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individual was identified. The two

associated funerary objects are shell

tinklers.

Craniometric measurements of this

individual are consistent with those of

known Mandan populations.

Based on continuities of material

culture, architecture, and skeletal

morphology, in addition to oral

tradition and historical evidence, the

cultural affiliation of the sites and

individuals listed above can be affiliated

with Mandan. This includes villages

and sites determined to be affiliated

with the Middle Missouri Tradition

(encompassing the Initial, Extended,

and Terminal variants). In 1870, the

Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribes

were moved to the Fort Berthold Indian

Reservation in North Dakota and have

since been known as the Three

Affiliated Tribes.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the SARC have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed

above represent the physical remains of

34 individuals of Native American

ancestry. Officials of the SARC have

also determined that, pursuant to 25

U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 93 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 SARC

have 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

associated funerary objects and the

Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe,

Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule

Sioux Tribe, Three Affiliated Tribes of

North Dakota, and Standing Rock Sioux

Tribe. Representatives of any other

Indian tribe that believes itself to be

culturally affiliated with these human

remains and associated funerary objects

should contact Renee Boen, Curator,

State Archaeological Center, South

Dakota Historical Society, P.O. Box

1257, Rapid City, SD 57709–1257;

telephone: (605) 394–1936, before

November 26,, 1997. Repatriation of the

human remains and associated funerary

objects to the Three Affiliated Tribes of

North Dakota may begin after that date

if no additional claimants come

forward.

Dated: October 21, 1997.

Veletta Canouts,

Acting Departmental Consulting

Archeologist,

Assistant Manager, Archeology and

Ethnography Program.

[FR Doc. 97–28389 Filed 10–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Quarterly Status Report of Water

Service and Repayment Contract

Negotiations

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of

proposed contractual actions that are

new, modified, discontinued, or

completed since the last publication of

this notice on July 24, 1997. The

February 10, 1997, notice should be

used as a reference point to identify

changes. This notice is one of a variety

of means used to inform the public

about proposed contractual actions for

capital recovery and management of

project resources and facilities.

Additional Bureau of Reclamation

(Reclamation) announcements of

individual contract actions may be

published in the Federal Register and in

newspapers of general circulation in the

areas determined by Reclamation to be

affected by the proposed action.

Announcements may be in the form of

news releases, legal notices, official

letters, memorandums, or other forms of

written material. Meetings, workshops,

and/or hearings may also be used, as

appropriate, to provide local publicity.

The public participation procedures do

not apply to proposed contracts for sale

of surplus or interim irrigation water for

a term of 1 year or less. Either of the

contracting parties may invite the public

to observe contract proceedings. All

public participation procedures will be

coordinated with those involved in

complying with the National

Environmental Policy Act.

ADDRESSES: The identity of the

approving officer and other information

pertaining to a specific contract

proposal may be obtained by calling or

writing the appropriate regional office at

the address and telephone number given

for each region in the supplementary

information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alonzo Knapp, Manager, Reclamation

Law, Contracts, and Repayment Office,

Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 25007,

Denver, CO 80225–0007; telephone

303–236–1061, extension 224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 226 of the Reclamation

Reform Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 1273) and

43 CFR 426.20 of the rules and

regulations published in 52 FR 11954,

Apr. 13, 1987, Reclamation will publish

notice of the proposed or amendatory

contract actions for any contract for the

delivery of project water for authorized

uses in newspapers of general

circulation in the affected area at least

60 days prior to contract execution.

Pursuant to the ‘‘Final Revised Public

Participation Procedures’’ for water

resource-related contract negotiations,

published in 47 FR 7763, Feb. 22, 1982,

a tabulation is provided of all proposed

contractual actions in each of the five

Reclamation regions. Each proposed

action is, or is expected to be, in some

stage of the contract negotiation process

in 1997. When contract negotiations are

completed, and prior to execution, each

proposed contract form must be

approved by the Secretary of the

Interior, or pursuant to delegated or

redelegated authority, the Commissioner

of Reclamation or one of the regional

directors. In some instances,

congressional review and approval of a

report, water rate, or other terms and

conditions of the contract may be

involved.

Public participation in and receipt of

comments on contract proposals will be

facilitated by adherence to the following

procedures:

1. Only persons authorized to act on

behalf of the contracting entities may

negotiate the terms and conditions of a

specific contract proposal.

