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5. The above-described land has been 

used for solid waste disposal. Solid 

waste commonly includes small 

quantities of commercial hazardous 

waste and household hazardous waste 

as determined in the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 

as amended (42 U.S.C. 6901), and 

defined in 40 CFR 261.4 and 261.5. 

Pursuant to the requirements 

established by section 120(h) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)) (CERCLA), as 

amended by the Superfund 

Amendments and Reauthorization Act 

of 1988 (100 Stat. 1670), notice is hereby 

given that the above-described lands 

have been examined and no evidence 

was found to indicate that any 

hazardous substances had been stored 

for one year or more, nor had any 

hazardous substances been disposed of 

or released on the subject property. 

6. The purchaser (patentee), by 

accepting a patent, covenants and agrees 

to indemnify, defend, and hold the 

United States harmless from any costs, 

damages, claims, causes of action, 

penalties, fines, liabilities, and 

judgments of any kind or nature arising 

from the past, present, and future acts 

or omissions of the patentees or their 

employees, agents, contractors, lessees, 

or any third party, arising out of or in 

connection with the patentee’s use, 

occupancy, or operations on the 

patented real property. This 

indemnification and hold harmless 

agreement includes, but is not limited 

to, acts and omissions of the patentee 

and their employees, agents, 

contractors, or lessees, or any third 

party, arising out of or in connection 

with the use and/or occupancy of the 

patented real property which has 

already resulted or does hereafter result 

in: (1) Violations of Federal, State, and 

local laws and regulations that are now 

or may in the future become, applicable 

to the real property; (2) Judgments, 

claims or demands of any kind assessed 

against the United States; (3) Costs, 

expenses, or damages of any kind 

incurred by the United States; (4) 

Releases or threatened releases of solid 

or hazardous waste(s), and/or hazardous 

substance(s), as defined by Federal or 

State environmental laws, off, on, into 

or under land, property and other 

interests of the United States; (5) 

Activities by which solid waste or 

hazardous substance(s) or waste, as 

defined by Federal and State 

environmental laws are generated, 

released, stored, used or otherwise 

disposed of on the patented real 

property, and any cleanup response, 

remedial action or other actions related 

in any manner to said solid or 

hazardous substance(s) or waste(s); or 

(6) Natural resource damages as defined 

by Federal and State law. This covenant 

shall be construed as running with the 

parcels of land patented or otherwise 

conveyed by the United States, and may 

be enforced by the United States in a 

court of competent jurisdiction. 

Conveyance of these lands to Uinta 

County is consistent with applicable 

Federal and county land use plans and 

will help meet the needs of Uinta 

County residents for solid waste 

disposal. Detailed information on this 

proposed action, including but not 

limited to documentation relating to 

compliance with applicable 

environmental and cultural resource 

laws, is available for review at the BLM, 

Kemmerer Field Office, 312 Highway 

189 North, Kemmerer, Wyoming 83101, 

(307) 828–4502. 

Until July 2, 2007, interested parties 

may submit comments regarding the 

proposed conveyance or classification of 

the land to the Field Manager, BLM, 312 

Highway 189 North, Kemmerer, 

Wyoming 83101, telephone : 307–828–

4505. 

On May 17, 2007, the above described 

lands will be segregated from all other 

forms of appropriation under the public 

land laws, including the general mining 

laws, except for lease or conveyance 

under the R&PP Act and leasing under 

the mineral leasing laws. Interested 

parties may submit written comments 

regarding the proposed conveyance or 

classification of the lands to the Field 

Manager, BLM, Kemmerer Field Office, 

at the address stated above in this notice 

for that purpose. Comments must be 

received no later than July 2, 2007. 

Classification Comments: Interested 

parties may submit comments involving 

the suitability of the lands for 

conveyance for the landfill. Comments 

on the classification are restricted to 

whether the land is physically suited for 

the proposal, whether the use will 

maximize the future use or uses of the 

land, and whether the use is consistent 

with local planning and zoning, or if the 

use is consistent with State and Federal 

programs. 

Application Comments: Interested 

parties may submit comments regarding 

the specific use proposed in the 

application for conveyance and plan of 

development, whether the BLM 

followed proper administrative 

procedures in reaching the decision, or 

any other factor not directly related to 

the suitability of the land for a sanitary 

landfill. 

Any adverse comments will be 

reviewed by the BLM State Director, 

who may sustain, vacate, or modify this 

realty action. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail 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. 

In the absence of any adverse 

comments, the classification will 

become effective 60 days after May 17, 

2007. The land will not be offered for 

patent until after the classification 

becomes effective. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5) 

Dated: March 26, 2007. 

