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close of the application period shall not

be considered in the competitive review

process; and

(2) Receives at least a minimum score

of 85 points in an area competitive

review, using the competitive

application selection criteria and

scoring process set out in 25 CFR 23.33

and 23.34.

If two or more applications receive

the same competitive score, the

applicant with the largest service area

population will receive priority funding

consideration. At least one approved

applicant per area will be funded,

provided, that the applicants fully meet

the competitive selection criteria cited

above.

The actual funding amounts awarded

for the FY 1996 grant year shall be

subject to appropriations available

nationwide and the amount of funds

available within the respective area

office. Final funding decisions for all

approved grant applications under

Subpart D, 25 CFR 23, rest with

respective Area Director and are not

subject to appeal.

F. Grant Review and Award Process

The Area Director shall review each

application through a competitive

process and take the appropriate course

of action on all off-reservation ICWA

grant applications received in response

to this notice in accordance with the

established requirements and time

frames in 25 CFR Parts 23.33(a) and

23.34, respectively. Grant award

documents shall be executed and actual

grant amounts awarded as expeditiously

as possible by the respective Area

Director.

No ICWA grant funds will be

withheld at the Central Office for

purposes of appeals related to funding

levels.

G. Appeals

A grantee or applicant may appeal

any decision made or action taken by

the Area Director under Subpart D, 25

CFR 23, that is alleged to be in violation

of the U.S. Constitution, Federal

statutes, or regulations of this part.

These appeals shall be filed with the

Interior Board of Indian Appeals in

accordance with 25 CFR 2.4(e); 43 CFR

4.310 through 4.318 and 43 CFR 4.330

through 4.340. An applicant may not

appeal a score assigned to its

application or the amount of grant funds

awarded.

A notice of appeal must be filed

within 30 days of the appellant’s receipt

of the decision being appealed. The

notice must be filed in the office of the

official whose decision is being

appealed. The date of filing is the date

the notice of appeal is postmarked or

the date it is personally delivered to the

official’s immediate office (25 CFR

2.9(a); 25 CFR 2.13(a)). The burden of

proof of timely filing is on the appellant.

No extension of time will be granted for

filing a notice of appeal (25 CFR 2.9(a)

and 2.16).

Within 30 days of the filing of the

notice of appeal, a statement of reasons

must be filed in the office of the official

whose decision is being appealed. The

statement of reasons may, however, be

included in or filed with the notice of

appeal (25 CFR 2.10). Appeals will be

handled in accordance with the

provisions set forth at 25 CFR 2.20.

Part IV. BIA Area Offices—Area Social

Workers

All application materials must be

submitted in person or mailed to the

appropriate Bureau of Indian Affairs’

Area Director. The following is a listing

of the 12 BIA Area Social Workers

designated by the Area Directors to

receive ICWA grant applications from

off-reservation Indian organizations.

Aberdeen Area Office: Gerald

Gallegos; 115 4th Avenue, S.E.;

Aberedeen, SD 57401; 605/226–7351.

Albuquerque Area Office: Joseph

Naranjo; 615 1st Street N.W.; P.O. Box

26567; Albuquerque, NM 87125–6567;

505/766–3321.

Anadarko Area Office: Retha

Murdock; 11⁄2 mile North Highway 281;

WCD Office Complex; P.O. Box 368;

Anadarko, OK 73005; 405/247–6673 ext.

257.

Billings Area Office: Louise ZokanDelos Reyes; 316 North 26th Street;

Billings, MT 59101; 406/247–7988.

Eastern Area Office: James Sanders;

3701 N. Fairfax Drive; Suite 260;

Arlington, VA 22203; 703/235–2353.

Juneau Area Office: Jimmie

Clemmons; 709 West 9th Street; Federal

Building, Room 301A; Juneau, AK

99801; 907/586–7628.

Minneapolis Area Office: Rosalie

Clark; 331 South Second Avenue; 7th

floor; MN 55401; 612/373–1182.

Muskogee Area Office: Lafonda

Mathews; Federal Courthouse Building;

101 North 5th Street; Muskogee, OK

74401–6206, 918/687–2507.