2. Advance notice of meetings or

hearings will be furnished to those

parties that have made a timely written

request for such notice to the

appropriate regional or project office of

Reclamation.

3. Written correspondence regarding

proposed contracts may be made

available to the general public pursuant

to the terms and procedures of the

Freedom of Information Act (80 Stat.

383), as amended.

4. Written comments on a proposed

contract or contract action must be

submitted to the appropriate regional

officials at the locations and within the

time limits set forth in the advance

public notices.

5. All written comments received and

testimony presented at any public

hearings will be reviewed and

summarized by the appropriate regional

office for use by the contract approving

authority.
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6. Copies of specific proposed

contracts may be obtained from the

appropriate regional director or his

designated public contact as they

become available for review and

comment.

7. In the event modifications are made

in the form of a proposed contract, the

appropriate regional director shall

determine whether republication of the

notice and/or extension of the comment

period is necessary.

Factors considered in making such a

determination shall include, but are not

limited to: (i) the significance of the

modification, and (ii) the degree of

public interest which has been

expressed over the course of the

negotiations. As a minimum, the

regional director shall furnish revised

contracts to all parties who requested

the contract in response to the initial

public notice.

Acronym Definitions Used Herein

(BCP) Boulder Canyon Project

(CAP) Central Arizona Project

(CUP) Central Utah Project

(CVP) Central Valley Project

(CRSP) Colorado River Storage Project

(D&MC) Drainage and Minor

Construction

(FR) Federal Register

(IDD) Irrigation and Drainage District

(ID) Irrigation District

(M&I) Municipal and Industrial

(O&M) Operation and Maintenance

(P–SMBP) Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin

Program

(R&B) Rehabilitation and Betterment

(PPR) Present Perfected Right

(RRA) Reclamation Reform Act

(NEPA) National Environmental Policy

Act

(SOD) Safety of Dams

(SRPA) Small Reclamation Projects

Act

(WCUA) Water Conservation and

Utilization Act

(WD) Water District

The following contract actions are

either new, modified, discontinued, or

completed in the Bureau of Reclamation

since the July 24, 1997, Federal Register

notice:

Pacific Northwest Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road,

Boise, Idaho 83706–1234, telephone

208–378–5346.

New contract actions: 28. Burley and

Southwest IDs, Minidoka Project, Idaho:

Warren Act contract with charge to

allow for use of project facilities to

convey non-district water to Southwest

ID.

Modified contract actions: 4.

Consolidated ID, Spokane Valley

Project, Washington; Individual

Contractors, Crooked River Project,

Oregon; Lower Payette Ditch Company

Ltd., Pioneer Ditch Company, Boise

Project, Idaho; Tumalo ID, Crescent

Lake Dam Project, Oregon; Monroe

Creek ID, Mann Creek Project, Idaho;

Clark and Edwards Canal and Irrigation

Company, Enterprise Canal Company,

Ltd., Lenroot Canal Company, Liberty

Park Canal Company, Parsons Ditch

Company, Poplar ID, Wearyrick Ditch

Company, all in the Minidoka Project,

Idaho; Juniper Flat District

Improvement Company, Wapinitia

Project, Oregon; Roza ID, Yakima

Project, Washington: Amendatory

repayment and water service contracts;

purpose is to conform to the

Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (Pub.

L. 97–293).

23. Trendwest Resorts, Yakima

Project, Washington: Long-term water

exchange contract for assignment of

Teanaway River and Big Creek water

rights to Reclamation for instream flow

use in exchange for annual use of up to

3,500 acre-feet of water from Cle Elum

Reservoir for a proposed resort

development.

Discontinued contract actions: 12.

Willamette Basin water users,

Willamette Basin Project, Oregon: One

water service contract for the exchange

of up to 112 acre-feet of water for

diversion above project reservoirs.

Completed contract actions: 7. Sidney

Irrigation Cooperative, Willamette Basin

Project, Oregon: Irrigation water service

contract for approximately 2,300 acrefeet . Contract executed July 21, 1997.

Mid-Pacific Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way,

Sacramento, California 95825–1898,

telephone 916–979–2401.

New contract actions: 29. Casitas

Municipal WD, Ventura Project,

California: Repayment contract for SOD

work on Casitas Dam.

30. Centerville Community Services

District, CVP, California: A long-term

supplemental repayment contract for

reimbursement to the United States for

conveyance costs associated with CVP

water conveyed to Centerville.

