[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 98 (Friday, May 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 24032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11999]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Proposed Fee-to-Trust Conveyance of Property for the 
Cayuga Indian Nation of New York, Cayuga and Seneca Counties, NY

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 the lead agency, with the Cayuga Indian Nation of New 
York (Nation) as a cooperating agency, intends to file a draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) with the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency for the proposed acquisition into trust status of 
125 acres of land that is currently held in fee status by 
the Nation and that the DEIS is now available for public review. The 
purpose of the proposed action is to create a Tribal land base and to 
help meet the Nation's socio-economic needs. This notice also announces 
a public hearing for receiving comments on the DEIS analysis.

DATES: Written comments on the DEIS must arrive by July 6, 2009. The 
public hearing will be held June 17, 2009, from 6 to 9 p.m., or until 
the last public comment is received.

ADDRESSES: You may mail, hand carry or fax written comments to Franklin 
Keel, Regional Director, Eastern Regional Office, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, 545 Marriott Drive, Suite 700, Nashville, Tennessee 37214, Fax 
(615) 564-6701.
    The public meeting will be held at the New York Chiropractic 
College, 2360 State Route 89, Seneca Falls, NY 13148.
    See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for locations where the DEIS will be 
available for review and instructions for submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt G. Chandler, (615) 564-6832.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The Nation has requested that the BIA take into trust 125 acres of land currently held in fee in Cayuga and Seneca 
Counties, New York. The DEIS's currently proposed alternatives are:
    (A) The Proposed Action--This alternative is the action proposed by 
the Nation, to take all 125 acres into trust;
    (B) No Action Alternative--This alternative is for no acquisition 
of land into trust; and
    (C) Enterprise Properties into Trust--This alternative includes 
acquisition of a single section of contiguous parcels in Seneca County 
and a single section of contiguous parcels in Cayuga County and was 
proposed to analyze whether there were any specific impacts related to 
the contiguity of the parcels.
    The proposed Federal Action is to approve and adopt the DEIS, dated 
April 2009, as a Final Environmental Impact Statement for the purposes 
of compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Directions for Submitting Public Comments

    Please include your name, return address and the caption, ``DEIS 
Comments, Cayuga Indian Nation of New York Trust Acquisition Project,'' 
on the first page of your written comments.

Public Availability of the DEIS

    Copies of the DEIS will be available for viewing at the following 
locations during normal business hours:
     Lakeside Trading, 2552 Route 89, Seneca Falls, NY 13148;
     Lakeside Trading, 299 Cayuga Street, Union Springs, NY 
13160;
     Seneca Falls Library, 47 Cayuga St., Seneca Falls, NY 
13148; and
     Springport Free Library, 171 Cayuga St., P.O. Box 501, 
Union Springs, NY 13160.

Public Comment Availability

    Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be 
available for public review at the mailing address for the BIA Eastern 
Regional Office shown in the ADDRESSES section during regular business 
hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (unless otherwise shown), Monday through 
Friday, except holidays. Before including your address, phone number, 
or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should 
be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

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 authority delegated to the Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.1.

    Dated: March 30, 2009.
George T. Skibine,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development.
[FR Doc. E9-11999 Filed 5-21-09; 8:45 am]
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