Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 42 / Monday, March 5, 2007 / Notices 9773 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Land Acquisitions; Cherokee Nation of 

Oklahoma 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of final agency 

determination to take land into trust 

under 25 CFR part 151. 

SUMMARY: The Associate Deputy 

Secretary made a final agency 

determination to acquire approximately 

3.519 acres of land into trust for the 

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma on 

February 9, 2007. This notice is 

published in the exercise of authority 

delegated by the Secretary of the Interior 

to the Principal Deputy Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 

Departmental Manual 8. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George Skibine, Office of Indian 

Gaming, 1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop 

3657–MIB, Washington, DC 20240; 

Telephone (202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published to comply with the 

requirement of 25 CFR part 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 part 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 February 9, 2007, 

the Associate Deputy Secretary decided 

to accept approximately 3.519 acres of 

land into trust for the Cherokee Nation 

of Oklahoma under the authority of the 

Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, 25 

U.S.C. 465. The 3.519 parcel is located 

within the former reservation 

boundaries of the Cherokee Nation near 

the City of Roland, Sequoyah County, 

Oklahoma. The parcel will be used as 

additional parking for the Cherokee 

Casino facility. 

The 3.519 acre parcel is located near 

the City of Roland, Sequoyah County, 

Oklahoma is described as follows: 

Part of the SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 of Section 23, 

Township 11 North, Range 26 East, Sequoyah 

County, Oklahoma, being more particularly 

described as follows: 

Commencing at the Southwest corner of 

the N 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 of said Section 23; 

thence East along the South line of N 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 of, 660.00 feet; thence North 

00°52′00′′ East 454.22 feet to the North line 

of the SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4; thence South 89°45′59′′ 

East along said North line, 334.64 feet; thence 

South 452.78 feet; thence South 89°59′47′′ 

West 341.52 feet to the Point of Beginning, 

containing 3.519 acres, more or less, Less and 

Except minerals. 

Dated: February 9, 2007. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E7–3715 Filed 3–2–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Draft General Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Pipestone National Monument, 

Minnesota; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, the National Park Service 

announces the availability of the draft 

General Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/ 

EIS) for Pipestone National Monument. 

DATES: The GMP/EIS will remain 

available for public review for 60 days 

following the publishing of the notice of 

availability in the Federal Register by 

the Environmental Protection Agency. 

Public meetings will be held in the 

cities of Pierre and Yankton, South 

Dakota, and Marshall and Pipestone, 

Minnesota. Meeting places and times 

will be announced through the local 

media and on the park Web site at: 

http://www.nps.gov.gov/pipe. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the GMP/EIS are 

available by request by writing to the 

Superintendent at Pipestone National 

Monument, 36 Reservation Avenue, 

Pipestone, MN 56164. The document is 

also available to be reviewed in person 

at the park. Finally, the document can 

be found at the following Web site: 

http://parkplanning.nps.gov/. This Web 

site allows the public to review and 

comment directly on this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent, Pipestone National 

Monument, 36 Reservation Avenue, 

Pipestone, MN 56164. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pipestone 

National Monument offers an 

opportunity to explore American Indian 

culture and the natural resources of the 

tallgrass prairie. Established by 

Congress in 1937 to protect the historic 

pipestone quarries, the site is 

considered sacred by many American 

Indians. Spanning centuries of use, 

American Indians continue to quarry 

pipestone, which they carve into sacred 

pipes. 

The GMP/EIS analyzes the impacts of 

a no-action and three action 

alternatives. The no-action alternative 

describes the existing conditions and 

trends of park management and serves 

as a basis for comparison in evaluating 

the other alternatives. The focus of 

alternative one is the removal of 

development from the heart of the 

national monument. Alternative two 

focuses on updating the existing 

facilities and increasing the interpretive 

emphasis on quarrying. Alternative 

three was developed to meld the most 

advantageous features of the other two 

action alternatives by removing some 

park operations from the national 

monument and updating existing 

facilities. 

Persons wishing to comment may do 

so by any one of several methods. They 

may attend the public hearing or open 

houses noted above. They may mail 

comments directly to Pipestone 

National Monument. They also may 

comment via the Web site at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/. Finally, they 

may hand-deliver comments to the 

Pipestone National Monument in 

Pipestone, Minnesota. 

Before including your address, 

telephone number, e-mail address, or 

other personal identifying information 

in your comments please be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comments 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. We will make all submissions 

from organizations or businesses and 

from individuals identifying themselves 

as representatives or officials or 

organizations or businesses available for 

public inspection in their entirety. 

The responsible official is Ernest 

Quintana, Regional Director, Midwest 

Region. 

Dated: November 29, 2006. 

David N. Given, 

Acting Regional Director, Midwest Region. 

[FR Doc. E7–3769 Filed 3–2–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

Nominations for the following 

properties being considered for listing 


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