Court of Indian Offenses Serving the Wind River Indian Reservation, 74809-74810 [2016-26041]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 208 / Thursday, October 27, 2016 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4285– DR; Docket ID FEMA–2016–0001] North Carolina; Major Disaster and Related Determinations Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of North Carolina (FEMA–4285–DR), dated October 10, 2016, and related determinations. DATES: Effective October 10, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dean Webster, Office of Response and Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter dated October 10, 2016, the President issued a major disaster declaration under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. 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[FR Doc. 2016–25598 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9111–23–P PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 74809 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs [178A2100DD/AAKC001030/ A0A501010.999900 253G] Court of Indian Offenses Serving the Wind River Indian Reservation Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Waiver of Certain Parts of 25 CFR Part 11. AGENCY: This notice accompanies the interim final rule establishing a Court of Indian Offenses (also known as CFR Court) for the Wind River Indian Reservation. It waives the application of certain sections of the regulations for the Court of Indian Offenses serving the Wind River Indian Reservation to allow BIA to establish a CFR court when necessary. It will also allow the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs to appoint a magistrate without the need for confirmation by the tribal governing body. DATES: This notice is effective on October 27, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Elizabeth Appel, Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs & Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs, (202) 273–4680; elizabeth.appel@bia.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Courts of Indian Offenses operate in those areas of Indian country where tribes retain jurisdiction over Indians that is exclusive of State jurisdiction but where tribal courts have not been established to fully exercise that jurisdiction. The Eastern Shoshone Tribe and the Northern Arapaho Tribe have a joint interest in the Wind River Indian Reservation; however, the current tribal court operating on the reservation, the Shoshone & Arapaho Tribal Court, is currently operating without the support of both Tribes, and with limited resources. To ensure the continued administration of justice on the Reservation, BIA is taking steps to ensure that judicial services will continue to be provided if the Shoshone & Arapaho Tribal Court ceases operations. Therefore, the Secretary has determined, in her discretion, that it is necessary to waive 25 CFR 11.104(a) and 25 CFR 11.201(a) on the Wind River Indian Reservation to ensure that the Bureau of Indian Affairs can establish and operate a Court of Indian Offenses immediately in the event that the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal Court ceases operations. Section 11.104(a) provides that 25 CFR part 11 applies to Tribes listed in SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\27OCN1.SGM 27OCN1 74810 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 208 / Thursday, October 27, 2016 / Notices § 11.100 until either BIA and the Tribe enter into a contract or compact for the Tribe to provide judicial services, or until the Tribe has put into effect a lawand-order code that meets certain requirements. Section 11.201(a) provides that the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs appoints a magistrate subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the Tribal governing bodies. The waiver will allow BIA to establish a CFR court when necessary and to allow the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs to appoint a magistrate without the need for confirmation by the Tribal governing body. Dated: October 17, 2016. Lawrence S. Roberts, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. 2016–26041 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4337–15–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–NER–FIIS–DTS–21798; PX.P0201786a.00.1] Draft Fire Island Wilderness Breach Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Fire Island National Seashore, New York National Park Service, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the Draft Fire Island Wilderness Breach Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (Draft Breach Plan/ EIS) for Fire Island National Seashore, New York. The Draft Breach Plan/EIS presents and analyzes the potential consequences of three alternatives that will guide the management of the breach that occurred in the Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness during Hurricane Sandy in October, 2012. SUMMARY: The comment period will end on December 12, 2016. A public meeting will be held on November 7, 2016. ADDRESSES: Copies of the Draft Breach Plan/EIS will be available online for public review at https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/ FireIslandBreachManagementPlan. A limited number of hard copies will be available upon request. The public meeting will be held at the PatchogueWatch Hill Ferry Terminal at 150 West Ave. in Patchogue, New York. Comments can be submitted sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:43 Oct 26, 2016 Jkt 241001 electronically at https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/ FireIslandBreachManagementPlan. Comments in hard copy (e.g., in a letter) can be sent by U.S. Postal Service or other mail delivery service or handdelivered to: Chris Soller, Superintendent, Fire Island National Seashore, 120 Laurel Street Patchogue, NY 11772. Written comments will also be accepted at the public meeting. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kaetlyn Jackson, Fire Island National Seashore, 120 Laurel Street Patchogue, NY, 11772, 631–687–4770. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy created three breaches in the barrier island system off the south shore of Long Island, New York, including one within the Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness Area (Fire Island Wilderness) which is within the boundaries of Fire Island National Seashore (Seashore). The existing Breach Contingency Plan, developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1996, is the only guidance currently in effect to address breaches along coastal Long Island from Fire Island Inlet east to Montauk Point. Action is needed at this time because the Breach Contingency Plan is outdated and does not adequately address management of breaches in the Fire Island Wilderness. Managing a breach in designated wilderness is different from managing breaches outside wilderness areas, as the NPS must manage federal wilderness to preserve wilderness character. Management of the Fire Island Wilderness must comply with the Wilderness Act of 1964; the 1980 Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness Act (Pub. L. 96–585); and the 1983 Wilderness Management Plan, Fire Island National Seashore, which governs NPS actions taken in the Fire Island Wilderness. However, while the wilderness breach must be managed to protect wilderness character, the Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness Act does not preclude closure of a wilderness breach if closure were needed ‘‘to prevent loss of life, flooding, and other severe economic and physical damage to the Great South Bay and surrounding areas.’’ Therefore, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the NPS prepared this Draft Fire Island Wilderness Breach Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (Draft Breach Plan/EIS) to develop a management strategy for the breach in the Fire Island Wilderness. The Draft Breach Plan/EIS has several goals: PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 • Ensuring the continued integrity of the wilderness character; • protecting the natural and cultural features of the Seashore and its surrounding ecosystems; • protecting human life; and • managing the risk of economic and physical damage to the surrounding areas. Scoping and early engagement with other agencies, tribes, stakeholders, and the public began in late 2014 and continued through 2015. Formal public scoping was initiated with the publication of a Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS in the Federal Register (80 FR 53886, Sept. 8, 2015). Early in the scoping period, the US Army Corps of Engineers, New York district and the State of New York, Department of Environmental Conservation agreed to be cooperating agencies in development of the Breach Plan/EIS. The Draft Breach Plan/EIS evaluates two action alternatives and the noaction alternative. Alternative 1—Mechanical closure of the wilderness breach as soon as possible. Alternative 2 (no action)—The evolution, growth, and/or closure of the wilderness breach would be determined by natural barrier island processes and no human intervention would occur to close the breach or to reopen the breach if it were to close by natural processes. Alternative 3 (proposed action and NPS preferred alternative)—The evolution, growth, and/or closure of the breach would be determined by natural barrier island processes, and human intervention to close the breach would occur only ‘‘to prevent loss of life, flooding, and other severe economic and physical damage to the Great South Bay and surrounding areas.’’ The NPS would develop criteria that indicate the breach poses a threat to life and/or property. As long as monitoring data show that the established criteria have not been exceeded, the NPS would allow the breach to be shaped entirely by natural processes with no human intervention. The breach may remain open or it may close naturally. If monitoring data indicate that the established criteria have been exceeded, the breach would be mechanically closed as soon as practicable. Alternative 3 is identified as the NPS preferred alternative because it allows the breach to be managed according to NPS resource management policies and wilderness directives while allowing closure if necessary to prevent ‘‘loss of life, flooding, and other severe economic and physical damage to the Great South Bay and surrounding areas.’’ E:\FR\FM\27OCN1.SGM 27OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 208 (Thursday, October 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74809-74810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26041]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[178A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900 253G]


