Last updated: September 4, 2008

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Selected Indian Law Regulatory Action Discovered: August 21 - September 4

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RULES AND REGULATIONS DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service, 50 CFR Part 20 (9/04/08)

Migratory Bird Hunting; Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2008-09 Early Season; Thursday, September 4, 2008, 73 FR 51704-01, (PDF), 2008 WL 4065631

SUMMARY: This rule prescribes special early season migratory bird hunting regulations for certain tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This responds to tribal requests for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recognition of their authority to regulate hunting under established guidelines. This rule allows the establishment of season bag limits and, thus, harvest at levels compatible with populations and habitat conditions.

PROPOSED RULES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, 40 CFR Part 81 (9/02/08)

EPA Responses to State and Tribal 2006 24-Hour PM2.5 %g Designation Recommendations: Notice of Availability and Public Comment Period , Friday, September 2, 2008, 73 FR 48098-01, (PDF), 2008 WL 4000370

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the EPA has posted its responses to state and tribal designation recommendations for the 2006 24-hour fine particles (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) on its Internet Web site at http://www.epa.gov/pmdesignations/2006standards/index.htm. EPA invites public comments on its responses during the 30-day comment period specified below. EPA sent responses directly to the states on August 19 and tribes on or around August 20, 2008, and plans to make final designation determinations for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS by December 18, 2008.

PROPOSED RULES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 25 CFR Part 293 (9/02/08)

Class III Tribal State Gaming Compact Process; Extension of comment period for proposed rule. Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 73 FR 51704-01, (PDF), 2008 WL 4000362

SUMMARY: On July 2, 2008, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) proposed a rule to establish procedures for Indian tribes and States to submit Tribal-State compacts and compact amendments, governing the conduct of class III gaming activities on the tribe's Indian lands located within that State, for review and approval by the Secretary of the Interior (see 73 FR 37907). This notice extends the comment period for that proposed rule by 20 days, to September 22, 2008.

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