59198 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 193 / Wednesday, October 4, 2000 / Notices

mail, return receipt requested, or should

be hand delivered. The cashier will

issue a receipt for each hand delivered

sealed bid. Bids received after 9 a.m., on

November 1, 2000, will not be

considered. The fair market value of the

tract will be determined by the

Authorized Officer after the sale. If

identical high sealed bids are received,

the tying bidders will be requested to

submit follow-up sealed bids until a

high bid is received. All tie-breaking

sealed bids must be within 15 minutes

following the sale official’s

announcement at the sale that identical

sealed bids have been received.

Coal Tract to be Offered: The coal

resources to be offered consist of all

recoverable reserves in the following

described lands located in San Juan

County, New Mexico and are described

as follows:

T.30 N., R. 14 W., NMPM

Sec. 17, All;

Sec. 18, All;

Sec. 19, All;

Sec. 20, All;

Sec. 29, All;

Sec. 30, All;

Sec. 31, Lots 1–4, N1⁄2,N1⁄2S1⁄2.

Containing 4,483.88 acres, more or

less.

The tract that is being offered for lease

is comprised of seven sections of Bureau

of Land Management Lands. The tract is

subject to several prior valid and preexisting surface and subsurface rights.

These include, but are not limited to: (1)

rights-of-way issued for large fluid

transmission pipelines, electrical power

transmission lines, water lines, roads,

and other utilities, (2) surface grazing

and water rights, (3) subsurface leases

for oil and gas, which include all of the

coal bed methane gas within the

Fruitland coal, and associated oil and

gas lease surface rights for storage,

gathering lines, access roads, drilling

pads, etc., and (4) existing producing

and non-producing oil, gas and coal bed

methane wells on the aforementioned

leases. It shall be the responsibility of

the successful coal bidder to determine

just how any and all of the pre-existing

rights will affect the mining operations.

A list of the pre-existing surface and

subsurface encumbrances by serial

number and type that are currently a

matter of public record can be obtained

at the BLM New Mexico State Office.

The right to mine and remove coal

from the tract is a subordinate right to

any and all prior valid and pre-existing

rights. If during any of the operations

related to the mining of the coal it

becomes necessary to infringe upon the

prior rights, then any and all actions,

and negotiations allowing adjustments,

relinquishments, suspensions, etc., and

the costs and compensations related

thereto, shall be the sole responsibility

of the successful coal bidder. Any

conflicts between the successful bidder

and the holders of oil and gas leases

must be cleared by negotiations between

the successful bidder and said oil and

gas lesses(s). The Bureau of Land

Management will not be a party to or

have any involvement in any

negotiations between any parties in

regards to this tract.

Rental and Royalty: The lease issued

as a result of this lease offering will

require payment of an annual rental of

$3.00 per acre or a fraction thereof, and

a royalty payable to the United States of

121⁄2 percent of the value of the coal

removed by surface methods and 8

percent of the value of the coal removed

by underground methods. The value of

the coal will be determined in

accordance with 30 CFR § 206.250.

Notice of Availability: Bidding

instructions for the offered tract is

included in the Detailed Statement of

Coal Lease Sale. Copies of the Statement

and the proposed coal lease are

available upon request in person or by

mail from the BLM New Mexico State

Office at the addresses shown above.

The case files are available for

inspection during normal business

hours only at the Santa Fe, New Mexico

location.

Dated: September 27, 2000.

Carsten F. Goff,

Acting State Director.

[FR Doc. 00–25326 Filed 10–3–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

Notice of Realty Action, Recreation

and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act

Classification

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action,

Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP)

Act Classification, UTU–78912.

SUMMARY: The following public land in

Garfield County, Utah has been

examined and found suitable for

classification for conveyance under the

provisions of the R&PP Amendment Act

of 1988 (Pub. L. 100–648): Salt Lake

Meridian, Utah, T. 35 South, R. 5 West,

Section 5, S1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4,

S1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and Section 9,

N1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, N1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4

containing 80 Acres. Garfield County

intends to use the land for a public

shooting range. The land is not needed

for a Federal purpose. Conveyance is

consistent with current Bureau of Land

Management land use planning and

would be in the public interest.

DATES: On or before November 20, 2000,

interested parties may submit comments

regarding the proposed classification. In

the absence of adverse comments, the

classification will become effective

December 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: For further information,

contact the Field Manager, Kanab Field

Office, Bureau of Land Management,

318 North 100 East, Kanab, Utah 84741,

435–644–4600. Comments should be

submitted to the same address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

patent, when issued, will be subject to

the following terms, conditions and

reservations:

1. Provisions of the R&PP Act and to

all applicable regulations of the

Secretary of the Interior.

2. All minerals shall be reserved to

the United States, together with the

right to prospect for, mine, and remove

the minerals.

3. A right-of-way for ditches and

canals constructed by authority of the

United States (Act of August 30, 1890,

26 Stat. 391; 43 U.S.C. 945).

4. Those rights for power transmission

line purposes granted by right-of-way #

SL 052370.

