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Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (as

amended, 1996);

(e) Provide advice to public and

private individuals and entities

concerning methods of controlling

aquatic nuisance species; and

(f) Submit an annual report describing

activities within the Great Lakes region

related to aquatic nuisance species

prevention, research, and control.

The focus of this meeting will be to:

Review panel activities for the past year,

hear updates of ongoing activities, and

review the Great Lakes Action Plan.

Minutes of the meeting will be

maintained by the Executive Secretary,

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force,

Suite 851, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, Virginia 22203–1622, and

will be available for public inspection

during regular business hours, Monday

through Friday.

Dated: December 1, 2000.

Cathleen I. Short,

Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task

Force, Assistant Director—Fisheries & Habitat

Conservation.

[FR Doc. 00–31119 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Receipt of Petitions for Federal

Acknowledgment of Existence as an

Indian Tribe

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

This notice is published in the

exercise of authority delegated by the

Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant

Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.

Pursuant to 25 CFR 83.9(a) notice is

hereby given that the following groups

have each filed a letter of intent to

petition for acknowledgment by the

Secretary of the Interior that the group

exists as an Indian tribe. Each letter of

intent was received by the Bureau of

Indian Affairs (BIA) on the date

indicated, and was signed by members

of the group’s governing body.

Ozark Mountain Cherokee Tribe of

Arkansas and Missouri, c/o Mr. Terry D.

Smith, P.O. Box 271, Melbourne,

Arkansas 72556. October 19, 1999.

Creek-Euchee Band of Indians of

Florida, c/o Chris Sewell, P.O. Box 157,

Bristol, Florida 32321. November 23,

1999.

Ooragnak-Indian Nation, c/o Mr.

William Blake, 8181 Deadstream Road,

Honor, Michigan 44640. December 1,

1999.

Saponi Nation of Missouri, c/o Mr.

John Trullinger, 3445, CR 4990, Willow

Springs, Missouri 65793–9728.

December 14, 1999.

Maconce Village Band of Ojibwa, c/o

Mr. Ernest I. Young, 6300 Church Road,

Ira Township, Michigan 48023. March

7, 2000.

Traditional Choinumni Tribe, c/o Ms.

Angie Osborne, 2787 North Piedra Road,

Sanger, California 93657. March 29,

2000.

Federation of Old Plimoth Indian

Tribes, Inc., c/o Rodney Joseph, 558

Wareham Road, Plymouth,

Massachusetts 02360. May 16, 2000.

Honey Lake Maidu, c/o Ronnie

Morales, 1101 Arnold Street, Susanville,

California 96130. June 1, 2000.

United Cherokee Indian Tribe of

Virginia, c/o Samuel H. Penn, Sr., P.O.

Box 1104, Madison Heights, Virginia

24572. July 31, 2000.

Cherokee River Indian Community, c/

o Steven Bison, 11271 County Road 7,

Moulton, Alabama 35650. August 3,

2000.

Wicocomico Indian Nation, c/o Al

Byrd, 2054 Newmans Neck Road,

Heathsville, Virginia 22473. August 28,

2000.

Cherokee’s of Lawrence County,

Tennessee, c/o Joe Harlan White, 393

Rabbit Trail Road, Leoma, Tennessee

38468. September 14, 2000.

Wiquapaug Eastern Pequot Tribe, c/o

Byron O. Brown, P.O. Box 1148, Hope

Valley, Rhode Island 02832. September

15, 2000.

North Valley Yokut Tribe, c/o

Katherine Perez, 1234 Luna Lane,

Stockton, California 95206. September

22, 2000.

Tejon Indian Tribe, c/o Dick Montes,

2234 Fourth Street, Wasco, California

93280. October 27, 2000.

This is a notice of receipt of these

letters of intent to petition and does not

constitute notice that the petitions are

under active consideration. Notice of

active consideration will be sent by mail

to the petitioner and other interested

parties at the appropriate time.

Under section 83.9(a) of the Federal

regulations, third parties may submit

factual and/or legal arguments in

support of or in opposition to each

group’s petition and may request to be

kept informed of all general actions

affecting the petition. Third parties

should provide copies of their

submissions to the petitioner. Any

information submitted will be made

available on the same basis as other

information in the BIA’s files. The

petitioner will be provided an

opportunity to respond to such

submissions prior to a final

determination regarding the petitioner’s

status.

The petitions may be examined, by

appointment, in the Department of the

Interior, BIA, Branch of

Acknowledgment and Research, MS:

4660–MIB, 1849 C Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20240; Telephone:

(202) 208–3592.

Dated: November 21, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–31147 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–932–1430–ET; NMNM 25016–30]

Public Land Order No. 7470; Partial

Revocation of Executive Order Dated

April 17, 1926; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order partially revokes

an Executive order insofar as it affects

39.91 acres of land withdrawn for the

Bureau of Land Management’s Public

Water Reserve No. 107. The land does

not meet the criteria for a public water

reserve. This action will open the land

to surface entry and nonmetalliferous

mining. The Executive order did not

close any of the land to metalliferous

mining or to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 8, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeanette Espinosa, BLM New Mexico

State Office, 1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe,

New Mexico 87505, 505–438–7597.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. The Executive Order dated April

17, 1926, which established Public

Water Reserve No. 107, is hereby

revoked insofar as it affects the

following described land:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 20 S., R. 28 E.,

Sec. 1, lot 1.

The area described contains 39.91 acres in

Eddy County.

2. At 10 a.m. on January 8, 2001, the

land described in paragraph 1 will be

opened to the operation of the public

land laws generally, subject to valid

existing rights, the provisions of existing

withdrawals, other segregations of

record, and the requirements of