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state and local agencies and other

individuals or organizations who may

be interested in or affected by the

Bureau’s decision on the Leeville

Project Plan of Operations are invited to

participate in the scoping process with

respect to this EIS. These entities and

individuals are also invited to submit

comments on the DEIS. It is important

that those interested in the Leeville

Project Plan of Operations participate in

the scoping and commenting process.

Comments should be as specific as

possible. The tentative project schedule

is as follows:

Public Comment Period—August 1

through September 2, 1997.

Issuance of Draft Environmental

Impact Statement—Spring of 1998.

File Final Environmental Impact

Statement—Autumn of 1998.

Record of Decision—Autumn of 1998.

Begin Permitted Operation—Winter of

1998/1999.

The Bureau of Land Management’s

scoping process for the EIS will include:

(1) Identification of issues to be

addressed; (2) Identification of viable

alternatives; (3) Notification of

interested groups, individuals and

agencies so that additional information

concerning these issues, or other

additional issues, can be obtained.

Dated: July 24, 1997.

David Stout,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–20289 Filed 7–31–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Mangement

[CA–060–07–1210–00]

Meeting of the California Desert

District Advisory Council

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in

accordance with Public Laws 92–463

and 94–579, that the California Desert

District Advisory Council to the Bureau

of Land Management, U.S. Department

of the Interior, will participate in a field

tour of BLM-administered public lands

near Ridgecrest, California on Thursday,

September 25, 1997, from 7:30 a.m. to

5 p.m., and meet in formal session on

Friday, September 26 from 8 a.m. to 5

p.m., and Saturday, September 27 from

8 a.m. to 12 noon. The Friday and

Saturday public meetings will be held

in the conference room at the Carriage

Inn, located at 901 North China Lake

Boulevard, Ridgecrest, California.

Council members will assemble for

the Thursday field tour at the Carriage

Inn parking lot at 7:15 a.m., and depart

at 7:30 a.m. The public is welcome to

participate in the field tour, but should

dress appropriately and plan on

providing their own transportation,

food, and beverage. Anyone interested

in participating in the field tour should

contact BLM at (909) 697–5215 for more

information.

The Friday meeting will begin at 8

a.m. All Desert District Advisory

Council meetings are open to the public.

Time for public comment may be made

available by the Council Chairman

during the presentation of various

agenda items, and is scheduled at the

end of the meeting for topics not on the

agenda.

Written comments may be filed in

advance of the meeting for the

California Desert District Advisory

Council, c/o Bureau of Land

Management, Public Affairs Office, 6221

Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside,

California 92507–0714. Written

comments also are accepted at the time

of the meeting and, if copies are

provided to the recorded, will be

incorporated into the minutes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doran Sanchez, BLM California Desert

District Public Affairs at (909) 697–

5215.

Dated: July 28, 1997.

Henri R. Bisson,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–20308 Filed 7–31–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–930–1430–01; N–61382]

Notice of Realty Action; Recreation

and Public Purposes Act

Classification; Washoe County,

Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The following described land,

comprising 26.56 acres, has been

examined and is determined to be

suitable for classification for lease or

conveyance pursuant to the Recreation

and Public Purposes Act, as amended

(43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.):

Mt. Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 20 N., R. 20 E.,

Sec. 7, E1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4,

E1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4,

E1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4,

E1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4,

E1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4,

S1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

S1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

S1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

S1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4.

(containing 26.56 acres ±)

DATES AND ADDRESSES: The land will

become segregated upon publication of

this notice in the Federal Register.

Comments will be accepted on or before

September 15, 1997. The land will not

be offered for lease until September 30,

1997. Interested persons may submit

comments regarding the proposed

Recreation and Public Purposes lease/

conveyance or classification to the

Assistant District Manager, Carson City

District Office, Bureau of Land

Management, 1535 Hot Springs Road,

Suite 300, Carson City, Nevada 89706.

Comments, including names and street

addresses of respondents, will be

available for public review at the above

address during regular business hours.

Individual respondents may request

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold

your name or street address from public

review or from disclosure under the

Freedom of Information Act, you must

state this prominently at the beginning

of your written comment. Such requests

will be honored to the extent allowed by

law. All submissions from organizations

or businesses, and from individuals

identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, will be

made available for public inspection in

their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chuck Pope, Carson City District Office,

Bureau of Land Management, 1535 Hot

Springs Road, Suite 300, Carson City,

Nevada 89706, (702) 885–6000. Detailed

information pertaining to this action is

also available for review at the BLM

Carson City District Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Washoe County School District has

submitted an application for a lease

with an option to purchase the 26.56

acre parcel of land in Sun Valley,

Washoe County, Nevada, for

construction of an elementary school

including classrooms, multi-purpose

room, a school library, computer room,

and miscellaneous administrative

offices, parking and bus loading/

unloading areas, and a fenced

playground area. Lease/conveyance is

consistent with the current BLM land

use planning and would be in the public

interest. The lease/conveyance, when

issued, will be subject to the provisions

of the Recreation and Public Purposes

Act and all applicable regulations of the

Secretary of Interior, and the following

reservations to the United States:

1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches

and canals constructed by the authority
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of the United States, Act of August 30,

1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).

