Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 220 / Tuesday, November 16, 2010 / Notices 70025 

Sec. 4, all; 

Sec. 5, all; and 

Sec. 6, lots 1–6, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4. 

Containing 2,495.23 acres. 

Containing an aggregate acreage of: 

19,445.23. 

DATES: This mineral land classification 

will become effective upon date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Inquiries should be sent to 

the State Director (UT–923), Bureau of 

Land Management, Utah State Office, 

440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt 

Lake City, Utah 84101. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Competitive leasing within the KPLA 

will be initiated based on expressions of 

interest. Any competitive leases issued 

will be subject to the oil and gas leasing 

stipulations contained in the 2008 Moab 

and Monticello Resource Management 

Plans (Moab RMP, Appendix A and 

Monticello RMP, Appendix B). 

Competitive potash leases will also be 

subject to additional conditions of 

approval developed as part of sitespecific National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (NEPA) compliance. 

In accordance with Departmental 

Manual (DM) 516, Chapter 11.9 J(12), 

the classification of a KPLA is an action 

that is categorically excluded from 

NEPA analysis, provided that there are 

no ‘‘extraordinary circumstances’’ as 

described in 43 CFR 46.215. The 

proposed Lisbon Valley KPLA 

expansion was reviewed and was 

determined to have no ‘‘extraordinary 

circumstances’’ as documented in DOI– 

BLM–UT–9230–2010–0003–CX. Further 

NEPA review will be done for site 

specific proposals within the KPLA. 

This notice will be published in the 

Moab Times Independent for 2 

consecutive weeks after publication in 

the Federal Register. 

Pursuant to the authority in the Act of 

March 3, 1879, (43 U.S.C. 31), as 

supplemented by Reorganization Plan 

No. 3 of 1950 (43 U.S.C. 1451, note) and 

235 Departmental Manual 1.1L, and the 

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 

amended (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), the 

Lisbon Valley KPLA of May 18, 1960, is 

expanded to include the lands listed 

above effective on November 16, 2010. 

Kent Hoffman, 

Acting State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28724 Filed 11–15–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Pacific Northwest 

Region, Boise, ID, and Colville Tribal 

Repository, Nespelem, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is hereby 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 in the control of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Pacific Northwest Region, 

Boise, ID, and in the physical custody 

of the Colville Tribal Repository, 

Nespelem, WA. The human remains 

were removed from Grant County, WA. 

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. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Bureau of 

Reclamation professional staff with 

assistance from a Central Washington 

University physical anthropologist and 

professional staff from Washington State 

University, the National Park Service, 

and the History/Archaeology 

Department of the Confederated Tribes 

of the Colville Reservation, Washington. 

From the winter of 1963 to 1964, 

human remains representing a 

minimum of eight individuals were 

removed from a location, which was 

later designated as the Steamboat Rock 

Mass Grave (45–GR–98), near the mouth 

of Barker Canyon at Banks Lake, Grant 

County, WA. A member of the general 

public reported a mass grave had been 

exposed by receding waters at Banks 

Lake. Members of Washington State 

University’s Department of Sociology 

and Anthropology excavated the 

remains in an effort to protect them 

from vandalism and theft. The remains 

were accessioned at Washington State 

University. The human remains were 

moved, most likely in 1967, to the 

Alfred Bowers Laboratory of 

Anthropology at the University of Idaho. 

At an unknown date, the remains were 

loaned to the Arizona State Museum, 

University of Arizona, for analysis, and 

this analysis occurred in 1967. There is 

no documentation indicating if the loan 

originated while the remains were at 

Washington State University or after 

they had been moved to the University 

of Idaho, nor is there documentation of 

which institution they were returned to 

following analysis. However, the human 

remains were stored at the University of 

Idaho until 2000, when they were 

moved back to Washington State 

University. In 2006, they were 

transferred to the Colville Tribal 

Repository for curation pending 

repatriation. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

No physical description of the 

remains was prepared at the time of 

recovery. In 1967, the Arizona State 

Museum documented the partial 

remains of six individuals. In 2005, the 

Bureau of Reclamation completed a 

physical description of the remains. All 

individuals identified in 1967 were 

present in the collection at the time of 

the 2005 inventory, and isolated 

elements representing two additional 

individuals were identified. 

