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[Federal Register: February 5, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 24)]
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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: Delay of Effective Date

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2001, from 
the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled 
``Regulatory Review Plan,'' 66 FR 7701 (Jan. 24, 2001), this document 
temporarily delays for 60 days the effective date of the rule entitled 
Acquisition of Title to Land in Trust, published in the Federal 
Register on January 16, 2001, at 66 FR 3452. That rule concerns 
procedures used by Indian tribes and individuals to ask the Secretary 
of the Interior to acquire title to land into trust and criteria used 
to determine whether to accept land to be held in trust.

DATES: The effective date of the Acquisition of Title to Land in Trust 
rule, amending 25 CFR part 151, published in the Federal Register on 
January 16, 2001, at 66 FR 3452, is delayed for 60 days, from January 
16, 2001 to a new effective date of March 17, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Virden, Director, Office of 
Trust Responsibilities, Mail Stop: 4513-MIB, 1849 ``C'' Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20240; telephone: 202-208-5831; electronic mail: 
<A HREF="mailto:TerryVirden@BIA.GOV">TerryVirden@BIA.GOV</A>

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department's implementation of this 
action without opportunity for public comment, effective immediately 
upon publication today in the Federal Register, is based on the good 
cause exceptions in 5 U.S.C. sections 553(b)(3)(B) and 553(d)(3), in 
that seeking public comment is impractical, unnecessary and contrary to 
the public interest. The temporary 60-day delay in effective date is 
necessary to give Department officials the opportunity for further 
review and consideration of new regulations, consistent with the 
Assistant to the President's memorandum of January 20, 2001. Given the 
imminence of the effective date, seeking prior public comment on this 
temporary delay would have been impractical, as well as contrary to the 
public interest in the orderly promulgation and implementation of 
regulations.

    Dated: January 31, 2001.
Timothy S. Elliott,
Acting Deputy Solicitor.
[FR Doc. 01-2963 Filed 2-2-01; 8:45 am]
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