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traditional Native American religions by 

their present-day adherents. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, 

Oklahoma. 

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 December 7, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the University of Denver Museum of 

Anthropology 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. The University of 

Denver Museum of Anthropology is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations 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: October 27, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–CR–HPS–NPS0036623; 

PPWOCRADP1, PRN00HP12.CS0000, 

XXXP104214; OMB Control Number 1024– 

0009] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Historic Preservation 

Certification Application 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we, 

the National Park Service are proposing 

to renew an information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 7, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

suggestions on the information 

collection requirements should be 

submitted by the date specified above in 

DATES to https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under Review— 

Open for Public Comments’’ or by using 

the search function. Please provide a 

copy of your comments to the NPS 

Information Collection Clearance Officer 

(ADIR–ICCO), 13461 Sunrise Valley 

Drive, Mail Stop 244 Reston, VA 20192, 

VA 20191 (mail); or phadrea_ponds@

nps.gov (email). Please reference OMB 

Control Number 1024–0009 in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Brian Goeken, Chief, 

Technical Preservation Services, 1849 C 

St. NW Room 2255, Washington, DC 

20240, or at brian_goeken@nps.gov 

(email), or 202–354–2033 (telephone). 

Please reference OMB Control Number 

1024–0009 in the subject line of your 

comments. Individuals in the United 

States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 

hearing, or have a speech disability may 

dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to 

access telecommunications relay 

services. Individuals outside the United 

States should use the relay services 

offered within their country to make 

international calls to the point of 

contact in the United States. You may 

also view the ICR at http:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we 

provide the general public and other 

Federal agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on October 

28, 2022 (87 FR 65242). No comments 

were received. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed ICR 

that is described below. We are 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility. 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used. 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected. 

(4) How might the agency minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

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. 

Abstract: The Federal Historic 

Preservation Tax Incentives Program 

encourages private-sector investment in 

the rehabilitation and re-use of historic 

buildings. Through this program, 

underutilized or vacant buildings 

throughout the country of every period, 

size, style, and type have been 

rehabilitated and reused in a manner 

that maintains their historic character. 

To be eligible for tax incentives for 

historic buildings, a building must be 

listed individually on the National 

Register of Historic Places (NRHP); or 

located in a registered historic district 

and certified by the NPS as contributing 

to the historic significance of that 

district. A registered historic district is 

any district listed on the NRHP; or a 

state or local district if the district and 

the enabling statute have also been 

certified by the NPS. The NRHP is the 

official list of the Nation’s historic 

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Section 47 of the Internal Revenue 

Code requires that the Secretary of the 

Interior certify to the Secretary of the 

Treasury upon application by owners of 

historic properties for Federal tax 

benefits: (a) the historic significance of 

the property and (b) that the 

rehabilitation work is consistent with its 

historic character. The NPS administers 

the program with the Internal Revenue 

Service in partnership with the State 

Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs). 

The NPS uses the information collected 

in the Historic Preservation Certification 

Application (Forms 10–168, 10–168a, 

10–168b, and 10–168c) to evaluate the 

condition and historic significance of 

buildings undergoing rehabilitation and 

to evaluate whether or not the 

rehabilitation work meets the Secretary 

of the Interior’s Standards for 

Rehabilitation. 

Regulations codified in 36 CFR part 

67 contain a requirement for completion 

of an application form. The NPS uses 

the information collected on the 

application form to allow the authorized 

officer to determine if the project is 

qualified to obtain historic preservation 

certifications from the Secretary of the 

Interior. These certifications are 

necessary for an applicant to receive 

substantial federal tax incentives 

authorized by Section 47 of the Internal 

Revenue Code. These incentives include 

a 20% federal income tax credit for the 

rehabilitation of income-producing 

historic buildings and an income tax 

deduction for the charitable donation of 

easements on historic properties. The 

Internal Revenue Code also provides a 

10% federal income tax credit for the 

rehabilitation of non-historic, 

nonresidential buildings built before 

1936. An owner of a non-historic 

building in a historic district must also 

use the application to obtain a 

certification from the Secretary of the 

Interior that his or her building does not 

contribute to the significance of the 

historic district before claiming this 

lesser tax credit for rehabilitation. The 

10% credit was repealed as part of the 

2017 tax reform legislation but remains 

in effect under certain transition rules. 

SHPOs are the first point of contact 

for property owners wishing to use the 

rehabilitation tax credits. They help 

applicants determine if a historic 

building is eligible for Federal or State 

historic preservation tax incentives, 

provide guidance on an application 

before or after the project begins, and 

provide advice on appropriate 

preservation work. SHPOs use Forms 

10–168d and 10–168e to make 

recommendations to NPS. In accordance 

with 36 CFR 67, we also collect 

information for: (1) certifications of state 

and local statutes (§ 67.8), (2) 

certifications of state or local historic 

districts (§ 67.9), and (3) appeals 

(§ 67.10). 

Title of Collection: Historic 

Preservation Certification Application. 

OMB Control Number: 1024–0009. 

Form Number: NPS Forms 10–168, 

10–168a, 10–168b, 10–168c, 10–168d, 

10–168e. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals, organizations, companies 

and businesses, and State or tribal 

governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 12,208. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 12,208. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 2.5 hours to 40 

hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 150,045. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $4,440,135 based 

primarily on application fees and other 

costs. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Phadrea Ponds, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

National Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24574 Filed 11–6–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036874; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University, Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology (PMAE) intends to repatriate 

certain cultural items that meet the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

objects and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The cultural items were removed 

from were removed from Coahoma 

County, MS. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

December 7, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, email pcapone@

fas.harvard.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 PMAE. 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 summary or related records held 

by the PMAE. 

Description 

The 109 cultural items were removed 

from the Oliver Site (Mississippi State 

Site number 22Co503) in Coahoma 

County, MS, in 1901 and 1902 as part 

of a Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology expedition to Mississippi 

led by Charles Peabody and William C. 

Farabee. The 109 unassociated funerary 

objects include 105 objects that are 

present at the PMAE and four objects 

that are not currently located. The 105 

present unassociated funerary objects 

are four brass beads, two glass beads, 

two quartz beads, 14 shell beads, one lot 

consisting of turquoise beads, two bone 

tools, one brass Clarksdale bell, four 

ceramic sherds, one lot consisting of 

ceramic sherds, 58 ceramic vessels or 

vessel fragments, 12 lots consisting of 

ceramic vessels or vessel fragments, two 

faunal bones, one mica fragment, and 

one perforated stone. The four objects 

not currently located are one lot 

consisting of shell beads, one lot 

consisting of ceramic vessels or vessel 

fragments, one lot consisting of lithic 

points, and one lot consisting of a 

perforated shell. 

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 


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