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Note #6—The proposed 2020 O&M rates for the San Carlos Irrigation Project—Indian Works has three components. The first component is 

the O&M rate established by the San Carlos Irrigation Project—Indian Works, the owner and operator of the Project; this rate is proposed to be 

50.00 per acre. The second component is for the O&M rate established by the San Carlos Irrigation Project—Joint Works and is determined to 

be 20.00 per acre for 2020. The third component is the O&M rate established by the San Carlos Irrigation Project Joint Control Board and is proposed to be 16.00 per acre for 2020. 

Consultation and Coordination With 

Tribal Governments (Executive Order 

13175) 

The Department of the Interior strives 

to strengthen its government-togovernment relationship with Indian 

Tribes through a commitment to 

consultation with Indian Tribes and 

recognition of their right to selfgovernance and Tribal sovereignty. We 

have evaluated this notice under the 

Department’s consultation policy and 

under the criteria of Executive Order 

13175 and have determined there to be 

substantial direct effects on federally 

recognized Tribes because the irrigation 

projects are located on or associated 

with Indian reservations. To fulfill its 

consultation responsibility to Tribes and 

Tribal organizations, BIA 

communicates, coordinates, and 

consults on a continuing basis with 

these entities on issues of water 

delivery, water availability, and costs of 

administration, operation, maintenance, 

and rehabilitation of projects that 

concern them. This is accomplished at 

the individual irrigation project by 

project, agency, and regional 

representatives, as appropriate, in 

accordance with local protocol and 

procedures. This notice is one 

component of our overall coordination 

and consultation process to provide 

notice to, and request comments from, 

these entities when we adjust irrigation 

assessment rates. 

Actions Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use (Executive Order 

13211) 

The proposed rate adjustments are not 

a significant energy action under the 

definition in Executive Order 13211. A 

Statement of Energy Effects is not 

required. 

Regulatory Planning and Review 

(Executive Order 12866) 

These proposed rate adjustments are 

not a significant regulatory action and 

do not need to be reviewed by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

These proposed rate adjustments are 

not a rule for the purposes of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act because they 

establish ‘‘a rule of particular 

applicability relating to rates.’’ 5 U.S.C. 

601(2). 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

1995 

These proposed rate adjustments do 

not impose an unfunded mandate on 

state, local, or Tribal governments in the 

aggregate, or on the private sector, of 

more than $130 million per year. They 

do not have a significant or unique 

effect on State, local, or Tribal 

governments or the private sector. 

Therefore, the Department is not 

required to prepare a statement 

containing the information required by 

the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Takings (Executive Order 12630) 

These proposed rate adjustments do 

not effect a taking of private property or 

otherwise have ‘‘takings’’ implications 

under Executive Order 12630. The 

proposed rate adjustments do not 

deprive the public, State, or local 

governments of rights or property. 

Federalism (Executive Order 13132) 

Under the criteria in section 1 of 

Executive Order 13132, these proposed 

rate adjustments do not have sufficient 

federalism implications to warrant the 

preparation of a federalism summary 

impact statement because they will not 

affect the States, the relationship 

between the national government and 

the States, or the distribution of power 

and responsibilities among various 

levels of government. A federalism 

summary impact statement is not 

required. 

Civil Justice Reform (Executive Order 

12988) 

This notice complies with the 

requirements of Executive Order 12988. 

Specifically, in issuing this notice, the 

Department has taken the necessary 

steps to eliminate drafting errors and 

ambiguity, minimize potential litigation, 

and provide a clear legal standard for 

affected conduct as required by section 

3 of Executive Order 12988. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

These proposed rate adjustments do 

not affect the collections of information 

which have been approved by the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), under the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. The OMB Control Number 

is 1076–0141 and expires June 30, 2019. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

The Department has determined that 

these proposed rate adjustments do not 

constitute a major Federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment and that no 

detailed statement is required under the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4370(d), pursuant 

to 43 CFR 46.210(i). In addition, the 

proposed rate adjustments do not 

present any of the 12 extraordinary 

circumstances listed at 43 CFR 46.215. 

