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OMB Control Number: 1076–0143. 

Type of review: Renewal. 

Title: Tribal Self-Governance 

Program, 25 CFR Part 1000. 

Brief Description of Collection: The 

collection involves a voluntary 

submission by respondents and is 

intended to inform Congress of activities 

undertaken under Tribal SelfGovernance. It also involves a 

mandatory submission by respondents 

who request to be selected to begin 

participation in Tribal Self-Governance. 

Respondents: Tribes and tribal 

consortia wishing to enter into a selfgovernance compact and funding 

agreement. 

Number of Respondents: 106. 

Estimated Time per Response: 42 

Hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 

11,202. 

Dated: December 17, 2008. 

Sanjeev ‘‘Sonny’’ Bhagowalia, 

Chief Information Officer—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–169 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Notice of Deadline for Submitting 

Completed Applications To Begin 

Participation in the Tribal SelfGovernance Program in Fiscal Year 

2010 or Calendar Year 2010 

AGENCY: Office of Self-Governance, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of application deadline. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Office of 

Self-Governance (OSG) establishes a 

March 2, 2009, deadline for Indian 

tribes/consortia to submit completed 

applications to begin participation in 

the tribal self-governance program in 

fiscal year 2010 or calendar year 2010. 

DATES: Completed application packages 

must be received by the Director, Office 

of Self-Governance, by March 2, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Application packages for 

inclusion in the applicant pool should 

be sent to Sharee M. Freeman, Director, 

Office of Self-Governance, Department 

of the Interior, Mail Stop 355–G–SIB, 

1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Kenneth D. Reinfeld, Office of SelfGovernance, Telephone 202–208–5734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 

(Pub. L. 103–413), as amended by the 

Fiscal Year 1997 Omnibus 

Appropriations Bill (Pub. L. 104–208), 

the Director, Office of Self-Governance 

may select up to 50 additional 

participating tribes/consortia per year 

for the tribal self-governance program, 

and negotiate and enter into a written 

funding agreement with each 

participating tribe. The Act mandates 

that the Secretary submit copies of the 

funding agreements at least 90 days 

before the proposed effective date to the 

appropriate committees of the Congress 

and to each tribe that is served by the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) agency 

that is serving the tribe that is a party 

to the funding agreement. Initial 

negotiations with a tribe/consortium 

located in a region and/or agency which 

has not previously been involved with 

self-governance negotiations, will take 

approximately 2 months from start to 

finish. Agreements for an October 1 to 

September 30 funding year need to be 

signed and submitted by July 1. 

Agreements for a January 1 to December 

31 funding year need to be signed and 

submitted by October 1. 

Purpose of Notice 

25 CFR parts 1000.10 to 1000.31 will 

be used to govern the application and 

selection process for tribes/consortia to 

begin their participation in the tribal 

self-governance program in fiscal year 

2010 and calendar year 2010. 

Applicants should be guided by the 

requirements in these subparts in 

preparing their applications. Copies of 

these subparts may be obtained from the 

information contact person identified in 

this notice. 

Tribes/consortia wishing to be 

considered for participation in the tribal 

self-governance program in fiscal year 

2010 or calendar year 2010 must 

respond to this notice, except for those 

tribes/consortia which are: (1) Currently 

involved in negotiations with the 

Department; (2) one of the 96 tribal 

entities with signed agreements; or (3) 

one of the tribal entities already 

included in the applicant pool as of the 

date of this notice. 

Dated: December 24, 2008. 

George T. Skibine, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy 

and Economic Development—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–194 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Land Acquisitions; Muckleshoot Indian 

Tribe, Washington 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Final Agency 

Determination to take land into trust 

under 25 CFR Part 151. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Policy and Economic 

Development made a final agency 

determination to acquire approximately 

22.00 acres of land into trust for the 

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Washington 

on December 12, 2008. 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. 

The duties of the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs were delegated to the 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Policy and Economic Development on 

May 23, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula L. Hart, Acting Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, MS–3657 MIB, 1849 C Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20240; Telephone 

(202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published to comply with the 

requirements of 25 CFR 151.12(b) that 

notice be given to the public of the 

Secretary’s decision to acquire land in 

trust at least 30 days prior to signatory 

acceptance of the land into trust. The 

purpose of the 30-day waiting period in 

25 CFR 151.12(b) is to afford interested 

parties the opportunity to seek judicial 

review of final administrative decisions 

to take land in trust for Indian tribes and 

individual Indians before transfer of 

title to the property occurs. On 

December 12, 2008, the Acting Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Economic Development decided to 

accept approximately 22.00 acres of 

land into trust for the Muckleshoot 

Indian Tribe, Washington under the 

authority of the Indian Reorganization 

Act of 1934, 25 U.S.C. 465. The 22.00 

acres are located within the exterior 

boundaries of the Muckleshoot Indian 

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Reservation, Washington. The property 

will be used for the Muckleshoot Bingo 

and additional parking for the 

Muckleshoot Casino. 

The Wynn Property is described as 

follows: 

PARCEL A (202105–9021–02) 

The West half of the Southeast quarter 

of the Southwest quarter of Section 20, 

Township 21 north, Range 5 East, W.M., 

records of King County, Washington; 

EXCEPT county road; AND EXCEPT 

portion taken for state highway. 

PARCEL B (292105–9059–08) 

That portion of the Northeast quarter 

of the Northwest quarter, lying northerly 

of Enumclaw-Franklin-Howard Road, in 

Section 29, Township 21 North, Range 

5 East, W.M., in King County, 

Washington. 

