[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51210-51211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18385]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

[16XD0120AF/DT21200000/DST000000/241A/T0110100]


Tribal Consultation and Listening Sessions on Indian Trust Asset 
Reform Act

AGENCY:  Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior published a notice in the 
Federal Register of July 20, 2016 (81 FR 47176), announcing Tribal 
consultation and listening sessions on the Indian Trust Asset Reform 
Act. This notice announces a correction to the Albuquerque, New Mexico, 
location listed in that notice and provides venue information for other 
locations.

DATES: Please see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice 
for dates of the listening sessions and Tribal consultation sessions. 
Written comments are due by September 30, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments by email to 
[email protected]. If you do not have access to email, please send 
a hard copy to the following address, but please do not send a 
duplicate hard copy if you have emailed a copy: Ms. Elizabeth Appel, 
Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street NW., 
MS 3642, Washington, DC 20240. Please see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this notice for locations of the listening sessions and 
Tribal consultation sessions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Debra DuMontier, Office of the 
Special Trustee for American Indians at [email protected] or 
(505) 816-1131 or Ms. Elizabeth Appel, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs at [email protected] or (202) 273-4680.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 22, 2016, President Obama signed 
into law the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act, Public Law 114-178. Title 
III of this Act:
     Allows the Secretary of the Interior to establish an Under 
Secretary for Indian Affairs who is to report directly to the Secretary 
of the Interior and coordinate with OST to ensure an orderly transition 
of OST functions to an agency or bureau within Interior;
     Requires Interior to prepare a transition plan and 
timetable for how identified OST functions might be moved to other 
entities within the Department of the Interior;
     Requires appraisals and valuations of Indian trust 
property to be administered by a single administrative entity within 
Interior; and
     Requires Interior to establish minimum qualifications for 
individuals to prepare appraisals and valuations of Indian trust 
property and allow an appraisal or valuation by a qualified person to 
be considered final without being reviewed or approved by Interior.
    The Department is hosting listening sessions and consultation 
sessions with Indian Tribes and trust beneficiaries on each of these 
items at the following dates and locations. This information corrects 
the Albuquerque information listed in the notice published in the 
Federal Register of July 20, 2016 (81 FR 47176) and includes more 
specific information.

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                                                               Listening sessions/
                Date                 Time (all times local)    tribal consultation             Location
                                                                    sessions
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Wednesday, 8/17/2016...............  1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m....  Listening Session (in   Oneida Tribe of Indians of
                                                              conjunction with the    Wisconsin, Radisson Hotel
                                                              Indian Land Working     and Conference Center,
                                                              Group 2016 Symposium).  Airport Drive, Green Bay,
                                                                                      WI 54313.
Monday, 8/22/2016..................  8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m...  Tribal Consultation...  * Sheraton Albuquerque
                                                                                      Airport Hotel, 2910 Yale
                                                                                      Boulevard SE.,
                                                                                      Albuquerque, NM 87106.
                                                                                     * Note: This location is a
                                                                                      correction to the location
                                                                                      listed in the July 20,
                                                                                      2016 notice.
Friday, 8/26/2016..................  8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m...  Tribal Consultation...  Minneapolis Convention
                                                                                      Center, 1301 Second Avenue
                                                                                      South, Minneapolis, MN
                                                                                      55403.
Monday 8/29/2016...................  8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m...  Tribal Consultation...  Henry M. Jackson Federal
                                                                                      Building, 915 2nd Avenue,
                                                                                      North Auditorium, Seattle,
                                                                                      WA 98104.
Wednesday 8/31/2016................  8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m...  Tribal Consultation...  Billings Hotel and
                                                                                      Convention Center, 1223
                                                                                      Mullowney Lane, Billings,
                                                                                      MT 89101.
Wednesday, 9/7/2016................  8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m...  Tribal Consultation...  Osage Event Center, 951
                                                                                      West 36th St. N., Tulsa,
                                                                                      OK 74127.
Friday, 9/9/2016...................  8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m...  Tribal Consultation...  Convention Center at the
                                                                                      Denny Sanford Premier
                                                                                      Center, 1201 Northwest
                                                                                      Ave., Sioux Falls, SD
                                                                                      57104.
Monday 9/12/2016...................  8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m...  Tribal Consultation...  Agua Caliente Casino Resort
                                                                                      Spa, 32-250 Bob Hope
                                                                                      Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA
                                                                                      92270, (Palm Springs, CA).
Monday, 9/19/2016..................  1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m....  Tribal Consultation     (888) 282-0365, passcode:
                                                              Teleconference.         9342929.
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    Additional information, including the OST functions that may be 
transferrable to other entities within Interior and potential options 
for the single entity within Interior that could perform all appraisal 
services for Indian trust property, are available www.doi.gov/OST/ITARA.

    Dated: July 28, 2016.
Michael L. Connor,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-18385 Filed 8-2-16; 8:45 am]
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