process

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 projects 
and activities implementing land and resource management plans, 
including 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 pre-
decisional administrative review process at 36 CFR part 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 pre-decisional review process.

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DATES: Publication of legal notices in the listed newspapers begins on 
March 1, 2014. 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is superceded by a new list, published in the Federal Register.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 projects and activities implementing land and resource management 
plans, including hazardous fuel reduction projects authorized under the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003, subject to the pre-decisional 
administrative review process at 36 CFR part 218. The timeframe for 
objection to a proposed 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: February 12, 2014.
Ruth M. Monahan,
Deputy Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 2014-03789 Filed 2-21-14; 8:45 am]
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