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in advance for sign language interpreter 

services, assistive listening devices, or 

other reasonable accommodations. We 

ask that you contact the person listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice at least seven 

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. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2) 

Gregory Sheehan, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01496 Filed 1–24–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNM930000.L14400000.BJ0000.BX0000] 

Notice of Filing of Plat of Survey; New 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of official filing. 

SUMMARY: The plat of survey of the 

following described lands is scheduled 

to be officially filed 30 days after the 

date of this publication in the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), New Mexico 

State Office, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The 

surveys announced in this notice are 

necessary for the management of lands 

administered by the agency indicated. 

ADDRESSES: This plat will be available 

for inspection in the New Mexico State 

Office, Bureau of Land Management, 

301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, New 

Mexico 85004–4427. Protests of a survey 

should be sent to the New Mexico State 

Director at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael L. Hart, Acting Chief Cadastral 

Surveyor; (505) 761–8908; mlhart@

blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 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 question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

New Mexico Principal Meridian, New 

Mexico 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey and survey of a tract of land in 

Townships 14 and 15 North, Range 16 

West, accepted January 19, 2024, for 

Group No. 1215, New Mexico. 

This plat was prepared at the request 

of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo 

Region. 

A person or party who wishes to 

protest against this survey must file a 

written notice of protest within 30 

calendar days from the date of this 

publication with the New Mexico State 

Director, Bureau of Land Management, 

stating that they wish to protest. 

A statement of reasons for a protest 

may be filed with the notice of protest 

to the State Director, or the statement of 

reasons must be filed with the State 

Director within 30 days after the protest 

is filed. Before including your address, 

or other personal information in your 

protest, please be aware that your entire 

protest, 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: 43 U.S.C. Chap. 3. 

Michael L. Hart, 

Acting Chief Cadastral Surveyor of New 

Mexico. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NRNHL–23545; 

PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Request for Comments on a Draft of 

Updated National Register Bulletin: 

Identifying, Evaluating, and 

Documenting Traditional Cultural 

Places (Draft TCP Bulletin) 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) is soliciting written comments 

from its Tribal, national, State, and local 

historic preservation partners, NPS 

regional offices and parks, other Federal 

agencies, and the public regarding the 

Draft TCP Bulletin. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

by March 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: A Portable Document 

Format (PDF) copy of the Draft TCP 

Bulletin may be accessed at: https://

parkplanning.nps.gov/TCPBulletin. 

A printed copy of the Draft TCP 

Bulletin is available upon request. 

Comments may be submitted via 

email to nr_tcp@nps.gov; via the project 

website at https://parkplanning.nps.

gov/TCPBulletin; or by U.S. mail or 

alternative carrier to Sherry A. Frear, 

Chief and Deputy Keeper, National 

Register of Historic Places/National 

Historic Landmarks Program, 1849 C 

Street NW, MS 7228, Washington, DC 

20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sherry A. Frear, Chief and Deputy 

Keeper, National Register of Historic 

Places/National Historic Landmarks 

Program, 1849 C Street NW, MS 7228, 

Washington, DC 20240, sherry_frear@

nps.gov, 202–913–3763. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS 

is the Federal agency tasked by the 

Secretary of the Interior with 

administering the National Register of 

Historic Places (National Register). The 

revision and reissue of National Register 

Bulletin 38: Guidelines for Evaluating 

and Documenting Traditional Cultural 

Places (TCP Bulletin) is in accordance 

with the authority provided by the 

National Preservation Act of 1966 (54 U. 

S. C. 300101, et seq.)(NHPA), and 

National Register Program regulations 

(36 CFR part 60). Completion of the 

project will significantly assist the 

Federal Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation; Native Americans, Native 

Hawaiians, Native Alaskans; Federal 

agencies; State and Tribal Historic 

Preservation Officers; national, State, 

and local preservation organizations; 

preservation professionals; and the 

general public in the implementation of 

36 CFR part 60, 36 CFR part 800, and 

environmental reviews pursuant to 54 

U.S.C. 306107 and 306108, and 42 

U.S.C. 4321, et seq. 

With the release of the TCP Bulletin 

in 1990, the NPS provided guidance for 

evaluating and documenting places for 

inclusion in the National Register of 

Historic Places (National Register) for 

their historic relationships with 

traditional cultural communities. The 

TCP Bulletin was revised and reissued 

in 1992 to address changes in the NHPA 

providing that places of traditional 

religious and cultural importance to 

Native American Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian Organizations may be 

included in the National Register. It was 

revised and reissued again in 1998 to 

clarify that Traditional Cultural Places 

(TCPs) are not a new property type nor 

an additional level of significance. The 

TCP Bulletin as published in 1990, and 

revised in 1992 and 1998, has been an 

essential resource for evaluating and 

documenting TCPs. Over the past 

decades, there have been requests to the 

NPS for further clarification and 

expansion of this guidance from Native 

American Tribes, Native Hawaiian 

Organizations, State and Tribal Historic 


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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. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01401 Filed 1–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

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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