Notice2021-27953
Resumption of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Coquille Indian Tribe Fee-to-Trust and Gaming Facility Project, Medford, Oregon
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Published
December 27, 2021
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Interior DepartmentIndian Affairs Bureau
Abstract
The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs has withdrawn the Department of the Interior's previous denial of the Coquille Indian Tribe's (Tribe) application to transfer land into trust in Medford, Oregon. Pursuant to this notice, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) will resume preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed project.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 245 (Monday, December 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 73313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27953]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[222D0102DR/DS5A300000/DR.5A311.IA000118]
Resumption of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement
for the Proposed Coquille Indian Tribe Fee-to-Trust and Gaming Facility
Project, Medford, Oregon
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs has withdrawn the
Department of the Interior's previous denial of the Coquille Indian
Tribe's (Tribe) application to transfer land into trust in Medford,
Oregon. Pursuant to this notice, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
will resume preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for
the proposed project.
DATES: On November 19, 2021, the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs
remanded the Tribe's application to the BIA to complete the
environmental review process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Bryan Mercier, Northwest Regional
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Northwest Region, 911 Northeast
11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232-4165.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 15, 2015, the BIA published in
the Federal Register a Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for the
Tribe's application for fee-to-trust acquisition of 2.42 acres and a
gaming facility project in Medford, Oregon. The BIA initiated scoping
on February 2, 2015. On May 27, 2020, the Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary--Indian Affairs declined to accept conveyance of the Medford
Site into trust (2020 Denial). On November 19, 2021, the Assistant
Secretary--Indian Affairs withdrew the 2020 Denial and remanded the
Tribe's application to the BIA to complete the environmental review
process under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Pursuant to
this Notice, the BIA will resume preparation of the EIS. The EIS is
being prepared for the Tribe's application requesting that the United
States acquire in trust approximately 2.42 acres of land within the
City of Medford, Jackson County, Oregon. The Tribe is proposing to
retrofit and remodel an existing bowling alley into a 30,300-square-
foot gaming facility.
Authority: This notice is published in accordance with sections
1501.7 and 1506.6 of the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations
(40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508) implementing the procedural
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321-4345 et seq.), and the Department of the
Interior National Environmental Policy Act Regulations (43 CFR part
46), and is in the exercise of authority delegated to the Assistant
Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.
Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-27953 Filed 12-23-21; 8:45 am]
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