18582 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 73 / Wednesday, April 16, 1997 / Notices the preceding June. Section 826 of 2020(e)(3)(E), required the Secretary of to administrative appeal under 36 CFR Public Law 104±193 amended Section Agriculture to prescribe rules requiring part 215. These notices will be 8(a) effective October 1, 1996 by State agencies to develop standard published in the legal notice section of removing the annual adjustment estimates of the shelter expenses that the newspapers listed in the provision, thus freezing the minimum could reasonably be expected to be Supplementary Information section of benefit at $10. incurred by households in which all this notice. As provided in 36 CFR 215.5 members were homeless but which are and 215.9, such notice shall constitute Standard Deduction not receiving free shelter throughout the legal evidence that the agency has given Section 5(e)(1) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. month. In recognition of the difficulty timely and constructive notice for 2014(e)(1), provides that, in computing State agencies could face in gathering comment and notice of decisions that household income, households shall be the necessary information to compute may be subject to administrative appeal. allowed a standard deduction. Prior to standard shelter estimates for their Newspaper publication of notices of August 22, 1996, Section 5(e) also States, the Department offered a decisions is in addition to direct notice required that the standard deduction be standard estimate which could be used to those who have requested notice in adjusted periodically. Section 809 of by all State agencies in lieu of their own writing and those known to be Public Law 104±193 amended Section estimates. interested in or affected by a specific 5(e)(1) to eliminate the periodic Sections 809 and 835 of Pub. L. 104± decision. adjustment, freezing the standard 193 required revisions in the above DATES: Use of these newspapers for deduction for each household in the 48 described procedures. Section 809 purpose of publishing legal notices for contiguous States and the District of amended Section 5(e)(5) of the Act, 7 comment and decisions that may be Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and U.S.C. 2014(e)(5), to allow State subject to appeal under 36 CFR part 215 the Virgin Islands of the United States agencies the option to develop a shall begin April 16, 1997 and continue at the 1994 level, $134, $229, $189, standard, stand-alone homeless shelter until further notice. $269, and $118, respectively. allowance, which shall not exceed $143 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shelter Deduction per month and is not to be adjusted Pat Jackson, Regional Appeals annually, for such expenses as may Coordinator, Southwestern Region, 517 Prior to August 22, 1996, Section 5(e) reasonably be expected to be incurred of the Act also mandated increases in Gold Avenue SW., Albuquerque, NM by households in which all members are 87102, 505±842±3305. the shelter deduction limitation homeless individuals but are not SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: effective July 1, 1994, and October 1, receiving free shelter throughout the Responsible Officials in the 1995, and an elimination of the month. State agencies that develop the Southwestern Region will give legal limitation effective January 1, 1997. allowance may use it in determining notice of decisions that may be subject Section 809 of Public Law 104±193 eligibility and allotments for the to appeal under 36 CFR part 215 in the amended Section 5(e)(7) of the Act to households. State agencies may make a following newspaper which are listed provide that a household shall be household with extremely low shelter by Forest Service administrative unit. entitled to an excess shelter expense costs ineligible for the allowance. In Where more than one newspaper is deduction to the extent that the monthly essence, these rules match those in listed for any unit, the first newspaper amount expended by a household for existence at 7 CFR 273.9(d)(5), with the listed is the primary newspaper which shelter exceeds an amount equal to 50 exception of establishing a maximum shall be used to constitute legal percent of monthly household income allowance of $143. Therefore, no evidence that the agency has given after all other applicable deductions additional rulemaking was required timely and constructive notice for have been allowed. However, in the case prior to the implementation of this comment and for decisions that may be of a household that does not contain an provision of Pub. L. 104±193. Section subject to administrative appeal. As elderly or disabled individual, in the 48 835 of Pub. L. 104±193 repealed Section provided in 36 CFR part 215.5, the contiguous States and the District of 11(e)(3)(E) of the Act. Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and timeframe for appeal shall be based on the Virgin Islands of the United States, Dated: April 4, 1997. the date of publication of a notice for the excess shelter deduction shall not William E. Ludwig, decision in the primary newspaper. Administrator, Food and Consumer Service. exceed: Notice by Regional Forester of [FR Doc. 97±9830 Filed 4±15±97; 8:45 am] (i) for the period beginning on the Availability for Comment and Decisions date of enactment of the law and ending BILLING CODE 3410±30±U Affecting New Mexico Forests on December 31, 1996, $247, $429, $353, $300, and $182 per month, Albuquereque Journal, published respectively; DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE daily in Albuquerque, Bernalillo (ii) for the period beginning on County, New Mexico, for comment and January 1, 1997, and ending September Forest Service decisions affecting National Forest System lands in the State of New 30, 1998, $250, $434, $357, $304, and Availability of Appealable Decisions $184 per month, respectively; Mexico and for any decisions of Region- (iii) for fiscal years 1999 and 2000, AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. wide impact. $275, $478, $393, $334, and $203 per ACTION: Notice: Availability of Notice by Regional Forester of month, respectively; appealable decisions; legal notice for Availability for Comment and Decisions (iv) for fiscal year 2001 and each availability for comment of decisions Affecting Arizona Forests subsequent fiscal year, $300, $521, that may be appealable under 36 CFR $429, $364, and $221 per month, part 215. The Arizona Republic published daily respectively. in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, SUMMARY: Responsible Officials in the for comment and decisions affecting Homeless Shelter Allowance Southwestern Region will publish National Forest System lands in the Prior to August 22, 1996, Section notice of availability for comment and State of Arizona and for any decisions 11(e)(3)(E) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. notice of decisions that may be subject of Region-wide impact Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 73 / Wednesday, April 16, 1997 / Notices 18583 Notice by Regional forester of Notice by District Ranger of Availability Williams District: Arizona Daily Sun, Availability for Comment and Decisions for Comment and Decisions published daily Monday-Sunday, in Affecting National Grasslands in New Beaver Creek Disrtrict: Arizona Daily Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona. Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas Sun, published daily Monday-Sunday, Prescott National Forest Kiowa National Grassland in Colfax, in Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona. Harding, Mora and Union Counties, Blue Ridge District: Arizona Daily Notice by Forest Supervisor of New Mexico: Union County Leader, Sun, published daily Monday-Sunday, Availability for Comment and Decisions published weekly on Wednesday in in Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona. Clayton, Union County, New Mexico Peaks District: Arizona Daily Sun, Prescott Courier, published daily in Rita Blanca National Grassland in published daily Monday-Sunday, in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona. Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona. Cimarron County, Oklahoma: Boise City Notice by Forest Supervisor of News, published weekly on Wednesday Long Valley District: Arizona Daily Availability for Comment and Decisions in Boise City, Cimarron County, Sun, published daily Monday-Sunday, Oklahoma. in Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona. Bradshaw District: Prescott Courier, Rita Blanca National Grassland in Mormon Lake District: Arizona Daily Sun, published daily Monday-Sunday, published daily in Prescott, Yavapai Dallam County, Texas: The Dalhart County, Arizona. Texan, published semi-weekly on in Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona. Tuesday and Saturday in Dalhart, Sedona District: Red Rock News, Chino Valley District: Prescott Dallam County, Texas. published daily Monday-Sunday, in Courier, published daily in Prescott, Black Kettle National Grassland in Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona. Yavapai County, Arizona. Roger Mills County, Oklahoma: Coronado National Forest Verde District: Prescott Courier, Cheyenne Star, published weekly on published daily in Prescott, Yavapai Thursday in Cheyenne, Roger Mills Notice by Forest Supervisor of County, Arizona. County, Oklahoma. Availability for Comment and Decisions Black Kettle National Grassland in The Arizona Daily Star, published Tonto National Forest Hemphill County, Texas: The Canadian daily Monday-Sunday, in Flagstaff, Notice by Forest Supervisor of Record, published weekly on Thursday Coconino County, Arizona. Availability for Comment and Decisions in Canadian, Hemphill County, Texas. McClellan Creek National Grassland Notice by District Ranger of Availability for Comment and Decisions Mesa Tribune, published daily in in Gray County, Texas: The Pampa Mesa,