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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
Tribal Consultation on Proposed SelfDetermination and Self-Governance
Funding Agreement Language on
Fiduciary Trust Records Management
Office of the Secretary, Interior.
Notice of tribal consultation
meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice announces three
consultation meetings that will be held
to obtain oral and written comments
concerning (1) a proposed policy on
fiduciary trust records management for
Self-Determination (Title I) and SelfGovernance (Title IV) Tribes/Consortia;
and (2) proposed language to be
negotiated as part of the 2006 Title I and
Title IV funding agreements regarding
fiduciary trust records management.
These meetings support the Department
of the Interior’s (Department’s)
administrative policy on tribal
consultation by encouraging maximum
direct participation of representatives of
tribal governments, tribal organizations
and other interested persons on
important Departmental issues and
processes.
In developing the proposed policy
and language, the Department had prescoping telephone conversations with
tribal leaders and staff; held a scoping
meeting as part of a 2-day conference on
Indian trust records management;
formed a Tribal Fiduciary Trust Records
Management Workgroup; held four
workgroup meetings; transmitted a
tribal leader letter soliciting comments
on the proposed policy language to be
presented for consultation; and engaged
in discussions with tribal leaders and
staff at the Fall Self-Governance
Conference. The proposed policy and
language incorporates many valuable
comments received to date. The
upcoming consultation will provide
another opportunity for Indian tribes
and interested parties to comment on
proposed federal policy and funding
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agreement language regarding fiduciary
trust records management for Title I and
Title IV Tribes/Consortia.
Once final decisions are made
regarding the policy and the funding
agreement language, guidance will be
provided to the Director, Bureau of
Indian Affairs and the Director, Office of
Self-Governance and Self-Determination
regarding language to be negotiated as
part of the 2006 Title I and Title IV
funding agreements regarding fiduciary
trust records management.
DATES: The following three consultation
meetings will be held:
1. March 2, 2005, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Portland, Oregon.
2. March 3, 2005, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Phoenix, Arizona.
3. March 9, 2005, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Nashville, Tennessee.
Written comments should be
postmarked or faxed no later than
March 11, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The meeting locations are:
1. Portland—Red Lion Portland
Convention Center, 1021 NE. Grand
Avenue, Portland, Oregon; telephone:
(503) 235–2100.
2. Phoenix—Hilton Phoenix Airport,
2435 South 47th Street, Phoenix,
Arizona; telephone: (480) 894–1600.
3. Nashville—DoubleTree Hotel
Nashville—Downtown, 315 4th Avenue
North, Nashville, Tennessee; telephone:
(615) 747–8200.
Written comments may be mailed to
William A. Sinclair, Director, Office of
Self-Governance and SelfDetermination, Mail Stop 4618–MIB,
1849 C Street, NW., U.S. Department of
the Interior, Washington, DC 20240.
Postmark must be no later than March
11, 2005. Comments may also be faxed
to William A. Sinclair at (202) 219–1404
no later than March 11, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William A. Sinclair, Director, Office of
Self-Governance and SelfDetermination, Mail Stop 4618–MIB,
1849 C Street, NW., U.S. Department of
the Interior, Washington, DC 20240;
telephone: (202) 219–0244
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of these consultation meetings
is to provide Indian Tribes/Consortia
and other interested parties with
opportunities to consult on the
proposed Department’s policy on
fiduciary trust records management
regarding Title I and Title IV Tribes/
Consortia and on proposed language to
be negotiated as part of the 2006 Title
I and Title IV funding agreements
regarding fiduciary trust records
management. The policy and language
are being formulated to assure
fulfillment of the United States’ trust
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responsibility (1) to protect and preserve
fiduciary trust records for tribal and
individual Indian trust assets and (2) to
confirm protection and beneficial use of
Indian trust assets given the United
States’ trust responsibility for the trust
assets being managed by Tribes/
Consortia under Title I/Title IV funding
agreements.
The proposed Department’s Policy on
Fiduciary Trust Records Management
for Title I and Title IV Tribes/Consortia
follows:
Preamble: The purpose of this
fiduciary trust records policy is to create
a partnership regarding fiduciary trust
records management between Title I and
Title IV Tribes/Consortia and the U.S.
