Decisions by the Forest Service to approve decisions by the Forest Service to approve proposed actions concerning projects and activities implementing land a resources management plans are subject to the Pre-Decisional Administrative Review Process Regulations at 36 CFR 218.
The Forest Service will accept webform, mailed, faxed and hand-delivered objections on this project for 45 calendar days following the date of publication of the legal notice in the Newspaper of Record. The publication date of the legal notice in the newspaper of record is the exclusive means for calculating the time to file an objection and those wishing to object should not rely upon dates or time frame information provided by any other source. It is the responsibility of the objector to ensure that the Reviewing Officer receives the objection in a timely manner. The regulations prohibit extending the length of the objection filing period.
Objections will be accepted only from those who have previously submitted timely specific written comments regarding the proposed forest plan revision during scoping or other designated opportunity for public comment. Issues raised in objections must be based on issues raised in the previously submitted specific written comments unless the issues are based on new information arising after designated comment opportunities (§218.5).
An objection must include the following (36 CFR 218.8(d)):
Webform: Objections can be submitted through the CARA webform at https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?project=51053
Mail: Objections can be mailed to the Reviewing Officer at the address below. Objections delivered by mail must be postmarked by the closing day of the objection filing period and received before close of the fifth business day following the end of the objection filing period. Please mail objections to:
Deputy Regional Forester (Reviewing Officer)
Northern Regional Office
Attn: Greenhorn Project
26 Fort Missoula Rod
Missoula, MT 59804
FAX: Objections can be faxed to the Southwest Regional Office 406-329-3411
Hand Delivery: Submit an objection via hand delivery, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding holidays at USDA Forest Service, 26 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, MT 59804.
Objections not filed in a timely manner or those that do not meet the requirements described above will be set aside without further review. For more information please see the Request More Info tab on the previous web page.
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