[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35058-35059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14240]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Proposed Menominee Nation Casino and Hotel Project, Kenosha, WI

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the Menominee Nation as a 
cooperating agency, intends to gather information necessary for 
preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed casino 
and hotel project to be located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The purpose of 
the proposed action is to help address the socio-economic needs of the 
Menominee Nation. This notice also announces a public scoping meeting 
to identify public and agency concerns and alternatives to be 
considered in the EIS.

DATES: Written comments on the scope and implementation of this 
proposal must arrive by August 20, 2004. The public hearing will be 
held August 3, 2004, starting at 7 p.m.

ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry written comments to the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, Attn: Herb Nelson, One Federal Drive, Rm. 550, Ft. 
Snelling, Minnesota 55111. Please include your name, return address and 
the caption: ``DEIS Scoping Comments, Kenosha Casino Project,'' on the 
first page of your written comments.
    The public scoping meeting will be held at Gateway Technical 
College Conference Center-Madrigrano Auditorium, 3320 30th Avenue, 
Kenosha, Wisconsin. It will be co-hosted by the BIA and the Menominee 
Nation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Herb Nelson, (612) 713-4400, extension 
1143.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed project is located at the site 
of the existing Dairlyland Greyhound Park at 5522-104th Avenue, 
Kenosha, Wisconsin 53144. As part of the project, the site would be 
taken into federal trust by the U.S. Department of the Interior on 
behalf of the Menominee Nation. The site consists of 1 parcel totaling 
approximately 223 acres. The proposed project site is approximately 
one-half mile east from Interstate 94 and approximately 35 miles south 
of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In addition to the proposed action, a 
reasonable range of alternatives, including a no-action alternative, 
will be analyzed in the EIS.
    The Menominee Nation consists of approximately eight thousand one 
hundred twenty (8120) members. It is governed by a tribal council, 
consisting of 9 members, under a federally approved constitution. The 
Menominee Nation presently has approximately 228,000 acres of land in 
trust with the U.S. Government and is eligible to acquire additional 
land to be placed in trust.

Public Comment Availability

    Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be 
available for public review at the mailing address shown in the 
ADDRESSES section, during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except holidays. Individual respondents may 
request confidentiality. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or 
address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of 
Information Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of 
your written comment. Such requests will be honored to the extent 
allowed by law. We will not, however, consider anonymous comments. All 
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their 
entirety.

Authority

    This notice is published in accordance with section 1503.1 of the 
Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through 
1508) implementing the procedural requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), 
and the Department of the Interior Manual (516 DM 1-6), and is in the 
exercise of

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authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 
DM 8.

    Dated: June 14, 2004.
Woodrow W. Hopper,
Deputy Assistant Secretary--Management.
[FR Doc. 04-14240 Filed 6-22-04; 8:45 am]
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