[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 72674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33589]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
Statement of Findings; San Carlos Apache Tribe Water Rights
Settlement Act of 1992
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Statement of findings of actions completed to implement the San
Carlos Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992 (Settlement
Act), Pub. L. 102-575, 106 Stat. 4740, as amended.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior is causing this notice to be
published as required in section 3711 of the Settlement Act, in order
to implement the Settlement Act.
DATES: The Settlement Act requires that this notice must be published
in the Federal Register no later than December 31, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to Ms. Deborah
Saint, San Carlos Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act
Implementation Team Chairperson, Bureau of Reclamation, Native American
Affairs Office, 400 North 5th Street, Suite 1470, Phoenix, Arizona
85004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Deborah Saint, 602-379-3199.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Settlement Act is:
(1) To approve, ratify, and confirm an agreement entered into by
the San Carlos Apache Tribe (Tribe) and its neighboring non-Indian
communities (Settlement Agreement) to finally resolve the Tribe's water
rights claims;
(2) To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to
execute and perform such Settlement Agreement; and
(3) To authorize the actions and appropriations necessary for the
United States to fulfill its legal and trust obligations to the Tribe
as provided in the Settlement Agreement and the Settlement Act.
In order for the terms and conditions of the Settlement Act and the
Settlement Agreement to be effective, the Secretary of the Interior is
required to make a statement of findings that certain conditions, as
specified in the Settlement Act, have been met.
Statement of Findings
As required by section 3711 of the Settlement Act, I find as
follows:
1. The Secretary of the Interior has fulfilled the requirements of
sections 3704 and 3706 of the Settlement Act.
2. The Roosevelt Water Conservation District subcontract for
agricultural water service from the Central Arizona Project has been
revised and executed as provided in section 3705(b) of the Settlement
Act.
3. The funds authorized by section 3707(c) of the Settlement Act
have been appropriated and deposited into the San Carlos Apache Tribe
Development Trust Fund.
4. The contract between the United States Economic Development
Administration and the Tribe, referred to in section 3707(a)(2) of the
Settlement Act, has been amended.
5. The State of Arizona has appropriated and deposited into the San
Carlos Apache Tribe Development Trust Fund $3,000,000, as required by
the Settlement Agreement.
6. The stipulations attached to the Settlement Agreement as
Exhibits ``D'' and ``E'' have been approved.
7. The Settlement Agreement has been modified, to the extent it was
in conflict with the Settlement Act, and has been executed by the
Secretary of the Interior.
Dated: December 22, 1999.
David J. Hayes,
Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 99-33589 Filed 12-27-99; 8:45 am]
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