[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 68833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20153]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Notice of Cancellation of the Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Proposed Reconstruction of BIA Route 27 on the Pine Ridge Indian 
Reservation, SD

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) intends to cancel work on the Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) for the proposed reconstruction of BIA Route 27 near 
Wounded Knee, South Dakota, and instead, prepare an Environmental 
Assessment for the proposed action. The Notice of Intent to prepare the 
EIS, which included a description of the proposed action, was published 
in the Federal Register on August 22, 2005 (70 FR 48972).

DATES: This cancellation is effective December 27, 2006. Written 
comments must arrive by December 26, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry written comments to Marilyn 
Bercier, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great Plains Regional Office, 115 
4th Avenue SE, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marilyn Bercier, (605) 226-7656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BIA is canceling work on this EIS 
because scoping and analysis completed to date, including a public 
scoping meeting held September 13, 2005, in Manderson, South Dakota, 
and consultation under section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act and section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, have 
shown that the proposed action would have no significant impact on the 
environment. The EIS is therefore being converted to an Environmental 
Assessment (EA). A Notice of Availability of the Finding of No 
Significant Impact, which will include information on how to obtain a 
copy of the EA, will be published and/or posted in the same places 
(except the Federal Register) as the Notice of Intent to prepare the 
EIS and will be sent to all parties on any mailing list relating to the 
EIS process for this project.

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, 7:45 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.), 
the Department of Interior Manual (516 DM 1-6), and is in the exercise 
of authority delegated to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.

    Dated: November 3, 2006.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
 [FR Doc. E6-20153 Filed 11-27-06; 8:45 am]
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