Dated: December 6, 2018. 

Tara Sweeney, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27726 Filed 12–20–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCOS08000.L71220000.FR0000.LVTFC

1300040–18X] 

Notice of Realty Action: Proposed 

Conveyance of Public Lands for 

Airport Purposes in Mesa County, CO 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of realty action. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has examined 

certain public lands in Mesa County, 

Colorado totaling 188.04 acres, and 

found them suitable for conveyance to 

the Grand Junction Regional Airport 

Authority (Airport Sponsor) under the 

provisions of Sec. 516 of the Airport and 

Airway Improvement Act of 1982. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received no later than February 4, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to 

Wayne Werkmeister, Acting Field 

Manager, BLM Grand Junction Field 

Office, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, 

CO 81506. Written comments may also 

be submitted electronically at BLM_CO_

GJ_Public_Comments@blm.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robin Lacy, Realty Specialist, BLM 

Grand Junction Field Office, by email at 

rlacy@blm.gov or by telephone at 970– 

244–3028. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS is 


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available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Airport Sponsor has requested the 

conveyance for a runway improvement 

project at the Grand Junction Regional 

Airport (Airport). The subject lands are 

adjacent to the northern boundary of the 

Airport. The proposal aligns with the 

Administration’s priority to restore trust 

and be a good neighbor by engaging 

with the Airport Sponsor to provide 

ongoing, safe operations at the Airport 

that helps to modernize America’s 

infrastructure. The proposal also aligns 

with the Administration’s priority to 

increase revenues to support the 

Department and national interests 

through creating over 1,700 jobs for the 

local community over seven to ten 

years. 

The BLM proposes to convey the 

following described lands: 

Parcel A 

Ute Principal Meridian 

T. 1 N, R. 1 W, 

Sec. 23, S1⁄2NE1⁄4. 

Parcel B 

Ute Principal Meridian 

T. 1 N, R. 1 E, 

Sec. 19, lot 6; 

Sec. 30, lots 6, 8, 9, and 11. 

T. 1 N, R. 1 W, 

Sec. 24, lots 2 and 3. 

The area aggregates 188.04 acres. 

The proposed conveyance conforms 

to the BLM Grand Junction Resource 

Management Plan (RMP), approved 

August 2015. The parcels are identified 

as appropriate for land tenure for airport 

purposes in the RMP Record of Decision 

(L&R–AU–07). The BLM used the land 

tenure criteria found in Sec. 203(a)(3) of 

the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act (FLPMA), which states 

‘‘disposal of such tract will serve 

important public objectives, including 

but not limited to, expansion of 

communities and economic 

development, which cannot be achieved 

prudently or feasibly on land other than 

public land and which outweigh other 

public objectives and values, including, 

but not limited to, recreation and scenic 

values, which would be served by 

maintaining such tract in Federal 

ownership.’’ 

The Airport Sponsor, through the U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT), 

and the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), has requested 

conveyance of the parcels in connection 

with the Airport Runway Improvement 

Project. The FAA determined that the 

public lands are necessary for the 

runway improvement project. The 

project involves correcting several nonstandard airfield components to meet 

FAA design standards and enhance 

public safety, which includes replacing 

and relocating the primary commercial 

service runway, to meet FAA design 

standards and enhance public safety. 

The existing runway will remain in use 

until the new runway is constructed. 

The FAA has determined that the 

identified public lands are necessary for 

airport purposes. 

The BLM proposes to convey title to 

the Airport Sponsor under Sec. 516 of 

the Airport and Airway Improvement 

Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. 47125), and 

processed in accordance with 

regulations at 43 CFR part 2640. In 

accordance with the DOT Act Sec. 4(f) 

(49 U.S.C. 303), the Airport Sponsor 

will provide up to $250,000 to construct 

a parking/staging area on public land for 

recreation users visiting the Grand 

Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Open Area. 

