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funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the University of California 

Berkeley. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the lineal descendants, Indian 

Tribes, or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

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 the University of California 

Berkeley at the address in this notice by 

January 4, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas Torma, 

NAGPRA Liaison, Office of the Vice 

Chancellor for Research, University of 

California Berkeley, 119 California Hall, 

Berkeley, CA 94720–1500, telephone 

(512) 672–5388, email t.torma@

berkeley.edu. 

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 the 

University of California Berkeley, 

Berkeley, CA. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from around Humboldt Bay, 

Humboldt County, CA. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). 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 was made by the University of 

California Berkeley professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Wiyot Tribe, California (previously 

listed as Table Bluff Reservation—Wiyot 

Tribe). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In the early 20th century, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 14 

individuals were removed from sites 

CA–HUM–68, CA–HUM–33, CA–HUM– 

23, and CA–HUM–112 in Humboldt 

County, CA. These human remains were 

collected by H.H. Stuart, an amateur 

archeologist based in Eureka, CA, and 

were part of a donation that was 

accessioned into the museum in 1931. 

Most of the individuals are represented 

by a very small number of bones, and 

because the digs were not well 

documented, the age and the sex of the 

individuals were not recorded. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

one associated funerary object is one set 

of unidentified animal bones. 

Between July and October 1913, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, seven individuals were 

removed from sites CA–HUM–33, and 

CA–HUM–37, near the Mad River 

Slough, in Humboldt County, CA. These 

human remains were collected by 

Llewellyn Loud, who was working on 

an ethnogeographic and archeological 

survey of the Wiyot people under the 

direction of Alfred Kroeber. The human 

remains were accessioned on November 

6, 1913. No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

Most of the sites around Humboldt 

Bay date to the creation of the Bay, 

approximately 5000–7000 years ago. 

According to archeological evidence, 

Wiyot oral tradition, and the written 

historical record, the Wiyot Tribe has 

been present in this area since before 

the creation of Humboldt Bay. 

Determinations Made by the University 

of California Berkeley 

Officials of the University of 

California Berkeley have determined 

that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 21 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the one object described in this notice 

are reasonably believed to have been 

placed with or near individual human 

remains at the time of death or later as 

part of the death rite or ceremony. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and the Wiyot Tribe, California 

(previously listed as Table Bluff 

Reservation—Wiyot Tribe). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or 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 Dr. Thomas Torma, 

NAGPRA Liaison, Office of the Vice 

Chancellor for Research, University of 

California Berkeley, 119 California Hall, 

Berkeley, CA 94720–1500, telephone 

(512) 672–5388, email t.torma@

berkeley.edu, by January 4, 2021. After 

that date, if no additional requestors 

have come forward, transfer of control 

of the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the Wiyot Tribe, 

California (previously listed as Table 

Bluff Reservation—Wiyot Tribe) may 

proceed. 

The University of California Berkeley 

is responsible for notifying the Wiyot 

Tribe, California (previously listed as 

Table Bluff Reservation—Wiyot Tribe) 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: November 24, 2020. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26760 Filed 12–3–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031199; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Cleveland Museum of Natural 

History, Cleveland, OH 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Cleveland Museum of 

Natural History (CMNH), in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Native Hawaiian organizations, has 

determined that the cultural items listed 

in this notice meet the definitions of 

unassociated funerary objects and 

sacred objects and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

objects and a present-day Native 

Hawaiian organization. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request to the CMNH. 

If no additional claimants come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

cultural items to the Native Hawaiian 

organization stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to submit a claim for these 

cultural items should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the claim to the CMNH at the address 

in this notice by January 4, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Brian Redmond, 

Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 

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Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, OH 44106, 

telephone (216) 231–4600 Ext. 3301, 

email bredmond@cmnh.org or Amanda 

McGee, telephone (216) 231–4600 Ext. 

