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[FR Doc No: 94-20339]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Albuquerque Operations Office; Notice of Intent To Enter Into a 
Noncompetitive Financial Cooperative Agreement With the Pueblo de 
Cochiti

SUMMARY: The Albuquerque Operations Office (ALO) intends to enter into 
a noncompetitive financial assistance cooperative agreement with the 
Pueblo de Cochiti (Pueblo). Assistance of $100,000 will support the 
development of a comprehensive proposal for funding from the Department 
of Energy (DOE) for the purpose of oversight, monitoring and evaluation 
of environmental and cultural issues associated with operations at DOE 
facilities at Los Alamos, New Mexico. The proposed award will provide 
the Pueblo with technical and administrative resources necessary to the 
identification, understanding, and development of environmental issues 
impacting the Pueblo lands and its people.

DATES: The proposed effective date is September 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Address comments to the attention of Tracy 
Loughead, Office of Environment/Project Management, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Albuquerque Operations Office, P.O. Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM 
87185-5400. Telephone: (505) 845-5977. Comments must be received prior 
to the proposed effective date.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The financial assistance is authorized under 
the DOE Organization Act, Public Law 95-91, as amended. This funding 
supports an Accord between the Pueblo and the DOE which established a 
government-to-government relationship and provided for the sharing of 
information regarding environmental issues related to DOE's Los Alamos 
facilities which are near the Pueblo. There are four pueblos which 
entered into Accords for this purpose (Jemez Pueblo, The Pueblo of 
Santa Clara, and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso). Similar cooperative 
agreements are being entered into with them; therefore, all eligible 
recipients have been identified, and a non-competitive award is 
appropriate. In particular, this award meets the criteria of 10 CFR 
600.(b)(2)(i)(B),(C),(D), and (E) in that
    (1) The implementation of the Accord was to have been conducted by 
the Pueblo using its own resources; however, DOE support of the 
activity will enhance the ability of the Pueblo to carry out the intent 
of the Accords and be of benefit to the public. DOE knows of no other 
entity which is conducting or is planning to conduct similar 
activities.
    (2) The Pueblo is a unit of government and the implementation of 
the Accord together with any follow-on cooperative agreement is related 
to the performance of this governmental function within the Pueblo's 
jurisdiction.
    (3) The Pueblo has the exclusive capability to perform the 
implementation of the cooperative agreement in consonance with the 
spirit of the Accord. The Pueblo is the governmental authority that has 
jurisdiction over Indian lands considered most affect by the Los Alamos 
National Laboratory.
    (4) The Pueblo is a sovereign entity for certain purposes, and in 
that respect, is similar to a foreign government. The purpose of the 
cooperative agreement is to extend the value of the previously signed 
Accord, thus affirming and strengthening the Government-to-Government 
relationship between DOE and the Pueblo.

    Issued in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 4, 1994.
Richard A. Marquez,
Assistant Manager for Management and Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-20339 Filed 8-17--94; 8:45 am]
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