[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13402-13403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6967]


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OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION


New Lands Grazing Permits; Close of Application

AGENCY: Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice establishes the date when the application period 
for New Lands Grazing Permits will close. This action is necessary to 
comply with 25 CFR 700.709.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Tessler (Legal Counsel), Office 
of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, at (520) 779-2727.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 9, 1992, the Office of Navajo and 
Hopi Indian Relocation (ONHIR) published in the Federal Register (Vol. 
57, No. 111, at p. 24363) a final rule regarding New Lands Grazing 
privileges. The rule, 25 CFR 700.709(d) provided that the ONHIR will 
determine when the application period for New Lands Grazing Permits 
will close and that a notice of that date would be published.
    The ONHIR has determined that pursuant to 25 CFR 700.709, persons 
on the list of permittees eligible to receive grazing permits must file 
an application for a New Lands Grazing Permit by June 2, 1997, or they 
will lose their priority status for receiving permits.
    The ONHIR also intends to notify each of the approximately 65 
persons eligible to receive a New Lands Grazing Permit by writing to 
them personally.

    Dated: March 11, 1997.
Christopher J. Bavasi,
Executive Director, Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation.
[FR Doc. 97-6967 Filed 3-19-97; 8:45 am]
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