The osteological evidence as 

described by archeologists and physical 

anthropologists indicate the human 

remains described above are Native 

American. The geographic location of 

the site is within the Plateau Culture 

Area. The site is within the judicially 

established aboriginal territory of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation. Tribal oral tradition and 

anthropological and historical research 

indicate the site lies within an area 

occupied by the Sanpoil and the 

Nespelem Tribes or Bands, who are 

legally represented by the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Reservation, 

Washington. 

Officials of the Bureau of 

Reclamation, Pacific Northwest Region, 

have determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(9), that the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of eight individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific 

Northwest Region, have also 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(2), that there is a relationship of 

shared group identity that can be 

reasonably traced between the Native 

American human remains and the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Ms. Lynne MacDonald, 

Regional Archeologist, Pacific 

Northwest Region, Bureau of 

Reclamation, 1150 N. Curtis Road, 

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70026 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 220 / Tuesday, November 16, 2010 / Notices 

Boise, ID 83706, telephone (208) 378– 

5316, before December 16, 2010. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington, may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific 

Northwest Region, is responsible for 

notifying the Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation, Washington, that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: November 5, 2010. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28741 Filed 11–15–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 

Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 

Vancouver, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

in the possession and control of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 

Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 

Vancouver, WA. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from Klickitat County, WA. 

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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Pacific Northwest 

Region, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; and Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington. 

In June 1983, human remains 

representing a minimum of three 

individuals were removed from 

archeological site 45KL281, Klickitat 

County, WA. The remains were 

recovered during initial documentation 

and subsurface sampling of the 

archeological site, prior to acquisition of 

the property by the Federal agency. The 

items came into possession of the Forest 

Service in 1989, following the land 

acquisition. The location is on National 

Forest System lands within the 

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic 

Area. No known individuals were 

identified. The 571 associated funerary 

objects are 5 shell beads, 182 copper 

artifacts, 380 glass beads, 1 pipe in 

fragments, 1 horse molar and 2 glass 

bottle or jar fragments. 

The human remains are highly 

fragmented due to the effects of 

cremation, and most of the associated 

funerary objects also show the effects of 

fire. Trade materials among the 

associated funerary objects indicate 

interment and firing circa A.D. 1825– 

1850. Funerary objects reflect the 

ornamentation and dress of local Native 

American groups during the early 

historic period. Cultural geography, oral 

traditions and historic sources indicate 

probable use of the site area either by 

Waya ́m5a ́ma families from the village of 

wanwa ́wi (Oregon) or Walawitsislama 

people from the village of wa ́lawitis 

(Washington). The descendants of the 

Waya ́m5a ́ma and Walawitsislama are 

members of the Confederated Tribes of 

the Warm Springs Reservation of 

Oregon and Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington. Elders have suggested that 

the remains may be associated with a 

disease epidemic, as cremation was not 

the normal or preferred method of 

treatment for the deceased. 

Officials of the Gifford Pinchot 

National Forest have determined, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), that the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of three 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Gifford Pinchot 

National Forest also have determined, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), that 

the 571 objects 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. Lastly, 

officials of the Gifford Pinchot National 

Forest have determined, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001(2), that 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 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon and the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Rick McClure, Heritage Program 

Manager, Gifford Pinchot National 

Forest, 2455 Highway 141, Trout Lake, 

WA 98650, telephone (509) 395–3399, 

before December 16, 2010. Repatriation 

of the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon and Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington, may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

Gifford Pinchot National Forest is 

responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Warm 

Springs Reservation of Oregon; and 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington, that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: November 5, 2010. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28744 Filed 11–15–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum 

Division, Madison, WI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the possession of the 

Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum 

Division, Madison, WI. The human 

remains were removed from Taylor 

County, WI. 

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. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

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