Department of the Interior (Department)
so that Tribes/Consortia can continue to
carry out their inherent governmental
responsibilities and so that the Secretary
of the Interior (Secretary) can fully
discharge her responsibility as the
trustee-delegate. This policy recognizes
that Title I and Title IV Tribes/
Consortia, as sovereign governments, are
responsible for enhancing and
protecting tribal resources to support
the well being of their constituents and
for fulfilling the requirements of their
Title I and Title IV funding agreements.
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This policy recognizes that the
Department has delegated non-inherent
federal trust activities to Tribes and will
assist, coordinate with and support
Tribes/Consortia as both governments
carry out this policy.
Policy Statement: The Secretary of the
Interior (Secretary) must preserve,
protect and manage all fiduciary trust
records for the tribal and individual
Indian trust assets that the Department
manages as defined in footnote 2 on the
decision flow chart. When Tribes/
Consortia assume a fiduciary trust
program, service, function or activity, or
portion thereof, under Title I or Title IV
funding agreements, they too must
preserve, protect and manage all
fiduciary trust records (as defined in
footnote 2 on the decision flow chart),
regardless of the source of funds used to
generate the fiduciary trust records. This
policy does not add any record keeping
requirements on Tribes/Consortia.
Except for the information that Tribes/
Consortia must maintain pursuant to
statutes and regulations, Tribes/
Consortia are allowed to create those
records they deem necessary to
implement the trust programs assumed
under Title I or Title IV funding
agreements. These tribally created or
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maintained fiduciary trust records are
permanent records and shall not be
destroyed. With the exception of those
fiduciary trust records submitted to the
Secretary as part of a trust transaction
decision, such records remain in the
legal custody of the Tribe/Consortium
and are not subject to the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA). The American
Indian Records Repository (AIRR) in
Lenexa, Kansas, is available to store all
fiduciary trust records, including those
from a Tribe/Consortium that no longer
wishes to store its fiduciary trust
records onsite or near the reservation.
These records, when housed in the
AIRR, will remain in the Tribe’s/
Consortium’s legal custody.
The Secretary shall have reasonable
access to the fiduciary trust records
maintained by the Tribe/Consortium.
The Secretary shall give reasonable oral
or written advance request for access.
Access shall include visual inspection
and the production of copies as
necessary and shall not include the
involuntary removal of the records.
Decision Flow Chart: The flow
diagram entitled ‘‘Is it a fiduciary trust
record?’’ follows:
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The following language is proposed to
be negotiated as part of the 2006 Title
I and Title IV funding agreements
regarding fiduciary trust records
management:
The Tribe/Consortium and Secretary agree
to implement the Policy on Fiduciary Trust
Records Management for Title I and Title IV
Tribes/Consortia by working cooperatively in
records creation, maintenance and
disposition and training activities.
The Tribe/Consortium agrees to:
(a) Preserve, protect and manage all
fiduciary trust records, as defined in the
Secretary of Interior’s Policy on
Fiduciary Trust Records Management
for Title I and Title IV Tribes/Consortia
created and maintained by Tribes/
Consortia during their management of
trust programs in their Title I/Title IV
agreements;
(b) Make available to the Secretary all
fiduciary trust records maintained by
the Tribe/Consortium, provided that the
Secretary gives reasonable oral or
written advance request to the Tribe/
Consortium. Access shall include visual
inspection and the production of copies
as necessary and shall not include the
involuntary removal of the records; and
(c) Store and permanently retain all
inactive fiduciary trust records at the
Tribe/Consortium or allow such records
to be removed and stored at the
American Indian Records Repository
(AIRR) in Lenexa, Kansas at no cost to
the Tribe/Consortium.
The Secretary agrees to:
(a) Allow the Tribe/Consortium to
determine what records it maintains to
implement the trust program assumed
under a Title I or Title IV agreement
except it must maintain the information
required by statute and regulation;
(b) Store all inactive fiduciary trust
records at AIRR at no cost to the Tribe/
Consortium when the Tribe/Consortium
no longer wishes to keep the records.
Further, the Tribe/Consortium will
retain legal custody and determine
access to these records;
(c) Work with the Tribe/Consortium
on a tribal storage and retrieval system
for fiduciary trust records stored at
AIRR; and
(d) Provide technical and financial
assistance for Tribes/Consortia in
preserving, protecting and managing
their fiduciary trust records from
available funds appropriated for this
purpose.
