Notice2022-25618
Land Acquisitions; Tejon Tribe, Mettler Site, Kern County, California
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Published
November 23, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentIndian Affairs Bureau
Abstract
The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency determination to acquire in trust 320.04 acres, more or less, of land known as the Mettler Site in Kern County, California, (Site) for the Tejon Indian Tribe, (Tribe) for gaming and other purposes.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71667-71668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25618]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Land Acquisitions; Tejon Tribe, Mettler Site, Kern County,
California
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency
determination to acquire in trust 320.04 acres, more or less, of land
known as the Mettler Site in Kern County, California, (Site) for the
Tejon Indian Tribe, (Tribe) for gaming and other purposes.
DATES: This final determination was made on November 17, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of
Indian Gaming, Mailstop 3543, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3444554158551a5c55464074565d551a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e49485918885ca8c859690a4868d85ca838b92">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 219-4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the date listed in the DATES section of
this notice, the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final
agency determination to acquire the Site, consisting of 320.04 acres,
more or less, in trust for the Tribe under the authority of the Indian
Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934, 25 U.S.C. 5108.
The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, on behalf of the Secretary
of the Interior, will immediately acquire title to the Site in the name
of the United States of America in trust for Tribe upon fulfillment of
all Departmental requirements. The 320.04 acres, more or less, are
described as follows:
Real Property in the Unincorporated Area of the County of Kern, State
of California, Described as Follows
Parcel 1
The northeast quarter of Section 2, Township 11 North, Range 20
West, San Bernardino Meridian, in the unincorporated area of the County
of Kern, State of California, according to the official plat thereof.
Also known as: Lot No. 1 and Lot No. 2, Section 2 as shown on the
approved February 3, 1863 General Land Office official Plat of Township
11 North, Range 20 West, San Bernardino Meridian, in the unincorporated
area of the County of Kern, State of California, according to the
official plat thereof.
Parcel 2
The northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 2,
Township 11 North, Range 20 West, San Bernardino Meridian, in the
unincorporated area of the County of Kern, State of California,
according to the official plat thereof.
Parcel 3
The west half of the southeast quarter and the southeast quarter of
the southeast quarter of section 2, township 11 north, range 20 West,
San Bernardino Meridian, in the unincorporated area of the County of
Kern, State of California, according to the official plat thereof.
Excepting therefrom all oil, gas, minerals and other hydrocarbon
substances within or underlying said land, or that may be produced and
saved therefrom, providing however, grantor, his successors and assigns
shall not conduct drilling or other operations upon the surface of said
land, but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prevent the
grantor, his successors and assigns, from extracting or capturing said
minerals by drilling on adjacent or neighboring lands and/or from
conducting subsurface drilling operations under said land at a depth of
100 feet below the surface of said land, so as not to disturb the
surface of said land or any improvements thereon, as reserved by
Chanslor-Western Oil and Development Company, a Delaware corporation,
successor in interest to Chanslor-Canfield Midway Oil Company, a
California corporation, in Deed recorded November 8, 1954, in Book
2317, Page 102, of Official Records.
Parcel 4
All that portion of section 11, township 11 north, range 20 west,
San Bernardino Meridian, in the unincorporated area of the County of
Kern, State of California, according to the official plat thereof
described as follows:
Beginning at the northeast corner of said section 11, thence South
78[deg]07'14'' West 184.02 feet to the true point of beginning; thence
South 89[deg]48'55'' West 40.00 feet; thence North 0[deg]11'05'' West
40.00 feet; thence North 89[deg]48'55'' East 40.00 feet; thence South
0[deg]11'05'' East 40.00 feet to the true point of beginning.
Excepting therefrom all oil, gas, minerals and other hydrocarbon
substances within or underlying said land as reserved by Kern County
Land Company, in Deed dated October 3,
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1945, recorded in Book 1283, Page 212, of Official Records.
Authority: This notice is published in the exercise of authority
delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs by 209 Departmental Manual 8.1, and is published to
comply with the requirements of 25 CFR 151.12 (c)(2)(ii) that notice of
the decision to acquire land in trust be promptly provided in the
Federal Register.
Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-25618 Filed 11-22-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4337-15-P
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