Comments including anonymous comments will be accepted at any time. However comments posted after the close of a designated comment period may not be able to be given full consideration. Anonymous comments and comments submitted after the close of the final designated comment period will not provide the commenter standing for administrative review.
The Forest Service values public participation. Communications from the public regarding this project including commenter’s names and contact information will become part of the public record.
Objections pertaining to the project will only be accepted from those who have previously submitted specific written or substantive formal comments regarding the proposed project during a comment period in accordance with 36 CFR § 218.5(a). Issues raised in objections must be based on previously submitted timely and specific written or substantive formal comments regarding the proposed project unless comments are based on new information that arose after the designated comment opportunities.
Objections must be submitted within 45 calendar days following the publication of this notice in Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. The publication date in the newspaper of record is the exclusive means for calculating the time to file an objection. Those wishing to object should not rely upon dates or timeframe information provided by any other source. It is the objector’s responsibility to ensure timely filing of a written objection with the reviewing officer pursuant to 36 CFR § 218.9. The regulations prohibit extending the time to file an objection.
Loren Paulson
