Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 185 / Friday, September 22, 2000 / Notices 57369

Dated: September 7, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–24357 Filed 9–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–010–1220–DH]

Notice of Availability of a Proposed

Resource Management Plan

Amendment (RMPA) and Final

Environmental Impact Statement

(FEIS) ; Albuquerque Field Office, New

Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) Albuquerque Field

Office has completed a Proposed

RMPA/FEIS. This document contains a

20-year strategy for managing the El

Malpais National Conservation Area

(NCA) and contiguous lands. The

document also addresses activity level

plans for these lands and as required by

P.L. 100–225 makes a recommendation

of the suitability/nonsuitability of the

Chain of Craters Wilderness Study Area

for inclusion in the wilderness system.

The document also recommends to

Congress the inclusion of certain

additional contiguous acres in the

Cebolla Wilderness and the addition of

other acres to the NCA.

Copies are available for review at

public libraries in Albuquerque and

nearby cities or towns. Additional

copies are available at the following

BLM Offices: Albuquerque Field Office,

435 Montann ̃o Road NE, Albuquerque,

New Mexico 87107; New Mexico State

Office, 1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, New

Mexico 87505. The document will also

be available on the internet at

www.nm.blm.gov.

DATES: Protests related to decisions at

the Resource Management Plan level

must be filed in writing to: Director

(WO–210), Bureau of Land

Management, Attention: Ms. Brenda

Williams, 1849 C Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20240. Protests must be

postmarked no later than October 30,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent

Hamilton, Planning and Environmental

Coordinator, Bureau of Land

Management, 435 Montan ̃o Road NE,

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107–4935,

Telephone (505) 761–8746.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

proposed RMPA /FEIS is a plan for

managing NCA and contiguous public

lands and resources. The plan addresses

the following public land issues that

amend the Rio Puerco RMP: Recreation

(Visual Resource Management), Access

and Transportation, Wilderness

Suitability, and Boundary and Land

Tenure Adjustments. Issues addressed

at the activity plan level are: Recreation,

Facility Development, Access and

Transportation, Wilderness

Management, Wilderness Suitability,

American Indian Uses and Traditional

Cultural Practices, Cultural Resources,

Wildlife Habitat, Vegetation, and

Boundary & Land Ownership

Adjustments.

Under the Proposed Plan BLM would

provide:

• A combination of developed and

dispersed recreational opportunities.

• Approximately 105,000 acres closed

to vehicle and mechanical access.

• Approximately 273 miles of

designated vehicle routes.

• Approximately 101,000 acres of

designated wilderness with

approximately 4,000 additional acres

recommended for designation.

• Emphasis to cultural resource

conservation for future use and

recommend additional acreage for

inclusion in the NCA to provide for

cultural resource management.

• Management of wildlife habitat for

habitat improvement.

• Vegetative management practices to

emphasize health of the land and

improvement of ecological conditions.

• Recommendations to Congress for

boundary changes that will provide for

more effective resource management.

Public input has occurred throughout

the planning process and public

comments and BLM’s responses to these

comments are included as an important

part of this proposed plan.

Dated: September 18, 2000.

Edwin J. Singleton,

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–24368 Filed 9–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–067–1990; CA–40204]

Correction to Notice of Availability of

the Draft Environmental Impact Report/

Environmental Impact Statement on

the Proposed Expansion of the

Existing Mesquite Gold Mine

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice corrections.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management published a notice in the

Federal Register on August 29, 2000,

regarding the availability of the Draft

Environmental Impact Report/

Environmental Impact Statement on the

proposed expansion of the existing

Mesquite Gold Mine in Imperial County,

Ca. The notice contains information that

has changed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kevin Marty, Bureau of Land

Management, 1661 South 4th Street, El

Centro, CA; telephone (760) 337–4422.

Corrections

(a) In the Federal Register of August

29, 2000, in DOCID fr29au00-85, on

page 52436, under the DATES caption,

change the comment period ending date

to November 7, 2000.

(b) On the same page as above, under

the ADDRESSES caption, change the

extension for the Imperial County

Planning and Building Department to

4313.

(c) On the same page as above, under

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

caption, change the Imperial County

Planning and Building Department

contact name to Richard Cabanilla, and

change the telephone extension to 4313.

Dated: September 15, 2000.

Greg Thomsen,

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–24371 Filed 9–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects from

Mills County, IA in the Possession of

the Office of the State Archaeologist,

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

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 Office of State

Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa

City, IA.

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

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museum, institution, or Federal agency

that has control of these Native

American 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 the Office of the

State Archaeologist, University of Iowa,

professional staff in consultation with

representatives of the Pawnee Nation of

Oklahoma and the Three Affiliated

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,

North Dakota.

In 1984, human remains representing

one individual were recovered from site

13ML176, Mills County, IA, by the

Office of State Archaeologist, University

of Iowa, during the salvage excavation

of an earthlodge. No known individuals

were identified. There are no associated

funerary objects.

