Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 209 / Friday, October 27, 2000 / Notices 64457

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. The Secretarial Order dated January

21, 1927, which established Bureau of

Land Management Power Site

Classification No. 164, is hereby

revoked insofar as it affects the

following described lands:

Willamette Meridian

T. 16 S., R. 5 E.,

Sec. 24, W1⁄2NE1⁄4.

T. 16 S., R. 6 E.,

Sec. 21, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 22, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 27, W1⁄2NW1⁄4;

Sec. 28, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4.

The areas described aggregate 280 acres in

Lane County.

2. At 8:30 a.m. on November 13, 2000,

the lands described in paragraph 1 shall

be opened to such forms of disposition

as may by law be made of National

Forest System lands, subject to valid

existing rights, the provisions of existing

withdrawals, other segregations of

record, and the requirements of

applicable law.

Dated: October 20, 2000.

Sylvia V. Baca,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 00–27624 Filed 10–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act, Public Law 92–463, that a meeting

of the Trail of Tears National Historic

Trail Advisory Council will be held

December 15, 2000, 8:00 a.m., at the

Radisson Hotel, 185 Union Ave.,

Memphis, TN.

The Trail of Tears National Historic

Trail Advisory Council was established

administratively under authority of

Section 3 of Public Law 91–383 (16

U.S.C. 1s–2(c)), to consult with the

Secretary of the Interior on the

implementation of a comprehensive

plan and other matters relating to the

Trail, including certification of sites and

segments, standards for erection and

maintenance of markers, preservation of

trail resources, American Indian

relations, visitor education, historical

research, visitor use, cooperative

management, and trail administration.

The matters to be discussed include:

• Plan Implementation Status

• Trail Association Status

• Cooperative Agreements Negotiation

• Trail Route and other Historical

Research

The meeting will be open to the

public. However, facilities and space for

accommodating members of the public

are limited, and persons will be

accommodated on a first-come, firstserved basis. Any member of the public

may file a written statement concerning

the matters to be discussed with David

Gaines, Superintendent.

Persons wishing further information

concerning this meeting, or who wish to

submit written statements may contact

David Gaines, Superintendent, Long

Distance Trails Group Office—Santa Fe,

National Park Service, P.O. Box 728,

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504–0728,

telephone 505/988–6888. Minutes of the

meeting will be available for public

inspection at the Office of the

Superintendent, located in Room 1081,

Paisano Building, 2968 Rodeo Park

Drive West, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Dated: October 19, 2000.

David M. Gaines,

Superintendent.

[FR Doc. 00–27690 Filed 10–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–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 University of Denver

Department of Anthropology and

Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service

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 University of

Denver Department of Anthropology

and Museum of Anthropology, Denver,

CO.

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 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 University of

Denver Department of Anthropology

and Museum of Anthropology

professional staff and a contract

physical anthropologist, in consultation

with representatives of the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas; AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw

Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of

Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee

Indians of North Carolina; Jena Band of

Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Mississippi

Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi;

Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of

Alabama; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah

Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma.

At an unknown date, human remains

representing two individuals were

removed from ancient mounds in

Alabama. At an unknown date between

the 1920’s and the 1950’s, the two sets

of remains were acquired by the

University of Denver Museum of

Anthropology. One set of remains is

listed as coming from ‘‘Alabama Mound

1,’’ and the other set of remains is listed

as coming from ‘‘Alabama Mound 2.’’

Mounds generally were constructed by

ancient Native Americans in Alabama

beginning circa 100 B.C. and continuing

to circa A.D. 1600. After that date,

individual Native Americans may have

been buried in old mounds throughout

the 19th century. There is no other

information on the provenience, age, or

cultural context of the remains, or the

circumstances under which these

remains were recovered. No known

individuals were identified. No

associated funerary objects are present.

Alabama has been identified as the

ancestral land of the Alabama-Coushatta

Tribes of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Cherokee

Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw Nation,

Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of

Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee

Indians of North Carolina; Jena Band of

Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Mississippi

Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi;

Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of

Alabama; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah

Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma.

