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the Kootenai River population of the 

white sturgeon (Acipenser 

transmontanus) in conjunction with 

research in the State of Montana, for the 

purpose of enhancing its survival. 

Permit No. TE–096741 

Applicant: Pacific Naval Facilities 

Engineering Command, Hawaii. 

The applicant requests an amendment 

to an existing scientific research permit 

to take (survey, collect eggs or larvae, 

rear in captivity, photograph, release, 

and collect voucher specimens) the 

Hawaiian picture-wing flies Drosophila 

aglaia, D. hemipeza, D. montgomeryi, D. 

obatai, D. substenoptera, D. 

tarphytrichia, and D. musaphilia in 

conjunction with research on the 

islands of Oahu and Kauai, Hawaii, for 

the purpose of enhancing their survival. 

This permit currently covers removal 

and reduction to possession of Abutilon 

menziesii (ko’oloa’ula), Abutilon 

sandwicense (no common name), 

Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata 

(round-leaved chaff flower), Alectryon 

macrococcus var. micrococcus (mahoe), 

Bonamia menziesii (no common name), 

Chamaesyce kuwaleana (akoko), 

Chamaesyce skottsbergii var. kalaeloana 

(’Ewa Plains ’akoko), Cyperus 

trachysanthos (puukaa), Flueggea 

neowawraea (mehamehame), Hedyotis 

parvula (no common name), Lepidium 

arbuscula (anaunau), Lipochaeta lobata 

var. leptophylla (nehe), Lipochaeta 

tenuifolia (nehe), Lobelia niihauensis 

(no common name), Marsilea villosa 

(ihi’ihi), Melicope pallida (alani), 

Melicope saint-johnii (alani), Neraudia 

angulata (no common name), 

Nototrichium humile (kului), Schiedea 

hookeri (no common name), 

Tetramolopium filiforme (no common 

name), Tetramolopium lepidotum ssp. 

lepidotum (no common name), and 

Viola chamissoniana ssp. 

chamissoniana (pamakani), for which 

we originally published a notice in the 

Federal Register on January 7, 2005 (70 

FR 1456). 

Permit No. TE–068803 

Applicant: Jerry Lynn Kinser, Conroe, 

Texas. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

purchase, in interstate commerce, two 

male captive bred Hawaiian (=nene) 

geese (Branta [=Nesochen] sandvicensis) 

for the purpose of enhancing their 

propagation and survival. This 

notification covers activities conducted 

by the applicant over the next 5 years. 

Permit No. TE–212061 

Applicant: Paul C. Hammond, 

Philomath, Oregon. 

The applicant requests a new 

scientific research permit to take 

(capture, handle, and release) the 

Fender’s blue butterfly (Icaricia 

icarioides fenderi) in conjunction with 

research in the State of Oregon, for the 

purpose of enhancing its survival. 

Public Comments 

Please refer to the permit number for 

the application when submitting 

comments. 

We solicit public review and 

comment on these recovery and 

interstate commerce permit 

applications. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail 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. 

Comments and materials we receive 

will be available for public inspection, 

by appointment, during normal business 

hours at the above address. 

Dated: April 13, 2009. 

David J. Wesley, 

Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–9154 Filed 4–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Indian Gaming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Approved Tribal-State 

Gaming Amendment. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes an 

Approval of the Third Amendment to 

Tribal-State Compact for Technical 

Changes to Class III Video Games of 

Chance on the Red Lake Band of 

Chippewa Reservation. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 22, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula L. Hart, Acting Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary—Policy and 

Economic Development, Washington, 

DC 20240, (202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

Section 11 of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public 

Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the 

Secretary of the Interior shall publish in 

the Federal Register notice of approved 

Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of 

engaging in Class III gaming activities 

on Indian lands. This Amendment 

allows for technical changes to the 

Compact that address the technical 

advances that have occurred in the 

market with regard to slot machines and 

sets in place the technical standards for 

gaming devices that accept coin, 

currency or cashless tickets and issue 

cashless tickets. 

Dated: April 13, 2009. 

George T. Skibine, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Economic Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–9263 Filed 4–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4N–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Indian Gaming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Tribal-State Class III 

Gaming Compact taking effect. 

SUMMARY: This publishes notice of a 

Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact 

taking effect. The Compact is between 

the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of 

Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan and 

the State of Michigan and provides for 

the conduct of Tribal Class III Gaming 

by the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band 

of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 22, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula L. Hart, Acting Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary—Policy and 

Economic Development, Washington, 

DC 20240, (202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 11 of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public 

Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the 

Secretary of the Interior shall publish in 

the Federal Register notice of approved 

Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of 

engaging in Class III gaming activities 

on Indian lands. This Compact is 

entered into to fulfill the purpose and 

intent of IGRA by providing for Tribal 

gaming as a means of generating Tribal 

revenues, thereby promoting Tribal 

economic development, Tribal selfsufficiency and a strong Tribal 

government. This Compact lists the 

games that are authorized for play by 

the Tribe; describes the eligible Indian 

lands where the Tribe may conduct 

gaming; lists the regulations to be 

followed in order to conduct Class III 

gaming, as well as, the regulations to 


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provide services to the gaming facility; 

and provides for dispute resolution over 

any breaches of this Compact. 

