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drug and alcohol prevention and
treatment programs within the Indian
Country of the Kickapoo Tribe of
Oklahoma.
Section 402. Audits and Inspections
(a) All of the books and other business
records of the outlet shall be available
for inspection and audit by the
Commission, or its authorized
representative, during normal business
hours and at all other reasonable times,
as may be requested by the Commission.
(b) Bond for Excise Tax. The excise
tax together with reports on forms to be
supplied by the Commission shall be
remitted to the Commission on a
monthly basis unless otherwise
specified in writing by the Commission.
The Operator shall furnish a satisfactory
bond to the Commission in an amount
to be specified by the Commission
guaranteeing his or her payment of
excise taxes.
Chapter Five—Liability, Insurance, and
Sovereign Immunity
Section 501. Liability for Bills
The Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma and
the Commission shall have no legal
responsibility for any unpaid bills owed
by a liquor and/or beer outlet to a
wholesaler supplier or any other person.
Section 502. Tribal Liability and Credit
(a) Unless explicitly authorized by
Tribal statute or regulation, Operators
are forbidden to represent or give the
impression to any supplier or person
with whom he or she does business that
he or she is an official representative of
the Tribe or the Commission authorized
to pledge tribal credit or financial
responsibility for any of the expenses of
his or her business operation. The
Operator shall hold the Tribe harmless
from all claims and liability of whatever
nature. The Commission shall revoke an
Operator’s outlet license(s) if said
outlet(s) is not operated in a
businesslike manner or if it does not
remain financially solvent or does not
pay its operating expenses and bills
before they become delinquent.
(b) Insurance. The Operator shall
maintain at his or her own expense
adequate insurance covering liability,
fire, theft, vandalism, and other
insurable risks. The Commission may
establish as a condition of any license,
the required insurance limits and any
additional coverage deemed advisable,
proof of which shall be filed with the
Commission.
Section 503. Sovereign Immunity
Preserved
Nothing in this statute shall be
construed as a waiver or limitation of
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the sovereign immunity of the Kickapoo
Tribe of Oklahoma, or its agencies, nor
their officers or employees. To the
fullest extent possible the Kickapoo
Tribe of Oklahoma expressly retains its
Tribal sovereign immunity for the
purposes of enactment of this
Ordinance.
Chapter Six—Violations and Penalties
Section 601. Violations and Penalties
(a) Any person who violates this
Ordinance or elicits, encourages, directs
or causes to be violated this Ordinance,
or laws in support of this Ordinance, or
regulations of the Commission shall be
guilty of an offense and subject to fine.
Failure to have a current, valid or
proper license shall not constitute a
defense to an alleged violation of the
licensing laws and/or regulations. The
judicial system of the Kickapoo Tribe of
Oklahoma shall have exclusive
jurisdiction over such proceeding(s).
(1) Any person convicted of
committing any violation of this
Ordinance shall be subject to
punishment of up to one (1) year
imprisonment and/or a fine not to
exceed Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00).
(2) Additionally, any person upon
committing any violation of any
provision of this Ordinance may be
subject to civil action for trespass, and
upon having been determined by the
judicial system of the Kickapoo Tribe of
Oklahoma to have committed the
violation, shall be found to have
trespassed upon lands of the Kickapoo
Tribe of Oklahoma, and shall be
assessed such damages as the judicial
system of the Kickapoo Tribe of
Oklahoma deems appropriate in the
circumstances.
(3) Any person suspected of having
violated any provision of this Ordinance
shall, in addition to any other penalty
imposed hereunder, be required to
surrender any liquor and/or beer in
person’s possession to the officer
making the compliant. The surrendered
beverages, if previously unopened, shall
only be returned upon a finding of the
Tribal judicial system, after trial, or
proper judicial proceeding, that the
individual committed no violation of
this Ordinance.
(4) Any Operator who violates the
provisions set forth herein shall forfeit
all of the remaining stock in the
outlet(s). The Commission shall be
empowered to seize forfeited products.
