[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 59011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25301]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-924-1430-HN-003E; MTM 84984, MTM 86124]


Public Notice--Jurisdiction Transfer as Required by the Crow 
Boundary Settlement Act of 1994; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notification to the public and state 
and local governmental officials of the transfer of exclusive 
jurisdiction and administration of the surface estate of 12,465.32 
acres of public lands from the Bureau of Land Management to the United 
States of America, Bureau of Indian Affairs in trust for the Crow 
Indian Tribe and shall be recognized as part of the Crow Indian 
Reservation.

EFFECTIVE DATES: December 2, 1999, December 8, 1999, December 16, 1999, 
January 12, 2000, February 24, 2000, and March 27, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russell Sorensen, BLM Dillon Field 
Office, 1005 Selway Drive, Dillon, Montana 59725-9431, 406-683-8036. By 
virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
pursuant to Section 5(d)(G) of the Crow Boundary Settlement Act of 
November 2, 1994, P.L. 103-444, it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, jurisdiction of the surface 
estate for the following described lands was transferred to the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs in trust for the Crow Indian Tribe on the dates 
listed below:
    (a) December 2, 1999:

Principal Meridian

T. 3 S., R. 29 E.,
    Sec. 10, all.
    (b) December 8, 1999:

T. 6 S., R. 33 E.,
    Sec. 12, NE\1/4\.
T. 1 S., R. 35 E.,
    Sec. 16, all.
T. 3 S., R. 35 E.,
    Sec. 16, all.
T. 2 S., R. 36 E.,
    Sec. 16, all.
    (c) December 16, 1999:

T. 3 S., R. 28 E.,
    Sec. 36, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
    (d) January 12, 2000:

T. 3 S., R. 33 E.,
    Sec. 16, S\1/2\S\1/2\.
T. 3 S., R. 34 E.,
    Sec. 36, lot 4, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 4 S., R. 37 E.,
    Sec. 21, all.
T. 4 S., R. 38 E.,
    Sec. 16: NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\SW\1/4\.
T. 5 S., R. 36 E.,
    Sec. 2, SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 11, E\1/2\.
    (e) February 24, 2000:

    T. 3 S., R. 29 E.,
    Sec. 11, all.
    (f) March 27, 2000:

    T. 1 S., R. 35 E.,
    Sec. 36, all.
T. 1 S., R. 36 E.,
    Sec. 16, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/
4\;
    Sec. 36, all.
T. 2 S., R. 35 E.,
    Sec. 16, all.
T. 2 S., R. 36 E.,
    Sec. 36, all.
T. 3 S., R. 35 E.,
    Sec. 36, all.
T. 3 S., R 36 E.,
    Sec. 16, all.
T. 4 S., R. 37 E.,
    Sec. 1, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\.
T. 5 S., R. 26 E.,
    Sec. 16, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\.
T. 5 S., R. 30 E.,
    Sec. 3, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\.
T. 5 S., R. 33 E.,
    Sec. 36, all.
    T. 6 S., R. 30 E.,
    Sec. 1, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, 
SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 2, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate 12,465.32 acres in Big Horn and 
Yellowstone Counties, Montana.

    2. The transfer of the above described surface estate for such 
lands and all activities conducted thereon vests custody and 
accountability unto the United States of America, on behalf of the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, in trust for the Crow Indian Tribe.

    Dated: September 20, 2000.
Thomas P. Lonnie,
Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.
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