[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 32048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11368]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Land Acquisitions; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, Keecak Site, 
City of Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency 
determination to acquire in trust 32.06 acres, more or less, of land 
known as the Keecak Site in the City of Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin, 
(Site) for the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, (Tribe) for gaming and 
other purposes.

DATES: This final determination was made on May 12, 2022.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the date listed in the DATES section of 
this notice, the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final 
agency determination to acquire the Site, consisting of 32.06 acres, 
more or less, in trust for the Tribe under the authority of the Indian 
Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934, 25 U.S.C. 5108.
    The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, on behalf of the Secretary 
of the Interior, will immediately acquire title to Site in the name of 
the United States of America in trust for Tribe upon fulfillment of all 
Departmental requirements. The 32.06 acres, more or less, are described 
as follows:

Legal Description of Property

    Part of the Northwest Quarter (NW \1/4\) of Section Thirty-two 
(32), Township One (1) North, Range Thirteen (13) East of the Fourth 
Principal Meridian, in the City of Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin, 
described as follows:
    Commencing at a Rock County Aluminum Monument marking the West \1/
4\ corner of said Section 32; thence South 89 deg. 18 min. 37 sec. 
East, along the South line of the NW \1/4\ of said section a distance 
of 264.00 feet to a \3/4\ inch Iron Rod marking the Southeast corner of 
Lot 2 of Certified Survey Map No. 1077681 as recorded in Volume 13, 
Pages 341-344, said rod also marks the point of beginning; thence 
leaving said Quarter Line, North 00 deg. 52 min. 18 sec. West along the 
East line of said Lot 2 and the extension thereof, 1368.78 feet to a 
Cotton Gin Spike in the centerline of Colley Road; thence North 88 deg. 
54 min. 11 sec. East along the centerline of said road, 1312.7 feet, 
more or less, to a P.K. Nail on the extended West line of land conveyed 
by Warranty Deed dated September 21,1960 and recorded in Volume 560 on 
page 479; thence leaving said centerline, South 01 deg. 37 min. 40 sec. 
East 396.68 feet to the Southerly corner of said Warranty Deed and the 
Westerly right of way line of Interstate 90; thence South 37 deg. 33 
mi. 08 sec. West along said Westerly right of way line, 1265.30 feet to 
a \3/4\ inch Iron Rod on the South line of said NW \1/4\ of said 
section; thence leaving said right of way line, North 89 deg. 18 min. 
37 sec. West along said Quarter line, 524.90 feet to the point of 
beginning.
    Excepting therefrom Parcel 1 of Transportation Project Plat No. 
1003-10-22-4.01 recorded in TPP-128 of Transportation Project Plats as 
Doc. No. 2009518.
    Authority: 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.

Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-11368 Filed 5-25-22; 8:45 am]
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