Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 17 / Thursday, January 25, 2024 / Notices 4989 

Preservation Offices, Federal agencies, 

preservation professionals, and 

preservation organizations. 

From 2011 to 2013, the NPS’ National 

Register Program in Washington, DC, 

sponsored, attended, and participated in 

numerous meetings and workshops to 

solicit suggestions from the nation’s 

preservation community on how to 

improve the guidance provided by the 

TCP Bulletin. As a result of this effort, 

the NPS received many verbal, written, 

and email comments about the TCP 

Bulletin from Native American Tribes, 

Native Hawaiian Organizations, State 

and Tribal Historic Preservation 

Officers, Federal agencies, national and 

regional preservation organizations, and 

preservation professionals throughout 

the country. The purpose of this effort 

was to ensure that an updated edition of 

the TCP Bulletin addressed the needs of 

the preservation community to the 

greatest possible extent. A draft 

document was prepared and readied in 

2017 for issuance for comment, but was 

not released for comment. 

In 2021, the NPS revived its efforts to 

revise and reissue the TCP Bulletin. The 

2017 draft was further revised and titled 

National Register Bulletin: Identifying, 

Evaluating, and Documenting 

Traditional Cultural Places. In October 

2022 the National Register Bulletin: 

Identifying, Evaluating, and 

Documenting Traditional Cultural 

Places (Draft TCP Bulletin) was publicly 

shared through the Draft TCP Bulletin 

project website at https://parkplanning.

nps.gov/TCPBulletin, from which the 

Draft TCP Bulletin could be 

downloaded and comments could be 

uploaded. As noted on the project web 

page, comments could also be submitted 

to the Draft TCP Bulletin Outlook email 

box at nr_tcp@nps.gov. 

From January through April 2023 the 

NPS conducted eleven (11) webinars 

directed to State and Tribal Historic 

Preservation Officers, Federal agencies, 

national and regional preservation 

organizations, preservation 

professionals, and the public, to present 

the Draft TCP Bulletin content, and 

answer questions regarding the 

revisions, and the revision and 

reissuance process. The webinars were 

attended by 402 individuals from 185 

organizations. The NPS conducted 

government-to-government consultation 

through five (5) webinars, to present the 

Draft TCP Bulletin content, receive 

comments, and answer questions 

regarding the revisions, and the revision 

and reissuance process: four (4) for 

Native American Tribes; and one (1) for 

Native Hawaiian Organizations. These 

Tribal consultations reached individuals 

from 42 Tribes. The NPS further 

conducted consultation through one (1) 

webinar for Alaska Native Corporations. 

The Draft TCP Bulletin was released 

for comment from November 1, 2022, 

through April 30, 2023. Eighty-five (85) 

submissions were received via letter, 

email, and the project website, totaling 

approximately 900 comments. 

From May through October 2023 the 

NPS reviewed all written comments and 

revised the Draft TCP Bulletin 

accordingly, as follows: 

Defined ‘‘living community’’ (pp. 22– 

23). 

Clarified the difference between 

‘‘family,’’ ‘‘extended family,’’ and 

‘‘living community’’ (p. 22). 

Expanded the discussion of cultural 

beliefs, customs, and practices (pp. 23– 

25). 

Expanded the discussion of 

community history and community 

identity (pp. 25–26). 

Clarified required TCP characteristics 

(p. 27). 

Added an analysis of a listed TCP 

nomination (pp. 30–32). 

Added an analysis of an unsuccessful 

TCP request for determination of 

eligibility (pp. 32–33). 

Moved ‘‘Section III. Terminology’’ to 

a new subsection within Section II 

‘‘What Is a Traditional Cultural Place,’’ 

titled ‘‘Notes on Terminology’’ (pp. 33– 

37). 

Added discussion of adequacy of 

documentation submitted in a 

nomination, and the role of the Keeper 

in evaluating that documentation (p. 

37). 

Added discussion regarding the 

listing animals (pp. 12, 53). 

Revised language regarding plants and 

animals as character-defining features 

(p. 53). 

Corrected language regarding the 

reach of Criterion D to ethnographic, 

archeological, sociological, folkloric, or 

other studies (p. 66). 

Added example to illustrate that 

information potential under Criterion D 

is not exclusive to archaeological data 

(p. 70). 

Expanded guidance regarding 

assessing the level of significance for a 

place (pp. 105–106). 

Clarified confidentiality issues and 

protections (pp. 39–45, 98–100). 

