[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 3, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51723-51724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24479]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
25 CFR Part 165

RIN 1076-AC75


Sale of Forest Products, Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is deleting regulations 
which govern the terms and conditions under which forest products 
produced by the Red Lake Indian Mills may be sold. The BIA is deleting 
these regulations because the Red Lake Indian Mills no longer exists 
and the revision of 25 CFR Part 163, ``General Forest Regulations,'' 
prescribes the terms and conditions for the sale of forest products 
produced by other Indian forest product enterprises on the Red Lake 
Indian Reservation. Therefore, this deletion is necessary to eliminate 
redundancy and potential confusion in forestry program regulations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 2, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Stires, Billings Area Office, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Branch of Forestry, telephone (406) 657-6358.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action, deleting 25 CFR part 165, 
results from the BIA's need to eliminate the redundancy and potential 
confusion arising from having an unnecessary regulation for a business 
entity that no longer exists. In addition, the BIA recognizes that 
provisions in Sec. 163.13 of the revision of 25 CFR part 163, ``General 
Forest Regulations,'' are adequate to govern the sale of Indian forest 
products by Indian forest enterprises on the Red Lake Indian 
Reservation and, as a result, that 25 CFR part 165 is no longer needed.
    No comments were received during the 60 day comment period 
following the publication of the proposed rule in the Federal Register.
    The Department of the Interior has determined that this rule is not 
a significant regulation action under Executive Order 12866, and 
therefore 

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will not be reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget.
    This rule will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act (5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.) because the entity that was regulated no 
longer exists.
    The Department of the Interior has determined that this final rule 
does not constitute a major Federal action significantly affecting the 
quality of the human environment and that no detailed statement is 
required pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
    The Department has certified to the Office of Management and Budget 
that these regulations meet the applicable standards provided in 
Sections 2(a) and 2(b)(2) of Executive Order 12778. In accordance with 
Executive Order 12630, the Department has determined that this rule 
does not have significant takings implications.
    The Department has determined that this rule does not have 
significant federalism effects.
    The deletion of 25 CFR part 165, ``Sale of Forest Products, Red 
Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota,'' will not create information 
collection or record keeping requirements which require approval by the 
Office of Management and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.
    The primary author of this document is Mr. Jim Stires, Forester, in 
the Billings Area Office, BIA, Branch of Forestry, Billings, Montana.

List of Subjects in 25 CFR Part 165

    Forests and forest products; Indian lands.


    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, and under the authority 
of Public Law 97-257, Title I, Section 100 (September 30, 1982, Stat. 
839), Part 165 of Chapter I, Title 25 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations is removed.


    Dated: July 17, 1995.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 95-24479 Filed 10-2-95; 8:45 am]

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