5. All other valid existing rights.

6. The (patentee), its successors or

assigns, assumes all liability for and

shall defend, indemnify, and save

harmless the United States and its

officers, agents, representatives, and

employees (hereinafter referred to in

this clause as the United States), from

all claims, loss, damage, actions, causes

of action, expense, and liability

(hereinafter referred to in this clause as

claims) resulting from, brought for, or

on account of, any personal injury,

threat of personal injury, or property

damage received or sustained by any

person or persons (including the

patentee’s employees) or property

growing out of, occurring, or attributable

directly or indirectly, to the disposal of

solid waste on, or the release of

hazardous substances from the above

described public land, regardless of

whether such claims shall be

attributable to: (1) the concurrent,

contributory, or partial fault, failure, or

negligence of the United States, or (2)

the sole fault, failure, or negligence of

the United States.

7. Title shall revert to the United

States upon a finding, after notice and

opportunity for a hearing, that the

patentee has not substantially

developed the lands in accordance with

the approved plan of development on or

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before the date five years after the date

of conveyance. No portion of the land

shall under any circumstance revert to

the United States if any such portion

has been used for solid waste disposal

or for any other purpose which may

result in the disposal, placement, or

release of any hazardous substance.

8. If, at any time, the patentee

transfers to another party ownership of

any portion of the land not used for the

purpose(s) specified in the application

and approved plan of development, the

patentee shall pay the Bureau of Land

Management the fair market value, as

determined by the authorized officer, of

the transferred portion as of the date of

transfer, including the value of any

improvements thereon.

Upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register the lands will be

segregated from all forms of

appropriation under public land laws,

including the general mining laws,

except for conveyance under the R&PP

Act and leasing under the Mineral

leasing laws.

Dated: September 26, 2000.

A. Jerry Meredith,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–25431 Filed 10–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects in the

Possession of the Haffenreffer

Museum of Anthropology, Brown

University, Bristol, RI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the possession of the Haffenreffer

Museum of Anthropology, Brown

University, Bristol, RI.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2 (c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the

museum, institution, or Federal agency

that has control of these human remains

and associated funerary objects. The

National Park Service is not responsible

for the determinations within this

notice.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by Haffenreffer

Museum professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation,

representing the Wampanoag Tribe of

Gay Head, the Mashpee Wampanoag (a

non-Federally recognized Indian group),

and the Assonet Band of the

Wampanoag Nation (a non-Federally

recognized Indian group); the

Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode

Island; and the Council of Seven/Royal

House of Pokanoket/Pokanoket Tribe/

Wampanoag Nation (a non-Federally

recognized Indian group).

In 1913, human remains representing

one individual were excavated at Burr’s

Hill in Warren, RI. During the 1920’s,

Rudolf Haffenreffer acquired these

remains as part of the Drown collection.

No known individual was identified.

The seven associated funerary objects

are five small brass kettle fragments and

two wool blanket fragments.

Burr’s Hill is believed to be located on

the southern border of Sowams, a

Wampanoag village. Sowams is

identified in historic documents of the

17th and 18th centuries as a

Wampanoag village, and was ceded to

the English in 1653 by Massasoit and

his eldest son Wamsutta (Alexander).

Sporadic finds and excavations have

been made at this site from the middle

of the 19th century through the early

20th century. Based the presence of

European trade goods and types of

cultural items, these cultural items have

been dated to between A.D. 1600–1710.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the Haffenreffer

Museum of Anthropology have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

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

above represent the physical remains of

one individual of Native American

ancestry. Officials of the Haffenreffer

Museum of Anthropology also have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(2), the seven 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

Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology

have determined that, pursuant to 43

CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of

shared group identity that can be

reasonably traced between these Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects and the

Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation,

representing the Wampanoag Tribe of

Gay Head, the Mashpee Wampanoag (a

non-Federally recognized Indian group),

and the Assonet Band of the

Wampanoag Nation (a non-Federally

recognized Indian group). This notice

has been sent to officials of the

Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation,

representing the Wampanoag Tribe of

Gay Head, the Mashpee Wampanoag (a

non-Federally recognized Indian group),

and the Assonet Band of the

Wampanoag Nation (a non-Federally

recognized Indian group); the

Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode

Island; and the Council of Seven/Royal

House of Pokanoket/Pokanoket Tribe/

Wampanoag Nation (a non-Federally

recognized Indian group).

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact Thierry Gentis, NAGPRA

Coordinator, Haffenreffer Museum of

Anthropology, Mount Hope Grant,

Bristol, RI 02805, telephone (401) 253–

8388, facsimile (401) 253–1198, before

November 3, 2000. Repatriation of the

human remains and associated funerary

objects to the Wampanoag Repatriation

Confederation, representing the

Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, the

Mashpee Wampanoag (a non-Federally

recognized Indian group), and the

Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation

(a non-Federally recognized Indian

group) may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: September 21, 2000.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

[FR Doc. 00–25398 Filed 10–03–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects in the

Control of the New Mexico State Office,

Bureau of Land Management, Santa

Fe, NM

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the control of the New Mexico State

Office, Bureau of Land Management,

Santa Fe, NM.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2 (c). The determinations within this