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6.2 To what Program Does This

Chapter Apply?

This chapter applies to Single Audit

Act audits of grantees that receive funds

through the Federal Aid Program. These

audits are separate from the Federal Aid

Program specific audits.

6.3 Is the Service Responsible for

Resolving All Audit Findings?

No. We are only responsible for

resolving findings, recommendations,

and questioned costs that directly relate

to funds that we provide to the grantee.

6.4 Does the OIG Notify the Service

When Audits Are Completed?

The OIG will provide excerpts from

the Single Audit Report to the Director

or Regional Director if there are issues

that we must address. The OIG’s

transmittal memorandum will identify

the specific findings and questioned

costs that we must resolve. The OIG

does not notify us if the Single Audit

Report contains no findings directly

related to funds that we provide to the

grantee.

6.5 What happens When the Service

Receives a Single Audit Report?

A. OIG Provides Report to Washington

Office

The Service Audit Liaison Officer:

(1) Notifies the Chief, Division of

Federal Aid (Washington Office) and

other Service offices, as needed, that we

have received a Single Audit report that

contains findings that we must resolve.

(2) Forwards the documents to the

Chief, Division of Federal Aid

(Washington Office) for review and

transmittal to the appropriate Regional

Director for action.

B. OIG Forwards Reports to the Regional

Office

The Chief, Division of Federal Aid

(Regional Office) will notify and provide

a copy to the Chief, Division of Federal

Aid (Washington Office) and the Service

Audit Liaison Officer. The Service

Audit Liaison Officer will coordinate

with other affected offices, as necessary.

6.6 How Much Time Does the Service

Have To Respond to the Single Audit

Report?

The OIG establishes a deadline in the

transmittal memorandum submitted

with the Single Audit Report. The

Regional Director may, with

concurrence of the Assistant Director—

Migratory Birds and State Programs,

request that the OIG provide additional

time for response. The request will

include a justification for the extension.

6.7 How Are Findings Resolved?

The Regional Director is responsible

for overseeing and monitoring the

Service response to Single Audit

Reports in accordance with procedures

in 417 FW 4.

6.8 Who Maintains Single Audit

Report Resolution Files?

The Regional Director will maintain

all files related to resolution of Single

Audit Act audit findings. These files

will include, but not be limited to:

A. Copies of all relevant

correspondence.

B. Single Audit Report and OIG

transmittal memorandum.

C. Service response to OIG’s

transmittal memorandum.

D. CAP and revised corrective actions,

when appropriate.

E. Documentation that the grantee has

resolved the audit findings and

questioned costs in accordance with

approved corrective actions.

6.9 Can the Grantee Appeal a

Corrective Action?

Yes. Grantees may appeal using the

procedures outlined in 417 FW 5.

Dated: November 2, 2001.

Joseph E. Doddridge,

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and

Parks.

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Electric Utility Power Rate and Service

Fee Adjustment, Mission Valley Power

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rate

adjustment.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs

(BIA) proposes to adjust the electric

power rates for operation and

maintenance assessed to customers of

the Mission Valley Power Utility. We

request your comments on the proposed

rate adjustment.

DATES: Interested parties may submit

comments on the proposed rate

adjustment. Comments must be

submitted on or before February 12,

2002.

ADDRESSES: All comments on the

proposed rate adjustment must be in

writing and addressed to: Terrance

Virden, Director, Office of Trust

Responsibilities, Attn.: Irrigation and

Power, MS–3061–MIB, Code 210, 1849

C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240,

Telephone (202) 208–5480.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stanley Speaks, Regional Director,

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Northwest

Region Office, 911 NE 11th Avenue,

Portland, Oregon 97232–4169,

Telephone (503) 231–6702.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

What Is Mission Valley Power (MVP)?

MVP is a tribal enterprise of the

Confederated Salish and Kootenai

Tribes (CSKT) operating and

maintaining the federally-owned power

utility on the Flathead Indian

Reservation under the authority of a

Public Law 93–638 contract (25 U.S.C.

450f).

Where Can Information on the

Regulatory and Legal Citations in This

Notice Be Obtained?

You can contact the Northwest

Regional Director’s office at the location

stated above or you can use the Internet

site for the Government Printing Office

at http://www.gpo.gov.

What Is the Purpose of This Notice?

This notice is to notify you that we

propose to adjust the power rates and

service fees for one of our power

utilities. We are publishing this notice

in accordance with the BIA’s regulations

governing its power rates and service

fees of power utilities, specifically, 25

CFR 175.10–175.12. These sections

provide for the fixing and announcing of

power rates and related information for

BIA Indian Electric Power Utilities.

What Authorizes Us To Issue This

Notice?

Our authority to issue this notice is

vested in the Secretary of the Interior by

5 U.S.C. 301, and the Act of August 7,

1946 (60 Stat. 895; 25 U.S.C. 385). The

Secretary has delegated this authority to

the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs

under Part 209, Chapter 8.1A, of the

Department of the Interior’s

Departmental Manual, and by

memorandum dated January 25, 1994,

from the Chief of Staff, Department of

the Interior, to Assistant Secretaries, and

Heads of Bureaus and Offices.

