[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52550-52551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21130]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Land Acquisitions; Tohono O'odham Nation, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Final Agency Determination.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency 
determination to acquire Parcel 2 consisting of 53.54 acres of land 
into trust for the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona on July 23, 2010. 
This notice is published in the exercise of authority delegated by the 
Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by 
209 Departmental Manual 8.1.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, MS-3657 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 
July 23, 2010, the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs decided to 
accept Parcel 2, consisting of 53.54 acres of land into trust for the 
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona. Pursuant to the Gila Bend Indian 
Reservation Lands Replacement Act, Public Law 99-503, 100 Stat. 1798 
(1986) Section 6(d) mandates: ``The Secretary, at the request of the 
Tribe, shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Tribe any land which 
the Tribe acquires pursuant to subsection (c) which meets the 
requirements of this subsection. Any land which the Secretary holds in 
trust shall be deemed to be a Federal Indian Reservation for all 
purposes. Land does not meet the requirements of this subsection if it 
is outside the counties of Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima, Arizona, or 
within the corporate limits of any city or town. Land meets the 
requirements of this subsection only if it constitutes not more than 
three separate areas consisting of contiguous tracts, at least one of 
which areas shall be contiguous to San Lucy Village. The Secretary may 
waive the requirements set forth in the preceding sentence if he 
determines that additional areas are appropriate.'' The 53.54 acre 
parcel is located in Maricopa County, Arizona, and the parcel is not 
``within the corporate limits of any city or town.''
    The legal description of the property is as follows:

PARCEL NO. 2

THE WEST HALF OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER AND THE WEST 
HALF OF THE EAST HALF OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF 
SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER 
BASE AND MERIDIAN, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA;
EXCEPT THE WEST 360.14 FEET (MEASURED), WEST 360.00 FEET (RECORD) OF 
THE NORTH 484.19 FEET (MEASURED), NORTH 484.00 FEET (RECORD); AND
EXCEPT THE NORTH 258.00 FEET OF THE WEST 460.00 FEET OF THE WEST 
HALF OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4; 
AND
EXCEPT THE NORTH 40.00 FEET, THEREOF; AND
EXCEPT THOSE PORTIONS THEREOF WHICH LIE NORTHERLY OF THE FOLLOWING 
DESCRIBED LINE;
BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTH-SOUTH MIDSECTION LINE OF SAID 
SECTION 4, WHICH POINT BEARS SOUTH 01 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 34 SECONDS 
WEST (RECORD AS SOUTH 00 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 56 SECONDS WEST 
ACCORDING TO ADOT PARCEL 7-4241),55.01 FEET FROM THE NORTH QUARTER 
CORNER OF SAID SECTION 4;
THENCE EAST (RECORDED AS NORTH 88 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 28 SECONDS 
EAST, ACCORDING TO ADOT PARCEL 7-42410), 503.20 FEET;
THENCE NORTH (RECORDED AS NORTH 01 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 32 SECONDS 
WEST ACCORDING TO ADOT PARCEL 7-4241), 55.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF 
ENDING ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 4, WHICH POINT BEARS NORTH 
88 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 28 SECONDS EAST, 501.66 FEET FROM SAID NORTH 
QUARTER CORNER OF

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SECTION 4, AS CONVEYED TO THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN DEED RECORDED IN 
RECORDING NO. 86-652262 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS; AND EXCEPT THAT PARCEL 
OF LAND LYING WITHIN SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 4 AND BEING A 
PORTION OF THAT CERTAIN PARCEL DESCRIBED IN RECORDING NO. 95-490799 
OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE NORTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 4;
THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 25 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE NORTH 
LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER, 998.19 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 14 SECONDS WEST, 40.01 FEET TO 
THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH 
40.00 FEET OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 14 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE EAST 
LINE OF SAID PARCEL, 28.05 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 68 DEGREES 29 MINUTES 09 SECONDS WEST, 42.26 FEET TO A 
POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH 51.64 FEET OF SAID NORTHEAST 
QUARTER;
THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 25 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID SOUTH 
LINE, 455.83 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THAT PARCEL 
CONVEYED TO ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN RECORDING NO. 
86-652262 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS;
THENCE NORTH 01 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 35 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID EAST 
LINE, 11.64 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH 40.00 
FEET OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER;
THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 25 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE SOUTH 
LINE, 495.50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AS CONVEYED TO MARICOPA 
COUNTY IN DEED RECORDED IN RECORDING NO. 99-332877 OF OFFICIAL 
RECORDS.

Larry Echo Hawk,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-21130 Filed 8-25-10; 8:45 am]
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