{"abstract":"M. Earl Stewart, the Forest Supervisor for the Tongass National Forest, Alaska Region, has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and draft Record of Decision (ROD) for the Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment. The draft ROD selects Alternative Five. The FEIS, draft ROD, and Forest Plan are available on the forest's Web site at http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/R10/Tongass/PlanAmend. A hardcopy and further information is available by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The draft ROD is subject to objection under 36 CFR part 219, subpart B. A written notice of objection, including any attachments, must be submitted (regular mail, express delivery, messenger service, fax, email, or hand delivery) within 60 days of the publication date of this notice in the newspapers of record, the Juneau Empire and the Ketchikan Daily News. The newspaper notice is the exclusive means for calculating the time to file an objection (36 CFR 219.56(b)(3)). An electronic scan of this notice will be posted on the Web site noted above. Those wishing to object to the draft ROD should not rely upon dates or timeframe information provided by any other source. Any objection must be submitted to the Alaska Regional Forester, Beth Pendleton, who is the Objection Reviewing Officer, at one of the addresses listed in the ADDRESSES section below. The objection process provides an opportunity for members of the public who have participated in the planning process for the forest plan amendment to have any unresolved concerns reviewed by the Forest Service prior to a final decision by the Responsible Official. Under 36 CFR 219.53(a), objections will be accepted only from those individuals or organizations who have previously submitted substantive formal comments related to this amendment of the Tongass Forest Plan during the opportunities for public comment provided for this amendment. Objections must be based on previously submitted substantive comments attributed to the objector, unless the objection concerns an issue that arose after the opportunities for public comment. (36 CFR 219.53(a)). In addition, objections must meet the content requirements of 36 CFR 219.54(c), which can be found in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. All objections are open to public inspection and will be published in the newspapers of record and posted to the Forest Service Web site (http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/R10/Tongass/PlanAmend).","action":"Notice of Objection Filing Period.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2016/07/01/2016-15353.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"81 FR 43183","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The period for objections begins upon publication of this notice in the newspapers of record and ends 60 days thereafter.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2016-15353","effective_on":null,"end_page":43184,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2016/07/01/2016-15353.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/07/01/2016-15353/environmental-impact-statements-tongass-national-forest-land-and-resource-management-plan-amendment","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2016-15353?publication_date=2016-07-01","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2016-07-01/2016-15353/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":223,"last_updated":"2026-04-24 06:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-07-01/pdf/2016-15353.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-15353.pdf?1467290747","publication_date":"2016-07-01","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2016/07/01/2016-15353.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=FS_FRDOC_0001","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"FS_FRDOC_0001","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Recently Posted FS Rules and Notices.","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2016-07-21T06:00:16Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":43183,"subtype":null,"title":"Environmental Impact Statements: Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment","toc_doc":"Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment","toc_subject":"Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":81}