[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 97 (Thursday, May 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 31594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12585]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Notice of Final Agency Action To Take 90.94 Acres of Land, More 
or Less, Into Trust for the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of Indians of South 
Dakota

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to take land into trust.

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SUMMARY: This provides notice that a final agency determination has 
been made to acquire 90.94 acres of land, more or less, into trust for 
the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of Indians of South Dakota. The United 
States will acquire title no sooner than thirty days after this notice 
is published. This notice is published in the exercise of authority 
delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.1 and pursuant to 25 CFR 151.12(b), 61 
Federal Register 18082-18083, April 24, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terrance L. Virden, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Director, Office of Trust Responsibilities, MS-4513/MIB/Code 
200, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240; telephone (202) 208-5831.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 6, 2000, the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs made a final determination that the United States will 
accept 90.94 acres of land, more or less, in trust for the Lower Brule 
Sioux Tribe of Indians of South Dakota. It was determined that the 
acceptance of the following described land into trust, pursuant to 25 
U.S.C. 465, would be in the best interest of the Lower Brule Sioux 
Tribe of Indians of South Dakota.

Lyman County, South Dakota

    A portion of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
(NE\1/4\NW\1/4\) lying North of Highway No. 16 (shown as Lot H-1 in 
Book 3 of Plats, Page 108) and except Lot ``A'' of Lester's Addition 
(a subdivision of the NE\1/4\NW\1/4\) of Section Twenty-Four (24) 
and the West Half of the Southwest Quarter (W\1/2\SW\1/4\) of 
Section Thirteen (13), the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest 
Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\) of Section 
Twenty-Four (24), and the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
of the Northwest Quarter (NE\1/4\NW\1/4\NW\1/4\) of Section Twenty-
Four (24), Township One Hundred Four North (104N), Range Seventy-Two 
West (72W) of the Fifth Principal Meridian, Lyman County, South 
Dakota.

Subject to any valid existing easements for public roads and highways, 
for public utilities and for railroads and pipelines and any other 
rights-of-way or reservations of record.

    Dated: May 12, 2000.
Kevin Gover,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 00-12585 Filed 5-17-00; 8:45 am]
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