[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 6503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02361]


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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 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.

DATES: Publication of legal notices in the listed newspapers begins on 
March 1, 2016. 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is superceded by a new list, published in the Federal Register.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, FOIA & Records; Forest Service, Alaska Region; P.O. Box 
21628; Juneau, Alaska 99802-1628.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robin Dale; Alaska Region Group Leader 
for Administrative Reviews, Litigation, FOIA & Records; (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 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 
Alaska Dispatch News, published daily in Anchorage, Alaska.

Chugach National Forest

    Decisions of the Forest Supervisor and the Glacier and Seward 
District Rangers: Alaska Dispatch 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 Sitlca 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 
time frames 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: January 15, 2016.
Beth G. Pendleton,
Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 2016-02361 Filed 2-5-16; 8:45 am]
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