[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]


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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.

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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]
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