Consideration of the Accuracy of the Eastern Boundary of the Sandia Pueblo Grant and Request for Additional Information

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The U.S. Department of the Interior announces that it will be considering the accuracy of the eastern boundary of the Sandia Pueblo Grant to determine whether to conduct a resurvey of the boundary. The Department received a request dated November 21, 2000, from an attorney representing the County of Bernalillo and the Sandia Mountain Coalition, for a resurvey to correct the eastern boundary of the Sandia Pueblo Grant. Counsel for the County and the Coalition suggests that his request be combined with consideration of the Pueblo of Sandia's request for a resurvey, which is the subject of a remand from the U.S. District Court in Pueblo of Sandia v. Babbitt as a result of a November 17, 2000, decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, dismissing the appeals from the July 18, 1998, ruling of the District Court. The Department also has a letter and legal memorandum from an attorney representing the Pueblo of Sandia, dated November 30, 2000, requesting that the boundary be corrected. The subject of the eastern boundary of the Pueblo of Sandia has been a matter of concern and debate in the Department of the Interior for many years. In 1988, then-Solicitor Ralph Tarr issue