[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 160 (Monday, August 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 42946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17786]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

[RR01010000, XXXR0680U4, RP.52225010.5395004]


Columbia River Treaty Negotiations With Canada

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation; Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Tribal consultation.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior (Interior) will be hosting a 
government-to-government consultation with interested Tribes of the 
Columbia River basin addressing the ongoing Columbia River Treaty 
regime modernization negotiations between the United States and Canada.

DATES: A group Tribal consultation session will be held from 9 a.m. to 
1 p.m. on August 28, 2019, and individual consultation sessions with 
Tribes will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on August 28, 2019 and from 9 
a.m. to 5 p.m. on August 29, 2019. To schedule an individual session, 
please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section of this notice. Written input must be postmarked by September 
13, 2019.

ADDRESSES: The Tribal consultation session will be held at the 
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Rates Hearing Room, 1201 Lloyd 
Blvd., Suite 200, Portland, OR. Please submit any written input to 
Columbia River Treaty Negotiations with Canada c/o Elizabeth Appel, 
Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street NW, MS 
4660, Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Denton, Pacific Northwest 
Regional Liaison, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, telephone (202) 513-0671, 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Interior strives for 
meaningful engagement with the Tribes in the Columbia River basin on 
the topic of Columbia River Treaty negotiations with Canada. The U.S. 
Department of State leads negotiations for the United States Government 
in the negotiations between the United States and Canada to modernize 
the Columbia River Treaty regime. The Department of State holds 
periodic consultations with Tribes in the Columbia River basin 
regarding the negotiations, and also invites representatives from 
Interior, Bonneville Power Administration, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, and the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers. Interior has participated in all of these Tribal 
consultations. In conjunction with the State Department's periodic 
consultations with Tribes, the Interior Department will also host a 
government-to-government consultation with all interested Tribes in the 
Columbia River Basin addressing the Treaty regime modernization 
negotiations. Because the State Department leads the U.S. Government's 
participation in the negotiations, Interior will hold this consultation 
in concert with the State Department and will invite representatives of 
the other participating Federal agencies.
    As the Secretary of the Interior's delegated representative and 
lead for many Columbia River basin matters, the office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Water and Science is hosting this consultation, with 
assistance from the office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian 
Affairs. Interior invites interested Tribes in the Columbia River Basin 
to participate in person or provide written comments, as detailed in 
the DATES and ADDRESSES sections of this document.

    Dated: July 26, 2019.
Timothy R. Petty,
Assistant Secretary for Water and Science.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2019-17786 Filed 8-16-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4332-90-P