Legals for August, 21 2021

No. 27966 On Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 1:00 PM, a Public Hearing will be held via a webinar only (No in-person hearing) for the purpose of receiving comments on the draft Department of Public Health and Human Services "2022/2023 Community Services Block Grant State Plan". The link to the webinar and draft copies of the proposed application will be available at the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Intergovernmental Human Services Bureau, 1400 Carter Drive, P.O. Box 202956, Helena, MT 59620-2956 or by calling 1-833-317-1080 starting Monday, August 16, 2021. Written comments must be received by 5:00 PM, Wednesday, August 25, 2021. August 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2021 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 27989 PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO PROTEST ISSUANCE OF ONE NEW MONTANA ALL-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES LICENSE DROP SERVE PARTNERS, LLC (JAMES D. LAFFERTY FAMILY, LP, MICHAEL J. DURAN, Owner(s)) has applied for one new Montana All-Alcoholic Beverages License No. 07-999-2305-001 to be operated at DROP SERVE PARTNERS, LLC, 218 Sportsman Lane, Bigfork, County. The public may protest this license in accordance with the law. Who can protest this license? Protests will be accepted from residents of the county of the proposed location County, residents of adjoining Montana counties, and residents of adjoining counties in another state if the criteria in 16-4-207(4)(d), Montana Code Annotated (MCA), are met. What information must be included? Protest letters must be legible and contain (1) the protestor's full name, mailing address, and street address; (2) the license number 07-999-2305-001 and the applicant's name DROP SERVE PARTNERS, LLC; (3) an indication that the letter is intended as a protest; (4) a description of the grounds for protesting; and (5) the protestor's signature. A letter with multiple signatures will be considered one protest letter. What are valid protest grounds? The protest may be based on the applicant's qualifications listed in 16-4-401, MCA, or the grounds for denial of an application in 16-4-405, MCA. Examples of valid protest grounds include: (1) the applicant is unlikely to operate the establishment in compliance with the law; (2) the proposed location cannot be properly policed by local authorities; and (3) the welfare of the people in the vicinity of the proposed location will be adversely and seriously affected. How are protests submitted? Protests must be postmarked to the Department of Revenue, Office of Dispute Resolution, P.O. Box 5805, Helena, Montana 59604-5805 on or before September 7, 2021. What happens if the license is protested? Depending on the number of protests and the protest grounds, a public hearing will be held in Helena or Bigfork. All valid protestors will be notified of the hearing's time, date and location. Hearings typically are scheduled within 90 days. A protester's hearing testimony is limited to the grounds in the protester's letter. Following the hearing, the Department of Revenue will notify the public whether the license is approved or denied. How can additional information be obtained? The cited MCA statutes are online at leg.mt.gov/bills/mca_toc/. Questions may be directed to Patty Kautz, Compliance Specialist for the Department of Revenue's Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, at 444-0017 or PKautz@mt.gov. August 21, 28, 2021 MNAXLP __________________________

No. 27990 PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO PROTEST ISSUANCE OF ONE NEW MONTANA ALL-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES LICENSE J&S SPLIT ROCK CAFE LLC (JAMES FOSTER, SKYE FOSTER, Owner(s)) has applied for one new Montana All-Alcoholic Beverages License No. 07-999-2313-002 to be operated at J&S SPLIT ROCK CAFE LLC, 8270 MT Highway 35, Bigfork, Flathead County. The public may protest this license in accordance with the law. Who can protest this license? Protests will be accepted from residents of the county of the proposed location Flathead County, residents of adjoining Montana counties, and residents of adjoining counties in another state if the criteria in 16-4-207(4)(d), Montana Code Annotated (MCA), are met. What information must be included? Protest letters must be legible and contain (1) the protestor's full name, mailing address, and street address; (2) the license number 07-999-2313-002 and the applicant's name J&S SPLIT ROCK CAFE LLC; (3) an indication that the letter is intended as a protest; (4) a description of the grounds for protesting; and (5) the protestor's signature. A letter with multiple signatures will be considered one protest letter. What are valid protest grounds? The protest may be based on the applicant's qualifications listed in 16-4-401, MCA, or the grounds for denial of an application in 16-4-405, MCA. Examples of valid protest grounds include: (1) the applicant is unlikely to operate the establishment in compliance with the law; (2) the proposed location cannot be properly policed by local authorities; and (3) the welfare of the people in the vicinity of the proposed location will be adversely and seriously affected. How are protests submitted? Protests must be postmarked to the Department of Revenue, Office of Dispute Resolution, P.O. Box 5805, Helena, Montana 59604-5805 on or before September 21, 2021. What happens if the license is protested? Depending on the number of protests and the protest grounds, a public hearing will be held in Helena or Bigfork. All valid protestors will be notified of the hearing's time, date and location. Hearings typically are scheduled within 90 days. A protester's hearing testimony is limited to the grounds in the protester's letter. Following the hearing, the Department of Revenue will notify the public whether the license is approved or denied. How can additional information be obtained? The cited MCA statutes are online at leg.mt.gov/bills/mca_toc/. Questions may be directed to Patty Kautz, Compliance Specialist for the Department of Revenue's Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, at 444-0017 or PKautz@mt.gov. August 21, 28, September 4, 11, 2021 MNAXLP _________________________

