Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for a Study Recommending a Timbisha Shoshone Tribal Homeland in and Around Death Valley National Park Inyo County, California and Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 32063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15214]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for a Study 
Recommending a Timbisha Shoshone Tribal Homeland in and Around Death 
Valley National Park Inyo County, California and Esmeralda and Nye 
Counties, Nevada

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 705(b) of the 1994 California Desert 
Protection Act (P.L. 103-433), the National Park Service, Department of 
the Interior convened a joint Federal-Tribal negotiating team to 
prepare a draft suitability report to Congress regarding establishment 
of a permanent Timbisha Shoshone Tribal land base in and around Death 
Valley National Park. In deference to public interest expressed to date 
from local government agencies, organizations, and other interested 
parties, the original public comment period expiring June 15, 1999 has 
been extended an additional 30 (thirty) calendar days to July 15, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments on the draft document must 
now be received or post-marked not later than July 15, 1999, and should 
be directed to the Superintendent, Death Valley National Park, P.O. Box 
579, Death Valley, CA 92328; phone (760) 786-3243. The study document 
and other background information are available as noted above, or may 
be obtained via the park website (www.nps.gov/deva).

    Dated: June 8, 1999.
Sondra S. Humphries,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West.
[FR Doc. 99-15214 Filed 6-14-99; 8:45 am]
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