[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19094-19095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7305]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Tribal Energy Resource Agreement Regulations Public Information 
Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Office of Indian 
Energy and Economic Development (IEED) will hold an all-day public 
information session on April 29, 2008, concerning the final regulations 
authorizing Tribal Energy Resource Agreements (TERA). These final 
regulations provide the process under which a tribe may apply for, and 
the Secretary of the Interior may grant, authority for an Indian tribe 
to review and approve leases and business agreements and grant rights-
of-way for specific energy development activities on tribal lands 
through an approved TERA. The regulations also cover processes for 
implementation of TERAs, including periodic review and evaluation of a 
tribe's activities under a TERA, enforcement of TERA provisions, and 
administrative appeals. The regulations also include a process for a 
tribe to voluntarily rescind a TERA.

DATES: The public information meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on April 29, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Colorado Convention Center, 
700 14th Street, Denver, Colorado.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darryl Francois, Office of Indian 
Energy and Economic Development, Room 20-South Interior Building, 1951 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20245, Telephone (202) 219-
0740 or Fax (202) 208-4564.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title V of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 
Public Law 109-58, requires the Department of the Interior to 
promulgate regulations that implement new provisions in 25 U.S.C. 3504 
concerning Tribal Energy Resource Agreements (TERAs). The intent of 
these agreements is to promote tribal oversight and management of 
energy and mineral resource development on tribal lands and further the 
goal of Indian self-determination.
    The Department published a final rule in the Federal Register 
titled Tribal Energy Resource Agreements under the Indian Tribal Energy 
Development and Self Determination Act on March 10, 2008 (73 FR 12808). 
The rule, which can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations at 25 
CFR Part 224, fully implements the provisions of 25 U.S.C. 3504.
    IEED staff will be on hand at the meeting to present an overview of 
the regulations and to provide information on how tribes can use the 
processes contained in the regulations in their energy development 
efforts. At the meeting, IEED staff will discuss topics covering 
application and agreement requirements, how to define the scope of a 
TERA, the process for determination of tribal capacity, the

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type and range of internal tribal processes that must be developed, 
appeal processes, and periodic review parameters.

    Dated: April 2, 2008.
Carl J. Artman,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E8-7305 Filed 4-7-08; 8:45 am]
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