Additional information added, old 

example removed, and new example 

added regarding determining a place’s 

boundary (pp. 113–116). 

Clarified definitions as used within 

the Draft TCP Bulletin for ‘‘Native 

Americans’’ and ‘‘Native American 

Tribe’’ (p. 125). 

Technical edits correcting grammar 

and punctuation, and for clarity and 

readability, were made throughout. 

(Authority: 54 U.S.C. 302103; 36 CFR 60.4) 

Sherry A. Frear, 

Chief and Deputy Keeper, National Register 

of Historic Places and National Historic 

Landmarks Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR01021200; 23XR0680A5; 

RX.15470004.00118T0] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Scoggins Dam Safety 

Modifications Project 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) intends to prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the Scoggins Dam Safety 

Modifications Project in the Tualatin 

Basin, Oregon. The purpose of the 

project is to improve public safety by 

reducing risk associated with severe 

seismic loadings while continuing to 

meet authorized project purposes. 

Reclamation is seeking public 

comments to identify significant issues 

or other alternatives to be addressed in 

the EIS. 

DATES: Submit written comments on the 

scope of the EIS on or before February 

26, 2024. 

Reclamation will hold two in-person 

and two web-based virtual public 

scoping meetings on the following 

dates: 

1. February 8, 2024, 5 p.m. to 6:30 

p.m. (PST), Forest Grove, OR. 

2. February 8, 2024, 6:30 p.m. to 8 

p.m. (PST), Forest Grove, OR. 

3. February 13, 2024, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

(PST), Virtual (Zoom webinar). 

4. February 13, 2024, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

(PST), Virtual (Zoom webinar). 

ADDRESSES: Send written scoping 

comments, requests to be added to the 

project mailing list, or requests for other 

special assistance needs via email to 

BOR-SHA-SCNEPA@usbr.gov. 

The in-person meetings will be held 

at the Community Auditorium, 1915 

Main Street, Forest Grove, OR 97116. 

The web-based virtual meetings will 

be accessible at: https://www.virtual

publicmeeting.com/scoggins-sod-eis. 

To view more information regarding 

this project, go to: https://www.usbr.gov/ 

pn/programs/sod/scoggins/index.html. 


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4990 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 17 / Thursday, January 25, 2024 / Notices 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Thompson, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Columbia-Pacific 

Northwest Regional Office, 1150 Curtis 

Road, Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706– 

1234; telephone (208) 600–2134; email 

BOR-SHA-SCNEPA@usbr.gov. 

Individuals who are deaf, deafblind, 

hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 

TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours or to leave a 

message or question after hours. You 

will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Federal Register notice provides the 

public with information regarding 

Reclamation’s intent to prepare an EIS 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended. 

Reclamation will hold public scoping 

meetings to solicit comments on the 

scope of the EIS and the issues and 

alternatives that should be analyzed. 

Additionally, this notice serves to 

provide notice and request public input 

on potential effects on historic 

properties from this project in 

accordance with the Section 106 process 

as defined in the National Historic 

Preservation Act (36 CFR 800.2(d)(3)). 

Background 

Scoggins Dam is an earthfill 

embankment dam located on Scoggins 

Creek, a tributary of the Tualatin River, 

about 25 miles west of Portland, Oregon. 

Construction of this 151-foot-high, 

2,700-foot-long dam was completed in 

1975. The dam’s reservoir, Henry Hagg 

Lake, is the primary source of water for 

the Tualatin Basin, storing nearly 60,000 

acre-feet (active 53,600 acre-feet), 

providing water for municipal and 

industrial uses, irrigation, water quality, 

fish and wildlife habitat, recreation, and 

flood control. The facility is operated 

and maintained by the Tualatin Valley 

Irrigation District. There are roughly 11 

miles of shoreline around the lake at full 

pool; recreation facilities and trails in 

this area are managed by Washington 

County as Scoggins Valley Park. 

The area of Scoggins Dam and its 

reservoir have high potential for severe 

loading initiated by an extreme seismic 

event from identified active faults, 

primarily the Cascadia Subduction Zone 

(CSZ), a 600-mile fault stretching from 

northern California to northern 

Vancouver Island in Canada. At its 

closest, the CSZ is 118 miles to the west 

of the dam. The principal concerns for 

Scoggins Dam are uncontrolled releases 

or dam breaches (dam failure) caused by 

severe loading from a CSZ seismic 

event. The dam could also experience 

less severe loading from local crustal 

fault earthquakes, the closest being the 

Gales Creek fault zone. 

