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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">With apologies for cross-posting<br>
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<font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:14px;">Dear Interested Party:<br>
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You are being contacted as an individual or officer of an organization that may have an interest, or has expressed interest, in the proposed rule for Paleontological Resources Preservation being developed by the U.S. Forest Service. Notification of the proposed
regulations and request for comments will be published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2013. [ed.:
<a href="http://www.magnetmail1.net/link.cfm?r=666790218&sid=24881778&m=2666242&u=GEO_1&j=14098672&s=https://www.federalregister.gov/" target="_blank">
https://www.federalregister.gov/</a>] The comment period is 60 days from the date of publication, and instructions for submitting comments and contact information are specified at the beginning of the Federal Register Notice. To ensure consideration, comments
must be received within the 60 day comment period. Please feel free to forward this notification to other individuals and organizations that you feel may have an interest in these proposed regulations. Thank you for your interest in, and consideration of,
the proposed paleontology regulations.<br>
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Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding this notification.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
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Michael Fracasso<br>
Paleontology Program Coordinator<br>
U.S. Forest Service<br>
Golden, Colorado<br>
<a href="mailto:mfracasso@fs.fed.us" target="_blank">mfracasso@fs.fed.us</a></span></font><br>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="1">Dr. Christopher A. Norris</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="1">Division of Vertebrate Paleontology</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="1">Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="1">170 Whitney Ave.</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="1">PO Box 208118</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="1">New Haven, CT 06520-8118</font></div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="1">President<br>
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections<br>
<a href="http://www.spnhc.org/">www.spnhc.org</a></font></div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="1">Tel. +1(203)-432-3748</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma" size="1">Fax. +1(203)-432-9816</font></div>
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