3154 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 13 / Wednesday, January 21, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Receipt of Petition for Federal

Acknowledgment of Existence as an

Indian Tribe

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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 Gabrielino/Tongva

Indians of California Tribal Council,

5450 Slauson Avenue, Suite 151, Culver

City, California 90230, has filed a letter

of intent to petition for acknowledgment

by the Secretary of the Interior that the

group exists as an Indian tribe. The

petition was received by the Bureau of

Indian Affairs (BIA) on August 14, 1997,

and was signed by members of the

group’s governing body.

This is a notice of receipt of a letter

of intent to petition and does not

constitute notice that the petition is

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, interested parties may

submit factual and/or legal arguments in

support of or in opposition to the

group’s petition. Any information

submitted will be made available on the

same basis as other information in the

BIA’s files. Such submissions will be

provided to the petitioner upon receipt

by the BIA. The petitioner will be

provided an opportunity to respond to

such submissions prior to a final

determination regarding the petitioner’s

status.

The petition may be examined, by

appointment, in the Department of the

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Branch of Acknowledgment and

Research, 1849 C Street, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20240. Phone: (202)

208–3592.

Dated: January 12, 1998.

Hilda A. Manuel,

Deputy Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 98–1334 Filed 1–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Maine Acadian Culture Preservation

Commission; Meeting

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (Pub. L. 92–463) that the Maine

Acadian Culture Preservation

Commission will meet on Friday,

February 6, 1998. The meeting will

convene at 7:00 p.m. in the Centre

culturel du Mont-Carmet, Lille Village

of Grand Isle, Aroostook County, Maine.

The Maine Acadian Culture

Preservation Commission was

appointed by the Secretary of the

Interior pursuant to the Maine Acadian

Culture Preservation Act (Pub. L. 101–

543). The purpose of the Commission is

to advise the National Park Service with

respect to:

• The development and

implementation of an interpretive

program of Acadian culture in the state

of Maine.

• The selection of sites for

interpretation and preservation by

means of cooperative agreements.

The Agenda for this meeting is as

follows:

1. Review of October 17 and

December 12 summary reports.

2. Speaker: Adrien Berube of the

Universite ́ de Moncton, Edmundston,

New Brunswick, Canada. ‘‘Ten Facts

About The History of Madawaska

Which Should Be Taken With A Grain

Of Salt’’.

3. Report of the National Park Service

Project Staff.

4. Opportunity for public comment.

5. Proposed agenda, place, and date of

the next Commission Meeting.

The meeting is open to the public.

Further information concerning

Commission meetings may be obtained

from the Superintendent, Acadia

National Park. Interested persons may

make oral/written presentations to the

Commission or file written statements.

Such requests should be made at least

seven days prior to the meeting to:

Superintendent, Acadia National Park,

P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor, ME 04609–

0177; telephone (207) 288–5472.

Paul F. Haertel,

Superintendent, Acadia National Park.

[FR Doc. 98–1340 Filed 1–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[EOIR 121; AG Order No. 2139–98]

Executive Office for Immigration

Review; Motion To Reopen:

Suspension of Deportation and

Cancellation of Removal

AGENCY: Department of Justice,

Executive Office for Immigration

Review.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 203 of the

Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central

American Relief Act (NACARA), certain

aliens who are nationals of Guatemala,

El Salvador, and particular former

Soviet bloc countries who have final

orders of deportation or removal may

file a motion to reopen their cases before

the Immigration Court or the Board of

Immigration Appeals to apply for

suspension of deportation or

cancellation of removal. NACARA

specifies that the Attorney General shall

designate a time period in which such

motions to reopen may be filed without

regard to the statutory and regulatory

time and number restrictions on

motions to reopen. This notice

designates that the time period for filing

such motions will be from January 16,

1998, to September 11, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Margaret M. Philbin, General Counsel,

Executive Office for Immigration

Review, Suite 2400, 5107 Leesburg Pike,

Falls Church, Virginia 22041, telephone:

(703) 305–0470.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Section 203 of the Nicaraguan

Adjustment and Central American

Relief Act (Pub. L. 105–100; 111 Stat.

2160, 2193) (NACARA), signed into law

on November 19, 1997, amended section

309 of the Illegal Immigration Reform

and Immigrant Responsibility Act of

1996 (Pub. L. 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–

625) (IIRIRA) to provide special rules

regarding applications for suspensions

of deportation and cancellation of

removal by certain aliens. These aliens

include Guatemalan, Salvadoran, and

particular former Soviet bloc nationals

described in section 309(c)(5)(C)(i) of

IIRIRA, as amended by section 203 of

NACARA.

In addition, NACARA amended

section 309 of IIRIRA to allow aliens

with final orders of deportation or

removal who have become eligible for

cancellation of removal or suspension of

deportation as a result of the

amendments made by section 203 of

NACARA to file one motion to reopen