[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 91 (Thursday, May 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 21790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09919]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[189A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900 253G]
Land Acquisitions; the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made
a final agency determination to acquire 48.58 acres, more or less, of
land near the City of Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma, (Fountainhead
Site) in trust for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation for gaming and other
purposes on April 30, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of
Indian Gaming, Bureau of Indian Affairs, MS-3657 MIB, 1849 C Street NW,
Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202) 219-4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published in the exercise of
authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant
Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 Departmental Manual 8.1, and is
published to comply with the requirements of 25 CFR 151.12(c)(2)(ii)
that notice of the decision to acquire land in trust be promptly
provided in the Federal Register.
On April 30, 2018, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian
Affairs issued a decision to accept the Fountainhead Site, consisting
of approximately 48.58 acres, more or less, of land in trust of the
Muscogee (Creek) Nation (Nation), under the authority of the Indian
Reorganization Act, 25 U.S.C. 5108. The Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary--Indian Affairs determined that Nation's request also meets
the requirements of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act's ``Oklahoma
Exception,'' 25 U.S.C. 2719(a)(2)(A)(i), to the general prohibition
contained in 25 U.S.C. 2719(a) on gaming on lands acquired in trust
after October 17, 1988.
The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, on behalf
of the Secretary of the Interior, will immediately acquire title to the
Fountainhead Site in the name of the United States of America in trust
for the Nation upon fulfillment of Departmental requirements.
The property known as Fountainhead Resort property submitted for
gaming-related purposes is comprised of 48.58 acres, located in Section
34, Township 11 North, Range 16 East, McIntosh County, Oklahoma,
described as follows:
Beginning 165.00 feet west of the southeast corner of the
Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of said Section Thirty-Four (34); THENCE
north 00[deg]18'24'' East a distance of 330.00 feet; THENCE north
26[deg]47'33'' east a distance of 369.96 feet; THENCE north
00[deg]18'24'' east a distance of 134.27 feet; THENCE north
46[deg]48'06'' west a distance of 18.21 feet; THENCE north
59[deg]50'42'' west a distance of 150.63 feet; THENCE north
67[deg]23'20'' west a distance of 182.12 feet; THENCE north
57[deg]54'16'' west a distance of 507.87 feet; THENCE north
12[deg]52'25'' west a distance of 140.35 feet; THENCE north
33[deg]20'21'' east a distance of 160.30 feet; THENCE north
16[deg]20'06'' east a distance of 507.62 feet; THENCE south
89[deg]56'04'' west a distance of 444.33 feet; THENCE south
00[deg]16'36'' west a distance of 165.09 feet; THENCE south
22[deg]01'53'' west a distance of 891.23 feet; THENCE south
89[deg]55'24'' west a distance of 330.52 feet; THENCE south
26[deg]49'23'' west a distance of 370.00 feet; THENCE south
00[deg]15'06'' west 330.26 feet; THENCE south 26[deg]23'58'' east a
distance of 368.42 feet to the South Line of said Section 34; THENCE
north 89[deg]54'44'' east 1487.60 feet to the point of beginning.
Dated: April 30, 2018.
John Tahsuda,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, Exercising the
Authority of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2018-09919 Filed 5-9-18; 8:45 am]
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