The Grand Valley Open Area is adjacent 

to the airport and the parking/staging 

will mitigate removing the proposed 

conveyance lands from public 

recreational use. In conformance with 

the National Environmental Policy Act, 

the BLM prepared a site-specific 

Environmental Assessment (EA) 

document (DOI–BLM–CO–130–2013– 

0020–EA) for this Notice of Realty 

Action. A copy of the EA is available 

online at https://go.usa.gov/xPrMW. 

Based on the EA, the BLM approved a 

Finding of No Significant Impact and a 

Decision Record on March 15, 2018, to 

implement the conveyance of the lands. 

By publishing this notice in the 

Federal Register, the above-described 

lands will segregate from all forms of 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, including the mining laws, except 

for conveyance under the Airport and 

Airway Improvement Act of 1982. The 

segregation will terminate automatically 

upon issuance of a patent or on 

December 21, 2019, whichever occurs 

first. 

The patent, if issued, will contain the 

following reservations to the United 

States: 

1. A right-of-way for ditches or canals 

constructed under the authority of the 

United States, pursuant to the Act of 

August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945); and 

2. All minerals in the lands, together 

with the right to access, mine and 

remove the same under applicable laws 

and regulations. The Secretary of the 

Interior reserves the right to determine 

whether such mining and removal of 

minerals will interfere with the 

development, operation and 

maintenance of the airport. 

Conveyance of the lands will be 

subject to valid existing rights of record, 

including those rights for power 

transmission line purposes granted by 

right-of-way No. COC–061164, pursuant 

to the Act of February 15, 1901 (43 

U.S.C. 959). 

Conveyance of the public lands will 

contain the following covenants: 

1. The Airport Sponsor will use the 

conveyed property for airport purposes 

and will develop that property for 

airport purposes within five years or as 

set forth in the conveyance instrument, 

deed or quitclaim instrument. Any 

interim use will be subject to terms and 

conditions as set by the FAA. 

2. The Airport Sponsor will operate 

the Airport, together with its 

appurtenant areas, buildings, and 

facilities, regardless of whether they are 

on the land being conveyed, as a public 

use airport on fair and reasonable terms 

and without unjust discrimination. 

3. The Airport Sponsor will not grant 

or permit any exclusive right in the 

operation and use of the Airport, 

together with its appurtenant areas, 

buildings, and facilities, regardless of 

whether they are on the land being 

conveyed, as required by Sec. 303 of the 

Federal Aviation Act of 1938, as 

amended, and Sec. 308(a) of the Federal 

Aviation Act of 1958, as amended. 

4. Any subsequent transfer of the 

conveyed property interest to another 

non-federal public entity will be subject 

to the terms, conditions and covenants 

set forth in the original instrument of 

conveyance. If the land conveyed is no 

longer needed for airport purposes, the 

land may revert to the U.S. Government. 

5. In the event of a breach of any term, 

condition or covenant contained in the 

conveyance instrument, the Airport 

Sponsor will, on demand, take such 

action as required to transfer ownership 

of the conveyed premises to the U.S. 

Government. 

6. The terms, conditions, covenants 

and other federally obligating provisions 

in conveyance instruments remain in 

force and effect as long as the land is 

held by the Airport Sponsor, its 

successors or assignees. 

The EA, maps, terms and conditions, 

and Environmental Site Assessment are 

available for review. Interested parties 

may submit, in writing, any comments 

concerning the conveyance, including 

notifications of any encumbrances or 

other claims relating to these parcels, to 

the address above (see ADDRESSES

section). 

The BLM Colorado State Director or 

other authorized official of the 

Department of the Interior (DOI) will 

review adverse comments regarding the 

parcels and may sustain, vacate or 


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modify this realty action, in-whole or 

in-part. In the absence of timely 

objections, this realty action will 

become the DOI’s final determination. 

