[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60139-60140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24267]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Pueblo of 
Jemez 70.277-Acre Fee-to-Trust Transfer and Casino Project, Do[ntilde]a 
Ana County, NM

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) 
as lead agency, in cooperation with the Pueblo of Jemez, intends to 
cancel all work on an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the BIA 
Federal action of approving a 70.277 acre fee-to-trust transfer and 
casino project located within Do[ntilde]a Ana County, New Mexico.

DATES: This cancellation is effective October 2, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Walker, Regional Director, 
(505) 563-3103 or Priscilla Wade, Regional Environmental Protection 
Specialist, (505) 563-3417, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southwest 
Regional Office, 1001 Indian School Road NW., Albuquerque, New Mexico 
87104.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BIA is canceling work on the EIS because 
the Department of the Interior has denied the application to take the 
land into trust on September 1, 2011. The Notice of Intent to prepare 
the Draft EIS, which included a description of the proposed action, was 
published in the Federal Register on March 1, 2005 (70 FR 9963-9964). A 
public scoping meeting was held on March 16, 2005 and a public hearing 
was held on April 4, 2011; both were held in Anthony, New Mexico. The 
Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS was published in the Federal 
Register on April 8, 2011 (76 FR 19783-19784). A Final EIS for this 
project has not been completed.

Authority

    This notice is published pursuant to section 1503.1 of the Council 
of Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508) 
and Department of the Interior Regulations (43 CFR part 46), 
implementing the procedural requirements of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.), and

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is in the exercise of authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.

    Dated: September 20, 2012.
Donald E. Laverdure,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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