[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65069-65070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22666]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[212A2100DD; AAKC001030; A0A51010.999900]


Land Acquisitions; Chickasaw Nation

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency 
determination to transfer 248.09 acres, more or less, of land in the 
City of Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma, (Site) into trust for the 
Chickasaw Nation for gaming and other purposes.

DATES: This final determination was made on October 8, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, Bureau of Indian Affairs, MS-3543 MIB, 1849 C Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202) 219-4066, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, and is 
published to comply with the requirements of 25 CFR 151.12(c)(2)(ii) 
that notice of the decision to acquire land in trust be promptly 
provided in the Federal Register.
    On the date listed in the DATES section of this notice, the 
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs issued a decision to accept the 
Site, consisting of 248.09 acres, more or less, of land in trust for 
the Chickasaw Nation (Nation), under the authority of the Indian 
Reorganization Act, 25 U.S.C. 5108. The Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs determined that Nation's request also meets the requirements of 
the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act's ``Oklahoma exception,'' 25 U.S.C. 
2719(a)(2)(A)(i), to the general prohibition contained in 25 U.S.C. 
2719(a) on gaming on lands acquired in trust after October 17, 1988.
    The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, on behalf of the Secretary 
of the Interior, will immediately acquire title to the Site in the name 
of the United States of America in trust for the Nation upon 
fulfillment of Departmental requirements.
    The 248.09 acres, more or less, are located in the City of Ardmore, 
Carter County, Oklahoma, and are described as follows:

    The East Half (E/2) of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) and the East 
495 feet of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Southwest Quarter 
(SW/4) and the East Half (E/2) of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of 
the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) and the West Half (W/2) of the 
Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) and the 
Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) and a 
portion of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of the Northwest Quarter 
(NW/4) of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) and a portion of the South 
Half (S/2) of the South Half (S/2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4), 
lying South of the

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apparent South Right-of Way line of U.S. Highway 70, Section 8, 
Township 5 South, Range 2 East, Indian Meridian, Carter County, 
Oklahoma AND the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Northeast Quarter 
(NE/4) of Section 17, Township 5 South, Range 2 East, Indian 
Meridian, Carter County, Oklahoma, more particularly described as 
follows:

    BEGINNING from the Southwest Corner of the Northwest Quarter of 
said Section 8;
    THENCE N00[deg]09'28'' W along the West line of the Northwest 
Quarter, a distance of 289.13 feet to the Southwest Corner of a Tract 
recorded in Book 5917 on Page 297 in the Office of the Carter County 
Clerk;
    THENCE along the boundary of said Tract for the following Two 
Courses;
    1. Thence N89[deg]50'32'' E, a distance of 172.75 feet;
    2. Thence N00[deg]09'28'' W, a distance of 300.12 feet to a point 
on the apparent South Right-of-Way line of U.S. Highway 70;
    THENCE along the apparent South Right-of-Way of U.S. Highway 70 for 
the following Four (4) Courses;
    1. Thence along a curve turning to the Right with a radius of 
21345.92 feet, with an arc length of 615.66 feet, with a delta angle of 
01[deg]39'09'', with a chord bearing of S79[deg]16'55'' E, with a chord 
length of 615.64 feet;
    2. Thence S78[deg]28'33'' E, a distance of 376.09 feet;
    3. Thence S89[deg]47'10'' E, a distance of 101.98 feet;
    4. Thence S78[deg]28'34'' E, a distance of 1428.93 feet to a point 
on the East line of the South Half of the South Half of the Northwest 
Quarter;
    THENCE S00[deg]03'18'' E along the East line thereof, a distance of 
138.09 feet to the Northwest Corner of the Southeast Quarter;
    THENCE S89[deg]29'02'' E along the North line of the Southeast 
Quarter, a distance of 665.14 feet to the Northeast Corner of the West 
Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter;
    THENCE S00[deg]00'21'' E passing thru the Northwest Corner of the 
Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter at 
distance of 661.46 feet and continuing for a total distance of 672.22 
feet to the Southwest Corner of a Tract recorded in Book 6125 on Page 
177 in the Office of the Carter County Clerk;
    THENCE S89[deg]32'34'' E along the South line of said Tract, a 
distance of 664.56 feet to the Southeast Corner thereof, said point 
being 9.66 feet South of the Northeast Corner of the Southeast Quarter 
of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter;
    THENCE S00[deg]02'37'' W along the East line thereof, a distance of 
1975.93 feet to the Northeast Corner of the Northwest Quarter of the 
Northeast Quarter of Section 17;
    THENCE S00[deg]13'41'' E, a distance of 1322.54 feet to the 
Southeast Corner thereof;
    THENCE N89[deg]23'58'' W, a distance of 1325.60 feet to the 
Southwest Corner thereof;
    THENCE N00[deg]14'03'' W, a distance of 1323.88 feet to the 
Southeast Corner of the Southwest Quarter of Section 8;
    THENCE N89[deg]22'20'' W, a distance of 1981.20 feet to the 
Southwest Corner of the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of the 
Southwest Quarter;
    THENCE N00[deg]08'31'' W, a distance of 1320.19 feet to the 
Northwest Corner thereof;
    THENCE S89[deg]25'41'' E, a distance of 166.05 feet to the 
Southwest Corner of the East 495 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the 
Southwest Quarter;
    THENCE N00[deg]06'46'' W, a distance of 1320.35 feet to the 
Northwest Corner thereof, said point being on the South line of the 
South Half of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter;
    THENCE N89[deg]29'02'' W along said South line, a distance of 
828.44 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 248.09 Acres. All 
bearings contained in this legal description were based upon True 
North. Prepared on this date, June 10, 2019 by Obert D. Bennett, RPLS 
No. 1471 Oklahoma. SURFACE ONLY.

Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-22666 Filed 10-13-20; 8:45 am]
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