[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 60448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16368]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-ONAA-37867; PPWODIRET0; PPMRSCR1Y.CT0000]


Notice of Availability and Request for Comments on Draft 
Director's Order #71C Concerning Consultation With Indian and Alaska 
Native Tribes

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared Director's Order 
#71C to set forth its policies and procedures regarding consultation 
with Indian and Alaska Native Tribes. Once adopted, the policies and 
procedures in Director's Order #71C and its accompanying Reference 
Manual will supersede and replace any conflicting policies and 
procedures.

DATES: Written comments will be accepted until August 26, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Draft Director's Order #71C, together with a Comment Form, 
is available online at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/policy/new.htm. You 
may submit written comments with the Comment Form.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothy FireCloud, Native American 
Affairs Liaison, Office of Native American Affairs, National Park 
Service, at [email protected], or by telephone at 202-354-2126.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS is updating its current system of 
internal written instructions. When these documents contain new policy 
or procedural requirements that may affect parties outside the NPS, 
they are first made available for public review and comment before 
being adopted. Director's Order #71C and a reference manual (subsequent 
to the Director's Order) will be issued. The draft Director's Order 
provides direction to NPS managers and employees with Tribal 
consultation responsibilities. Both the Presidential Memorandum of 
April 29, 1994 and Executive Order 13175 (Consultation and Coordination 
with Indian Tribal Governments) direct executive departments and 
agencies to engage in regular and meaningful consultation in good faith 
with Tribal officials on Federal policies and actions with Tribal 
implications. The draft Director's Order applies only to consultation 
with Indian and Alaska Native Tribes. Separate Director's Orders on 
consultation with the Native Hawaiian Community and Alaska Native 
entities will be issued subsequently.
    Public Disclosure of Comments: Before including your address, 
telephone number, email address, or other personal identifying 
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire 
comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made 
publicly available at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to 
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    Authority: 54 U.S.C. 100101(a) et seq.

Alma Ripps,
Chief, Office of Policy.
[FR Doc. 2024-16368 Filed 7-24-24; 8:45 am]
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