(5) Any stock, goods, or other items
subject to this Ordinance that have not
been registered, licensed, or taxes paid
shall be contraband and subject to
immediate confiscation by the
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Commission or its employees or agents,
PROVIDED, that within fifteen (15) days
of the seizure the Commission shall
cause to be filed an action against such
property alleging the reason for the
seizure or confiscation, and upon proof,
the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma
judicial system shall order the property
forfeited and vested with the Kickapoo
Tribe of Oklahoma.
Chapter Seven—Miscellaneous
Provisions
Section 701. Severability
If any provision of this Ordinance in
its application to any person or
circumstance is held invalid, the
remainder of this Ordinance and its
application to other persons or
circumstances is not affected.
Section 702. Repealer
Upon enactment by the Kickapoo
Council any and all previous Liquor and
Beer Ordinance(s) of the Kickapoo Tribe
of Oklahoma are hereby repealed and
this Ordinance as enacted shall have the
full force and effect as Tribal law.
Section 703. Effective Date
This Ordinance shall become effective
upon publication of the Secretary of the
Interior’s certification notice in the
Federal Register.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY–920–1320–EL, WYW160394]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement, Pit
14 Lease by Application, Sweetwater
County, WY
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS), to initiate scoping for a coal lease
application received from Black Butte
Coal Company for Federal coal in the
decertified Green River/Hamms Fork
Coal Production Region, Wyoming. The
EIS may result in amendment of the
Green River Resource Management Plan.
If analysis shows that a plan
amendment is necessary, the Green
River Resource Management Plan may
be amended.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) received a
competitive coal lease application from
Black Butte Coal Company (BBCC) for a
maintenance tract adjacent to its
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existing Black Butte Mine in Sweetwater
County, Wyoming. A maintenance tract
is a parcel of land containing coal
reserves nominated for leasing that may
be used to extend an existing mine. This
tract, assigned case number
WYW160394, is called the Pit 14 Tract
and was applied for as a lease by
application (LBA) under the provisions
of 43 Code of Federal Regulations 3425.
Consistent with regulations pertaining
to National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), the BLM must prepare an
environmental document prior to
allowing the coal lease to be sold. Under
the provisions of Section 102(2)(c) of
NEPA, the BLM announces its
intentions to prepare an EIS and to
solicit public comments regarding
issues and resource information.
Consistent with regulations found at
43 CFR 3425, this NOI also serves to
notify the public that a coal lease is
under consideration.
DATES: The scoping period for the Pit 14
LBA will begin with publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. The BLM
can best utilize public input if
comments and resource information are
submitted within 30 days of publication
of this notice in the Federal Register.
On January 26, 2005, an open house will
be held between 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.,
and a scoping meeting at 7 p.m., at the
Rock Springs Field Office, 280 Highway
191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming.
ADDRESSES: Please submit written
comments to the Rock Springs Field
Office, Attn: Teri Deakins, 280 Highway
191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming
82901. Fax comments to 307–352–0328,
or e-mail them to teri_deakins@blm.gov.
Please indicate Pit 14 LBA in the subject
line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teri
Deakins, Project Manager, may be
reached at 307–352–0211. For
information specific to coal or coal
operations, Jeff Clawson may be
contacted at 307–352–0323.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March
24, 2004, BBCC filed a coal lease
application for a maintenance tract
containing approximately 20 million
tons of in-place Federal coal within a
tract of approximately 1,399.48 acres.
This tract, case number WYW160394, is
called the Pit 14 Tract and affects the
following lands in Sweetwater County:
T. 17 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
Sec. 2: Lots 3, 4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4;
Sec. 4: Lots 1, 2, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4,
NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4;
Sec. 10: NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4;
T. 18 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
Sec. 34: E1⁄2, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4.
Containing 1,399.48 acres more or
less.
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The Pit 14 Tract is located within
‘‘checkerboard,’’ or mixed Federal and
private surface ownership. The Pit 14
project area is 33% Federal surface and
mineral estate. As part of the coal
leasing process, BLM will evaluate the
tract configuration and may decide to
add or subtract Federal coal to avoid
bypassing coal, to facilitate maximum
economic recovery, or to increase
competition.