Dated: January 26, 2005.
Abraham E. Haspel,
Assistant Deputy Secretary—Office of the
Secretary.
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; 5-Year Review of Lesser
Long-nosed Bat, Black-capped Vireo,
Yuma Clapper Rail, Pima Pineapple
Cactus, Gypsum Wild-Buckwheat,
Mesa Verde Cactus, and Zuni Fleabane
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of review.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service) announces a 5-year
review of the lesser long-nosed bat
(Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae),
the black-capped vireo (Vireo
atricapilla), the Yuma clapper rail
(Rallus longirostris yumanensis), Pima
pineapple cactus (Coryphantha sheeri
var. robustispina), gypsum wildbuckwheat (Erigonum gypsophilum),
Mesa Verde cactus (Sclerocactus mesaeverde), and Zuni fleabane (Erigeron
rhizomatus) under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (Act). The purpose
of reviews conducted under this section
of the Act is to ensure that the
classification of species as threatened or
endangered on the List of Endangered
and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (50
CFR 17.12) is accurate. The 5-year
review is an assessment of the best
scientific and commercial data available
at the time of the review.
DATES: To allow adequate time to
conduct this review, information
submitted for our consideration must be
received on or before May 3, 2005.
However, we will continue to accept
new information about any listed
species at any time.
ADDRESSES: Information submitted on
these species should be sent to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service at the
following addresses. Information
received in response to this notice of
review will be available for public
inspection by appointment, during
normal business hours, at the same
addresses.
Information regarding the lesser longnosed bat, Yuma clapper rail, and Pima
pineapple cactus should be sent to the
Field Supervisor, Attention 5-year
Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Arizona Ecological Services Field
Office, 2321 West Royal Palm Road,
Suite 103, Phoenix, AZ 85021.
Information regarding the blackcapped vireo should be sent to the Field
Supervisor, Attention 5-year Review,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Ecological Services, 711 Stadium Drive,
Suite 252, Arlington, TX 76011.
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Information regarding gypsum wildbuckwheat, Mesa verde cactus, and
Zuni fleabane should be sent to the
Field Supervisor, Attention 5-year
Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
New Mexico Ecological Services Field
Office, 2105 Osuna Road NE,
Albuquerque, NM 87113.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
the lesser long-nosed bat, contact Scott
Richardson at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Arizona Ecological Services
Tucson Sub-Office, 201 North Bonita,
Suite 141, Tucson, AZ 84745, 520–670–
6150 x 242, scott_richardson@fws.gov.
For the Pima pineapple cactus, contact
Mima Falk at Tucson Sub-Office address
above, 520–670–6150 x 225,
mima_falk@fws.gov. For the blackcapped vireo, contact Omar Bocanegra
at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Ecological Services Field Office, 711
Stadium Drive, Arlington, TX 76011,
817–277–1100,
omar_bocanegra@fws.gov. For the Yuma
clapper rail, contact Lesley Fitzpatrick
at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Arizona Ecological Services Field
Office, 2321 West Royal Palm Road,
Suite 103, Phoenix, AZ, 85021, 602–
242–0210 x 236,
lesley_fitzpatrick@fws.gov. For the
gypsum wild-buckwheat, Mesa Verde
cactus, and Zuni fleabane, contact
Nancy Baczek at the New Mexico
Ecological Services Field Office, 2105
Osuna Road, NE, Albuquerque, NM
87113, 505–761–4711,
nancy_baczek@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Why Is a 5-Year Review Conducted?
Section 4(c)(2)(A) of the Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) requires that we
conduct a review of listed species at
least once every 5 years. We are then,
under section 4(c)(2)(B) and the
provisions of subsections (a) and (b), to
determine, on the basis of such a
review, whether or not any species
should be removed from the List of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants (delisted), or reclassified
from endangered to threatened
(downlisted) , or from threatened to
endangered (uplisted). The 5-year
review is an assessment of the best
scientific and commercial data available
at the time of the review. Therefore, we
are requesting submission of any new
information (best scientific and
commercial data) on the following
species since their original listings as
either endangered (lesser long-nosed
bat, black-capped vireo, Yuma clapper
rail, and Pima pineapple cactus) or
threatened (gypsum wild-buckwheat,
Mesa Verde cactus, and Zuni fleabane).
