[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 51867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20303]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Land Acquisitions; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians 
of Michigan

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of final agency determination to take land into trust 
under 25 CFR part 151.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency 
determination to acquire approximately 78.26 acres, more or less, of 
land into trust for the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians 
of Michigan on July 31, 2002. This notice is published in the exercise 
of authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the 
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 Departmental Manual 8.1.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy J. Pierskalla, Office of Indian 
Gaming Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, MS-2070 MIB, 1849 C 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240; Telephone (202) 219-4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published to comply with the 
requirement of 25 CFR 151.12(b) that notice be given to the public of 
the Secretary's decision to acquire land in trust at least 30 days 
prior to signatory acceptance of the land into trust. The purpose of 
the 30-day waiting period in 25 CFR 151.12(b) is to afford interested 
parties the opportunity to seek judicial review of final administrative 
decisions to take land in trust for Indian tribes and individual 
Indians before transfer of title to the property occurs. On July 31, 
2002, the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs decided to accept 
approximately 78.26 acres, more or less, of land known as the Sackrider 
property into trust for the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi 
Indians of Michigan under the authority of Section 5 of the Indian 
Reorganization Act of 1934, 25 U.S.C. 465. The United States 
acknowledged the Nottawaseppi Huron Band through the federal 
acknowledgment process (25 CFR 83), and the notice of final 
determination acknowledging the Band was published in the Federal 
Register on December 21, 1995 (60 FR 66315). The Final Determination 
for Federal Acknowledgment for the Band was effective on March 21, 
1996. The Band had no trust land at the time of acknowledgment. By 
memorandum dated December 13, 2000, the Associate Solicitor--Indian 
Affairs concluded that the land is within the geographical region 
anticipated as part of the Band's land base and may be included as part 
of the Band's initial reservation. Further, if the Sackrider property 
were included in the initial proclamation of reservation, it would meet 
the requirements of the ``initial reservation'' exception of IGRA, 25 
U.S.C. 2719(b)(1)(B)(ii), excepting it from the general prohibition on 
gaming on trust land acquired after October 17, 1988, contained in 25 
U.S.C. 2719(a).
    The Sackrider Property's legal description is as follows:
    Commencing at the West \1/4\ Post of Section 13, Town 2 South, 
Range 7 West, Emmett Township, Calhoun County, Michigan; thence North 
00 Degrees 03' 28" East along the West line of said section, 46.99 feet 
to the Southerly Line of the exit ramp for I-94, as recorded in Liber 
898, page 004 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Calhoun 
County, Michigan; thence North 89 Degrees 06' 09" East along said 
Southerly Line, 214.69 feet; thence 362.37 feet along the arc of a 
curve to the left whose radius measures 362.0 feet and whose chord 
bears North 60 Degrees 25' 31" East, 347.43 feet; thence North 31 
Degrees 44' 56" East, 263.62 feet; thence North 59 Degrees 52' 54" 
East, 81.39 feet to the place of beginning; thence continuing North 59 
Degrees 52' 54" East, 181.87 feet; thence South 78 Degrees 01' 12" 
East, 472.30 feet; thence South 76 Degrees 27' 00" East, 1357.31 feet; 
thence South 00 Degrees 04' 24" West, 205.69 feet; to the Northwest 
corner of Lot 21 of the supervisor's plat of Wagner Acres, as recorded 
in Liber 11 of plats on page 21 in the Office of the Register of Deeds 
for Calhoun County, Michigan; thence South 00 Degrees 04' 24" West 
along the West line of said plat, 1992.58 feet to the centerline of 
Michigan Ave.; thence North 55 Degrees 29' 21" West along said 
centerline, 2350.98 feet; thence North 00 Degrees 03' 28" East, 1191.07 
feet to the place of beginning.
    It consists of 78.26 acres of land, located in Emmett Township, 
Calhoun County, Michigan.
    The Secretary will take the land into trust subject to completion 
and certification of an updated contaminant survey, and satisfaction of 
all title requirements.

    Dated: August 6, 2002.
Neal A. McCaleb,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-20303 Filed 8-8-02; 8:45 am]
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