[Federal Register: November 13, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 219)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

 
Alaska Region; Legal Notices Required Under 36 CFR Part 215

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 36 CFR Part 215, Deciding Officers in the 
Alaska Region will publish Notices of Proposed Actions and Notices of 
Decisions Subject to Administrative Appeal in the Legal Notice Section 
of the newspapers listed in the Supplementary Information Section of 
this Notice. As provided in 36 CFR 215.5, such notices shall constitute 
legal evidence that the agency has given timely and constructive Notice 
of Proposed Actions and Notice of Decisions Subject to Administrative 
Appeal. Newspaper publication of Notices of Proposed Actions and 
Notices of Decisions is in addition to direct notice to persons who 
have requested notice in writing and to persons known to be interested 
in or affected by a specific proposal or decision.

DATES: Use of these papers for purposes of publishing Legal Notices of 
Proposed Actions and Notices of Decisions Subject to Administrative 
Appeal shall being November 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cherie Shelley, Regional Appeals Coordinator, Alaska Region, USDA 
Forest Service, EPB, P.O. Box 21628, Juneau, Alaska 99802-1628, 
Telephone (907) 586-8855.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Deciding Officers in the Alaska Region will 
give Legal Notices of Proposed Actions and Notices of Decisions Subject 
to Administrative Appeal in the following newspapers which are listed 
by Forest Service administrative unit. Where more than one newspaper is 
listed for any unit, the first newspaper listed is the primary 
newspaper which shall be used to constitute legal evidence that the 
agency has given timely and constructive Notice of Proposed Actions and 
Notice of Decisions Subject to Administrative Appeal. As provided at 36 
CFR 215.6, the time frame for public comment on proposed actions shall 
be based on the date of publication of the Notice in the primary 
newspaper.
    Decisions by the Regional Forester:
    Juneau Empire, published daily except Saturday and official 
holidays in Juneau, Alaska, for decisions affecting National Forest 
System lands in the State of Alaska and for any decisions of Region-
wide impact.
    Anchorage Daily News, published daily in Anchorage, Alaska, for 
decisions affecting National Forest System lands in the State of Alaska 
and for any decisions of Region-wide impact. Decisions by Chugach 
Forest

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Supervisor and the Glacier District Ranger, Chugach National Forest:
    Anchorage Daily News, published daily in Anchorage, Alaska.
    Decisions by the Cordova District Ranger, Chugach National Forest:
    Anchorage Daily News, published daily in Anchorage, Alaska.
    Cordova Times, published weekly in Cordova, Alaska.
    Decisions by the Seward District Ranger, Chugach National Forest:
    Anchorage Daily News, published daily in Anchorage, Alaska.
    Seward Phoenix Log, published weekly in Seward, Alaska.
    Peninsula Clarion, published daily except Saturday, Sunday, and 
official holidays in Kenai, Alaska.
    Decisions by the Tongass Forest Supervisor:
    Juneau Empire, published daily except Saturday and official 
holidays in Juneau, Alaska, for decisions affecting National Forest 
System lands on the Chatham Area of the Tongass National Forest.
    Ketchikan Daily News, published daily except Saturday and official 
holidays in Ketchikan, Alaska, for decisions affecting National Forest 
System lands on the Ketchikan Area of the Tongass National Forest.
    Petersburg Pilot, published weekly in Petersburg, Alaska, for 
decisions affecting National Forest System lands on the Stikine Area of 
the Tongass National Forest.
    Decisions by the Assistant Forest Supervisor for the Chatham Area, 
the Yakutat District Ranger, the Hoonah District Ranger, the Juneau 
District Ranger, and the Admiralty National Monument Ranger, Chatham 
Area of the Tongass National Forest:
    Juneau Empire, published daily except Saturday and official 
holidays in Juneau, Alaska.
    Decisions by the Sitka District Ranger, Chatham Area of the Tongass 
National Forest:
    Daily Sitka Sentinel, published daily except Saturday and official 
holidays in Sitka, Alaska.
    Decisions by all Deciding Officers of the Ketchikan Area of the 
Tongass National Forest:
    Ketchikan Daily News, published daily except Sunday and official 
holidays in Ketchikan, Alaska
    Decisions by the Assistant Forest Supervisor for the Stikine Area 
and the Petersburg District Ranger, Stikine Area of the Tongass 
National Forest:
    Petersburg Pilot, published weekly in Petersburg, Alaska.
    Decisions by the Wrangell District Ranger, Stikine Area of the 
Tongass National Forest:
    Wrangell Sentinel, published weekly in Wrangell, Alaska.

    Dated: October 29, 1998.
James Gladen,
Acting Regional Forester.
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