The Casino Parking Lot Property is 

described as follows: 

PARCEL A 

The north 97.95 feet of the following 

described property: 

That portion of the west half of the 

southeast quarter of Section 20, 

Township 21 north, Range 5 east, W.M., 

in King County, Washington, described 

as follows: Beginning at the intersection 

of a line which is 330 feet northerly of 

and concentric with the center line of 

Primary State Highway Number 5 

revised, with the east line of the 

southwest quarter of the southeast 

quarter of said Section 20; thence 

northerly along said east line 225 feet; 

thence west 30 feet to the TRUE POINT 

OF BEGINNING of the tract herein 

described; thence continuing west 120 

feet; thence north parallel with the east 

line of said west half of the southeast 

quarter, 217.95 feet; thence east 120 feet 

to a point on a line 30 feet west of the 

east line of said west half of the 

southeast quarter; thence south 217.95 

to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. 

EXCEPT that portion of any lying within 

Dogwood Street Southeast. 

PARCEL B 

That portion of the west half of the 

southeast quarter of Section 20, 

Township 21 north, Range 5 east, W.M., 

in King County, Washington described 

as follows: 

Beginning at the intersection of a line 

which is 330 feet northerly of and 

concentric with the center line of 

Primary State Highway Number 5 

revised, with the east line of the 

southwest quarter of the southeast 

quarter of said Section 20; thence 

northerly along said east line 285 feet; 

thence west 30 feet to the TRUE POINT 

OF BEGINNING of the tract herein 

described; thence continuing west 120 

feet; thence north parallel with the east 

line of said west half of the southeast 

quarter, 60 feet; thence east 120 feet to 

a point on a line 30 feet west of the east 

line of said west half of the southeast 

quarter; thence south 60 feet to the 

TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT 

that portion if any lying within 

Dogwood Street Southeast. 

PARCEL C 

That portion of the west half of the 

southeast quarter of Section 20, 

Township 21 north, Range 5 east, W.M., 

in King County, Washington, described 

as follows: 

Beginning at the intersection of a line 

which is 330 feet northerly of and 

concentric with the center line of 

Primary State Highway Number 5 

revised, with the east line of the 

southwest quartet of the southeast 

quarter of said Section 20; thence 

northerly along said east line 225 feet; 

thence west 30 feet to the TRUE POINT 

OF BEGINNING of the tract herein 

described; thence continuing west 120 

feet; thence north parallel with the east 

line of said west half of the southeast 

quarter, 60 feet; thence east 120 feet to 

a point on a line 30 feet west of the east 

line of said west half of the southeast 

quarter; thence south 60 feet to the 

TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT 

that portion if any lying within 

Dogwood Street Southeast. 

PARCEL D 

That portion of the southwest quarter 

of the southeast quarter of Section 20, 

Township 21 north, Range 5 east, W.M., 

in King County, Washington, described 

as follows: 

Beginning at the intersection of the 

west line of the southwest quarter of the 

southeast quarter of Section 20, 

Township 21 north, Range 5 east, W.M., 

in King County, Washington, with the 

northerly line of Primary State Highway 

Number 5 Revision, according to the 

plan on file in the Office of State 

Highway Department approved June 17, 

1941; thence easterly along said 

northerly line 60 feet; thence north 

20°31′ east, perpendicular with the 

tangent of said highway, 280 feet, more 

or less, to a line which is concentric 

with and 330 feet northerly of the center 

line of said highway; thence easterly 

along said concentric line to the east 

line of said southwest quarter of the 

southeast quarter and the TRUE POINT 

OF BEGINNING of the tract of land 

herein described; thence northerly along 

said east line 225 feet; thence due west 

330 feet; thence due south to a line, 

which is concentric with and 330 feet 

northerly of the center line of said 

Primary State Highway No. 5; thence 

easterly along said concentric line to the 

TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; EXCEPT 

the east 30 feet thereof. 

Dated: December 22, 2008. 

George T. Skibine, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy 

and Economic Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–183 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4N–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–066–09–1610–DR–024E] 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision for the Upper Missouri River 

Breaks National Monument Resource 

Management Plan and Environmental 

Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) announces the 

availability of the Record of Decision 

(ROD) and Approved Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) for the Upper 

Missouri River Breaks National 

Monument located in the Lewistown 

Field Office, Montana. The Montana 

State Director signed the ROD, which 

constitutes the final decision of the BLM 

and makes the Approved RMP effective 

immediately. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and 

Approved RMP are available upon 

request from the Field Manager, 

Lewistown Field Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, 920 Northeast Main 

Street, P.O. Box 1160, Lewistown, MT 

59457–1160 or via the internet at http: 

//www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/fo/ 

lewistown_field_office/ 

um_rmp_process.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry 

Majerus, Project Manager, Bureau of 

Land Management, 920 Northeast Main 

Street, P.O. Box 1160, Lewistown, MT 

59457; or by telephone at (406) 538– 

1924. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Upper 

Missouri River Breaks National 

Monument is located in northcentral 

Montana in Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, 

and Phillips Counties. The planning 

area addressed in the Approved RMP 

comprises about 375,000 acres of public 

land and about 396,000 acres of federal 

minerals administered by the BLM 

Lewistown Field Office. The State of 

Montana and Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, 

and Phillips Counties participated in 

development of the plan as cooperating 

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