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Council for adoption a Plan setting forth 

procedures for the assurance of police, 

fire, rescue, and other governmental 

services necessary to assure the safety of 

the public in connection with the Sale 

and Service of Liquor on the 

Reservation. No Liquor License may be 

issued until the Tribal Council has 

adopted the Plan required by this 

Section. 

XVI. SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. 

Nothing in this Liquor Ordinance is 

intended nor shall be construed as a 

waiver of the sovereign immunity of the 

Pueblo, provided, however, that the 

Pueblo waives its immunity to the sole 

and limited extent necessary to permit 

Persons to exercise any appeal to the 

Tribal Court as permitted by this Liquor 

Ordinance. No employee, officer, or 

agent of the Pueblo shall be authorized, 

nor shall he or she attempt, to waive the 

immunity of the Pueblo. 

XVII. JURISDICTION; CONFLICTS 

WITH OTHER LAWS. 

A. Jurisdiction. Subject to Article 

XII(C), any and all actions pertaining to 

alleged violations of this Liquor 

Ordinance, or appealing any action of 

the Pueblo or any officer, employee, or 

agent of the Pueblo with respect to any 

matter addressed by or arising under 

this Liquor Ordinance, shall be brought 

in the Tribal Court, which Court shall 

have exclusive jurisdiction consistent 

with the inherent sovereignty and 

immunity of the Pueblo and applicable 

Pueblo and Federal law. 

B. Conflicts with Other Laws. If this 

Liquor Ordinance is determined to 

conflict with any other Pueblo law of 

general application, this Liquor 

Ordinance shall control. 

XVIII. SEVERABILITY. 

If any provision of this Liquor 

Ordinance or the application of any 

provision to any Person or circumstance 

is held invalid or unenforceable by the 

Tribal Court, such holding shall not 

invalidate or render unenforceable the 

remainder of this Liquor Ordinance and 

its application to any other Person or 

circumstances and, to this end, the 

provisions of this Liquor Ordinance are 

severable. 

XIX. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

This Liquor Ordinance shall be 

effective on such date as the Secretary 

of the Interior certifies this Liquor 

Ordinance and publishes the same in 

the Federal Register. 

XX. AMENDMENT. 

This Liquor Ordinance may be 

amended by a resolution adopted by a 

majority vote of the Tribal Council. No 

such amendment shall take effect until 

certified by the Secretary of the Interior 

and published in the Federal Register. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–4J–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AK–910–08–1739–NSSI] 

Notice of Public Meeting, North Slope 

Science Initiative, Science Technical 

Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Alaska State Office, North Slope Science 

Initiative, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, North Slope 

Science Initiative (NSSI) Science 

Technical Advisory Panel (STAP), will 

meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 18 and 19, 2008, at the 

National Park Service Office, 4175 Geist 

Road, Fairbanks, Alaska. The September 

18 meeting will begin at 9 a.m., with a 

one-hour public comment beginning at 

3 p.m. The September 19 meeting will 

begin at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 12:20 

p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

F. Payne, PhD, Executive Director, 

North Slope Science Initiative (910), 

c/o Bureau of Land Management, 222 

W. Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513. Telephone (907) 271–

3131 or e-mail jpayne@ak.blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The North 

Slope Science Initiative, Science 

Technical Advisory Panel provides 

advice and recommendations to the 

North Slope Science Initiative Oversight 

Group regarding priority needs for 

management decisions across the North 

Slope of Alaska. These priority needs 

may include recommendations on 

inventory, monitoring and research 

activities that contribute to informed 

land management decisions. At this 

meeting, discussion topics will include: 

• Report by Science Technical 

Advisory Panel Chair on committee 

activities 

• Development of emerging issues 

• Coordination with senior NSSI 

agency staff on emerging issues 

• Subcommittee reports 

• Other topics the Oversight Group or 

Science Technical Advisory Panel may 

raise 

All meetings are open to the public. 

Depending on the number of people 

wishing to comment and time available, 

the time for individual oral comments 

may be limited, so be prepared to 

submit written comments if necessary. 

You may present written comments to 

the Science Technical Advisory Panel 

through the Executive Director, North 

Slope Science Initiative. 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. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation, transportation, 

or other reasonable accommodations, 

should contact the Executive Director, 

North Slope Science Initiative. 

Dated: August 6, 2008. 

Thomas P. Lonnie, 

Alaska State Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Alaska 

OCS Region, North Aleutian Basin, 

Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sale 214 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of scoping meetings and 

extension of scoping period to prepare 

an Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS). 

SUMMARY: As part of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

scoping process for the EIS on the 

proposed North Aleutian Basin OCS Oil 

and Gas Lease Sale 214, MMS has 

scheduled seven scoping meetings for 

August and September of 2008 to 

provide opportunity for public 

participation in the scoping process 

from communities within the vicinity of 

the North Aleutian Basin Planning Area. 

In addition, the MMS is announcing an 

extension of the deadline for submission 

of written scoping comments along with 

this public scoping meeting schedule. 


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DATES: The MMS has extended the 

deadline for submission of written 

scoping comments for the EIS to 

October 17, 2008. Scoping comments 

must be received no later than October 

17, 2008, to be included in the Scoping 

Report. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for public scoping meeting 

dates. 

ADDRESSES: Written scoping comments 

should be mailed to: Minerals 

Management Service, Alaska Region, 

3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, 

Anchorage, AK 99503–5823. Submittals 

should be labeled ‘‘Attn: Sale 214 NOI.’’

