[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 34686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14057]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Notice of Service Area Designation

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is published to exercise the authority delegated 
by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs. Under 25 CFR 20.201, notice is hereby given of the service 
area designation for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians recognized 
as eligible to receive services from the United States Bureau of Indian 
Affairs (BIA).

EFFECTIVE DATE: This service area designation becomes effective on July 
22, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kenneth D. Reinfeld, Office of 
Self-Governance and Self-Determination, Telephone 202-208-5734.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 25 CFR part 20, Financial 
Assistance and Social Services Programs, the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs designates the following locale as a service area 
appropriate for the extension of BIA financial assistance and/or social 
services. 25 CFR part 20--Financial Assistance and Social Services 
Programs regulations have full force and effect when extending the BIA 
financial assistance and/or social services into the service area 
location. Without officially designated service areas, such services 
are provided only to Indian people who live within the reservation 
boundaries. The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians is now authorized to 
extend financial assistance and social services to eligible tribal 
members (and their family members who are Indian) who reside outside 
the boundaries of the federally recognized tribe's reservation within 
the areas designated below.
    Tribe: Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians.
    Service Area locations: The counties of Hennipen, Anoka, and Ramsey 
in the State of Minnesota.

    Dated: June 9, 2004.
David W. Anderson,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 04-14057 Filed 6-21-04; 8:45 am]
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