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Between 2001 and 2010, Drs. Frank 

Bayham and Antoinette Martinez of the 

CSU, Chico Anthropology Department 

led classes at several archeological sites 

at BCCER. In 2005, Dr. Martinez 

conducted test excavations with a class 

at BCCER–02, as part of a cooperative 

agreement with the Mechoopda Indian 

Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California. 

The seven objects of cultural patrimony 

are seven oversized stone tools. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural items in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological, 

archeological, historical, and expert 

opinion obtained through Tribal 

consultation. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, California State 

University, Chico has determined that: 

• The seven cultural items described 

above have ongoing historical, 

traditional, or cultural importance 

central, to the Native American group or 

culture itself, rather than property 

owned by an individual. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

the Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu 

Indians of California; Enterprise 

Rancheria of Maidu Indians of 

California; Mechoopda Indian Tribe of 

Chico Rancheria, California; Mooretown 

Rancheria of Maidu Indians of 

California; and the Paskenta Band of 

Nomlaki Indians of California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in ADDRESSES. 

Requests for repatriation may be 

submitted by any lineal descendant, 

Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

who shows, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 

descendant or a culturally affiliated 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

Repatriation of the cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after October 30, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

California State University, Chico must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the cultural 

items are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. California 

State University, Chico is responsible 

for sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: September 25, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036675; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of California, Riverside, 

Riverside, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of California, Riverside has 

completed an inventory of associated 

funerary objects and has determined 

that there is a cultural affiliation 

between the associated funerary objects 

and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Riverside, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the associated 

funerary objects in this notice may 

occur on or after October 30, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Megan Murphy, University 

of California, Riverside, 900 University 

Avenue, Riverside, CA 92517–5900, 

telephone (951) 827–6349, email 

megan.murphy@ucr.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the University of 

California, Riverside. The National Park 

Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by the University of California, 

Riverside. 

Description 

In 1987, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from site CA–RIV–333 in 

Riverside, Riverside County, CA, by the 

University of California, Riverside. 

Based on the archeological evidence, 

site CA–RIV–333 was occupied during 

the Late Prehistoric period (A.D. 1500– 

1770). The remains of this individual 

were listed in a Notice of Inventory 

Completion published in the Federal 

Register on April 25, 2003 (68 FR 

20407–20408). In 2023, representatives 

of the Pechanga Band of Indians 

identified funerary objects associated 

with the human remains. The 12 

associated funerary objects are one lot 

consisting of animal bones, one lot 

consisting of ceramics, one lot 

consisting of clay, one lot consisting of 

lithic materials, one lot consisting of 

metal, one lot consisting of rubber, one 

lot consisting of modified shells, one lot 

consisting of animal bones, one lot 

consisting of mineralogical objects, one 

lot consisting of unmodified shells, one 

lot consisting of organic material, and 

one lot consisting of fire-altered rocks. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The associated funerary objects in this 

notice are connected to one or more 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures. There is a 

relationship of shared group identity 

between the identifiable earlier groups, 

tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or 

more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological, 

archeological, geographical, historical, 

oral traditional, and expert tribal 

opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the University of 

California, Riverside has determined 

that: 

• The 12 objects 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. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the associated funerary 

objects described in this notice and the 

Pechanga Band of Indians (Previously 


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listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno 

Mission Indians of the Pechanga 

Reservation, California). 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

associated funerary objects in this notice 

must be sent to the Responsible Official 

identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for 

repatriation may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the associated 

funerary objects in this notice to a 

requestor may occur on or after October 

30, 2023. If competing requests for 

repatriation are received, the University 

of California, Riverside must determine 

the most appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the associated funerary 

objects are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. The 

University of California, Riverside is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe identified in 

this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: September 25, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2023–0047] 

Notice of Availability of a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Coastal Virginia Offshore 

Wind Commercial Project, Offshore 

Virginia 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; final 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: BOEM announces the 

availability of the final environmental 

impact statement (FEIS) for the 

construction and operations plan (COP) 

submitted by Virginia Electric and 

Power Company (dba Dominion Energy) 

for the proposed Coastal Virginia 

Offshore Wind Commercial Project 

(Project), offshore Virginia Beach, 

Virginia. The FEIS analyzes the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

Project as described in the COP (the 

proposed action) and the alternatives to 

the proposed action, including the no 

action alternative. The FEIS will inform 

BOEM’s decision whether to approve, 

approve with modifications, or 

disapprove the COP. 

