[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 210 (Friday, October 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58413-58414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29150]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


National Informational Meeting on Section 1115 of the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21)

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior is giving notice of its 
intention of holding an informational meeting to share information 
about the regulatory negotiating process in Section 1115 of the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), concerning the 
Indian Reservation Roads program's regulations and funding formula.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Monday, November 16, 1998, 
beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 3:30 p.m. MST.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Uptown Albuquerque 
Hotel, 2600 Louisiana Boulevard, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110, (505) 881-
0000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information may be obtained 
from Mr. LeRoy Gishi, Chief, Division of Transportation, Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, MS-4058-MIB, 1849 C Street, 
NW, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 208-4359, Fax (202) 208-4696.


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TEA-21 significantly amended numerous 
provisions of title 23, United States Code, including section 202. 
Under amended section 202 (section 1115 of TEA-21), the Secretary of 
the Interior shall establish regulations governing the Indian 
Reservation Roads program and the funding formula using the negotiated 
rule making procedure.
    For those not able to attend, information will be available on the 
Indian Reservation Roads Internet website on the World Wide Web at 
http://www.irr.bia.gov or at the Federal Lands Highways Office Internet 
website at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/lands.html five days after the 
public meeting.

Scope of the National Public Meeting

    The scope of the national public meeting is to share information 
with tribal governments, tribal organizations, individual tribal 
members and the public, about the regulatory negotiating process.

    Dated: October 26, 1998.
Hilda Manuel,
Deputy Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 98-29150 Filed 10-29-98; 8:45 am]
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