36 C.F.R. § 215.5 Legal notice of proposed actions.
Title 36 - Parks, Forests, and Public Property
(a) Responsible Official. The Responsible Official shall: (1) Provide notice of the opportunity to comment on a proposed action implementing the land and resource management plan. (2) Determine the most effective timing for publishing the legal notice of the proposed action and opportunity to comment. (3) Promptly mail notice about the proposed action to any individual or organization who has requested it and to those who have participated in project planning. (4) Publish a legal notice of the opportunity to comment on a proposed action as provided for in paragraph (b)(2). (5) Accept all written and oral comments on the proposed action as provided for in §215.6(a)(4). (6) Identify all substantive comments. (b) Legal notice of proposed action—(1) Content of legal notice. All legal notices shall include the following: (i) The title and brief description of the proposed action. (ii) A general description of the proposed action's location with sufficient information to allow the interested public to identify the location. (iii) A statement that the Responsible Official is requesting an emergency situation determination or it has been determined that an emergency situation exists for the project or activity as provided for in §215.10, when applicable. (iv) For a proposed action to be analyzed and documented in an environmental assessment (EA), a statement that the opportunity to comment ends 30 days following the date of publication of the legal notice in the newspaper of record (§215.6(a)(2)); legal notices shall not contain the specific date since newspaper publication dates may vary. (v) For a proposed action that is analyzed and documented in a draft environmental impact statement (EIS), a statement that the opportunity to comment ends 45 days following the date of publication of the notice of availability (NOA) in the (vi) A statement that only those who submit timely and substantive comments will be accepted as appellants. (vii) The Responsible Official's name, title, telephone number, and addresses (street, postal, facsimile, and e-mail) to whom comments are to be submitted and the Responsible Official's office business hours for those submitting hand-delivered comments (§215.6(a)(4)(ii)). (viii) A statement indicating that for appeal eligibility each individual or representative from each organization submitting substantive comments must either sign the comments or verify identity upon request. (ix) The acceptable format(s) for electronic comments. (x) Instructions on how to obtain additional information on the proposed action. (2) Publication. (i) Through notice published annually in the (ii) Legal notice of the opportunity to comment on a proposed action shall be published in the applicable newspaper of record identified in paragraph (b)(2)(i) for each National Forest System unit. When the Chief is the Responsible Official, notice shall also be published in the
Title 36: Parks, Forests, and Public Property
PART 215—NOTICE, COMMENT, AND APPEAL PROCEDURES FOR NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
§ 215.5 Legal notice of proposed actions.