Legals for Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Public Notice Announcing Scoping Meetings

St. Mary Canal Modernization Project

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS),

with Bureau of Reclamation as a cooperating agency and Milk River Joint Board of Control as the project

sponsor, is considering improvements to the aging St. Mary Canal infrastructure in the Bureau of

Reclamation’s Milk River Project. Improvements under consideration may be partially funded through the

Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954 (Public Law 83-566) and would improve water

delivery reliability, restore historic flows in the St. Mary’s Canal, and mitigate the risk of infrastructure

failure.

The proposed project is located in Glacier County, Montana, within the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. It is

anticipated the Blackfeet Nation will fulfill responsibilities typically associated with the role of a

participating agency. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Council on Environmental

Quality’s regulations at 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 1500–1508 require an evaluation of

potential environmental impacts associated with federal projects and actions with input from the public.

You are invited to attend one of the following public scoping open houses where your input is

requested. The range of resource issues and conceptual alternatives addressing system improvements to

the St. Mary Canal and associated infrastructure will be presented and discussed.

Public Scoping Open Houses

Babb Public Meeting* 

July 13, 2023

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 

Hooks Hideaway Motel

291 Camp Nine Rd., Babb, MT 59411

*Babb Public Meeting: Lunch will be provided at 11:30 a.m. prior to the meeting start time at

noon. An RSVP is requested if joining for lunch at [email protected] or

(541) 716-6085.

Havre Public Meeting 

July 18, 2023

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Best Western Plus Havre Inn & Suites

1425 U.S. Rte 2, Havre, MT 59501

Malta Public Meeting 

July 18, 2023

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Great Northern Hotel

2 S 1st Street E, Malta, MT 59538

The meeting locations are accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the

hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made at least 48

hours before the meeting to Preston Brown at (541) 716-6085 or [email protected].

Comments may be submitted during the public scoping period starting June 21, 2023 and ending on

August 7, 2023. Comments may be emailed to [email protected], left as a voice

message at (406) 587-6712, submitted online at http://www.milkriverproject.com/projects/watershed, or mailed

to:

USDA NRCS

Alyssa Fellow, Environmental Compliance Specialist

10 East Babcock Street, Room 443

Bozeman, MT 59715

Additional information is available online at http://www.milkriverproject.com/projects/watershed or the NRCS

website at nrcs.usda.gov/montana.

(Published by Phillips County News 7/5, 7/12/2023)

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MONTANA WATER COURT

LOWER MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION

WHITEWATER CREEK BASIN 40K

INTERLOCUTORY DECREE

ALL WATER USERS NEED TO READ THIS NOTICE

The Montana Water Court has entered its Interlocutory Decree for Basin 40K and the Decree is now available for your review.

The Decree and forms are available at these locations:

Montana Water Court: 1123 Research Drive, Bozeman, MT 59718; 406-586-4364

Montana DNRC, Water Rights Adjudication Office: 1424 9th Avenue, Helena, MT 59620; 406-444-0560

Montana DNRC Regional Office: 222 Sixth Street South, Glasgow, MT 59230; 406-228-2561

Montana Water Court website: https://courts.mt.gov/Courts/Water/Notices-Info/

Montana DNRC website: http://dnrc.mt.gov/divisions/water/adjudication

OBJECTIONS

All objections must be filed on the forms provided by the Water Court and must be received at the Water Court by December 4, 2023. Objections can be filed electronically at [email protected] or sent to Montana Water Court, PO Box 1389, Bozeman, MT 59771.

EXTENSIONS

The Water Court may grant a request for an extension of the time for filing objections. A request for an extension must be received by the Water Court on or before December 4, 2023. If an extension is granted, it will apply to everyone. Any extension will be posted at the offices listed above and will be advertised once in this newspaper.

RIGHT TO APPEAL

If you do not participate in Water Court proceedings, your right to appeal an adverse decision is limited by Section 85-2-235, MCA. If changes were made to your abstract, you may challenge those changes by filing an objection. You may also address DNRC issue remarks by an objection. If there are changes and/or issue remarks on your abstract which are not resolved by an objection, these will be addressed and resolved by the Water Court.

MEETINGS

Informal public meeting will be held by telephone conference call on August 16, 2023, at 12:00 pm. To take part in the call, dial (406) 318-5487, at the prompt enter

conference ID: 944 652 312#

(Published by Phillips County News 7/5, 7/12, 7/19/2023)

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KATIE KUHR

BOSCH, KUHR, DUGDALE

& BROWN, PLLP

P.O. Box 7152

Havre, MT 59501

Telephone: (406)265-6706

Attorneys for Personal Representative

MONTANA SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF PHILLIPS

In the Matter of the Estate ) Probate No. DP-23-013

of )

WILLIAM J. MURDOCK, ) NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Deceased. )

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at Box 7152, Havre, Montana 59501, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

DATED this 30th day of June, 2023.

/s/ Brenda Kornfeld

Brenda Kornfeld

Personal Representative

(Published by Phillips County News 7/5, 7/12, 7/19/2023)

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