The Black Butte Coal Mine is adjacent
to the LBA area and BBCC proposes to
mine the tract as a maintenance tract for
the Black Butte Mine. BBCC has an
approved mining and reclamation plan
from the Wyoming Department of
Environmental Quality (WDEQ), Land
Quality Division. The mine also has an
approved air quality permit from the
WDEQ, Air Quality Division to mine up
to 7 million tons of coal per year. BBCC
is currently mining from existing
Federal, private, and state leases at a
rate of 3 to 4 million tons per year.
The Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)
will be a cooperating agency during
preparation of the EIS. If the Pit 14 LBA
Tract is leased to the applicant, the new
lease must be incorporated into the
existing mining plan for the adjacent
mine. Before the Federal coal can be
mined, the Secretary of the Interior must
approve the revised mining plan. The
OSMRE is the Federal agency that
would be responsible for recommending
approval, approval with conditions, or
disapproval of the revised mining plan
to the Secretary should the tract be
leased.
Through BLM’s initial scoping of
BBCC’s proposal, at least one key issue
has been identified: The potential
conflict between coal mining and oil
and gas development within the lease
tract. Other issues tentatively identified
include air quality; biological issues,
including potential impacts to big game
crucial winter range and sage-grouse
nesting habitat; vegetation, including
plant species that BLM has identified as
sensitive; nearby on-going shallow gas
exploration and development projects;
socio-economic impacts; cumulative
impacts; and water quality.
If you have specific issues or other
concerns that BLM should consider
during the NEPA process, please
identify them in writing. You may send
comments to the BLM by mail,
facsimile, or electronic mail. Comments
may also be hand-delivered to the Rock
Springs Field Office or submitted at the
public meeting. To receive full
consideration, please submit comments
on or before February 4, 2005. All
comments, including the names and
street addresses of respondents, will be
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available for public review at the
address listed above during regular
business hours (7:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m.),
Monday through Friday, except
holidays.
Your response is important and will
be considered in the environmental
analysis process. If you do respond, we
will keep you informed of the
availability of environmental documents
that address impacts that occur from
this proposal. Please note that
comments and information submitted
regarding this project including names,
e-mail addresses, and street addresses of
the respondents will be available for
public review and disclosure at the
above address. Individual respondents
may request confidentiality. If you wish
to withhold your name, e-mail address,
or street address from public review or
from disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
written comment. Such requests will be
honored to the extent allowed by the
law. All submissions from organizations
or businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public inspection in
their entirety.
Alan Rabinoff,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 05–330 Filed 1–6–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NM110–1430–ET; NMNM 94904]
Public Land Order No. 7622; Partial
Revocation of Public Land Order No.
7291; New Mexico
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This order partially revokes
Public Land Order No. 7291 insofar as
it affects 514.15 acres of public lands
and 428.30 acres of federally reserved
mineral interest underlying private
surface estate withdrawn to protect an
area having potential for the
development of humate.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 7, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Debby Lucero, BLM Albuquerque Field
Office, 435 Montano NE, Albuquerque,
New Mexico 87107, (505) 761–8700.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The partial
revocation is needed to reinstate a
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-920-1320-EL, WYW160394]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement,
Pit 14 Lease by Application, Sweetwater County, WY
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS), to initiate scoping for a coal lease application
received from Black Butte Coal Company for Federal coal in the
decertified Green River/Hamms Fork Coal Production Region, Wyoming. The
EIS may result in amendment of the Green River Resource Management
Plan. If analysis shows that a plan amendment is necessary, the Green
River Resource Management Plan may be amended.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a competitive
coal lease application from Black Butte Coal Company (BBCC) for a
maintenance tract adjacent to its
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existing Black Butte Mine in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. A maintenance
tract is a parcel of land containing coal reserves nominated for
leasing that may be used to extend an existing mine. This tract,
assigned case number WYW160394, is called the Pit 14 Tract and was
applied for as a lease by application (LBA) under the provisions of 43
Code of Federal Regulations 3425.
Consistent with regulations pertaining to National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), the BLM must prepare an environmental document prior
to allowing the coal lease to be sold. Under the provisions of Section
102(2)(c) of NEPA, the BLM announces its intentions to prepare an EIS
and to solicit public comments regarding issues and resource
information.
