Public Notice to Acquire Land into Trust

| May 8, 2015 1:00 PM

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Northwest Regional Director’s Decision

ACTION: Notice of decision to acquire land into trust under 25 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 151.

SUMMARY: The Northwest Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, on the below date, has made a determination to acquire real property in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.

The land referred to as the “Moses Lake Property,” herein and is described as:

Tax Parcel No. 90-384-000

Tract 65, Battery Orchard Tracts, according to the plat thereof recorded in Acreage plats, Page 31, records of Grant County, Washington, lying South of Wanapum Drive, excepting that portion conveyed to the State of Washington by deed recorded August 28, 1995, under Auditor’s File No. 950829028.

Tax Parcel No. 90-383-010

Tract 64, Battery Orchard Tracts, according to the plat thereof recorded in Acreage plats, Page 31, records of Grant County, Washington, lying South of Wanapum Drive, excepting that portion conveyed to the State of Washington by deed recorded August 28, 1995, under Auditor’s File No. 950829028.

Totaling 7.00 acres, more or less.

In Grant County, Washington.

DATE: This determination was made on May 29, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Letitia Jack, Realty Specialist, Bureau

of Indian Affairs, Northwest Regional Office, 911 Northeast 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232, telephone (503)736-4710 or Letitia.Jack@bia.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published to comply with the requirement of 25 CFR § 151.12(d)(2)(iii) that notice be given of the decision by the authorized representative of the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land in trust.

A copy of the determination is available from the office identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section of this notice. Any party who wishes to seek judicial review of the Northwest Regional Director’s decision must first exhaust administrative remedies. The Northwest Regional Director’s decision may be appealed to the Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) in accordance with the regulations in 43 CFR 4.310-4.340.

If you choose to appeal this decision, your notice of appeal to the IBIA must be signed by you or your attorney and must be either postmarked and mailed (if you use mail) or delivered (if

you use another means of physical delivery, such as Federal Express or UPS to the IBIA within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice. The regulations do not

authorize filings by facsimile or by electronic means. Your notice of appeal should clearly identify the decision being appealed. You must send your original notice of appeal to the IBIA at

the following address: Interior Board of Indian Appeals, Office of Hearings and Appeals, U.S. Department of the Interior, 801 North Quincy Street, Suite 300, Arlington, Virginia 22203. You must send copies of your notice of appeal to (1) the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs,

U.S. Department of the Interior, MS-4141-MIB, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20240; (2) each interested party known to you; and (3) the Northwest Regional Director. Your notice of appeal sent to the IBIA must include a statement certifying that you have sent copies to these officials and interested parties and should identify them by names or titles and addresses.

If you file a notice of appeal, the IBIA will notify you of further procedures. If no appeal is timely filed, this decision will become final for the Department of the Interior at the expiration of the appeal period. No extension of time may be granted for filing a notice of appeal.

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Pub.: May 8, 2015