# 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

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** June 15, 1999
- **Citation:** 64 FR 32063

## Text

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]
BILLING CODE 7510-70-P

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