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
Tribal Consultation on Proposed Self-Determination and Self-
Governance Funding Agreement Language on Fiduciary Trust Records
Management
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of tribal consultation meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces three consultation meetings that will be
held to obtain oral and written comments concerning (1) a proposed
policy on fiduciary trust records management for Self-Determination
(Title I) and Self-Governance (Title IV) Tribes/Consortia; and (2)
proposed language to be negotiated as part of the 2006 Title I and
Title IV funding agreements regarding fiduciary trust records
management. These meetings support the Department of the Interior's
(Department's) administrative policy on tribal consultation by
encouraging maximum direct participation of representatives of tribal
governments, tribal organizations and other interested persons on
important Departmental issues and processes.
In developing the proposed policy and language, the Department had
pre-scoping telephone conversations with tribal leaders and staff; held
a scoping meeting as part of a 2-day conference on Indian trust records
management; formed a Tribal Fiduciary Trust Records Management
Workgroup; held four workgroup meetings; transmitted a tribal leader
letter soliciting comments on the proposed policy language to be
presented for consultation; and engaged in discussions with tribal
leaders and staff at the Fall Self-Governance Conference. The proposed
policy and language incorporates many valuable comments received to
date. The upcoming consultation will provide another opportunity for
Indian tribes and interested parties to comment on proposed federal
policy and funding agreement language regarding fiduciary trust records
management for Title I and Title IV Tribes/Consortia.
Once final decisions are made regarding the policy and the funding
agreement language, guidance will be provided to the Director, Bureau
of Indian Affairs and the Director, Office of Self-Governance and Self-
Determination regarding language to be negotiated as part of the 2006
Title I and Title IV funding agreements regarding fiduciary trust
records management.
DATES: The following three consultation meetings will be held:
1. March 2, 2005, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Portland, Oregon.
2. March 3, 2005, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Phoenix, Arizona.
3. March 9, 2005, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nashville, Tennessee.
Written comments should be postmarked or faxed no later than March
11, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The meeting locations are:
1. Portland--Red Lion Portland Convention Center, 1021 NE. Grand
Avenue, Portland, Oregon; telephone: (503) 235-2100.
2. Phoenix--Hilton Phoenix Airport, 2435 South 47th Street,
Phoenix, Arizona; telephone: (480) 894-1600.
3. Nashville--DoubleTree Hotel Nashville--Downtown, 315 4th Avenue
North, Nashville, Tennessee; telephone: (615) 747-8200.
Written comments may be mailed to William A. Sinclair, Director,
Office of Self-Governance and Self-Determination, Mail Stop 4618-MIB,
1849 C Street, NW., U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC
20240. Postmark must be no later than March 11, 2005. Comments may also
be faxed to William A. Sinclair at (202) 219-1404 no later than March
11, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William A. Sinclair, Director, Office
of Self-Governance and Self-Determination, Mail Stop 4618-MIB, 1849 C
Street, NW., U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240;
telephone: (202) 219-0244
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of these consultation meetings
is to provide Indian Tribes/Consortia and other interested parties with
opportunities to consult on the proposed Department's policy on
fiduciary trust records management regarding Title I and Title IV
Tribes/Consortia and on proposed language to be negotiated as part of
the 2006 Title I and Title IV funding agreements regarding fiduciary
trust records management. The policy and language are being formulated
to assure fulfillment of the United States' trust
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responsibility (1) to protect and preserve fiduciary trust records for
tribal and individual Indian trust assets and (2) to confirm protection
and beneficial use of Indian trust assets given the United States'
trust responsibility for the trust assets being managed by Tribes/
Consortia under Title I/Title IV funding agreements.