In addition to publication in the 

Federal Register, the BLM will also 

publish this notice in the Grand 

Junction Daily Sentinel newspaper once 

a week for three consecutive weeks. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comments, please be aware that the 

BLM may make your entire comment— 

including your personal identifying 

information—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: 43 CFR part 2640) 

Jamie Connell, 

BLM Colorado State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27848 Filed 12–20–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0027075] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, 

TN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley 

Authority (TVA) has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is no cultural affiliation between 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects and any present-day 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. Representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to TVA. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

stated in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to TVA at the address in this 

notice by January 22, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 

400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11C, 

Knoxville TN 37902–1401, telephone 

(865) 632–7458, email tomaher@tva.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects under the control of 

TVA, Knoxville, TN. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Franklin County, 

AL. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

The determinations in this notice are 

the sole responsibility of the museum, 

institution, or Federal agency that has 

control of the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects. 

The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

was made by TVA professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of 

Texas (previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); Cherokee 

Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 

Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed 

as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of 

Alabama); The Chickasaw Nation; The 

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole 

Nation of Oklahoma; and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Consulted Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

From June–August, 1976, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 122 

individuals were removed from the 

Hester site, 1FR311, in Franklin County, 

AL. This site was excavated as part of 

TVA’s Cedar Creek Reservoir project by 

the Alabama Museum of Natural History 

(AMNH) at the University of Alabama. 

Excavation commenced after TVA 

acquired the land encompassing 1FR311 

on May 5, 1976, for the Cedar Creek 

project. Material culture recovered from 

this site indicates it was primarily 

occupied during the Middle Woodland 

Copena phase (AD 100—500). The 

human remains are of children, 

juveniles and adults. Most of the human 

remains were too fragmentary to 

determine sex. The 105 associated 

funerary objects are 59 copper beads, 17 

pieces of galena, 23 conch shell vessel 

fragments, three greenstone celts/ 

spades, and three Hillabee schist 

spades. 

From July–August, 1973, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 81 

individuals were removed from the 

Massey Mound, 1FR520, in Franklin 

County, AL. This site was excavated as 

part of TVA’s Little Bear Creek reservoir 

project by the AMNH at the University 

of Alabama. TVA purchased the land 

encompassing this site on October 28, 

1968. 

Site 1FR520 is a mortuary stone 

mound approximately 30 feet in 

diameter and two to three feet high 

situated on a ridge overlooking the 

confluence of Little Bear Creek and 

Trace Branch. It was used primarily 

during the Middle Woodland Lick Creek 

phase (AD 1—300). The human remains 

represent infants, juveniles and adults. 

Most of the human remains were too 

fragmentary to determine sex. The 26 

associated funerary objects are one chert 

biface, 24 fragments of turtle shell, and 

one bag of mussel shell fragments. 

From August–September, 1977, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, 26 individuals were 

excavated from the Hendrix site, 

1FR562, in Franklin County, AL. This 

site was excavated as part of TVA’s 

Cedar Creek reservoir project by the 

AMNH at the University of Alabama. 

TVA purchased the land encompassing 

this site on July 28, 1976. 

Site 1FR562 is a village site that was 

occupied primarily during the Late 

Archaic (4000–1000 B.C.) and Middle 

Woodland Lost Creek phase (A.D. 500– 

700). The human remains represent 

adults, juveniles, children and infants. 

Most of the human remains were too 

fragmentary to determine sex. The 45 

associated funerary objects are two chert 

cores, one soil sample, 20 red ochre 

fragments, 10 bone fragments, two bone 

billets, four antler tine tools, one bone 

fid, one bone awl, one piece of ground 

sandstone, two sandstone bowls and 

one turtle shell fragment. 

From November–December, 1972, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, 178 individuals were 

removed from the Carpenter Mound, 

1FR594, in Franklin County, AL. This 

site was excavated as part of TVA’s 

Little Bear Creek reservoir project by the 

AMNH at the University of Alabama. 


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