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BLM-Palm Springs-South Coast Field 

Office at the above address and at the 

BLM California Desert District Office, 

22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos, 

Moreno Valley, CA 92553, and 

electronically on the project website 

referenced above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brandon G. Anderson, BLM project 

manager, telephone: (760) 833–7140; 

email: bganderson@blm.gov; address 

Bureau of Land Management, Palm 

Springs-South Coast Field Office, 1201 

Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, CA 

92262. 

Persons who use telecommunication 

devices for the deaf may call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS) at (307) 775–6115 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or questions with the 

above individual regarding the project. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Desert 

Quartzite LLC, a wholly owned 

subsidiary of First Solar Development 

LLC, applied for a right-of-way (ROW) 

grant for a photovoltaic solar project, 

application number CACA–049397, 

with the Bureau of Land Management. 

The Applicant proposes to construct, 

operate, maintain, and decommission 

the DQSP in the southern California 

inland desert. The Project would 

generate up to 450 megawatts (MW) 

using solar photovoltaic (PV) 

technology. 

The ROW grant application was 

originally filed for 7,245 acres on 

September 28, 2007, but has since been 

revised. The total project area under 

application for BLM and County 

approval is 5,275 acres, including 5,115 

acres of BLM-administered lands for the 

ROW grant, and 160 acres of private 

land for the Riverside County 

Conditional Use Permit. Within this 

application area, the Applicant has 

proposed a project that would occupy 

3,831 acres. This includes 3,560 acres 

for the portion of the solar facility on 

BLM-managed public lands; 54 acres for 

the proposed 230 kilovolt (kV) 

generation interconnection [gen-tie] line 

on BLM public lands, two acres for the 

offsite portion of a buried 

telecommunications line on BLM public 

lands, 56.8 acres of temporary projects, 

4.5 acres for the external access road 

and 154 acres for the portion of the solar 

facility on private lands. The larger 

acreage under application would allow 

the BLM and the County to consider 

various site layouts as project 

alternatives in the environmental 

analyses for the proposed project. 

Although the Notice of Intent (NOI) to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Desert Quartzite Solar 

Project and a possible amendment to the 

California Desert Conservation Area 

(CDCA) plan, 80 FR 12195 (March 6, 

2015), stated that the Project would be 

capable of generating 300 MW, advances 

in photovoltaic solar technology will 

allow the generation of additional 

megawatts on the same footprint 

proposed in the project’s Plan of 

Development. 

In addition to the proposed action, the 

draft EIS/EIR considers a ‘‘no action’’ 

alternative and two action alternatives. 

Alternative 2, Resource Avoidance, 

would authorize a 450-MW PV array on 

approximately 2,845 acres, and 

Alternative 3, Reduced Project 

Alternative, would authorize a 285-MW 

PV array on approximately 2,112 acres. 

Like the Proposed Action, under each of 

these alternatives, the BLM would 

amend the CDCA plan to allow the 

project. Under the No Action 

Alternative, the BLM would deny the 

ROW application, and would not amend 

the CDCA plan to allow the project. 

The BLM has identified Alternative 2, 

Resource Avoidance, as the BLM 

Preferred Alternative for the draft EIS. 

The BLM and its cooperating agencies 

are seeking comments on the draft EIS, 

including the comparison of alternatives 

presented in the document. 

Riverside County is the lead agency 

for the State under the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The 

draft plan amendment EIS/EIR was 

prepared as a joint Federal/State 

environmental document that analyzes 

the impacts of the Project under both 

NEPA and CEQA. 