Mary Jo Rugwell, 

Field Manager. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural 

Item: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Cibola National Forest, 

Albuquerque, NM 

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. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate a cultural item in the 

possession of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Cibola 

National Forest, Albuquerque, NM that 

meets the definition of ‘‘sacred object’’

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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

In 1973, one pair of leggings was 

illegally removed from a site located on 

lands administered by the Cibola 

National Forest in west central New 

Mexico. In 2003, the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service Law 

Enforcement Officers recovered the 

leggings as a part of an Archeological 

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service Law Enforcement 

Officers held the leggings until they 

were released by the court to the Cibola 

National Forest following the successful 

prosecution of the case in 2006. 

The leggings are made from human 

hair and were made in the late 

prehistoric to early historic period 

(approximately A.D. 1100–1700). The 

site from which the leggings were 

removed contained pottery sherds of 

Puebloan manufacture from the late 

prehistoric and/or early historic periods. 

Expert witnesses for the court case 

determined that the leggings were of 

Puebloan construction from the late 

prehistoric to early historic period. 

During consultation, representatives of 

the Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico 

demonstrated that the leggings were of 

Acoma manufacture and that they were 

a sacred object associated with the 

Acoma religion and needed by 

traditional Acoma religious leaders for 

the present-day practice of their 

religion. 

Officials of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Cibola 

National Forest have determined that, 

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

one cultural item described above is a 

specific ceremonial object needed by 

traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. Officials of the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Cibola National Forest also 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship 

of shared group identity that can be 

reasonably traced between the sacred 

object and the Pueblo of Acoma, New 

Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the sacred object should 

contact Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, Southwestern Region, 

USDA Forest Service, 333 Broadway 

Blvd., SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102, 

telephone (505) 842–3238, before June 

18, 2007. Repatriation of the sacred 

object to the Pueblo of Acoma, New 

Mexico may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Cibola National Forest is 

responsible for notifying the Pueblo of 

Acoma, New Mexico and Pueblo of 

Laguna, New Mexico that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: March 20, 2007. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Augusta State University, Department 

of History, and Anthropology, and 

Philosophy, Archaeology Laboratory, 

Augusta, GA 

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 Augusta 

State University, Department of History 

and Anthropology and Philosophy, 

Archaeology Laboratory, Augusta, GA. 

The human remains were removed from 

Columbia County, GA. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Augusta State 

University professional staff in 

consultation with the Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians of North Carolina and 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma. 

The following tribe was invited to 

consult but did not participate: the 

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of 

Alabama. 

In the early to mid–1980s, human 

remains representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from Stalling’s 

Island (9–CB–1), Columbia County, GA. 

The human remains were given to the 

Augusta College (now Augusta State 

University) anthropology program by a 

former student. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The material the student donated 

consisted of a paper bag containing 

many fragmentary pieces of bone which 

at that time were not identified as 

human remains. No formal records of 

dates, details, or inventory were made at 

that time. In 1993, the remains were 

examined and non-human, osteological 

material (deer) and human remains were 

identified. The animal bones are not 

considered to be associated funerary 

objects. Based on the donor information 

and provenience, it is reasonable to 

believe that the human remains are 

Native American. 

Stalling’s Island is a locally wellknown late Archaic Period site in the 

Savannah River above Augusta, GA. 

During the late Archaic period, preCreek or pre-Cherokee peoples occupied 

the central Savannah River valley which 

today lies in the states of Georgia and 

South Carolina. Authoritative sources 

and descendants of both Creek and 

Cherokee tribes claim that their 

ancestors utilized this portion of 

Savannah River valley in eastern 

Georgia. 

Descendants of the Cherokee are 

members of the Cherokee Nation, 

Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians of North Carolina; and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. Descendants of the Creek are 

members of the Alabama-Quassarte 

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal 

Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation of Oklahoma; Poarch Band of 

Creek Indians of Alabama; and 

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma. 

Officials of the Augusta State 

University have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of at 

least one individual of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Augusta State 

University also have determined that, 

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 the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal 

Town, Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, 

Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians of North Carolina; Kialegee 

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation of Oklahoma; Poarch 

Band of Creek Indians of Alabama; 

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; 

and United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Christopher Murphy, 

Augusta State University, 2500 Walton 

Way, Augusta, GA 30904, telephone 

(706) 667–4562, before June 18, 2007. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of 

North Carolina and Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation of Oklahoma may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

Augusta State University is 

responsible for notifying the AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; 

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians of North 

Carolina; Kialegee Tribal Town, 

Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation of 

Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek 

Indians of Alabama; Thlopthlocco 

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: April 12, 2007. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E7–9453 Filed 5–16–07; 8:45 am] 

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