This earthlodge was occupied by

people of the Nebraska phase (A.D.

1050–1250) of the Central Plains

tradition based on the material culture,

art style, architecture, and geographical

location of the site. Archeological

evidence, especially continuities and

similarities in material culture, and

Pawnee tribal history indicate that the

historic Pawnee and Arikara tribes may

have their origins among the late

prehistoric Nebraska phase people of

the Missouri River area of southwestern

Iowa and eastern Nebraska. The Arikara

today are members of the Three

Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold

Reservation, North Dakota.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the Office of

State Archaeologist, University of Iowa,

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. Also, officials of the

Office of State Archaeologist, University

of Iowa, 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 the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma

and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the

Fort Berthold Reservation, North

Dakota. This notice has been sent to

officials of the Pawnee Nation of

Oklahoma and the Three Affiliated

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,

North Dakota. Representatives of any

other Indian tribe that believes itself to

be culturally affiliated with these

human remains should contact Shirley

Schermer, Burials Program Director,

Office of the State Archaeologist, 700

Clinton Street Building, University of

Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, telephone

(319) 384–0740, before October 23,

2000. Repatriation of the human

remains to the Pawnee Nation of

Oklahoma and the Three Affiliated

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,

North Dakota may begin after that date

if no additional claimants come

forward.

Dated: September 5, 2000.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

[FR Doc. 00–24358 Filed 9–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Coachella Canal Lining Project,

Imperial and Riverside Counties,

California

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior

ACTION: Notice of Availability, Draft

Environmental Impact Statement/Draft

Environmental Impact Report—

Coachella Canal Lining Project (INT–

DES 00–40).

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of

1969 (as amended) and the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the

Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation)

and the Coachella Valley Water District

(CVWD) have prepared a joint Draft

Environmental Impact Statement/Draft

Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/

DEIR) for the ‘‘Coachella Canal Lining

Project.’’ The document is a revised and

updated version of a DEIS/DEIR filed by

Reclamation and the CVWD and issued

for public comment on January 11,

1994.

DATES: A 60-day public review period

shall begin with the publication date of

this notice. Note that there will be no

extension of the comment period for

this DEIS/DEIR. In addition to mailing

submissions, comments will also be

received by Reclamation and CVWD at

a public hearing scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

on October 25, 2000, at the Coachella

Valley Water District Office, Highway

111 and Avenue 52, Coachella,

California. This facility is disability

accessible. Please contact the persons

identified below within two weeks prior

to the hearing date to arrange for

accommodations to meet other special

needs, such as interpreters for the

hearing-impaired.

ADDRESSES: To request copies of the

DEIS/DEIR or to obtain further

information about the Coachella Canal

Lining Project, please contact Mr. Don

Young, Reclamation, Yuma Area Office,

P.O. Box D, 7301 Calle Agua Salada,

Yuma, Arizona, 85366; telephone: (520)

343–8159; or Mr. Steve Robbins,

Coachella Valley Water District, P.O.

Box 1058, Highway 111 and Avenue 52,

Coachella, California, 92236; telephone:

(760) 398–2651. Written comments on

the DEIS/DEIR should be sent to Mr.

Don Young at the above address.

Note that Reclamation’s standard

practice is to make comments, including

names and home addresses of

respondents, available for public

review. Individual respondents may

request that his or her name or identity

be withheld from public disclosure.

Requests for non-disclosure must be

made in writing when comments are

submitted. Reclamation shall

accommodate such requests to the

extent allowable by law. All comments

submitted by organizations and

businesses and from individuals

identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses shall be

available for public disclosure in their

entirety.

Copies of the DEIS/DEIR are now

available for public review at the

following locations:

• Bureau of Reclamation, Yuma Area

Office, Central Files, Room 145, 7301

Calle Agua Salada, Yuma, Arizona;

telephone: (520) 343–8147

• Coachella Valley Water District,

Highway 111 and Avenue 52,

Coachella, California, telephone: (760)

398–2651

• Bureau of Reclamation, Lower

Colorado Regional Office, 400

Railroad Avenue, Boulder City,

Nevada, telephone: (702) 293–8000

• Bureau of Reclamation, Reclamation

Service Center Library, Building 67,

Room 167, Denver Federal Center, 6th

and Kipling, Denver, Colorado,

telephone: (303) 236–6963

• Bureau of Reclamation, Program

Analysis Office, Room 7456, 1849 C

Street NW, Washington, DC,

telephone: (202) 208–4662

• California Department of Water

Resources, 6900 Devils Canyon Road,

San Bernardino, California; telephone:

(909) 886–5028

• Yuma County Library, 350 South

Third Avenue, Yuma, Arizona,

telephone: (520) 782–1871

• Coachella Branch Library, 1538 7th

Street, Coachella, California;

telephone: (760) 398–5148

• Brawley Public Library, 400 Main

Street, Brawley, California; telephone:

(760) 344–1891

• El Centro Public Library, 539 W. State

Street, El Centro, California;

telephone: (760) 337–4565