[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 149 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19589]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Operation and Maintenance Rate Adjustment: Walker River
Irrigation Project, Nevada
ACTION: Notice of proposed operation and maintenance rate increase.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs proposes to change the assessment
rates for operating and maintaining the Walker River Irrigation Project
for 1997 and subsequent years. The assessment rates are based on a
prepared estimate of the cost of normal operation and maintenance of
the irrigation project. Normal operation and maintenance means the
expenses we incur to provide direct support or benefit to the project's
activities for administration, operation, maintenance, and
rehabilitation. We must include at least:
(a) Personnel salary and benefits for the project engineer/manager
and our employees under his 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, and
(g) Other expenses we determine necessary to properly perform the
activities and functions characteristic of an irrigation project.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Area Director, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Phoenix Area Office, 1 North First Street, Phoenix, Arizona
85001-0010, telephone (602) 379-6600.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 3, 1996.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The authority to issue this document is
vested in the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs by 5 U.S.C. 301 and
the Act of August 15, 1914 (38 Stat. 583, 25 U.S.C. 385). The Secretary
has delegated this authority to the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs
pursuant to part 209 Departmental Manual, Chapter 8. 1A and Memorandum
dated January 25, 1994, from Chief of Staff, Department of the
Interior, to Assistant Secretaries, and Heads of Bureaus and Offices.
This notice is given in accordance with Section 171.1(e) of part
171, Subchapter H, Chapter 1, of Title 25 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, which provides for the Area Director to fix and announce
the rates for annual operation and maintenance assessments and related
information of the Walker River Irrigation Project for Calendar Year
1997 and subsequent years.
The purpose of this notice is to announce a proposed increase in
the Walker River Project assessment rates proportionate with actual
operation and maintenance costs.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs proposes to increase the Walker River
Indian Irrigation Project's operation and maintenance (O&M) assessment
rate from the current $7.32 per assessable acre for trust lands and
$15.29 per assessable acre non-trust lands to $15.29 per acre for all
project lands.
Interest and Penalty Fees
Interest and penalty fees will be assessed, where required by law,
on all delinquent operation and maintenance assessment charges as
prescribed in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 4, Part 102,
Federal Claims Collection Standards; and 42 BIAM Supplement 3, part 3.8
Debt Collection Procedures.
Dated: July 24, 1996.
Ada E. Deer,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 96-19589 Filed 7-31-96; 8:45 am]
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