Court of Indian Offenses Serving the Wind River Indian 
Reservation

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Waiver of Certain Parts of 25 CFR Part 11.

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SUMMARY: This notice accompanies the interim final rule establishing a 
Court of Indian Offenses (also known as CFR Court) for the Wind River 
Indian Reservation. It waives the application of certain sections of 
the regulations for the Court of Indian Offenses serving the Wind River 
Indian Reservation to allow BIA to establish a CFR court when 
necessary. It will also allow the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs 
to appoint a magistrate without the need for confirmation by the tribal 
governing body.

DATES: This notice is effective on October 27, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Elizabeth Appel, Director, Office 
of Regulatory Affairs & Collaborative Action--Indian Affairs, (202) 
273-4680; elizabeth.appel@bia.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Courts of Indian Offenses operate in those 
areas of Indian country where tribes retain jurisdiction over Indians 
that is exclusive of State jurisdiction but where tribal courts have 
not been established to fully exercise that jurisdiction. The Eastern 
Shoshone Tribe and the Northern Arapaho Tribe have a joint interest in 
the Wind River Indian Reservation; however, the current tribal court 
operating on the reservation, the Shoshone & Arapaho Tribal Court, is 
currently operating without the support of both Tribes, and with 
limited resources. To ensure the continued administration of justice on 
the Reservation, BIA is taking steps to ensure that judicial services 
will continue to be provided if the Shoshone & Arapaho Tribal Court 
ceases operations. Therefore, the Secretary has determined, in her 
discretion, that it is necessary to waive 25 CFR 11.104(a) and 25 CFR 
11.201(a) on the Wind River Indian Reservation to ensure that the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs can establish and operate a Court of Indian 
Offenses immediately in the event that the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal 
Court ceases operations.
    Section 11.104(a) provides that 25 CFR part 11 applies to Tribes 
listed in

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Sec.  11.100 until either BIA and the Tribe enter into a contract or 
compact for the Tribe to provide judicial services, or until the Tribe 
has put into effect a law-and-order code that meets certain 
requirements.
    Section 11.201(a) provides that the Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs appoints a magistrate subject to confirmation by a majority 
vote of the Tribal governing bodies.
    The waiver will allow BIA to establish a CFR court when necessary 
and to allow the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs to appoint a 
magistrate without the need for confirmation by the Tribal governing 
body.

    Dated: October 17, 2016.
Lawrence S. Roberts,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016-26041 Filed 10-26-16; 8:45 am]
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