[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 125 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 33536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16485]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary


Statement of Findings, Implementation of the Yavapai-Prescott 
Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1994, Public Law No. 103-
434

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the statement of findings required by 
the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine E. Wilson, Chair, 
Implementation Team for the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights 
Settlement Act of 1994, P.O. Box 10, Phoenix, AZ 85001, (602) 379-6789.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is the policy of the United States, in 
fulfillment of its trust responsibility to Indian Tribes, to promote 
Indian self-determination and economic self-sufficiency, and to settle, 
wherever possible, the water rights claims of Indian tribes without 
lengthy and costly litigation. On October 31, 1994, the Yavapai-
Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1994, Pub. L. No. 
104-434, 108 Stat. 4526, (Settlement Act) was enacted to settle the 
water rights claims of the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe (Tribe) 
located in Yavapai County, Arizona. Section 112 of the Settlement Act 
provides that the waivers and releases of all present and future claims 
of water rights or injuries to water rights required to be executed by 
the Tribe and the United States as part of the settlement shall become 
effective as the date the Secretary to be published in the Federal 
Register a statement of findings that certain conditions, as prescribed 
in Section 112 (a)(1)-(4), have been met. Accordingly, in compliance 
with Section 112(a), the Secretary of the Interior issues the following 
Statement of Findings.

Statement of Findings

    Pursuant to Section 112(a)(1)-(4) of the Yavapai-Prescott Indian 
Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1994, Pub. L. No. 104-434, 108 
Stat. 4526 (1994), the Secretary of the Interior hereby finds:
    1. On December 27, 1995, an acceptable party, The City of 
Scottsdale, Arizona, executed contracts for assignments of the Tribe's 
CAP contract and the City of Prescott's CAP subcontract. The proceeds 
paid by the City of Scottsdale for such assignments were deposited into 
the Verde River Basin Water Fund on December 29, 1995.
    2. On December 15, 1995, the stipulation of the settling parties 
was approved by Judgment entered by the Superior Court of Arizona, in 
the case titled, In re the General Adjudication of All Rights to Use 
Water in the Gila River System and Source.
    3. The Settlement Agreement dated June 29, 1995, consistent with 
the terms of the Settlement Act, was executed by the Assistant 
Secretary for Indian Affairs, pursuant to authority delegated by the 
Secretary of the Interior.
    4. On October 24, 1995, the contribution to the Settlement Act 
appropriated by the State of Arizona, in the amount of $200,000, was 
deposited into the Verde River Basin Water Fund.

    Dated: June 17, 1996.
Ada E. Deer,
Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 96-16485 Filed 6-26-96; 8:45 am]
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