[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2880-2881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-940]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Land Acquisitions; Suquamish Tribe of Washington

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 12.72 acres of 
land into trust for the Suquamish Tribe of Washington 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, Office of Policy--Economic Development, MS-4606 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 April 21, 
2004, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs decided 
to accept approximately 12.72 acres of land into trust for the 
Suquamish Tribe of Washington under the authority of the Indian 
Reorganization Act of 1934, 25 U.S.C. 465. On April 10, 2003, the 
Regional Solicitor, Pacific Northwest Region determined that the 
acquisition of this parcel in trust status for gaming is consistent 
with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. 2719 (a)(1), because 
the parcel is located within the boundaries of the Suquamish 
Reservation as the reservation existed on October 17, 1988.
    That portion of Government Lot 2, Section 29, Township 26 North, 
Range 2 East, W.M., in Kitsap County, Washington, described as follows:

    BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 2 (A 
CONCRETE MONUMENT) WHICH BEARS SOUTH 1[deg]40'06'' WEST 1339.80 FEET 
FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 2, BEING A CONCRETE 
MONUMENT AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PLAT OF ``AGATE WEST'' AS 
PER VOLUME 9 OF PLATS, PAGE 52; THENCE ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID 
GOVERNMENT LOT 2, NORTH 1[deg]40'06'' EAST 272.88 FEET TO THE 
SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF STATE HIGHWAY 305; THENCE ALONG SAID 
RIGHT-OF-WAY NORTH 61[deg]57'40'' EAST 21.17 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT 
OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY THE 
FOLLOWING; NORTH 61[deg]57'50'' EAST 275.79 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 
28[deg]02'20'' EAST 25.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 61[deg]57'40'' EAST 
231.00 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG A 100 FOOT OFFSET SPIRAL TO 
THE RIGHT (CENTERLINE SPIRAL OF ``A-1 \2/3\'') THROUGH A RESULTANT 
OFFSET SPIRAL CHORD OF NORTH 6[deg]55'50'' EAST 258.35 FEET; THENCE 
NORTH 22[deg]00'29'' WEST 25.00 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG A 
75 FOOT OFFSET SPIRAL TO THE RIGHT THROUGH A RESULTANT OFFSET SPIRAL 
CHORD OF NORTH 73[deg]55'00'' EAST 193.34 FEET; THENCE EASTERLY ON A 
CURVE TO THE RIGHT, THE CENTER OF WHICH BEARS SOUTH 8[deg]50'20'' 
EAST 641.20 FEET, AN ARC DISTANCE OF 249.31 FEET TO A POINT ON THE 
WEST LINE OF THE EAST 150 FEET OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 2; THENCE 
LEAVING SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY AND RUNNING ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE 
EAST 150 FEET, SOUTH 3[deg]09'51'' WEST 702.89 FEET TO THE SOUTH 
LINE OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 2; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE NORTH 
88[deg]49'32'' WEST 372.75 FEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID SOUTH LINE 
NORTH 28[deg]49'32'' WEST 46.19 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88[deg]49'32'' 
WEST 292.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 32[deg]40'28'' WEST 46.91 FEET TO 
SAID SOUTH LINE OF GOVERNMENT LOT 2 BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF A 
TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO EDWARD A. FEENEY UNDER AUDITOR'S FILE NO. 
1155684 WHICH BEARS SOUTH 88[deg]49'32'' EAST 390.77 FEET FROM THE 
SAID SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GOVERNMENT LOT 2; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTH 
LINE OF GOVERNMENT LOT 2, NORTH 8[deg]49'32'' WEST 66.97 FEET; 
THENCE LEAVING SAID SOUTH LINE NORTH 205'10'' EAST 75.00 FEET; 
THENCE NORTH 88[deg]49'32'' WEST 151.02 FEET; THENCE NORTH 
10[deg]03'31'' WEST 33.95; THENCE WESTERLY AND NORTHWESTERLY ALONG A 
CURVE TO THE RIGHT THE CENTER OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 10[deg]03'31'' 
WEST 125.00

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FEET, AN ARC DISTANCE OF 118.51 FEET; THENCE NORTH 45[deg]44'15'' 
WEST 18.49 FEET; THENCE NORTH 8[deg]54'26'' WEST 133.02 FEET TO THE 
TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF KITSAP, STATE OF 
WASHINGTON.

    Containing 12.72 acres, more or less.

    Dated: January 11, 2005.
Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-940 Filed 1-14-05; 8:45 am]
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