Navajo Area Office: Vivian Hailstorm;

301 West Hill St.; P.O. Box 1060; MC–

440, Gallup, NM 87301; 505/863–8215.

Phoenix Area Office; Evelyn S.

Roanhorse; 1 North First Street; P.O.

Box 10; Phoenix, AZ 85001; 602/379–

6785.

Portland Area Office: Robert C. Carr;

911 N.E. 11th Avenue; Portland, OR

97232–4169; 503/231–6783.

Sacramento Area Office: Kevin

Sanders; Federal Office Building; 2800

Cottage Way; Sacramento, CA 95825;

916/978–2545.

Dated: June 28, 1996.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 96–17171 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–M

Bureau of Land Management

[MT–960–1990–00]

Butte District Resource Advisory

Council Meeting

AGENCY: Butte District Office, Bureau of

Land Management.

ACTION: Notice of Butte District Resource

Advisory Council meeting, Butte,

Montana.

SUMMARY: The Council will convene at

8 a.m. on July 31, 1996, and will

continue through August 1, 1996, if all

business is not completed on the 31st.

This is a regularly scheduled meeting;

topics to be discussed will include

Westslope Cutthroat Trout, current

cooperative weed management efforts,

and a presentation by Montana Fish,

Wildlife and Parks personnel on

Bighorn Sheep pneumonia and its

implications. The meeting will be held

at the Copper King Inn, 4655 Harrison

Avenue in Butte.

The meeting is open to the public and

written comments may be given to the

Council. Oral comments may be

presented to the Council at 11 a.m. The

time allotted for oral comment may be

limited, depending on the number of

persons wishing to be heard.

Individuals who plan to attend and

need further information about the

meeting; or need special assistance,

such as sign language or other

reasonable accommodations, should

contact the Butte District, 106 North

Parkmont (PO Box 3388), Butte Montana

59702; telephone 406–494–5059.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jim Owings at the above address or

telephone number.

Dated: June 24, 1996.

James R. Owings,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 96–17185 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–M

[CO–050–1020–00]

Front Range Resource Advisory

Council (Colorado) Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act of

1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. appendix, notice

is hereby given that the next two

meetings of the Front Range Resource

Advisory Council (Colorado) will be

held on July 16, and September 3, 1996

in Canon City, Colorado. Both meetings

are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. at

BLM’s Canon City District Office, 3170

East Main Street, Canon City, Colorado.

The agenda on July 16 will include a

discussion of Rangeland Standard and

Guidelines implementation and a

briefing and discussion of major

recreation issues in the Canon City

District primarily in the Royal Gorge

Resource area. The meeting September 3

will be a continuation of the topics of

the previous meeting which are

unfinished.

All Resource Advisory Council

meetings are open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral

statements to the Council at 9:15 a.m. or

written statements may be submitted for

the Council’s consideration. The District

Manager may limit the length of oral

presentations depending on the number

of people wishing to speak.

DATES: The meetings are scheduled for

Tuesday, July 16 and Tuesday,

September 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Canon City District

Office, 3170 East Main Street, Canon

City Colorado 81212; Telephone (719)

269–8500; TDD (719) 269–8597.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken

Smith at (719) 269–8553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summary

minutes for the Council meeting will be

maintained in the Canon City District

Office and will be available for public

inspection and reproduction during

regular business hours within thirty (30)

days following the meeting.

Donnie R. Sparks,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 96–17186 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

[OR–958–0777–54; GP–0193; OR–51517

(WA)]

Order Providing for Opening of Lands;

Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This action will open

5,441.22 acres of lands to such forms of

disposition as may by law be made of

National Forest system lands for mining,

mineral leasing, and geothermal leasing.