When Will the Rate Adjustment Be

Effective?

The rate adjustment will be in effect

starting on, and retroactive to,

November 1, 2001.

How Do We Calculate Our Rates?

We calculate rates in accordance with

25 CFR 175.10 by estimating the cost of

normal operation and maintenance at

our power utility for which you receive

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service. Normal operation and

maintenance mean the expenses we

incur to provide direct support or

benefit for the power utility’s activities

for administration, operation,

maintenance, and rehabilitation. These

costs are then applied as stated in the

rate table in this notice.

What Kinds of Expenses Are Included

in Determining Our Estimated Cost of

Normal Operation and Maintenance?

We include the following expenses as

prescribed in 25 CFR 175.10:

(a) Personnel salary and benefits for

the utility engineer/manager and utility

employees under their management

control;

(b) Materials and supplies;

(c) Major and minor vehicle and

equipment repairs;

(d) Equipment, including

transportation, fuel, oil, grease, lease

and replacement;

(e) Capitalization expenses;

(f) Acquisition expenses;

(g) Maintenance of a reserve fund

available for contingencies or

emergency expenses for, and insuring,

reliable operation of the power system;

and

(h) Other expenses we determine

necessary to properly perform the

activities and functions characteristic of

a power utility.

When Should You Pay Your Power

Bill?

We will mail you a bill for your power

service and energy consumption. You

should pay your bill no later than the

due date stated on the bill. The due date

is normally based on locally established

payment requirements at each of our

projects.

What Information Must We Collect for

Billing Purposes and Why Are We

Collecting It?

We must collect certain information

from you to ensure we can properly

process, bill for, and collect monies

owed to the United States. We are

required to collect the taxpayer

identification number or social security

number under the authority of, and as

prescribed, in the Debt Collection

Improvement Act of 1996. At a

minimum, this information is:

(a) Full legal name of person or entity

responsible for paying the bill;

(b) Adequate and correct address for

mailing or hand delivering our bill; and

(c) The taxpayer identification

number or social security number of the

person or entity responsible for paying

the bill.

What Can Happen If You Do Not

Provide the Information We Require for

Billing Purposes?

We can refuse to provide you service

as prescribed in 25 CFR 175.21, 175.22.

What Can Happen if You Don’t Pay

Your Bill by the Due Date and Could

This Affect Your Power Service?

If you do not pay your bill by the due

date, you will receive a past due notice

no less than 30 days after the due date.

We have the right to refuse power

service to your facility where the bill is

past due for that facility. We can

continue to refuse power service to that

facility until you pay the past due bill

or make payment arrangements that we

agree to. When you receive your bill, it

will have additional information

concerning your rights. Our authority to

demand payment of your past due bill

is 31 CFR 901.2, ‘‘Demand for

payment.’’

Are There any Additional Charges if

you Are Late Paying Your Bill?

Yes. We will use the value of funds

to the United States as established by

the Secretary of the Treasury to

calculate the interest you will be

assessed. You will not be assessed this

charge until your bill becomes past due

which occurs on the 31st day after the

due date indicated on your bill.

However, interest will accrue from the

due date on your bill and you will be

charged an administrative fee of $12.50

for each time we try to collect your past

due bill. Should your bill become over

90 days past due, you will be assessed

a penalty charge of 6 percent per annum

and it will accrue from the date your bill

initially became past due. Our authority

to assess interest, penalties, and

administration fees on past due bills is

prescribed in 31 CFR 901.9, ‘‘Interest,

penalties, and administration costs’’.

What Else Can Happen to Your Past

Due Bill?

If you do not pay your bill or make

payment arrangements that we agree to,

we are required to send your past due

bill to the United States Treasury

(Treasury) for further action. We must

forward your bill to Treasury no later

than 180 days after the original due date

of your power bill. Our authority to

send your bill to Treasury is prescribed

in 31 CFR 901.1, ‘‘Aggressive agency

collection activity’’.

What Power Rates and Service Fees Are

Proposed for Adjustment by This

Notice?

The following table shows the

proposed rate adjustment. Not all rates

were adjusted. The rates that are

proposed for adjustment are noted.

