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has not met the requirements of

criterion (a).

Based on these factual

determinations, we conclude that the

Duwamish Tribal Organization should

not be granted Federal acknowledgment

under 25 CFR part 83.

After consideration of the comments

on this proposed finding, the Assistant

Secretary will publish the final

determination of the petitioner’s status

in the Federal Register as provided in

25 CFR 83.9(h) of the previous

acknowledgment regulations.

Dated: June 18, 1996.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 96–16503 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

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Land Acquisitions

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of final agency

determination to take land into trust

under 25 CFR Part 151.

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs made a final decision to

acquire approximately 165 acres of land

into trust for the Mashantucket Pequot

Indian Tribe of Connecticut on May 22,

1996. 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

8.3A.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alice A. Harwood, Bureau of Indian

Affairs, Division of Real Estate Services,

Chief, Branch of Technical Services,

MS–4522/MIB/Code 220, 1849 C Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240,

telephone (202) 208–7737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of Interior established a

procedure to ensure the opportunity for

judicial review of administrative

decisions to acquire title to lands in

trust for Indian tribes and individual

Indians under section 5 of the Indian

Reorganization Act (IRA) (Public Law

73–383, 48 Stat. 984–988, 25 U.S.C. 465

and other federal statutes). This notice

is issued according to the Final Rule

establishing a 30-day waiting period

after final administrative decisions to

acquire lands into trust. The Final Rule

was published in the Federal Register

on April 24, 1996, 61 FR 80 18082–83,

25 CFR § 151.12(b). On May 22, 1996,

the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs

decided to accept approximately 165

acres of land into trust for the

Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe of

Connecticut. The Secretary shall acquire

title in the name of the United States in

trust for the Mashantucket Pequot

Indian Tribe for the five tracts of land

described below no sooner than 30 days

after the date of this notice.

New London County, Connecticut

Lot #101 Town of North Stonington

Lot #3 Town of North Stonington

Lot #30 Town of Ledyard

Lot #58 Town of Ledyard

Lot #72 Town of Ledyard

Lot #76 Town of Ledyard

Lot #82 Town of Ledyard

Title to the land described above will

be conveyed subject to any valid

existing easements for public roads,

highways, public utilities, pipelines,

and any other valid easements or rightsof-way now on record.

Dated: May 22, 1996.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 96–16000 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

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Bureau of Land Management

Notice of Meeting

SUMMARY: The Lower Snake River

District Resource Advisory Council will

meet in Boise to discuss a U.S. Air Force

proposal to withdraw about 11,000 acres

of public land in Owyhee County for an

expanded Air Force training range.

DATES: July 16, 1996. The meeting will

begin at 8:30 a.m. and a public comment

period will begin at 9:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The Lower Snake River

District Office is located at 3948

Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barry Rose, Lower Snake River District

Office (208–384–3393).

Dated: June 24, 1996.

Barry Rose,

Public Affairs Specialist.

[FR Doc. 96–16544 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

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[CA–010–1430–00; CACA 8151]

Order Providing for Opening of Lands

Subject to Section 24 of the Federal

Power Act; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This order opens, subject to

section 24 of the Federal Power Act

(FPA), approximately 0.02 acres of

public land withdrawn by a Federal

Power Commission order, dated July 18,

1949, for Power Project Number 2019.

This action will permit consummation

of a pending land exchange and retain

the power rights to the United States of

America. The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (FERC) has determined that

the power value of the subject land will

not be injured or destroyed by their

exchange, if the land exchange is subject

to section 24 of FPA. FERC concurred

with this action in a letter, DVCA–1240,

dated June 14, 1996. Although the land

has been and will remain closed to

mining, it has been and will remain

open to mineral leasing.

DATES: June 29, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Duane Marti, BLM California State

Office (CA–931.4), 2800 Cottage Way,

Sacramento, CA 95825–1889, 916–979–

2858.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By virtue

of the authority vested in the Secretary

of the Interior by the Act of June 10,

1920, Section 24, as amended, 41 Stat.

1075; 49 Stat. 846; 62 Stat. 275; 16

U.S.C. 818, and pursuant to the

determination by the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission in DVCA–1240,

it is ordered as follows:

1. At 8:30 a.m. on June 29, 1996, the

following described land withdrawn by

a Federal Power Commission order,

dated July 18, 1949, for Power Project

Number 2019, will be opened to

disposal by land exchange subject to the

provisions of Section 24 of the Federal

Power Act as specified by the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission in

determination DVCA–1240, and subject

to valid existing rights, the provisions of

existing withdrawals, and the

requirements of applicable law:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 4 N., R. 14 E.,

Sec. 34, that portion of lot 15 located

within the project boundary of Power

Project 2019.

The area described contains approximately

0.02 acres in Calaveras County.

2. The State of California has waived

its right of selection in accordance with

the provisions of section 24 of the

Federal Power Act of 16 U.S.C. 818

(1988), as amended.

Dated: June 21, 1996.

David McIlnay,

Chief, Branch of Lands.

[FR Doc. 96–16543 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

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[OR–030–06–1430–00: GP6–0153]

Notice of Realty Action—Sale

AGENCY: Vale District, Bureau of Land

Management, Interior.