Around 2007, after completing 

general investigations of potential 

seismic hazards at the dam, Reclamation 

recognized the potential impacts of a 

CSZ seismic event to Scoggins Dam. 

Reclamation continued field data 

collection and evaluation and risk 

analyses updates through 2011 to 

improve the understanding of seismic 

risk to the dam. Since 2011, 

Reclamation has looked at various 

structural and non-structural options to 

reduce seismic risk, including options 

that would increase reservoir storage. In 

2022, following completion of a Dam 

Safety Advisory Team review, 

Reclamation began furthering design of 

a dam-safety only structural option that 

would reduce risk in accordance with 

Reclamation’s public protection 

guidelines. This alternative will be 

evaluated in the EIS. 

Proposed Action 

Reclamation proposes to reduce the 

risk to Scoggins Dam in the occurrence 

of a CSZ seismic event by improving the 

loadings response performance of the 

facility. This would be accomplished by 

raising the dam crest, constructing a 

downstream shear key, creating a new 

spillway, and placing additional berm 

material over the existing dam. This 

project would not create additional 

reservoir storage in Henry Hagg Lake. 

Proposed dam structure modifications 

include: 

• Excavate and backfill portions of 

the crest and existing embankment. 

• Construct a downstream shear key. 

• Install a downstream rock filter and 

drain. 

• Install a stability berm over the 

shear key and downstream slope of 

dam. 

• Raise the dam crest by ∼7 feet. 

• Demolish the existing spillway, 

bridge, and ancillary features. 

• Construct a new spillway, bridge, 

and ancillary features and extend outlet 

works. 

• Construct a new two-lane road 

across the dam. 

The existing road across the dam 

would be closed during construction. 

An alternative road would be 

constructed to provide safe public 

transport. The project may also require 

permanently rerouting a portion of the 

Stimson Mainline Road to accommodate 

the expanded stability berm. 

In addition to work on the dam, the 

project would include modification to 

structures around the reservoir such as 

culverts and recreation trails. Materials 

for construction would be excavated at 

one or more borrow sites on the east 

side of the reservoir, requiring the 

removal of large trees. Alternatives for 

accessing and transporting materials 

from the borrow sites will be 

investigated in the EIS and may include 

a combination of constructing a 

temporary haul route and using the 

existing Scoggins Valley Road. 

Previous Water Supply Studies 

In 2001, the Tualatin Basin Water 

Supply Feasibility Study was initiated 

to evaluate a range of water supply 

options in the basin, including raising 

Scoggins Dam (publication in the 

Federal Register on December 13, 2001, 

66 FR 64454). A draft EIS was prepared 

in 2007, but never published, due to the 

need to further evaluate the seismic risk 

of the CSZ to the dam. During 2013, 

some of the partners in the feasibility 

study began separately pursuing other 

water supply options that did not 

include Scoggins Dam or Reclamation 

participation. In 2017, following receipt 

of a Joint Project Authority secured in 

amendments to the Safety of Dams Act 

in 2015, Reclamation began working 

jointly with Clean Water Services, 

analyzing the feasibility of three options 

(dam safety only modification, dam 

raise, and new downstream dam); all 

options would have reduced seismic 

risk at the dam, and two would have 

increased water supply in the basin. In 

2021, a determination was made to 

forego further development of 

increasing reservoir storage and to 

support development of a dam safety 

only modification. 

Statutory Authority and Anticipated 

Permits 

NEPA [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.] requires 

Federal agencies to conduct an 

environmental analysis of their 

proposed actions to determine whether 

the actions may significantly affect the 

human environment. The EIS will 

analyze the environmental effects of 

implementing the proposed action and 

alternatives, and a no action alternative. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Tualatin Valley Irrigation District, 

Washington County, Joint Water 

Commission, Clean Water Services, and 

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon have accepted 

invitations to participate as cooperating 

agencies for the EIS. Other entities will 

be considered, as necessary, during the 

EIS process. In addition to NEPA, 

various other Federal, state, and local 

authorizations may be required for the 

proposed action. Applicable Federal 

laws include, but are not limited to, the 

Endangered Species Act, National 


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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 17 / Thursday, January 25, 2024 / Notices 4991 

Historic Preservation Act, and Clean 

Water Act. 

Public Disclosure 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal, identifying information in 

your comment submission, please be 

advised that the entire submission, 

including your personal identifying 

information, may be made publicly 

available at any time. While a 

commenter may request that 

Reclamation withhold personal 

identifying information from public 

review, Reclamation cannot guarantee 

that it will be able to do so. 