2. All mineral deposits in the land so

patented, and to it, or persons

authorized by it, the right to prospect

for, mine and remove such deposits

from the same under applicable law and

regulations to be established by the

Secretary of Interior.

And will be subject to:

Those rights for a buried water line

granted to Sun Valley Water and

Sanitary District, its successors or

assigns, by right-of-way N–56939

pursuant to the Act of October 21, 1976

(43 U.S.C. 1761).

Upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the lands will be

segregated from all forms of

appropriation under the public land

laws, including the general mining laws

but not the mineral leasing laws, the

mineral disposal laws, or the

Geothermal Steam Act. The segregation

shall terminate upon issuance of a

conveyance document or publication in

the Federal Register of an order

specifying the date and time of opening.

For a period of 45 days after publication

of this notice in the Federal Register,

interested parties may submit comments

regarding the proposed lease/

conveyance or classification to the

Assistant District Manager,

Nonrenewable Resources, Bureau of

Land Management, Carson City District.

Classification Comments

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, whether

the use is consistent with local planning

and zoning, or if the use is consistent

with State and Federal programs.

Application Comments

Comments on the application should

address the proposed use in the

application and plan or development,

whether the BLM followed proper

administrative procedures in reaching

the decision, or any other factor not

directly related to the land for an

elementary school site. Objections will

be reviewed by the Carson City District

Manager who may sustain, vacate or

modify this realty action. In the absence

of any objections, this realty action will

become the final determination of the

Department of the Interior.

Dated this 25th day of July, 1997.

Clifford D. Ligons,

Assistant District Manager, Nonrenewable

Resources, Carson City District.

[FR Doc. 97–20230 Filed 7–31–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects from

Kiana, AK, in the Control of the Alaska

State Office, Bureau of Land

Management, Anchorage, AK

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

from Kiana, AK in the control of the

Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land

Management.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains and associated funerary objects

was made by Bureau of Land

Management professional staff and

University of Alaska Museum

professional staff in consultation with

representatives of the Native Village of

Kiana.

During 1941, human remains

representing one individual was

recovered from a burial at the Ekseavik

site in the vicinity of Kiana, AK by J.

Louis Giddings under unclear

circumstances. The remains were

subsequently accessioned to the

University Museum in Fairbanks,

Alaska. No known individual was

identified. The 130 associated funerary

objects recovered include a sandstone

lamp, 123 glass trade beads, 4 metal

bracelets, a large metal ulu blade, with

shaped bone handle, and a pyrite

nodule, worn smooth on one face.

During 1947, human remains

representing one individual were

recovered from the Kavet Creek site in

the vicinity of Kiana, AK by J. Louis

Giddings under unclear circumstances.

The remains were subsequently

accessioned to the University Museum

in Fairbanks, Alaska. No known

individuals were identified. The 106

associated funerary objects recovered

include a broken coal labret, a polished

elliptical jade blade, a jade adze head,

a jade ulu blade, an antler arrowhead

and net sinker, a chert arrowhead,

several sandstone saw and whetstone

pieces, and various stone ulu, adze

head, chisel, and other worked stone

fragments.

The geographic locations of the two

sets of remains and associated funerary

objects listed above indicate that they

are most probably associated with

residents of the Native Village of Kiana.

The remains from 1941 are undated but

the presence of glass trade beads

suggests they are from the 18th or 19th

century. The remains from 1947, while

undated, were thought by the excavator

to date perhaps back to the 17th

century. This would be a time when the

ancestors of people now living in Kiana

were in this area. Native Elders of Kiana

recognize the areas where the human

remains were recovered as traditionally

associated with their village. They also

report that the burial practices

associated with the Kavet Creek remains

involve the burning of a house which is

consistent with practices performed in

the region, including at Kiana, into

the.20th century.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Bureau of

Land Management have determined

that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of two individuals

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the Bureau of Land Management have

also determined that, pursuant to 25

U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 236 objects listed

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 Bureau

of Land Management have also

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

3001 (2), there is a relationship of

shared group identity which can be

reasonably traced between these Native

American human remains and the

Native Village of Kiana.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Native Village of Kiana.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact Dr. Robert E. King, Alaska State

NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Land

Management, 222 W. 7th Avenue, #13,

Anchorage, Alaska 99513–7599;

telephone (907) 271–5510, before

September 2, 1997. Repatriation of the

human remains and associated funerary

objects to the Native Village of Kiana

may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: July 25, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 97–20321 Filed 7-31-; 8:45 am]

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