[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 42200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15939]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Land Acquisitions; Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of 
California

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 Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made 
a final agency determination to acquire approximately 1.71 acres of 
land into trust for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of 
California on April 21, 2004. This notice is published in the exercise 
of authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 
Departmental Manual 8.1.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Skibine, Office of Indian 
Gaming Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, MS-4543 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 Part 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 Part 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 
April 21, 2004, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs decided to accept approximately 1.71 acres of land into trust 
for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of California under the 
authority of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, 25 U.S.C. 465. The 
1.71 parcel is located with the exterior boundaries of the Agua 
Caliente Indian Reservation in Palm Springs, Riverside County, 
California. The parcel is an existing parking lot which supports the 
Band's Spa Resort and Casino.
    The property is located within the exterior boundaries of the Agua 
Caliente Indian Reservation in Palm Springs, Riverside County, 
California and is described as follows:
    A portion of Lot 69 of Section 14, Township 4 South, Range 4 East, 
San Bernardino Meridian as shown on the supplemental plat showing 
amended lottings in Section 14, Township 4 South, Range 4 East, San 
Bernardino Meridian prepared by the United States Department of the 
Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC dated May 27, 1958, 
also shown as parcel 2 of parcel map No. 15314 recorded in Parcel Map 
Book 86 at page 100, records of Riverside County, California, described 
as follows: (PRO Tab 5)
    Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Lot 69;
    Thence North 89[deg]45[min]04[sec] West along the North line of 
said Lot 69, a distance of 34.80 feet;
    Thence South 00[deg]14[min]56[sec] West, a distance of 15.00 feet 
to the true point of beginning.
    Thence North 89[deg]45[min]04[sec] West and parallel to the 
northerly line of said Lot 69, a distance of 229.20 feet to the 
westerly line of said Lot 69;
    Thence South 00[deg]04[min]20[sec] East along the westerly line of 
said Lot 69, a distance of 299.92 feet to the Southwest corner thereof;
    Thence South 89[deg]45[min]00[sec] East along the southerly line of 
said Lot 69, a distance of 249.11 feet;
    Thence North 00[deg]04[min]35[sec] West and parallel to the East 
line of said Lot 69, a distance of 280.03 feet to the beginning of a 
tangent curve concave southwesterly and having a radius of 20.00 feet;
    Thence northwesterly along said curve through a central angle of 
80[deg]40[min]29[sec] and a length of 31.30 feet to the true point of 
beginning.
    Also shown as parcel 2 of Parcel Map No. 15314, in the City of Palm 
Springs, County of Riverside, State of California, on file in Book 86 
of parcel maps, page 100, in the Office of the County Recorder of said 
County.

    Dated: April 21, 2004.
Aurene M. Martin,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 04-15939 Filed 7-13-04; 8:45 am]
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