3275, email amcgee@cmnh.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

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

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the Cleveland 

Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, 

OH, that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects and 

sacred objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the cultural 

items was made by CMNH staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

In 1935, six Hawaiian burial tapa 

cloths were removed from ancient 

Native Hawaiian corpses in burial caves 

on Hawai1i Island by Glenn W. Russ of 

the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 

(BPBM). The exact location of the burial 

caves is unknown. At some time soon 

after the collection of the burial cloths, 

Russ transferred them to D’ Alte Welch, 

who also worked at BPBM. In 1976, 

Welch, who became a professor at John 

Carroll University in Ohio, donated the 

burial tapas to CMNH. The accession 

numbers for these six items are #1976– 

03: CMNH #s 8460, 8464, 8470, 8476, 

8480, 8482. Welch also donated to 

CMNH one 22-page scrapbook (CMNH 

#8458) containing burial tapa fragments. 

In the early 20th century, one cultural 

item, a ‘‘Hawaiian necklace’’ (lei niho 

palaoa) made of human hair, was 

acquired by Mrs. H.F. Lyman. It is 

unknown from where in Hawaii the lei 

niho palaoa had been removed or the 

circumstances of its removal. In 1922, 

Mrs. Lyman donated the lei niho palaoa 

to CMNH (accession #7, CMNH# 1682). 

CMNH has determined that the lei niho 

palaoa is authentic and is used in 

traditional Native Hawaiian religious 

ceremonies. 

Determinations Made by the Cleveland 

Museum of Natural History 

The Cleveland Museum of Natural 

History have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the one 22-page scrapbook of burial tapa 

fragments and the six burial tapa cloths 

described above are reasonably believed 

to have been placed with or near 

individual human remains at the time of 

death or later as part of the death rite 

or ceremony and are believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of Native Hawaiian individuals. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the one lei niho palaoa described above 

is a specific ceremonial object needed 

by traditional Native Hawaiian religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native Hawaiian religions by their 

present-day adherents. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the cultural objects and the 

Office of Hawaiian Affairs. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

submit a claim for these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Dr. Brian Redmond, Cleveland Museum 

of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, 

Cleveland, OH 44106, telephone (216) 

231–4600 Ext. 3301, email bredmond@

cmnh.org or Amanda McGee, telephone 

(216) 231–4600 Ext. 3275, email 

amcgee@cmnh.org, by January 4, 2021. 

After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of the unassociated funerary 

objects and the sacred object to the 

Office of Hawaiian Affairs listed in this 

notice may proceed. 

The Cleveland Museum of Natural 

History is responsible for notifying the 

Office of Hawaiian Affairs that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: November 24, 2020. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26762 Filed 12–3–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental 

Shelf, Geological and Geophysical 

Activities: Western, Central, and 

Eastern Planning Areas; Final 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of a record 

of decision. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) is announcing the 

availability of a Record of Decision for 

the final programmatic environmental 

impact statement (EIS) for proposed 

geological and geophysical (G&G) 

activities on the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). This 

Record of Decision identifies BOEM’s 

selected alternative for conducting 

proposed G&G activities on the Gulf of 

Mexico OCS, which is analyzed in the 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Proposed 

Geological and Geophysical Activities: 

Western, Central, and Eastern Planning 

Areas; Final Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(Programmatic EIS). The Record of 

Decision and associated information are 

available on BOEM’s website at http:// 

www.boem.gov//or https://

www.boem.gov/regions/gulf-mexico-ocsregion/resource-evaluation/gulf-mexicogeological-and-geophysical-gg. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the Record of 

Decision, you may contact Ms. Helen 

Rucker, Chief, Environmental 

Assessment Section, Office of 

Environment, by telephone at 504–736– 

2421 or by email at helen.rucker@

boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Programmatic EIS addresses potential 

environmental impacts of BOEM’s Oil 

and Gas, Renewable Energy, and Marine 

Minerals Programs, and focuses 

particularly on the environmental 

impacts of off-lease and on-lease 

geological (bottom sampling and test 

drilling) and geophysical (deeppenetration, high—resolution 

geophysical (HRG), electromagnetic, 

deep stratigraphic, and remote sensing) 

surveys. The area evaluated (i.e., Area of 

Interest or AOI) includes the OCS 

waters that are within BOEM’s Gulf of 

Mexico planning areas (i.e., Western, 

Central, and Eastern Planning Areas). 

The AOI also includes, for purposes of 

the analysis, the coastal waters of Texas, 

Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and 

Florida extending from the coastline