The Forest Service exchange proposal

has been withdrawn in its entirety.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 8, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pamela Chappel, BLM Oregon/

Washington State Office, P.O. Box 2965,

Portland, Oregon 97208, 503–952–6170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

authority of Section 206 of the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act of

1976, as amended by the Federal Land

Exchange Facilitation Act of 1988, the

following described Federal lands

identified in a proposed exchange

between the Snoqualmie National Forest

and the State of Washington,

Department of Natural Resources, has

been withdrawn in its entirety:

Willamette Meridian

T. 29 N., R. 8′′E.,

Sec. 22, lot 4 and S1/2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 23, lot 9;

Sec. 25, lot 3, and SW1⁄4NW1⁄4,N1/2SW1⁄4,

and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 26, lot 2 and 3, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1/

2NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 27, lots 1 to 6, inclusive;

Sec. 28, NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4 and SW1⁄4.

T. 28 N., R. 9 E.,

Sec. 12, S1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 13, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4,

N1⁄2SW1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4.

T. 29 N., R. 9 E.,

Sec. 12, S1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 13, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4,

N1⁄2SW1⁄4, and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4.

T. 29 N., R. 9 E.,

Sec. 30, lots 2, 3, and 4, and S1⁄2NE1⁄4,

SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4;

Sec. 31, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and

S1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 32, W1⁄2NW1⁄4 and NW1⁄4SW1⁄4.

T. 28 N., R. 10 E.,

Sec. 4, lots 1 and 2, and SW1⁄4NE1⁄4.

T. 29 N., R. 10E.,

Sec. 4, lot 6 an SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 5, lots 1, 2, 10, and 11, and SW1⁄4,

W1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 9, N1⁄2, N1⁄2S1⁄2, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 10, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

S1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 15, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4 and N1⁄2NW1⁄4;

Sec. 26, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 27, All;

Sec. 34, N1⁄2N1⁄2, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and N1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 35, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, and NE1⁄4,

S1⁄2SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SE1⁄2.

The areas described aggregate 5,441.22

acres in Snohomish County, Washington.

At 8:30 a.m., on August 8, 1996, the

lands will be opened to operation of the

public land laws generally, subject to

valid existing rights, the provisions of

existing withdrawals, other segregations

of records, and the requirements of

applicable law. All valid existing

applications received at or prior to 8:30

a.m., on August 8, 1996 will be

considered as simultaneously filed at

that time. Those received thereafter will

be considered in the order of filing.

At 8:30 a.m., on August 8, 1996, the

lands will be opened to location and

entry under the United States mining

laws. Appropriation under the general

mining laws prior to the date and time

of restoration is unauthorized. Any such

attempted appropriation, including

attempted adverse possession under 30

U.S.C. Sec. 38, shall vest no rights

against the United States. Acts required

to establish a location and to initiate a

right of possession are governed by State

law where not in conflict with Federal

law. The Bureau of Land Management

will not intervene in disputes between

rival locators over possesory rights since

Congress has provided for such

determinations in local courts.

At 8:30 a.m., on August 8, 1996, the

lands will be opened to applications

and offers under the mineral leasing

laws and the Geothermal Steam Act.

Dated: June 24, 1996.

Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,

Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.

[FR Doc. 96–17062 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

[CO–956–96–1420–00]

Colorado: Filing of Plats of Survey

June 28, 1996.

The plats of survey of the following

described land, will be officially filed in

the Colorado State Office, Bureau of

Land Management, Lakewood,

Colorado, effective 10:00 am., June 28,

1996. All inquiries should be sent to the

Colorado State Office, Bureau of Land

Management, 2850 Youngfield Street,

Lakewood, Colorado 80215.

The plat representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the west

boundary, subdivisional lines, and

subdivision of section 30, and the

metes-and-bounds survey of an irregular

lot, T. 9 N., R. 74 W, Sixth Principal

Meridian, Groups 939 and 1130,

Colorado was accepted June 24, 1996.

The plat representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the west and

north boundaries and subdivisional

lines and the subdivision of section 6,

T. 10 N., R. 73 W., Sixth Principal

Meridian, Group 1054, Colorado, was

accepted June 4, 1996.

The plat representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the south

boundary and subdivisional lines and

the subdivision of section 35, T. 11 N.,

R. 74 W., Sixth Principal Meridian,

Group 1054, Colorado, was accepted

June 4, 1996.

The plat representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the south