This association is supported by oral

historical, archaeological, ethnological,

historical, and geographical evidence.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the University

of Denver Department of Anthropology

and Museum of Anthropology have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

64458 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 209 / Friday, October 27, 2000 / Notices

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

above represent the physical remains of

two individuals of Native American

ancestry. Officials of the University of

Denver Department of Anthropology

and Museum of Anthropology also 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 AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas; AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw

Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of

Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee

Indians of North Carolina; Jena Band of

Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Mississippi

Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi;

Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of

Alabama; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah

Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of

Texas; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;

Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw

Nation of Oklahoma; Eastern Band of

Cherokee Indians of North Carolina;

Jena Band of Choctaw Indians,

Louisiana; Kialegee Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; Mississippi Band of Choctaw

Indians, Mississippi; Muscogee (Creek)

Nation, Oklahoma; Poarch Band of

Creek Indians of Alabama; Thlopthlocco

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; and the United

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of

Oklahoma. Representatives of any other

Indian tribe that believes itself to be

culturally affiliated with these human

remains should contact Jan I. Bernstein,

Collections Manager and NAGPRA

Coordinator at the University of Denver

Museum of Anthropology, 2000 Asbury,

Sturm Hall S–146, Denver, CO 80208–

2406, email jbernste@du.edu, telephone

(303) 871–2543, before November 27,

2000. Repatriation of the human

remains to the Alabama-Coushatta

Tribes of Texas; Alabama-Quassarte

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Cherokee

Nation, Oklahoma; Chickasaw Nation,

Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of

Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee

Indians of North Carolina; Jena Band of

Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kialegee

Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Mississippi

Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi;

Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;

Poarch Band of Creek Indians of

Alabama; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,

Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah

Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma

may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: October 17, 2000.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

[FR Doc. 00–27611 Filed 10–26–00 ; 8:45

am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards

Administration, Wage and Hour

Division

Minimum Wages for Federal and

Federally Assisted Construction;

General Wage Determination Decisions

General wage determination decisions

of the Secretary of Labor are issued in

accordance with applicable law and are

based on the information obtained by

the Department of Labor from its study

of local wage conditions and data made

available from other sources. They

specify the basic hourly wage rates and

fringe benefits which are determined to

be prevailing for the described classes of

laborers and mechanics employed on

construction projects of a similar

character and in the localities specified

therein.

The determinations in these decisions

of prevailing rates and fringe benefits

have been made in accordance with 29

CFR Part 1, by authority of the Secretary

of Labor pursuant to the provisions of

the Davis-Bacon Act of March 3, 1931,

as amended (46 Stat. 1494, as amended,

40 U.S.C. 276a) and of other Federal

statutes referred to in 29 CFR Part 1,

Appendix, as well as such additional

statutes as may from time to time be

enacted containing provisions for the

payment of wages determined to be

prevailing by the Secretary of Labor in

accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act.

The prevailing rates and fringe benefits

determined in these decisions shall, in

accordance with the provisions of the

foregoing statutes, constitute the

minimum wages payable on Federal and

federally assisted construction projects

to laborers and mechanics of the

specified classes engaged on contract

work of the character and in the

localities described therein.

Good cause is hereby found for not

utilizing notice and public comment

procedure thereon prior to the issuance

of these determinations as prescribed in

5 U.S.C. 533 and not providing for delay

in the effective date as prescribed in that

section, because the necessity to issue

current construction industry wage

determinations frequently and in large

volume causes procedures to be

impractical and contrary to the public

interest.

General wage determination

decisions, and modifications and

supersedes decisions thereto, contain no

expiration dates and are effective from

their date of notice in the Federal

Register, or on the date written notice

is received by the agency, whichever is

earlier. These decisions are to be used

in accordance with the provisions of 29

CFR Parts 1 and 5. Accordingly, the

applicable decision, together with any

modifications issued, must be made a

part of every contract for performance of

the described work within the

geographic area indicated as required by

an applicable Federal prevailing wage

law and 29 CFR Part 5. The wage rates

and fringe benefits, notice of which is

published herein, and which are

contained in the Government Printing

Office (GPO) document entitled

‘‘General Wage Determinations Issued

Under The Davis-Bacon And Related

Acts,’’ shall be the minimum paid by

contractors and subcontractors to

laborers and mechanics.

Any person, organization, or

governmental agency having an interest

in the rates determined as prevailing is

encouraged to submit wage rate and

fringe benefit information for

consideration by the Department.

Further information and selfexplanatory forms for the purpose of

submitting this data may be obtained by

writing to the U.S. Department of Labor,

Employment Standards Administration,

Wage and Hour Division, Division of

Wage Determinations, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Room S–3014,

Washington, DC 20210.

Modifications to General Wage

Determination Decisions

The number of decisions listed in the

Government Printing Office document

entitled ‘‘General Wage Determinations

Issued Under the Davis-Bacon and

related Acts’’ being modified are listed

by Volume and State. Dates of

publication in the Federal Register are

in parentheses following the decisions

being modified.

Volume I

None

Volume II

Pennsylvania

PA000002 (Feb. 11, 2000)

PA000042 (Feb. 11, 2000)

PA000047 (Feb. 11, 2000)

Volume III

Georgia

GA000003 (Feb. 11, 2000)

GA000032 (Feb. 11, 2000)

GA000073 (Feb. 11, 2000)

GA000085 (Feb. 11, 2000)