[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 59 (Thursday, March 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17093-17094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06325]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[201D0102DR/DS5A300000/DR.5A311.IA000118]


Land Acquisitions; Catawba Indian Nation, Kings Mountain Parcel, 
North Carolina

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 16.57 acres, more or less, of land in trust 
for the Catawba Indian Nation for gaming and other purposes on March 
12, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, Mailstop 3543, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240, 
telephone (202) 219-4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 12, 2020, the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs made a final agency determination to accept land into 
trust for the Catawba Indian Nation under the authority of the Indian 
Reorganization

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Act of June 18, 1934, 25 U.S.C. 5108. The Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs also determined that the Catawba Indian Nation meets the 
requirements of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act's ``Restored Lands'' 
exception, 25 U.S.C. 2719 (b)(1)(A)(B)(iii), to the general prohibition 
contained in 25 U.S.C. 2719(a) on gaming on lands acquired in trust 
after October 17, 1988.
    The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, on behalf of the Secretary 
of the Interior, will immediately acquire title to Kings Mountain 
Parcel, 16.57 acres, more or less, in the name of the United States of 
America in Trust for Catawba Indian Nation upon fulfillment of all 
Departmental requirements. The 16.57 acres, more or less, are described 
as follows:

Legal Description of Property

    Beginning on a concrete right of way monument having NAD83 NC 
State Plane Grid Coordinates N: 536550.60 USFT and E: 1292093.25 
USFT and being located N 11[deg]18'59'' W 637.68' (Horizontal Ground 
Distance) from NCGS ``Dixon'' having NAD83 NC State Plane Grid 
Coordinates N: 535925.42 USFT and E: 1292218.36 USFT; running thence 
S 35[deg]20'37'' W 83.44' to a concrete right of way monument; 
thence along an arc of curve to the left having a radius of 906.51', 
an arc length of 357.87', a chord bearing S 68[deg]52'34'' W and a 
chord length of 355.55' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set; thence S 
57[deg]19'29'' W 498.70' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set; thence along an arc 
of curve to the right having a radius of 1344.39', an arc length of 
113.61', a chord bearing S 59[deg]44'45'' W and a chord length of 
113.58' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set; thence a new line N 23[deg]34'25'' W 
751.26' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set; thence a new line N 66[deg]25'35'' E 
1026.64' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set in the Western Right of Way Line of 
State Project 8.2800802; thence with the western right of way line N 
66[deg]25'35'' E 43.71' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set; thence S 
23[deg]18'33'' E 151.15' to a \1/2\'' Rebar Found; thence S 
23[deg]18'33'' E 93.85' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set; thence S 
67[deg]29'04'' W 19.83' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set; thence S 
23[deg]18'56'' E 237.04' to a 5/8'' Rebar Set; thence S 
17[deg]18'46'' E 150.51' to the point and place of beginning and 
containing 16.573 Acres  and shown as Lot 1 according to 
a survey by TGS Engineers Dated September 17, 2018.


    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.

    Dated: March 12, 2020.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-06325 Filed 3-25-20; 8:45 am]
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