Public input is important and will be 

considered in the environmental and 

land-use planning analysis. Please note 

that public comments and information 

submitted (including names, street 

addresses, and email addresses of 

persons who submit comments) will be 

available for public review and 

disclosure at the above address during 

regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m.), Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personally identifiable information in 

your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment—including 

your personally identifiable 

information—may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

the BLM in your comment to withhold 

your personally identifiable information 

from public review, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 

43 CFR 1610.2. 

Jerome E. Perez, 

State Director, California. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026042; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Riverside Metropolitan Museum, 

Riverside, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Riverside Metropolitan 

Museum has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and 

present-day Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Riverside Metropolitan 

Museum. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the lineal descendants, Indian 

Tribes, or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Riverside Metropolitan 

Museum at the address in this notice by 

September 10, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Robyn G. Peterson, Ph.D., 

Museum Director, Riverside 

Metropolitan Museum, 3580 Mission 

Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501, 

telephone (951) 826–5792, email 

rpeterson@riversideca.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 


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of human remains and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

Riverside Metropolitan Museum, 

Riverside, CA. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Mason Valley, San Diego 

County, CA. 

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 Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

was made by the Riverside Metropolitan 

Museum professional staff in 

consultation with Clint Linton, a 

member of the Kumeyaay Cultural 

Repatriation Committee and 

representative of the following Indian 

Tribes: The Campo Band of Diegueno 

Mission Indians of the Campo Indian 

Reservation, California; Capitan Grande 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

California (Barona Group of Capitan 

Grande Band of Mission Indians of the 

Barona Reservation, California; Viejas 

(Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande 

Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas 

Reservation, California); Ewiiaapayp 

Band of Kumeyaay Indians of California; 

Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, California 

(previously listed as the Santa Ysabel 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

the Santa Ysabel Reservation); Inaja 

Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of 

the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, 

California; Jamul Indian Village of 

California; La Posta Band of Diegueno 

Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian 

Reservation, California; Manzanita Band 

of Diegueno Mission Indians of the 

Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa 

Grande Band of Diegueno Mission 

Indians of Mesa Grande Reservation, 

California; San Pasqual Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of California; 

and Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay 

Nation, hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Tribes.’’ 

History and Description of the Remains 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown cremation site in the Mason 

Valley, San Diego County, CA. In 1972, 

the Riverside Metropolitan Museum 

purchased the cremated human remains 

together with associated funerary 

objects from Charles F. Irwin of Long 

Beach, CA. No known individuals were 

identified. The six associated funerary 

objects include: Three lumps of burned 

asphaltum, one length of 14 fused glass 

beads, one burned fiber cloth, and one 

piece of asphaltum with burned plant 

remains and 3-ply cordage inclusions. 

It was determined through collections 

research and geographic location that 

the cremated human remains and 

associated funerary objects are of 

Kumeyaay/Diegueno origin from Mason 

Valley, San Diego County, CA. Museum 

records indicate ‘‘Indian Cremation 

Remains.’’ Mason Valley extends 

through San Diego and Imperial 

Counties as well as Baja Norte. While 

the nation of original inhabitants has 

been called ‘‘Southern Diegueno,’’ 

‘‘Diegueno-Kamia Ipai-Tipai,’’ and 

‘‘Mission Indians,’’ the tribes prefer to 

be called Kumeyaay. The Kumeyaay are 

a federation of autonomous selfgoverning bands that have clearly 

defined territories and are represented 

by The Tribes. 

Determinations Made by the Riverside 

Metropolitan Museum 

Officials of the Riverside Metropolitan 

Museum have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the six 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. 

• 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 associated funerary objects 

and The Tribes. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Robyn G. Peterson, Ph. D., 

Museum Director, Riverside 

Metropolitan Museum 3580 Mission Inn 

Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501, telephone 

(951) 826–5792, email rpeterson@

riversideca.gov, by September 10, 2018. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to The 

Tribes may proceed. 

The Riverside Metropolitan Museum 

is responsible for notifying The Tribes 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 13, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA- NPS0026041; 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Anniston Museum of Natural History, 

Anniston, AL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Anniston Museum of 

Natural History has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is no cultural affiliation between 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects and any present-day 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. Representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Anniston Museum of 

Natural History. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

stated in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Anniston Museum of 

Natural History at the address in this 

notice by September 10, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Daniel D. Spaulding, 

Anniston Museum of Natural History, 

800 Museum Drive, Anniston, AL 

36206, telephone (256) 237–6766, email 

dspaulding@annistonmuseum.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 and associated 


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