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###### Department of Agriculture

###### Forest Service

# AGENCY:

Forest Service, USDA.

# ACTION:

 Notice.

# SUMMARY:

This notice lists the newspapers that Ranger Districts, Forests, and the Regional Office of the Alaska Region will use to publish legal notice of all decisions subject to appeal under 36 CFR part 215 and to publish legal notices for public comment on actions subject to the notice and comment provisions of 36 CFR part 215, as updated on June 4, 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 public comment and decisions subject to appeal under 36 CFR part 215, thereby allowing them to receive constructive notice of a decision or proposed action, 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 January 1, 2008. This list of newspapers will remain in effect until it is superceded by a new list, published in the                         **Federal Register**                        .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 decisions subject to notice, comment, and appeal under 36 CFR part 215. The timeframe for comment on a proposed action shall be based on the date of publication of the legal notice of the proposed action in the newspapers of record identified in this notice. The timeframe for appeal under 36 CFR part 215 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

*Decision 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 Achorage, 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 making comments or filing appeals will be calculated based upon the date that notices are published in the newspapers of record listed in this notice.

Dated: November 5, 2007.

Denny Bschor,

Regional Forester.

[FR Doc. 07-5704  Filed 11-16-07; 8:45 am]

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