[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60855-60856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25291]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
Regional Tribal Consultation on Implementation of Indian Land
Consolidation Program Under Cobell Settlement
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Tribal Consultation Meeting and Extension of Comment
Deadline.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary is announcing that it will conduct
an additional tribal consultation meeting with Indian tribes in Rapid
City, South Dakota, to obtain oral and written comments concerning the
implementation of the Indian Land Consolidation Program (ILCP) under
the terms of the Cobell Settlement. Six consultation meetings in other
regional locations were announced by a previous notice in the Federal
Register. This notice also announces an extension of the comment
deadline. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for
details.
DATES: The tribal consultation meeting will take place on October 26,
2011, in Rapid City, South Dakota. Comments for all aforementioned
consultations must be received by November 1, 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 or access additional details for each
consultation via the DOI Cobell Web site at http://www.doi.gov/cobell.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Bureau of Indian Affairs' ILCP purchases fractionated interests
of individually owned trust lands and transfers those consolidated
interests into tribal ownership. The Indian Claims Resolution Act of
2010, Public Law 111-291, makes available $1.9 billion for the
Secretary to operate the ILCP with the purpose of preventing further
fractionation. The Act requires consultation with Indian tribes to
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identify fractional interests that should be prioritized for purchase
through the ILCP.
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 the consultation.
To date, the Office of the Secretary held five tribal consultation
meetings: Friday, July 15, 2011, in Billings, Montana; Thursday, August
18, 2011, in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Friday, September 16, 2011, in
Seattle, Washington; Tuesday, September 27, 2011, in Albuquerque, New
Mexico; and Thursday, September 29, 2011, in Phoenix, Arizona. These
meetings were announced in previous Federal Register notices. 76 FR
35009, 76 FR 41808.
II. Meeting Details
The Office of the Secretary will hold its last two tribal
consultation meetings on the following schedule:
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Date Time Location
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Thursday, October 6, 2011..... 8 a.m.-4 p.m..... Best Western
Saddleback Inn and
Conference Center,
4300 Southwest
Third, Oklahoma
City, OK 73108,
(405) 947-7000.
http://www.bestwestern.com/saddlebackinn saddlebackinn
October 26, 2011.............. 8 a.m.-4 p.m..... Best Western Ramkota
Hotel and Conference
Center, Rushmore
Room, 2111 N
LaCrosse Street,
Rapid City, SD
57701, (605) 343-
8550.
http://rapidcity.bwramkota.com/ com/
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Written comments will be accepted through November 1, 2011, and may
be sent to the official listed in the ADDRESSES section above.
Dated: September 27, 2011.
David J. Hayes,
Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2011-25291 Filed 9-29-11; 8:45 am]
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