[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 72674] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-33589] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of the Secretary Statement of Findings; San Carlos Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992 AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Statement of findings of actions completed to implement the San Carlos Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992 (Settlement Act), Pub. L. 102-575, 106 Stat. 4740, as amended. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior is causing this notice to be published as required in section 3711 of the Settlement Act, in order to implement the Settlement Act. DATES: The Settlement Act requires that this notice must be published in the Federal Register no later than December 31, 1999. ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to Ms. Deborah Saint, San Carlos Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act Implementation Team Chairperson, Bureau of Reclamation, Native American Affairs Office, 400 North 5th Street, Suite 1470, Phoenix, Arizona 85004. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Deborah Saint, 602-379-3199. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Settlement Act is: (1) To approve, ratify, and confirm an agreement entered into by the San Carlos Apache Tribe (Tribe) and its neighboring non-Indian communities (Settlement Agreement) to finally resolve the Tribe's water rights claims; (2) To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to execute and perform such Settlement Agreement; and (3) To authorize the actions and appropriations necessary for the United States to fulfill its legal and trust obligations to the Tribe as provided in the Settlement Agreement and the Settlement Act. In order for the terms and conditions of the Settlement Act and the Settlement Agreement to be effective, the Secretary of the Interior is required to make a statement of findings that certain conditions, as specified in the Settlement Act, have been met. Statement of Findings As required by section 3711 of the Settlement Act, I find as follows: 1. The Secretary of the Interior has fulfilled the requirements of sections 3704 and 3706 of the Settlement Act. 2. The Roosevelt Water Conservation District subcontract for agricultural water service from the Central Arizona Project has been revised and executed as provided in section 3705(b) of the Settlement Act. 3. The funds authorized by section 3707(c) of the Settlement Act have been appropriated and deposited into the San Carlos Apache Tribe Development Trust Fund. 4. The contract between the United States Economic Development Administration and the Tribe, referred to in section 3707(a)(2) of the Settlement Act, has been amended. 5. The State of Arizona has appropriated and deposited into the San Carlos Apache Tribe Development Trust Fund $3,000,000, as required by the Settlement Agreement. 6. The stipulations attached to the Settlement Agreement as Exhibits ``D'' and ``E'' have been approved. 7. The Settlement Agreement has been modified, to the extent it was in conflict with the Settlement Act, and has been executed by the Secretary of the Interior. Dated: December 22, 1999. David J. Hayes, Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior. [FR Doc. 99-33589 Filed 12-27-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-10-P