Dated: April 13, 2009. 

George T. Skibine, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Economic Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–9260 Filed 4–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4N–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Indian Gaming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of amendment to 

approved Tribal-State compact. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the 

approval of the Seventh Amendment to 

the Agreement between the Crow Tribe 

of Montana and the State of Montana 

Concerning Class III Gaming. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 22, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula Hart, Acting Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary—Policy and 

Economic Development, Washington, 

DC 20240, (202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 11 of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public 

Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the 

Secretary of the Interior shall publish in 

the Federal Register notice of the 

approved Tribal-State compacts for the 

purpose of engaging in Class III gaming 

activities on Indian lands. This 

Amendment increases the number of 

Class III video gambling machines 

available for play to 400; allows for 

Tribal gaming operations to be located 

anywhere on the reservation; increases 

the prize limit for Class III gaming to 

$2,000.00; increases the wager limit on 

Tribally owned machines to $5.00; and 

sets out the technical and internal 

control standards for Class III gaming 

machines on the reservation. 

Dated: April 15, 2009. 

George T. Skibine, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Economic Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–9258 Filed 4–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4N–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Rate Adjustments for Indian Irrigation 

Projects 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of rate adjustments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) owns, or has an interest in, 

irrigation projects located on or 

associated with various Indian 

reservations throughout the United 

States. We are required to establish 

irrigation assessment rates to recover the 

costs to administer, operate, maintain, 

and rehabilitate these projects. We are 

notifying you that we have adjusted the 

irrigation assessment rates at several of 

our irrigation projects and facilities to 

reflect current costs of administration, 

operation, maintenance, and 

rehabilitation. 

DATES: Effective Date: The irrigation 

assessment rates shown in the tables as 

final are effective as of January 1, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

details about a particular BIA irrigation 

project or facility, please use the tables 

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section to contact the regional or local 

office where the project or facility is 

located. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice 

of Proposed Rate Adjustment was 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 30, 2008 (73 FR 64629) to 

propose adjustments to the irrigation 

assessment rates at several BIA 

irrigation projects. The public and 

interested parties were provided an 

opportunity to submit written 

comments during the 60-day period that 

ended December 29, 2008. 

Did the BIA defer or change any 

proposed rate increases? 

Yes. At the Fort Belknap, Fort Peck, 

and Uintah Irrigation Projects, the 

project operations and maintenance 

(O&M) has been contracted by the water 

users and/or tribes. Based on the budget 

submitted by the water users at Fort 

Belknap, the rate was only raised to 

$14.75 instead of $20.00 per acre. Based 

on the budget submitted by the water 

users at Fort Peck, the rate was only 

raised to $24.00 instead of $25.75 per 

acre. Based on the budget submitted by 

the water users at Uintah, the rate is 

raised to $15.00 instead of the 

previously proposed $13.70 per acre. 

Did the BIA receive any comments on 

the proposed irrigation assessment rate 

adjustments? 

Written comments were received 

related to the proposed rate adjustments 

for the San Carlos Irrigation Project— 

Joint Works, the Wapato Irrigation 

Project, and the Wind River Irrigation 

Project. 

What issues were of concern to the 

commenters? 

Individuals and entities commenting 

on the proposed rates raised concerns 

about one or more of the following 

issues: (1) How funds are expended for 

O&M costs; (2) the BIA’s trust 

responsibility for projects; (3) the BIA’s 

responsibility to enhance idle land 

tracts to make them productive; (4) the 

efficiencies of contracting with water 

users groups to perform O&M to save 

costs; and (5) how rate increases impact 

the local agricultural economy and 

individual land owners. 

Commenters raised concerns specific 

to the Wind River Irrigation Project 

(WRIP), asserting that: (1) The BIA is 

responsible for delivery of the full 

amount of water quantified in the Big 

Horn Decree; (2) the WRIP should not be 

considered self-supporting for irrigation 

O&M funding and requires Federal 

assistance; and (3) the Eastern Shoshone 

and Northern Arapaho Tribes and their 

members should not be subsidizing nonIndian lessee water users. 

A commenter raised concerns specific 

to the San Carlos Irrigation Project— 

Joint Works, asserting that: (1) The 

number of BIA personnel required to 

operate and maintain the project is too 

high; (2) the BIA should maintain the 

project wells; (3) anticipated project 

expenses for FY 2010 will be higher; 

and (4) the BIA is budgeting too much 

for emergency reserves. 

The Yakama Nation raised concerns 

specific to the Wapato Irrigation Project, 

stating that the Yakama Nation does not 

believe that the BIA has authority to 

charge the Yakama Nation and its 

members irrigation O&M charges as 

provided in this notice. 

How does the BIA respond to concerns 

regarding how funds are expended for 

O&M costs? 

The BIA considers the following 

expenses when determining an 

irrigation project’s budget: Project 

personnel costs; materials and supplies; 

vehicle and equipment repairs; 

equipment; capitalization expenses; 

acquisition expenses; rehabilitation 

costs; maintenance of a reserve fund for 

contingencies or emergencies; and other 

expenses that we determine are 


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