Comments may also be submitted via email to: sale214NOI@mms.gov. Please 

include ‘‘Attn: NAB Lease Sale 214 

NOI’’ in the subject line and your name 

and return address in the body of the 

message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Cleve Cowles, Regional Supervisor, 

Office of Leasing and Environment, 

Minerals Management Service, Alaska 

OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive 

#500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503–5820, 

phone (907) 334–5230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION FOR THE

SCOPING PROCESS: The Minerals 

Management Service (MMS) announced 

a Call for Information and Nominations 

(Call) and Notice of Intent (NOI) to 

prepare an EIS for Sale 214 in the North 

Aleutian Basin in Federal Register 

Notice Vol. 73, No. 68, Page No. 19095, 

dated April 8, 2008. Proposed lease sale 

214 is that subarea of the larger North 

Aleutian Basin Planning Area identified 

in the OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program 

for 2007–2012. Readers are cautioned 

that this announcement is not a decision 

to hold a lease sale, but rather a 

continuation of the information 

gathering and evaluation process. 

The EIS analysis will focus on the 

potential environmental effects of oil 

and gas exploration, development, and 

production in the proposed sale area 

and its vicinity. The Notice of Intent 

announced the initiation of the scoping 

process for the EIS, with public 

comments due July 7, 2008. The MMS 

has extended the deadline for 

submission of written scoping 

comments for the EIS to October 17, 

2008 and has scheduled public scoping 

meetings to provide opportunity for 

public participation in the NEPA 

process. 

Although the formal public scoping 

process will conclude on October 17, 

2008, the MMS will continue to 

consider new information throughout 

the preparation of the EIS. Information 

about proposed OCS Oil and Gas Lease 

Sale 214 in the North Aleutian Basin 

Planning Area offshore of the State of 

Alaska was published in Federal 

Register Notice Vol. 73, No. 68, No. 

19095, dated April 8, 2008. Additional 

information on proposed lease sale 214 

is on the MMS Web site: http:// 

www.mms.gov. 

1. Notice of Public Scoping Meetings. 

The MMS has scheduled seven public 

scoping meetings on the following dates 

and locations: 

(1) August 18, 2008, 7 p.m. to 9:30 

p.m., King Salmon, AK, Lake and 

Peninsula Borough Administration 

Building. 

(2) August 19, 2008, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 

Naknek, AK, Bristol Bay Borough 

Assembly Chambers. 

(3) September 2, 2008, 7 p.m. to 9:30 

p.m., Dillingham, AK, City Council 

Chambers. 

(4) September 15, 2008, 7 p.m. to 9:30 

p.m., Sand Point, AK, Aleutians East 

Borough Offices. 

(5) September 16, 2008, 11 a.m. to 1 

p.m., Nelson Lagoon, AK, Nelson 

Lagoon Community Building. 

(6) September 16, 2008, 7 p.m. to 9:30 

p.m., Cold Bay, AK, Cold Bay 

Community Center. 

(7) September 17, 2008, 7 p.m. to 9:30 

p.m., King Cove, AK, King Cove City 

Council Chambers. 

Federal, State, Tribal, and local 

governments and other interested 

parties help the MMS to determine 

significant issues, reasonable 

alternatives, potential mitigation 

measures to be analyzed in the EIS, as 

well as relevant information sources and 

recommendations for additional 

information. Alternatives include, at a 

minimum, the proposed action and 

taking no action. Alternatives developed 

through the scoping and analytical 

processes would be considered in the 

decision-making process. 

2. Background Information. In 

addition to the seven public scoping 

meetings planned for August and 

September 2008, the MMS held three 

public scoping meetings for proposed 

Lease Sale 214 in the communities of 

Dutch Harbor/Unalaska, Kodiak, and 

Anchorage in May and June 2008. 

The MMS makes comments, 

including names and addresses of 

respondents, available for public 

review. Individual commenters may 

request that MMS withhold their 

addresses from the public record. MMS 

will honor such requests to the extent 

allowable by law. There may also be 

circumstances in which the MMS would 

withhold identity, as allowable by law. 

If an individual would like the MMS to 

withhold their name and/or address, 

this must be stated prominently at the 

beginning of the comment. The MMS 

will not consider anonymous 

comments. Submissions from 

organizations, businesses, individuals 

identified as representatives, or officials 

of organizations and/or businesses will 

be made available for public inspection 

in their entirety. 

Additional information may be found 

at the following Web site: http:// 

www.mms.gov/alaska/re/index.htm. 

Dated: July 3, 2008. 

John T. Goll, 

Regional Director, Alaska OCS Region. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Cottonwood Cove and Katherine 

Landing Development Concept Plans; 

Lake Mead National Recreation Area; 

Clark County, NV and Mohave County, 

AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is 

initiating the conservation planning and 

environmental impact analysis process 

for new development concept plans for 

the Cottonwood Cove and Katherine 

Landing developed areas at Lake 

Mohave in the Lake Mead National 

Recreation Area. A range of reasonable 

alternatives will be developed through 

this EIS process and will include, at a 

minimum, a no-action (baseline) 

alternative and the agency-preferred 

alternative: the ‘‘environmentally 

preferred’’ course of action will also be 

identified. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

postmarked or transmitted no later than 

October 14, 2008. We will announce the 

dates and places of public meetings in 

the local media. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments to the planning team by 

mailing comments to Lake Mead 

National Recreation Area, Attn: DCP–

EIS, 601 Nevada Highway, Boulder City, 

NV 89005 (you may also comment 

electronically at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/lame). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jim Holland, Park Planner, Lake Mead 

National Recreation Area, (702) 293–

8986. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION; 

Background: The National Recreation 

Area encompasses Lake Mead to the 

north formed by Hoover Dam and Lake 


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