[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 35009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14923]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
Tribal Consultation on Implementation of Indian Land
Consolidation Program Under Cobell Settlement
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Tribal consultation meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary is announcing that it will conduct
a series of consultation meetings with Indian Tribes to obtain oral and
written comments concerning the implementation of the Indian Land
Consolidation Program (ILCP) under the terms of the Cobell Settlement.
The first Regional consultation meeting will take place in July in
Billings, Montana for the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains Regions.
There will be five additional consultations in other Regions. See the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for details.
DATES: The first Regional Tribal consultation meeting will take place
on Friday, July 15, 2011, in Billings, Montana. Comments must be
received by September 16, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Michele F. Singer, Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs
and Collaborative Action, Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian
Affairs, 1001 Indian School Road, NW., Suite 312, Albuquerque, NM
87104.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele F. Singer, telephone (505)
563-3805; fax (505) 563-3811.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Bureau of Indian Affairs' ILCP purchases fractionated interests
of individually owned trust or restricted fee lands and transfers those
consolidated interests into Tribal ownership pursuant to the Indian
Land Consolidation Act, 25 U.S.C. 2201 et seq. The Indian Claims
Resolution Act of 2010, Public Law 111-291, makes available $1.9
billion, the majority of which will be used by the Secretary to operate
the ILCP with the purpose of addressing the problem of fractionation.
The Act requires consultation with Indian Tribes to identify fractional
interests within the respective jurisdictions of the Indian Tribes that
the Department may want to consider purchasing.
Information and statistics regarding the issue of land
fractionation will be distributed to the Federally-recognized Indian
Tribes prior to the consultations. The information will also be made
available to attendees on the day of each consultation. The Cobell
Settlement must be approved by the Federal District Court, and a
fairness hearing before the Court is scheduled for June 20, 2011, in
Washington, DC.
II. Meeting Details
The Office of the Secretary will hold the first of a series of
Tribal consultation meetings on the following schedule:
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Date Time Location
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Friday, July 15, 2011.............. 9 a.m.-4 p.m..... Holiday Inn
Grand Montana
Hotel &
Convention
Center, 5500
Midland Road,
Billings,
Montana 59101,
(406) 248-7701
http://www.billingsholidayinn.com.
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We will announce additional Tribal consultation meetings by future
publication in the Federal Register. Written comments will be accepted
through September 16, 2011, and may be sent to the official listed in
the ADDRESSES section above.
Dated: June 9, 2011.
David J. Hayes,
Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2011-14923 Filed 6-13-11; 11:15 am]
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