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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Environmental statements; notice of intent:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Soboba Band of Luise[ntilde]o Indians' Proposed Trust Acquisition and Casino/Hotel Project, City of San Jacinto, Riverside County, CA
DATES: Written comments on the scope of the EIS must arrive by January 22, 2008. The public scoping meeting will be held January 8, 2008, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., or until all those who register to make statements have been heard.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA), in cooperation with the Soboba Band of Luise[ntilde]o
Indians (Tribe), intends to gather information necessary for preparing
an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed feetotrust
land acquisition and casino and hotel project (Proposed Action) located
within the City of San Jacinto, Riverside County, California. The
purpose of the Proposed Action is to improve the tribal economy in order to better enable the
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Tribe to provide governmental services, perform governmental functions,
create jobs and career opportunities for tribal members and develop
programs that would assist tribal members to attain economic self
sufficiency. This notice also announces a public scoping meeting to
identify potential issues, alternatives and content for inclusion in
the EIS.
SUMMARY: Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, CA; fee-to-trust land acquisition and hotel and casino project,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The Tribe proposes that 289.88 Of the 289.88
Access to the site would be via Lake Park Drive and Soboba Road, by way of a new access point/driveway. The proposed hotel and casino complex would be generally located at the intersection of Soboba Road and Lake Park Drive and abut the existing golf course. The proposed wastewater treatment plant and fire station would be on the southern side of Lake Park Drive.
The Soboba Band of Luise[ntilde]o Indians is a federally recognized Indian tribe governed by a tribal council consisting of five members, under a federally approved constitution. The Tribe currently has a federally approved tribalstate gaming compact with the State of California.
Public Comment and Solicitation
Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the BIA address shown in the ADDRESSES section, during business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Before including your address, phone number, email address or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire commentincluding your personal identifying informationmay 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.
Authority
This notice is published in accordance with section 1501.7, 1506.6
and 1508.22 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.
4371 et seq.), and the Department of the Interior Manual (516 DM 16),
and is in the exercise of authority delegated to the Assistant SecretaryIndian Affairs by 209 DM 8.1.
Dated: November 9, 2007.
Carl J. Artman,
Assistant SecretaryIndian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E724293 Filed 121307; 8:45 am]
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