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did not consider the entire relevant legal

record and did not construe accurately

the provisions of the 1866 Treaty with

the Delaware and the 1867 Agreement

between the Delaware and Cherokee.

Based on this review, the Assistant

Secretary has made a preliminary

determination that the position of the

Department stated in the 1979 letter

should be retracted. Nothing in this

preliminary decision should be

construed as affecting allotments with

federally imposed restrictions against

alienation under the Act of August 4,

1947, 61 Stat. 731.

DATES: The public has until July 29,

1996 to comment on this preliminary

decision.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Maddox, Director, Office of

Tribal Services, (202) 208–3463.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published in the exercise of

authority delegated by the Secretary of

the Interior to the Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs (ASIA) by 209 DM 8.

Comments on the preliminary decision

and/or requests for a copy of the

Associate Solicitor Memorandum of

June 19, 1996, should be addressed to

the Office of the Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC

20242, Attention: Office of Tribal

Services, Mail Stop 4603 MIB. The final

decision of the Department will follow

a review of the public comments.

Dated: June 21, 1996.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 96–16380 Filed 6–26–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–962–1410–00–P; F–19155–16]

Alaska Native Claims Selection

In accordance with Departmental

regulation 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is

hereby given that a decision to issue

conveyance under the provisions of Sec.

14(e) of the Alaska Native Claims

Settlement Act of December 18, 1971, 43

U.S.C. 1601, 1613(e), will be issued to

Doyon, Limited for approximately 35

acres. The lands involved are in the

vicinity of Galena, Alaska, within T. 8

S., R. 8 E., Kateel River Meridian,

Alaska.

A notice of the decision will be

published once a week, for four (4)

consecutive weeks, in the Fairbanks

Daily News-Miner. Copies of the

decision may be obtained by contacting

the Alaska State Office of the Bureau of

Land Management, 222 West Seventh

Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–

7599 ((907) 271–5960).

Any party claiming a property interest

which is adversely affected by the

decision, an agency of the Federal

government or regional corporation,

shall have until July 29, 1996 to file an

appeal. However, parties receiving

service by certified mail shall have 30

days from the date of receipt to file an

appeal. Appeals must be filed in the

Bureau of Land Management at the

address identified above, where the

requirements for filing an appeal may be

obtained. Parties who do not file an

appeal in accordance with the

requirements of 43 CFR Part 4, Subpart

E, shall be deemed to have waived their

rights.

Elizabeth Sherwood,

Land Law Examiner, ANCSA Team, Branch

of 962 Adjudication.

[FR Doc. 96–16385 Filed 6–26–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–p

[OR–130–1020–00; GP6–0193]

Eastern Washington Resource

Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Spokane District, Interior.

NOTICE: Notice of Meetings of the

Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem

Management Project Subgroup of the

Eastern Washington Resource Advisory

Council, the Standards for Rangeland

Health and Livestock Grazing

Guidelines Subgroup of the Eastern

Washington Resource Advisory Council,

and the Eastern Washington Resource

Advisory Council.

ACTION: Meetings of the Interior

Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management

Project Subgroup and the Standards for

Rangeland Health and Livestock Grazing

Guidelines Subgroup of the Eastern

Washington Resource Advisory Council;

July 18, 1996, in Spokane, Washington.

Meeting of the Eastern Washington

Resource Advisory Council; July 19,

1996, in Spokane, Washington.

SUMMARY: Meetings of two Subgroups of

the Eastern Washington Resource

Advisory Council will be held on July

18, 1996: The Interior Columbia Basin

Ecosystem Management Project

(ICBEMP) Subgroup, and the Standards

for Rangeland Health and Livestock

Grazing Guidelines (S&G) Subgroup.

Both meetings will convene at 9:00 a.m.,

at the Bureau of Land Management,

Spokane District Office, 1103 N.

Fancher Road, Spokane, Washington,

99212–1275. The meetings will adjourn

at approximately 4:00 p.m. or upon

completion of business. At an

appropriate time, the meetings will

recess for approximately one hour for

lunch. Public comments will be

received from 10:00 a.m. until 10:30

a.m. The purpose of the ICBEMP

Subgroup meeting is to discuss ICBEMP

Alternatives. The purpose of the S&G

Subgroup meeting is to develop

recommendations to the full Council

concerning Standards for Rangeland

Health and Livestock Grazing

Guidelines.

A meeting of the Eastern Washington

Resource Advisory Council will be held

on July 19, 1996. The meeting will

convene at 9:00 a.m. at Cavanaughs Inn

at the Park, 303 West North River Drive,

Ballroom ‘‘D’’, Spokane, Washington,

99201, 509–326–8000. The meeting will

adjourn at approximately 4:00 p.m. or

upon completion of business. At an

appropriate time, the meeting will

recess for approximately one hour for

lunch. Public comments will be

received from 10:00 a.m. until 10:30

a.m. The purpose of meeting is to

address the Interior Columbia Basin

Ecosystem Management Project and to

consider recommendations for

Standards for Rangeland Health and

Livestock Grazing Guidelines.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Hubbard, Bureau of Land

Management, Spokane District Office,

1103 N. Fancher Road, Spokane,

Washington, 99212; or call 509–536–

1200.

Dated: June 20, 1996.

Joseph K. Buesing,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 96–16361 Filed 6–26–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

[CO–934–96–1310–01; COC47017]

Colorado; Proposed Reinstatement of

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

Under the provisions of Public Law

97–451, a petition for reinstatement of

oil and gas lease COC47017, Garfield

County, Colorado, was timely filed and

was accompanied by all required rentals

and royalties accruing from April 1,

1996, the date of termination.

No valid lease has been issued

affecting the lands. The lessee has

agreed to new lease terms for rentals

and royalties at rates of $5 per acre and

16–2⁄3 percent, respectively. The lessee

has paid the required $500

administrative fee for the lease and has

reimbursed the Bureau of Land

Management for the cost of this Federal

Register notice.

Having met all the requirements for

reinstatement of the lease as set out in

section 31 (d) and (e) of the Mineral