Land and water: Land held in trust for benefit of Indian Tribes and individual Indians; title acquisition,

[Federal Register: November 30, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 229)]

[Proposed Rules]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

25 CFR Part 151

RIN 1076--AD90

Acquisition of Title to Land in Trust

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; Reopening of comment period.

SUMMARY: This notice reopens the comment period for submission of electronic access and filing of comments only for the proposed rule published at 64 FR 17574-17588, April 12, 1999, Acquisition of Title to Land in Trust. Due to circumstances beyond our control, a malfunction in the computer system prevented receipt of comments via the Internet after August 1, 1999. Comments submitted via the Internet between August 1, 1999 and November 12, 1999 were not received. Please resubmit your Internet comments as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption. Please also include ``Attn: 1076-AD90'' and your name and return address in your Internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the system that we have received your Internet message, contact the Office of Trust Responsibilities directly at (202) 208-5831.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 29, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Please resubmit your e-mail comments to: landcomments@bia.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Virden, Director, Office of Trust Responsibilities, Bureau of Indian Affairs, MS-4513, Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street, NW,

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Washington, DC 20240; by telephone at (202) 208-5831; or by telefax at (202) 219-1065.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Monday, April 12, 1999, the Bureau of Indian Affairs published a proposed rule, 64 FR 17574-17588, concerning the Acquisition of title to land in trust. The deadline for receipt of comments was July 12, 1999, which was extended to October 12, 1999 and extended again to November 12, 1999. The comment period is extended for an additional thirty days to allow additional time for receipt of e- mail comments on the proposed rule. Intranet comments must be received on or before December 29, 1999.

Dated: November 23, 1999. Kevin Gover, Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.

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