Notice of Objection Period Minnetonka Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project
NOTICE OF OBJECTION PERIOD
Minnetonka Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project
Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Bear Lake County, Idaho
The final Environmental Assessment for the Minnetonka Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project is available for public review. The project includes mechanical removal of live and dead fuels in the 293-acre project area, located in St. Charles Canyon. This proposal is authorized by the Healthy Forest Restoration Act and subject to objection under 36 CFR 218. The publication date of this legal notice in the newspaper of record is the exclusive means for calculating the time to file an objection. Objections must be written and meet content requirements of 36 CFR 218.7. Any objections, including attachments, must be postmarked or received within 30 days following publication of this legal notice in the Post Register. Incorporation of documents by reference is not allowed. The Reviewing Officer is Larry Timchak, Forest Supervisor.
Send objections to: Objection Reviewing Officer, Intermountain Region USFS, 324 25th Street, Ogden, Utah 84401; or fax to 801-625-5277; or by email to: appeals-intermtnregional-office@fs.fed.us. Emailed objections must be submitted in rich text (rtf) or Word (doc) and must include the project name in the subject line. Objections may also be hand delivered to the above address, during regular business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. If no objections are filed within the 30 day objection period, the decision may be signed on, but not before the 5th business day following the end of the objection-filing period. The Decision Notice may be signed after the Reviewing Officer has responded to all objections. Once the Decision is signed, the project may be implemented immediately. This proposal is not subject to appeal under 36 CFR 215. For additional information concerning this decision or the Forest Service objection process, contact Dennis Duehren, 322 N. 4th, Montpelier, 10 83254 (208)847-0375.
August 27, 2008
LN15511
Published 27 August 2008 in the Idaho State Journal
