[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 55824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22845]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Land Acquisitions; Nisqually Indian Tribe

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of final agency action to transfer title from the United 
States to the Nisqually Tribe as mandated by Congress.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs accepts the transfer 
of the approximately 179.14 acres, more or less, in trust for the 
Nisqually Indian Tribe of Washington, from the United States Army Corps 
of Engineers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Burshia, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Chief, Division of Real Estate Services, MS-4639-MIB, 1849 C Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20240, telephone no. (202) 208-7737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
    Pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of section 2837 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, Public Law 107-107, 115 
Stat. 1012, 1315-1316, as amended by Section 2852 of the Ronald W. 
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, Public 
Law 108-375, 118 Stat. 1811, 2143-2144, as amended by Section 2862 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Public Law 
111-84, 123 Stat. 2190, 2694, the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, 
on behalf of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
has accepted the custody and administrative accountability for 
approximately 179.14 acres of land at the Fort Lewis Military 
Reservation, Thurston County, Washington, subject to the terms, 
conditions, reservations, and restrictions as described in the transfer 
letter, to be held in trust for the Nisqually Indian Tribe of the 
Nisqually Reservation.

Legal Description of the Property Acquired

    The property acquired includes all of the following described 
tracts of land comprising a net area of 179.14 acres of land, more or 
less, situated within Thurston County, Washington, to wit: Two parcels 
of land in Section 33 in Township 18 North, Range 1 East, Willamette 
Meridian, in Thurston County, Washington, more particularly described 
as follows:
    Parcel 1:
    That portion of Tract A-1 (described below) being in the northwest 
quarter (NW\1/4\) of Section 33 of Township 18 North, Range 1 East, 
Willamette Meridian, lying northerly of the north right-of-way line of 
Yelm Highway SE and southwesterly of the southwest right-of-way line of 
Olympia-Yelm Road being State Highway 510 (formerly 5-1); and
    Parcel 2:
    That portion of Tract A-1 (described below) being in the northwest 
quarter (NW\1/4\) and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter 
(SW\1/4\NE\1/4\) of Section 33, of Township 18 North, Range 1 East, 
Willamette Meridian, and that portion of Tract A-2 (described below) 
being the north half of the northeast quarter (N\1/2\NE\1/4\) and the 
southeast quarter of the northeast quarter (SE\1/4\NE\1/4\) of Section 
33, of Township 18 North, Range 1 East, Willamette Meridian, lying 
northerly of the north right-of-way line of Olympia-Yelm Road being 
State Highway 510 (formerly 5-1).
    The aggregate total acres for the two parcels are 179.14 acres, 
more or less.

Tract A-1

    The southwest quarter of the northeast quarter (SW\1/4\NE\1/4\), 
the southwest quarter (SW\1/4\), the northwest quarter (NW\1/4\), and 
the west half of the southeast quarter (W\1/2\SE\1/4\) of Section 33 in 
Township 18 North, Range 1 East, Williamette Meridian, in Thurston 
County, Washington.

Tract A-2

    The north half of the northeast quarter (N\1/2\NE\1/4\), the 
southeast quarter of the northeast quarter (SE\1/4\NE\1/4\), and the 
northeast quarter of the southeast quarter (NE\1/4\SE\1/4\) of Section 
33 in Township 18 North, Range 1 East, Williamette Meridian, in 
Thurston County, Washington.

    Dated: September 3, 2010.
Larry Echo Hawk,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-22845 Filed 9-13-10; 8:45 am]
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