The proposed Department's Policy on Fiduciary Trust Records
Management for Title I and Title IV Tribes/Consortia follows:
Preamble: The purpose of this fiduciary trust records policy is to
create a partnership regarding fiduciary trust records management
between Title I and Title IV Tribes/Consortia and the U.S. Department
of the Interior (Department) so that Tribes/Consortia can continue to
carry out their inherent governmental responsibilities and so that the
Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) can fully discharge her
responsibility as the trustee-delegate. This policy recognizes that
Title I and Title IV Tribes/Consortia, as sovereign governments, are
responsible for enhancing and protecting tribal resources to support
the well being of their constituents and for fulfilling the
requirements of their Title I and Title IV funding agreements. This
policy recognizes that the Department has delegated non-inherent
federal trust activities to Tribes and will assist, coordinate with and
support Tribes/Consortia as both governments carry out this policy.
Policy Statement: The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) must
preserve, protect and manage all fiduciary trust records for the tribal
and individual Indian trust assets that the Department manages as
defined in footnote 2 on the decision flow chart. When Tribes/Consortia
assume a fiduciary trust program, service, function or activity, or
portion thereof, under Title I or Title IV funding agreements, they too
must preserve, protect and manage all fiduciary trust records (as
defined in footnote 2 on the decision flow chart), regardless of the
source of funds used to generate the fiduciary trust records. This
policy does not add any record keeping requirements on Tribes/
Consortia. Except for the information that Tribes/Consortia must
maintain pursuant to statutes and regulations, Tribes/Consortia are
allowed to create those records they deem necessary to implement the
trust programs assumed under Title I or Title IV funding agreements.
These tribally created or maintained fiduciary trust records are
permanent records and shall not be destroyed. With the exception of
those fiduciary trust records submitted to the Secretary as part of a
trust transaction decision, such records remain in the legal custody of
the Tribe/Consortium and are not subject to the Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA). The American Indian Records Repository (AIRR) in Lenexa,
Kansas, is available to store all fiduciary trust records, including
those from a Tribe/Consortium that no longer wishes to store its
fiduciary trust records onsite or near the reservation. These records,
when housed in the AIRR, will remain in the Tribe's/Consortium's legal
custody.
The Secretary shall have reasonable access to the fiduciary trust
records maintained by the Tribe/Consortium. The Secretary shall give
reasonable oral or written advance request for access. Access shall
include visual inspection and the production of copies as necessary and
shall not include the involuntary removal of the records.
Decision Flow Chart: The flow diagram entitled ``Is it a fiduciary
trust record?'' follows:
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The following language is proposed to be negotiated as part of the
2006 Title I and Title IV funding agreements regarding fiduciary trust
records management:
The Tribe/Consortium and Secretary agree to implement the Policy
on Fiduciary Trust Records Management for Title I and Title IV
Tribes/Consortia by working cooperatively in records creation,
maintenance and disposition and training activities.
The Tribe/Consortium agrees to:
(a) Preserve, protect and manage all fiduciary trust records, as
defined in the Secretary of Interior's Policy on Fiduciary Trust
Records Management for Title I and Title IV Tribes/Consortia created
and maintained by Tribes/Consortia during their management of trust
programs in their Title I/Title IV agreements;
(b) Make available to the Secretary all fiduciary trust records
maintained by the Tribe/Consortium, provided that the Secretary gives
reasonable oral or written advance request to the Tribe/Consortium.
Access shall include visual inspection and the production of copies as
necessary and shall not include the involuntary removal of the records;
and
(c) Store and permanently retain all inactive fiduciary trust
records at the Tribe/Consortium or allow such records to be removed and
stored at the American Indian Records Repository (AIRR) in Lenexa,
Kansas at no cost to the Tribe/Consortium.
The Secretary agrees to:
(a) Allow the Tribe/Consortium to determine what records it
maintains to implement the trust program assumed under a Title I or
Title IV agreement except it must maintain the information required by
statute and regulation;
(b) Store all inactive fiduciary trust records at AIRR at no cost
to the Tribe/Consortium when the Tribe/Consortium no longer wishes to
keep the records. Further, the Tribe/Consortium will retain legal
custody and determine access to these records;
(c) Work with the Tribe/Consortium on a tribal storage and
retrieval system for fiduciary trust records stored at AIRR; and
(d) Provide technical and financial assistance for Tribes/Consortia
in preserving, protecting and managing their fiduciary trust records
from available funds appropriated for this purpose.
Dated: January 26, 2005.
Abraham E. Haspel,
Assistant Deputy Secretary--Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-1869 Filed 2-1-05; 8:45 am]
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