Modified contract actions: 3.

Contractors from the American River

Division, Buchanan Division, Cross

Valley Canal, Delta Division, Friant

Division, Hidden Division, Sacramento

River Division, Shasta Division, and

Trinity River Division, CVP, California:

Renewal of existing long-term and

interim renewal water service contracts

with contractors whose contracts expire

between 1997 and 1998; water

quantities for these contracts total in

excess of 1.7M acre-feet. These contract

actions will be accomplished through

interim renewal contracts pursuant to

Pub. L. 102–575.

Lower Colorado Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, PO Box 61470 (Nevada

Highway and Park Street), Boulder City,

Nevada 89006–1470, telephone 702–

293-8536.

Contract actions modified: 1. Milton

and Jean Phillips, Kenneth or Ann

Easterday, Robert E. Harp, Cameron

Brothers Construction Co., Ogram

Farms, Bruce Church, Inc., Sunkist

Growers, Inc., Clayton Farms, BCP,

Arizona: Water service contracts, as

recommended by Arizona Department

of Water Resources, with agricultural

entities located near the Colorado River

for up to an additional 15,557 acre-feet

per year total.

34. San Diego County Water

Authority, San Diego, California, San

Diego Project: Title transfer of the first

and second barrels of the San Diego

Aqueduct.

54. Arizona State Lands, BCP,

Arizona: Water delivery contract for

1,400 acre-feet of Colorado River water

for domestic use.

60. Arizona State Land Department,

BCP, Arizona: Water delivery contract

for delivery of up to 9,000 acre-feet per

year of unused apportionment and

surplus Colorado River water for

irrigation use.

Contract actions completed: 1. Sturges

Farms, Inc., BCP, Arizona: Water

delivery contract for 8,500 acre-feet of

irrigation water.

56. City of Yuma, BCP, Arizona:

Supplemental and amendatory water

delivery contract to amend the city’s

50,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water

diversion entitlement to a 50,000 acrefeet consumptive use entitlement.

Upper Colorado Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, 125 South State Street,

Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138–

1102, telephone 801–524–4419.

New contract actions: 1.(f) Harrison F.

Russell and Patricia E. Russell; Aspinall

Unit, CRSP; Colorado: Contract for 1

acre-foot to support an augmentation

plan, Case No. 97CW39, Water Division

Court No. 4, State of Colorado, to

provide for a single-family residential

well, including home lawn and

livestock watering (non-commercial).

25. Emery County Water Conservancy

District, Emery County Project, Utah:

Warren Act contract to allow temporary

storage of non-project water in Joes

Valley Reservoir and/or Huntington

North Reservoir.

26. Town of Taos, San Juan-Chama

Project, New Mexico: Contract to

purchase water from Town of Taos to

increase native flows in Rio Grande for

benefit of the Silvery Minnow.

Completed contract actions: 19.

Department of Energy, San Juan-Chama

Project, New Mexico: Reassignment of
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rights under Contract No. 7–07–51-

X0883 from the Department of Energy to

the County of Los Alamos for 1,200

acre-feet of San Juan-Chama Project

water to be used for municipal,

commercial, residential, and scientific

purposes

22. Weber Basin Water Conservancy

District, Weber Basin Project, Utah:

Repayment contract for SOD

modification of Lost Creek Dam. The

estimated cost of the modification is

$16,000,000 of which 15 percent must

be repaid from both irrigation and M&I

use.

Great Plains Region: Bureau of

Reclamation, PO Box 36900, Federal

Building, 316 North 26th Street,

Billings, Montana 59107–6900,

telephone 406–247-7730.

New contract actions: 33. FryingpanArkansas Project, Colorado: Repayment

contract with Southeastern Colorado

Water Conservancy District for

repayment of cost of SOD modifications

to Pueblo Dam.

Modified contract actions: 5. Tom

Green County Water Control and

Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo

Project, Texas: Pursuant to section 501

of Public Law 101–434, negotiate

amendatory contract to increase

irrigable acreage within the project.

15. Northwest Area Water Supply,

North Dakota: Long-term contract for

water supply from Garrison Diversion

Unit facilities. Draft basis of negotiation

has been submitted to the Regional

Office for review.

