[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 15, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 34602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12080]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

25 CFR Part 900

RIN 1076-AE30


Contracts Under the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act; Change of Address for the Office of Hearings and 
Appeals

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Final rule; change of address.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs is revising its regulations 
governing contracts under the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act to reflect a change of address for the Department of 
Interior's Office of Hearing and Appeals (OHA).

DATES: This rule is effective May 15, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mitchell Chouteau, Program Analyst, 
Office of Administration, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the 
Interior, 1849 C Street, NW, MS 4656 MIB, Washington, DC 20240, 
telephone 202-208-2675.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Regulations promulgated by the Department of the Interior to govern 
the administration of contracts under the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act reference an address for the Office of 
Hearings and Appeals (OHA). Since February 2002, this Office has moved 
to a new address within the same city of Arlington, Virginia. This 
action references the new street address.

II. Procedural Requirements

A. Determination To Issue Final Rule Effective in Less than 30 Days

    BIA has determined that the public notice and comment provisions of 
the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b), do not apply to this 
rulemaking. The changes being made relate solely to matters of agency 
organization, procedure and practice. They therefore satisfy the 
exemption from notice and comment in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A).

B. Review Under Procedural Statutes and Executive Orders

    BIA has reviewed this rule under the following statutes and 
Executive Orders governing rulemaking procedures: the Unfunded Mandates 
Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.; the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.; the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 
Fairness Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.; the Paperwork Reduction 
Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.; Executive Order 12630 (Takings); Executive 
Order 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review); Executive Order 12988 
(Civil Justice Reform); Executive Order 13132 (Federalism); Executive 
Order 13175 (Tribal Consultation); and Executive Order 13211 (Energy 
Impacts). BIA has determined that this rule does not trigger any of the 
procedural requirements of those statutes and Executive Orders, since 
this rule merely changes the street address for OHA.

List of Subjects in 25 CFR Part 900

    Administrative practice and procedure, Buildings and facilities, 
Claims, Government contracts, Government property management, Grant 
programs--Indians, Health care, Indians, Indians--business and finance.


    For the reasons stated in the preamble, BIA amends its regulations 
in 25 CFR part 900 as follows:

PART 900--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 900 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 25 U.S.C. 450f et seq.


    2. In part 900 revise ``4015 Wilson Boulevard'' to read ``801 North 
Quincy Street'' everywhere it appears.

    Dated: May 3, 2002.
Neal A. McCaleb,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-12080 Filed 5-14-02; 8:45 am]
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