3016 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 14 / Monday, January 22, 2018 / Notices 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian 

Gaming, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs, Washington, 

DC 20240, telephone: (202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 11 

of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 

(IGRA) requires the Secretary of the 

Interior to publish in the Federal 

Register notice of an approved TribalState compact that is for the purpose of 

engaging in Class III gaming activities 

on Indian lands. See Public Law 100– 

497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. All TribalState Class III compacts, including 

amendments, are subject to review and 

approval by the Secretary under 25 CFR 

293.4. The Secretary took no action on 

the compacts within 45 days of their 

submission. Therefore, the compacts are 

considered to have been approved, but 

only to the extent the compacts are 

consistent with IGRA. 

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C). 

Dated: December 15, 2017. 

John Tahsuda, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs Exercising the Authority of the 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

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Notice of Application for a Recordable 

Disclaimer of Interest, New Mexico 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) received an 

application for a Recordable Disclaimer 

of Interest (RDI) from Eric 

Oppenheimer/The Simmons Firm 

pursuant to Section 315 of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976 (FLPMA), as amended, and BLM 

regulations for the surface estate of 

deeded lands lying between certain 

deeded lands and the adjusted right 

bank of the Rio Ojo Caliente in Rio 

Arriba County, New Mexico. This 

Notice is intended to inform the public 

of the pending application, give notice 

of the BLM’s intent to grant the 

requested RDI, and provide a public 

comment period for the RDI. 

DATES: Comments on this action should 

be received by April 23, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments must be 

sent to the Deputy State Director, Lands 

and Resources, BLM, New Mexico State 

Office, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, NM 

87502–0115. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Lujan, Realty Specialist, BLM 

Taos Field Office, (575) 751–4747. 

Additional information pertaining to 

this application can be reviewed in case 

file NMNM134206 located in the Taos 

Field Office, 226 Cruz Alta Road, Taos, 

NM 87571. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States of America, through the 

BLM, Department of the Interior, 

pursuant to Section 315 of FLPMA, 

hereby disclaims an interest in the 

surface estate for the following parcels 

of land situated in Ojo Caliente, New 

Mexico. 

All lands situated between the 

monumented 1977 recorded east 

boundary of the Antonio de Abeyta 

Grant and the present medial line of the 

Rio Ojo Caliente, southward of the 

partition line originating on the first 

mile of that east boundary, as shown on 

the boundary survey plat certified by 

Larry L. Sterling, New Mexico 

Professional Surveyor No. 11010, and 

filed with the Rio Arriba County Clerk 

on April 2, 2014, and northward of the 

intersection of that medial line with line 

3–4 on the second mile of that east 

boundary, as shown on the same 

boundary survey plat. These lands are 

generally adjacent to sections 13, 24, 25, 

and 26 of Township 23 North, Range 8 

East, New Mexico Principal Meridian, 

New Mexico. 

All those lands situated between the 

monumented 1977 recorded east 

boundary of the Antonio de Abeyta 

Grant and the present medial line of the 

Rio Ojo Caliente, southward of the point 

of intersection of that medial line with 

line 4–5 on the second mile of that east 

boundary and northward of the point of 

intersection of that medial line with line 

5–6 on the third mile of that east 

boundary, as shown on the boundary 

survey plat certified by Larry L. Sterling, 

New Mexico Professional Surveyor No. 

11010 and filed with the Rio Arriba 

County Clerk on April 2, 2014. These 

lands are generally adjacent to sections 

26 and 35 of Township 23 North, Range 

8 East, New Mexico Principal Meridian, 

New Mexico. 

The areas in the above described 

parcels along a portion of the east 

boundary of the Antonio de Abeyta 

Grant are riparian and subject to 

accretions and or erosion. This 

determination is based on the 

geographical call of the river and a 

decision by the Interior Board of Land 

Appeals (IBLA) No. 85–839, Holly H. 

Baca, decided April 30, 1987. 

By this action, the United States of 

America hereby releases and 

relinquishes any claim of interest to the 

surface estate of the above described 

land. This action does not address any 

subsurface interest that may still be 

vested with the United States of 

America. 

The public is hereby notified that 

comments may be submitted to the 

Deputy State Director at the address 

shown above within the comment 

period identified in the notice. Any 

adverse comments will be evaluated by 

the State Director who may modify or 

vacate this action and issue a final 

determination. In the absence of any 

action by the State Director, this Notice 

will become the final determination of 

the Department of the Interior, and a 

disclaimer may be issued 90 days from 

publication of this Notice. 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of commenters, will be 

available for public review at the BLM 

New Mexico State Office (see address 

above), during regular business hours, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. Before including your address, 

phone number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should 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 comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority: 43 CFR 1864.2(a). 

Debby Lucero, 

Acting Deputy State Director, Lands and 

Resources. 

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