Operation and Maintenance Rate Adjustment: San Carlos Irrigation Project, Arizona

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Operation and Maintenance Rate Adjustment: San Carlos Irrigation

Project, Arizona

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Irrigation Operation and Maintenance (O&M)

Rate Adjustment.

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SUMMARY: On September 17, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal

Register, Volume 62, Number 180, Page 48882 (62 FR 48882), by the

Bureau of Indian Affairs proposing to change the assessment rates for

operating and maintaining the San Carlos Irrigation Project for 1998

and 1999 and subsequent years. See 62 FR 48882 for additional

information concerning the proposed rate change. The notice of proposed

rate adjustment provided a 30-day period for public comment. At the

written request of the San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District, a

second public comment period is being provided for the proposed change

in the assessment date for 1999 and subsequent years.

DATES: Interested parties may submit comments on the proposed rate

adjustment. Comments must be submitted on or before March 30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: All comments concerning the proposed rate change must be in

writing and addressed to: Director, Office of Trust Responsibilities,

Attn.: Irrigation and Power, MS-4513-MIB, Code 210, 1849 ``C'' Street,

NW, Washington, D.C. 20240, Telephone (202) 208-5480.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The authority to issue this document is

vested in the Secretary of the Interior by 5 U.S.C. 301 and the Act of

August 14, 1914 (38 Stat. 583, 25 U.S.C. 385). The Secretary has

delegated this authority to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs

pursuant to part 209 Departmental Manual, Chapter 8.1A, and memorandum

dated January 25, 1994, from the Chief of Staff, Department of the

Interior, to the Assistant Secretaries and heads of bureaus and

offices.

Dated: February 17, 1998.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 98-4912 Filed 2-25-98; 8:45 am]

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