[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR215.5]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 215--NOTICE, COMMENT, AND APPEAL PROCEDURES FOR NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 215.5  Notice and comment on proposed actions.

    (a) Annual notice of newspapers. Annually, each Regional Forester 
shall, through notice published in the Federal Register, advise the 
public of the principal newspapers to be utilized for publishing notices 
required by this section.
    (b) Manner of giving notice. (1) The Responsible Official shall 
publish notice of proposed actions as specified in Sec. 215.3 in a 
newspaper of general circulation identified pursuant to the requirements 
of paragraph (a) of this section.
    (2) The Responsible Official also shall give the public notice of 
the opportunity to comment on proposed actions subject to this part as 
follows:
    (i) For proposed actions requiring an environmental assessment, the 
Responsible Official shall promptly mail the environmental assessment 
along with a letter identifying the proposed action to any person who 
has requested it and to persons who are known to have participated in 
the environmental analysis process.
    (ii) For proposed timber harvest actions categorically excluded from 
documentation under Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, section 31.2, 
paragraph 4, the Responsible Official shall promptly mail a letter 
briefly describing the proposed to any person who has requested notice, 
to persons who are on a mailing list to receive notice of this type of 
decision, or to persons who are known to have participated in the 
decisionmaking process.
    (c) Content of the public notice for comment on proposed actions. 
All notices provided or published pursuant to this section shall include 
the following:
    (1) The title and brief description of the proposed action;
    (2) A general description of the proposed action location;
    (3) Instructions on how to obtain additional information on the 
proposed action;
    (4) The name, title, address, and telephone number of the 
Responsible Official to whom comments should be addressed; and
    (5) The date the comment period ends (Sec. 215.6(a)).