Rate class

(• denotes proposed rate or fee adjustment)

Present

rate

Proposed

rate

Residential:

Basic charge per month ....................................................................................................................................... $5.00 $5.00

Energy charge per kilowatt-hour .......................................................................................................................... 0.04739 0.04739

• Minimum monthly charge (May 1–October 31) ................................................................................................ 10.00 (1)

• Minimum monthly charge (November 1–April 30) ............................................................................................ 20.00 (1)

• Minimum Monthly Charge (year round) ............................................................................................................ (1) 10.00

Small commercial without demand:

Basic charge per month ....................................................................................................................................... $5.00 $5.00

• Energy Rate per kilowatt-hour .......................................................................................................................... 0.05495 0.05495

Small commercial service with demand charge, rename to

General Service with demand charge:

Single phase service basic charge per month ..................................................................................................... 20.00 20.00

Three phase service basic charges per month .................................................................................................... 40.00 40.00

• Demand charge per kilowatt of billing demand ................................................................................................ 4.50 4.10

• Energy charge per kilowatt-hour ....................................................................................................................... 0.04064 0.03735

Large commercial service:

Basic charge per month ....................................................................................................................................... 125.00 125.00

Demand charge per kilowatt of billing demand .................................................................................................... 5.00 5.00

Energy charge per kilowatt-hour .......................................................................................................................... 0.03115 0.03115

Irrigation pump service:

Seasonal charge (whichever is greater):

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Rate class

(• denotes proposed rate or fee adjustment)

Present

rate

Proposed

rate

Minimum charge, or ...................................................................................................................................... 132.00 132.00

Charge per horsepower ................................................................................................................................ 6.00 6.00

Monthly charge per rated horsepower of pump ................................................................................................... 11.05 11.05

Energy charge per kilowatt-hour .......................................................................................................................... 0.03586 0.03586

Area lighting rate class, monthly charge:

Install on existing pole or structure: 6.87 7.20

• 7,000 lumen, mercury vapor unit (existing only) .............................................................................................. 9.82 10.30

• 20,000 lumen, mercury vapor unit (existing only) ............................................................................................ 6.36 6.70

• 9,000 lumen, high-pressure sodium unit .......................................................................................................... 8.60 9.00

• 22,000 lumen, high-pressure sodium unit.

Install with new pole: 8.62 9.05

• 7,000 lumen, mercury vapor unit (existing only) .............................................................................................. 11.28 11.85

• 20,000 lumen, mercury vapor unit (existing only) ............................................................................................ 8.12 8.50

• 9,000 lumen, high-pressure sodium unit .......................................................................................................... 10.32 10.85

• 22,000 lumen, high-pressure sodium unit.

Street lighting service:

Metered Service (not including street light fixtures):

Basic monthly charge .................................................................................................................................... 5.00 5.00

Energy charge ............................................................................................................................................... 0.05495 0.05495

Unmetered Service:

This rate class is available only to municipalities or communities for ten or more lighting units in a group.

The charges for this service are subject to a negotiated contract with MVP. ................................................. (2) (2)

Unmetered service charge per month:

• Charges for an unmetered service under the present rate structure are determined on an individual basis.

The rate proposed for this service is a flat monthly charge (unmetered street light service is not part of

this rate class). .................................................................................................................................................. (2) 15.00

1 Not used.

2 Negotiated.

Consultation and Coordination With

Tribal Governments (Executive Order

13175)

The CSKT operates the utility under

a Public Law 93–638 contract. As part

of the contractual relationship, there are

continuing consultations between the

CSKT and the BIA. These consultations

meet the spirit and intent of the

Executive Order.

Actions Concerning Regulations That

Significantly Affect Energy Supply,

Distribution, or Use (Executive Order

13211)

This is a notice for a proposed rate

adjustment at a BIA owned electric

power utility. These rate adjustments

will have no adverse effects on energy

supply, distribution, or use (including a

shortfall in supply, price increases, and

increased use of foreign supplies)

should the proposed rate adjustment be

implemented.

Regulatory Planning and Review

(Executive Order 12866)

This rate adjustment is not a

significant regulatory action and does

not need to be reviewed by the Office

of Management and Budget under

Executive Order 12866.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

This rate adjustment is not a rule for

the purposes of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act because it is ‘‘a rule of

particular applicability relating to

rates’’. 5 U.S.C. 601(2)(1996).

Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995

This rate adjustment imposes no

unfunded mandates on any

governmental or private entity and is in

compliance with the provisions of the

Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995.

Takings (Executive Order 12630)

The Department has determined that

this rate adjustment does not have

significant ‘‘takings’’ implications. The

rate adjustment does not deprive the

public, state, or local governments of

rights or property.

Federalism (Executive Order 13132)

The Department has determined that

this rate adjustment does not have

significant Federalism effects because it

pertains solely to Federal-tribal relations

and will not interfere with the roles,

rights, and responsibilities of states.

Civil Justice Reform (Executive Order

12988)

In accordance with Executive Order

12988, the Office of the Solicitor has

determined that this rule does not

unduly burden the judicial system and

meets the requirements of sections 3(a)

and 3(b)(2) of the Order.

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

This rate adjustment does not affect

the collections of information which

have been approved by the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB), under the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995. The OMB control number

is 1076–0141 and expires November 30,

2002.

National Environmental Policy Act

The Department has determined that

this rate adjustment does not constitute

a major Federal action significantly

affecting the quality of the human

environment and that no detailed

statement is required under the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42

U.S.C. 4321) et. seq. (1996).

Dated: December 3, 2001.

Neal A. McCaleb,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

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BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approved Tribal-State

Compact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 11 of the

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988

(IGRA), Public Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C.

2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall

publish, in the Federal Register, notice