Draft Policy on Consultation With Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Corporations

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 11564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4393]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Draft Policy on Consultation With Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act Corporations

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior is requesting comments on its
draft policy on consultation with Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
corporations.

DATES: Submit comments by April 27, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the draft policy to: attn: Alaska
Consultation Policy, Office of the Secretary, 1849 C Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20240; Email: consultation@doi.gov. You can request
copies of the draft policy by sending a letter or email to one of the
above addresses or by calling 202-208-4503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Sisk, Department of the
Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240. Email: Jennifer_Sisk@ios.doi.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 13175 directs all Federal
agencies to ensure consultation and coordination with Indian tribal
governments on Federal actions that will affect tribal governments.
Under Public Law 108-199, this consultation policy also applies to
corporations established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(ANCSA). Federal agencies are therefore required to consult and
coordinate with ANCSA corporations on the same basis as Indian tribes
in developing policies that would affect these corporations and their
tribal shareholders. To implement these requirements, the Department is
proposing and seeking comments on a draft consultation policy to govern
all activities that will affect ANCSA corporations. Copies of the draft
policy are available at the address given in the ADDRESSES section of
this notice.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.

Dated: February 17, 2012.
David J. Hayes,
Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2012-4393 Filed 2-24-12; 8:45 am]
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