Consistent with regulations found at 43 CFR 3425, this NOI also
serves to notify the public that a coal lease is under consideration.
DATES: The scoping period for the Pit 14 LBA will begin with
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. The BLM can best
utilize public input if comments and resource information are submitted
within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
On January 26, 2005, an open house will be held between 4 p.m. and 5:30
p.m., and a scoping meeting at 7 p.m., at the Rock Springs Field
Office, 280 Highway 191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming.
ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments to the Rock Springs Field
Office, Attn: Teri Deakins, 280 Highway 191 North, Rock Springs,
Wyoming 82901. Fax comments to 307-352-0328, or e-mail them to teri_
deakins@blm.gov. Please indicate Pit 14 LBA in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teri Deakins, Project Manager, may be
reached at 307-352-0211. For information specific to coal or coal
operations, Jeff Clawson may be contacted at 307-352-0323.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 24, 2004, BBCC filed a coal lease
application for a maintenance tract containing approximately 20 million
tons of in-place Federal coal within a tract of approximately 1,399.48
acres. This tract, case number WYW160394, is called the Pit 14 Tract
and affects the following lands in Sweetwater County:
T. 17 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
Sec. 2: Lots 3, 4, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 4: Lots 1, 2, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/
4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\;
Sec. 10: NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\;
T. 18 N., R. 101 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming
Sec. 34: E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\.
Containing 1,399.48 acres more or less.
The Pit 14 Tract is located within ``checkerboard,'' or mixed
Federal and private surface ownership. The Pit 14 project area is 33%
Federal surface and mineral estate. As part of the coal leasing
process, BLM will evaluate the tract configuration and may decide to
add or subtract Federal coal to avoid bypassing coal, to facilitate
maximum economic recovery, or to increase competition.
The Black Butte Coal Mine is adjacent to the LBA area and BBCC
proposes to mine the tract as a maintenance tract for the Black Butte
Mine. BBCC has an approved mining and reclamation plan from the Wyoming
Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ), Land Quality Division. The
mine also has an approved air quality permit from the WDEQ, Air Quality
Division to mine up to 7 million tons of coal per year. BBCC is
currently mining from existing Federal, private, and state leases at a
rate of 3 to 4 million tons per year.
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)
will be a cooperating agency during preparation of the EIS. If the Pit
14 LBA Tract is leased to the applicant, the new lease must be
incorporated into the existing mining plan for the adjacent mine.
Before the Federal coal can be mined, the Secretary of the Interior
must approve the revised mining plan. The OSMRE is the Federal agency
that would be responsible for recommending approval, approval with
conditions, or disapproval of the revised mining plan to the Secretary
should the tract be leased.
Through BLM's initial scoping of BBCC's proposal, at least one key
issue has been identified: The potential conflict between coal mining
and oil and gas development within the lease tract. Other issues
tentatively identified include air quality; biological issues,
including potential impacts to big game crucial winter range and sage-
grouse nesting habitat; vegetation, including plant species that BLM
has identified as sensitive; nearby on-going shallow gas exploration
and development projects; socio-economic impacts; cumulative impacts;
and water quality.
If you have specific issues or other concerns that BLM should
consider during the NEPA process, please identify them in writing. You
may send comments to the BLM by mail, facsimile, or electronic mail.
Comments may also be hand-delivered to the Rock Springs Field Office or
submitted at the public meeting. To receive full consideration, please
submit comments on or before February 4, 2005. All comments, including
the names and street addresses of respondents, will be available for
public review at the address listed above during regular business hours
(7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m.), Monday through Friday, except holidays.
Your response is important and will be considered in the
environmental analysis process. If you do respond, we will keep you
informed of the availability of environmental documents that address
impacts that occur from this proposal. Please note that comments and
information submitted regarding this project including names, e-mail
addresses, and street addresses of the respondents will be available
for public review and disclosure at the above address. Individual
respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your
name, e-mail address, or street address from public review or from
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your written comment. Such requests
will be honored to the extent allowed by the law. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their
entirety.
Alan Rabinoff,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 05-330 Filed 1-6-05; 8:45 am]
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