ADDRESSES: The FEIS and detailed 

information about the Project, including 

the COP, can be found on BOEM’s 

website at: https://www.boem.gov/ 

renewable-energy/state-activities/ 

CVOW-C. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Stromberg, BOEM Office of 

Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 

Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 

20166, (703) 787–1730 or 

jessica.stromberg@boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Action: Dominion Energy 

seeks approval to construct, operate, 

and maintain the Project: a wind energy 

facility and the associated export cables 

on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

offshore Virginia. The Project would be 

developed within the range of design 

parameters outlined in the COP, subject 

to applicable mitigation measures. 

The Project as proposed in the COP 

would include up to 202 wind turbine 

generators (WTGs); up to three offshore, 

high voltage, alternating current 

substations; inter-array cables linking 

the individual turbines to the offshore 

substations; substation interconnector 

cables linking the substations to each 

other; offshore export cables; an onshore 

export cable system; an onshore 

switching station north of Harpers Road 

(Harpers Switching Station) or north of 

Princess Anne Road (Chicory Switching 

Station) in Virginia Beach, Virginia; and 

an overhead power line connection to 

the existing electrical grid at the 

Fentress Substation in Chesapeake, 

Virginia. 

The WTGs, offshore substations, interarray cables, and substation 

interconnector cables would be located 

on the OCS approximately 24 nautical 

miles (27 statute miles) east of Virginia 

Beach, Virginia, within the area defined 

by Renewable Energy Lease OCS–A– 

0483. The offshore export cables would 

be buried below the seabed surface in 

the OCS and Commonwealth of 

Virginia-owned submerged lands. The 

onshore export cables, substations, and 

grid connections would be located in 

Princess Anne County, Virginia. 

Alternatives: BOEM considered a 

reasonable range of alternatives when 

preparing the draft environmental 

impact statement (DEIS) and carried 

forward the no action alternative and 

four action alternatives for further 

analysis in the DEIS and FEIS. Action 

alternatives A, B, C, and D (includes onshore sub-alternatives D1 and D2) are 

analyzed in the FEIS. Three alternatives 

and four on-shore sub-alternatives were 

eliminated from detailed analysis 

because they did not meet the purpose 

and need for the proposed action or did 

not meet the screening criteria, which 

are presented in appendix C of the FEIS. 

The screening criteria included 

consistency with law and regulations, 

technical and economic feasibility, 

environmental impact, and geographic 

considerations. 

Availability of the FEIS: The FEIS, 

COP, and associated information are 

available on BOEM’s website at: https:// 

www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/stateactivities/CVOW-C. 

BOEM has distributed digital copies 

of the FEIS to all parties listed in 

appendix K of the FEIS. If you would 

like a digital copy of the FEIS on a flash 

drive or a paper copy, BOEM will 

provide one upon request, as long as 

copies are available. You may request a 

flash drive or paper copy of the FEIS by 

contacting Lisa Landers at (703) 787– 

1520 or lisa.landers@boem.gov. 

Cooperating Agencies: The following 

seven Federal agencies participated as 

cooperating agencies in the preparation 

of the FEIS: Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement; U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency; 

National Marine Fisheries Service; 

National Park Service; U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers; U.S. Coast Guard; and U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

Participating Agencies: The following 

four agencies participated in the 

preparation of the FEIS as participating 

agencies: Department of Defense; 

Department of the Navy; the Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation; and 

the Virginia Department of 

Environmental Protection. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq. 

(NEPA, as amended) and 40 CFR 1506.6. 

Karen Baker, 

Chief, Office of Renewable Energy Programs, 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. 

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