How To Request Reasonable 

Accommodation 

For special assistance at one of the 

scoping meetings, please contact 

Rebecca Thompson or the TDD line (see 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice) at least 5 working 

days before the meetings. All meeting 

facilities are physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Information 

regarding this project is available in 

alternate formats upon request. 

Jennifer Carrington, 

Regional Director, Columbia-Pacific 

Northwest Region, Bureau of Reclamation. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01410 Filed 1–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4332–90–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR040U2000, XXXR4081G3, 

RX.05940913.FY19400] 

Public Meeting of the Glen Canyon 

Dam Adaptive Management Work 

Group 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, the Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) is publishing this notice 

to announce that a Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting of the Glen Canyon 

Dam Adaptive Management Work 

Group (AMWG) will take place. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held inperson and virtually on Wednesday, 

February 28, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 

approximately 5 p.m. (MST); and 

Thursday, February 29, 2024, from 8:30 

a.m. to approximately 3:30 p.m. (MST). 

ADDRESSES: The in-person meeting will 

be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 

Phoenix Tempe University Research 

Park, 7290 S Price Road, Tempe, AZ 

85283 in the Ballroom. 

The virtual meeting held on 

Wednesday, February 28, 2024, may be 

accessed at https://rec.webex.com/rec/ 

j.php?MTID=ma0fe40fdac47cd7320

a08ec42e37fce1; 

Meeting Number: 2764 950 7827, 

Password: AMP28. 

The virtual meeting held on 

Thursday, February 29, 2024, may be 

accessed at https://rec.webex.com/rec/ 

j.php?MTID=m3269f42e176cf9a4fa

9fe53881e3a0ee; 

Meeting Number: 2763 074 1381, 

Password: AMP29. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

William Stewart, Bureau of 

Reclamation, telephone (385) 622–2179, 

email at wstewart@usbr.gov. Individuals 

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-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Glen 

Canyon Dam Adaptive Management 

Program (GCDAMP) was implemented 

as a result of the Record of Decision on 

the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

to comply with consultation 

requirements of the Grand Canyon 

Protection Act (Pub. L. 102–575) of 

1992. The AMWG makes 

recommendations to the Secretary of the 

Interior concerning Glen Canyon Dam 

operations and other management 

actions to protect resources downstream 

of Glen Canyon Dam, consistent with 

the Grand Canyon Protection Act. The 

AMWG meets two to three times a year. 

Agenda: The AMWG will meet to 

receive updates on: (1) current basin 

hydrology and water year 2024 

operations; (2) experiments considered 

for implementation in 2024; (3) the 

status of threatened and endangered 

species; (4) long-term funding 

considerations. The AMWG will also 

discuss other administrative and 

resource issues pertaining to the 

GCDAMP. To view a copy of the agenda 

and documents related to the above 

meeting, please visit Reclamation’s 

website at https://www.usbr.gov/uc/ 

progact/amp/amwg.html. 

Meeting Accessibility/Special 

Accommodations: The meeting is open 

to the public. Please make requests in 

advance for sign language interpreter 

services, assistive listening devices, or 

other reasonable accommodations. We 

ask that you contact Mr. William 

Stewart (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice) at least 

seven (7) business days prior to the 

meeting to give the Department of the 

Interior sufficient time to process your 

request. All reasonable accommodation 

requests are managed on a case-by-case 

basis. 

Public Disclosure of Comments: Time 

will be allowed on both days for any 

individual or organization wishing to 

make extemporaneous and/or formal 

oral comments. Depending on the 

number of persons wishing to speak, 

and the time available, the time for 

individual comments may be limited. 

Interested parties should contact Mr. 

William Stewart (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) for placement on 

the public speaker list for this meeting. 

Members of the public may also choose 

to submit written comments by emailing 

them to wstewart@usbr.gov. Due to time 

constraints during the meeting, the 

AMWG is not able to read written 

public comments. All written comments 

will be made part of the public record 

and will be provided to the AMWG 

members. 

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. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. 

William Stewart, 

Adaptive Management Group Chief, Upper 

Colorado Basin—Interior Region 7. 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Receipt of Complaint; 

Solicitation of Comments Relating to 

the Public Interest 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has received a complaint 

regarding Certain Network Equipment 

Supporting NETCONF, DN 3718; the 

Commission is soliciting comments on 

any public interest issues raised by the 


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