17. Canyon Ferry Unit, P-SMBP,

Montana: Water service contract with

Montana Tunnels Mining, Inc., expires

June 1997. Basis of negotiation

completed for renewal of existing

contract for an additional 10 years. A

temporary contract has been issued

pending negotiation of the long-term

contract for water service. A 10-year

contract was signed on August 20, 1997.

20. City of Cheyenne, Kendrick

Project, Wyoming: Negotiation of

contract to renew for an additional term

of 5 years. Contract for up to 10,000

acre-feet of storage space for

replacement water on a yearly basis in

Seminoe Reservoir. A temporary

contract will be issued pending

negotiation of the long-term contract.

27. Lower Marias Unit, P-SMBP,

Montana: Water service contract expires

June 1997. Initiating renewal of existing

contract for 25 years for up to 480 acrefeet of storage from Tiber Reservoir to

irrigate 160 acres. Basis of negotiation is

in the process of being completed;

existing contract was extended for 1

year pending negotiation of long-term

contract.

32. Belle Fourche Unit, P-SMBP,

South Dakota: Basis of negotiation has

been approved for the negotiation of a

long-term repayment contract deferring

the Belle Fourche ID’s 1997

construction payment and also

reduction of the District’s annual

payment.

Completed contract actions: 17.

Canyon Ferry Unit, P-SMBP, Montana:

Water service contract with Montana

Tunnels Mining, Inc., expires June 1997.

Basis of negotiation completed for

renewal of existing contract for an

additional 10 years. A temporary

contract has been issued pending

negotiation of the long-term contract for

water service. A 10-year contract was

signed on August 20, 1997.

Dated: October 20, 1997.

Maryanne C. Bach,

Acting Deputy Director, Program Analysis

Office.

[FR Doc. 97–28345 Filed 10–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–94–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United

States International Trade Commission.

TIME AND DATE: November 3, 1997 at 3:00

p.m.

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street S.W.,

Washington, DC 20436.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Agenda for future meeting: none.

2. Minutes.

3. Ratification List.

4. Inv. No. 731–TA–757 and 759

(Final) (Collated Roofing Nails from

China and Taiwan)—briefing and vote.

5. Outstanding action jackets:

1. Document No. EC–97–014:

Approval of final report in Inv. No. 332–

375 (Dynamic Effects of Trade

Liberalization: An Empirical Analysis).

2. Document No. GC–97–064:

Approval of recommendation of request

for oral argument on award of monetary

sanctions; requests for leave to file

additional briefs; and request to strike

affidavit in Inv. No. 337–TA–370

(Certain Salinomycin Biomass and

Preparations Containing Same).

3. Document No. GC–97–066:

Approval of notice of proposed

rulemaking on FOIA (Freedom of

Information Act), Privacy Act, ethics,

and notices.

4. Document No. ID–97–023:

Approval of institution of a section 332

investigation concerning Macadamia

Nuts: Economic and Competitive

Conditions Affecting the U.S. Industry.

In accordance with Commission

policy, subject matter listed above, not

disposed of at the scheduled meeting,

may be carried over to the agenda of the

following meeting.

Issued: October 23, 1997.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28487 Filed 10–23–97; 11:05

am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Advisory Council on Violence

Against Women

AGENCIES: United States Department of

Justice and United States Department of

Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The National Advisory

Council on Violence Against Women,

co-chaired by the Attorney General and

Secretary of Health and Human

Services, will meet November 14, 1997

in Room 800 of the United States

Department of Health and Human

Services, 200 Independence Avenue,

NW, Washington, D.C. 20201.

Scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. and

adjourn at 5:00 p.m., the meeting will

include opening remarks by the

Attorney General and Secretary Shalala,

committee meetings, and an afternoon

plenary session.

Committee meetings and the plenary

session will be open to the public on a

space-available basis. Reservations are

required and a photo ID will be

requested for admittance. To reserve a

space and advise of any special needs,

interested persons should call the

Department of Health and Human

Services at the number listed below.

Sign language interpreters will be

provided. Anyone wishing to submit

written questions to this session should

notify the Department of Health and

Human Services, Office of the Secretary

by Tuesday, November 11, 1997. The

notification may be delivered by mail,

telegram, or facsimile or in person. It

should contain the requestor’s name and

his or her corporate designation,

consumer affiliation, or government

designation along with a short statement

describing the topic to be addressed.

Interested parties are encouraged to

attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions regarding this meeting may

be directed to the Office of the