No. 28002 Service Date: August 18, 2021 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN THE MATTER OF NorthWestern Energy's Bonneville Power Administration Residential Exchange Credit Filing REGULATORY DIVISION DOCKET NO. 2021.08.108 AMENDED NOTICE OF FILING AND OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT The Northwest Power Act of 1980 established the Residential Exchange Program so that residential and small farm customers in the Pacific Northwest receive benefits from low-cost power provided by the Federal Columbia River Power System, as operated by the Bonneville Power Administration ("BPA"). This benefit includes an annual credit that customers of NorthWestern Energy ("NorthWestern") receive from the BPA towards their monthly bill. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on August 11, 2021, NorthWestern requested the Public Service Commission ("Commission") decrease its BPA Residential Exchange Program Credit ("BPA Credit"). In July 2021, BPA notified NorthWestern that the BPA Credit amount would decrease from $6,133,658 to $4,150,054 for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. NorthWestern's proposed BPA Credit rate reflects the estimated net balance of $351,186 for the prior period ending September 2021, a forecasted benefit of $4,150,054 for the next fiscal year, and reduced taxes of $15,005 for a total balance of $3,813,873 to be credited to customers. This request would decrease the BPA Credit rates per kilowatt-hour. Due to the decreased BPA Credit, customers in the residential, general service secondary, irrigation, and lighting classes would see their rates increase by $0.000891 per kilowatt-hour.: The total balance of $3,813,873 credited to customers is a decrease from the total credit balance of $6,133,658 in the previous period ending September 1, 2020 (as filed in Docket No. 2020.08.090). If approved, the bill for a typical customer using 750 kilowatt-hours per month will increase $0.67 per month, or $8.04 per year. A copy of NorthWestern's filing is publicly available online at the Commission's website (http://psc.mt.gov) under Docket No. 2021.08.108. A copy of the filing may be available at the office of the Montana Consumer Counsel ("MCC"), 111 North Last Chance Gulch, Suite 1B, P.O. Box 201703, Helena, Montana 59620-1703, telephone (406) 444-2771. The MCC should be contacted to inquire of any operations changes due to coronavirus. The MCC is available to represent the interests of the consuming public in this matter. Interested parties can register on the Commission's website to be added to the Watch List for notice of filings in this Docket (select "EDDI", create ePass account, and, under "Watch List" tab, enter Docket No. 2021.08.108). The Commission invites any interested party affected by NorthWestern's filing to submit comments and/or requests for further process in this docket no later than September 1, 2021. By the Comment Deadline, a person commenting must submit comments/requests electronically (e-file) on the Commission's website at http://psc.mt.gov (Use "Electronic Filing" under "Regulated Utilities" tab). In the Commission's Notice of Operational Changes in Response to Coronavirus discussed above, under the "Electronic Filings" section of the Notice, the Commission also outlined a temporary change in its policy for filings. All filings must be made in EDDI and hard copies are not required. Documents will become publicly available on the Commission's website after electronic receipt of the document. Mont. Admin. R. 38.2.303(1). A person filing comments in this docket must also serve a hard copy of the comments on the MCC, at the address above. Members of the public may submit written public comments on the matter to the Commission at the above address, or by email to pschelp@mt.gov. The Commission's jurisdiction over this matter is provided at Title 69, Chapter 3 of Montana Code Annotated, and Mont. Admin. R. Title 38, Chapter 2, and Chapter 5, and any prior Orders of the Commission which may bear on the issues presented. DONE AND DATED this 18th day of August, 2021, by delegation to Commission Staff. BY THE MONTANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION JAMES BROWN, Chairman BRAD JOHNSON, Vice Chairman TONY O'DONNELL, Commissioner RANDALL PINOCCI, Commissioner JENNIFER FIELDER, Commissioner August 21, 2021 MNAXLP _________________________

No. 28005 Public notice is hereby given that StorageMax located at 3190 MT Hwy 35 Kalispell will be having an auction on Saturday August 28th at 10:30am to satisfy an operator's lien on the contents of unit D156 (Kassie Fincher) & D197 (Stephnie Fister) Will sell to highest bidder at time of auction for cash. Successful bidders will have 48 hours to remove ALL contents. August 21, 26, 2021 MNAXLP __________________________