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Resources Integration Alternative) was 

identified in response to issues raised 

by the public and agency 

considerations. The intent of the 

Resources Integration Alternative is to 

minimize disturbance to vegetation and 

soils within the solar facility by setting 

maximum allowable disturbance 

thresholds to vegetation during 

construction, utilizing various 

construction methods across the site, 

and setting restoration goals. Grading 

would be limited to a maximum of 20 

percent of the total development area, 

and construction would involve 

implementation of overland travel and 

drive and crush methods such that 60 

percent of the vegetation density is 

maintained. 

Alternative 2, which was proposed by 

the Applicant, and Alternative 2A were 

designed to minimize disturbance to 

vegetation and soils within the solar 

facility by setting maximum allowable 

disturbance thresholds to vegetation 

during construction; however, those 

disturbance thresholds differ from 

Alternative 1. Under Alternative 2, 

grading would be limited to a maximum 

of 25.6 percent (918 acres) of the 

development area and vegetation would 

be cut to a maximum of 10 inches 

anywhere solar panels would be 

constructed and in a 5-foot buffer 

around each of the solar arrays. 

Alternative 2A is a hybrid alternative of 

Alternative 1 and Alternative 2. 

Alternative 2A would include the same 

grading allowance as Alternative 2, but 

maintain native desert vegetation at a 

height of 24 inches or taller across the 

Project site (with trimming allowed to 

no less than 18 inches where it directly 

interferes with equipment or panel 

performance). 

The No Action Alternative would be 

a continuation of existing conditions 

and the ROW would not be approved. 

The BLM further considered a number 

of additional alternatives but dismissed 

these alternatives from detailed analysis 

as explained in the Draft RMP 

Amendment/EIS and Alternatives 

Report. 

The BLM has identified Alternative 

Action 1—Resources Integration 

Alternative as the preferred alternative. 

Alternative Action 1 was found to best 

meet the BLM’s planning guidance and 

is designed to be a Project lifecycle 

alternative, as the alternative addresses 

not only construction, but also 

operations, maintenance, and 

decommissioning of the solar facility. 

Alternative Action 1 minimizes 

disturbance to vegetation and soils 

within the solar facility, and minimizes 

impacts to wildlife habitat, soils, air 

quality, and water quality. Alternative 

Action 1 also reduces impacts to 

recreation by maintaining an existing 

OHV route southwest of the Project. 

Mitigation 

The BLM included forty-four 

mitigation measures including, but not 

limited to, the following measures to 

address key resources: 

• Dust control and stabilization (MM 

AIR–1) 

• Emissions control (MM AIR–2) 

• Reducing the project footprint and 

access control (MM WILD–1) 

• Qualified biologist (MM WILD–2) 

• Wildlife workers environmental 

awareness program (MM WILD–3) 

• Pre-construction and pre-activity 

surveys (MM WILD–4) 

• Minimization of wildlife entrapment 

(MM WILD–5) 

• Minimization of wildlife conflicts 

(MM WILD–6) 

• Protection of mesquite bosque (MM 

WILD–7) 

• Pre-construction western monarch 

butterfly surveys (MM WILD–8) 

• Desert tortoise burrows (MM WILD–9) 

• Timing of plant surveys, site 

restoration, and plan requirements 

(MM VG–1) 

• Cacti, yucca, and perennial plant 

salvage (MM VG–2) 

• Invasive species management (MM 

VG–3) 

• Timing of vegetation maintenance 

(MM VG–4) 

• Visual design considerations and 

surface treatment procedures (MM 

VR–1) 

• Minimize reflectivity (MM VR–2) 

• Night lighting (MM VR–3) 

• Minimize visual impacts during 

construction (MM VR–4) 

• Minimize visual impacts during 

operation and maintenance (MM VR– 

5) 

• Aviation glare notification (MM VR– 

6) 

• OHV route signage for alternative 

routes (MM REC–1) 

• Old Route 16 maintained access (MM 

REC–2) 

• Stormwater quality monitoring 

program (MM WR–1) 

• Prevention of flooding and 

development in floodplain areas (MM 

WR–2) 

• Spill prevention and control measures 

(MM WR–3) 

• Groundwater pumping meter and 

development of a groundwater 

monitoring and reporting plan (MM 

WR–4) 

• Fence maintenance (MM WR–5) 

• Septic system documentation and 

adaptive management (MM WR–6). 

These mitigation measures, along 

with Project Design Features required by 

the Southern Nevada District Office, 

management plans, and interagency 

operating procedures, are provided in 

full in Appendix B of the Draft RMP 

Amendment/EIS. 

Schedule for the Decision-Making 

Process 

The BLM will provide additional 

opportunities for public participation 

consistent with the NEPA and land use 

planning processes, including a 30-day 

public protest period and a concurrent 

60-day Governor’s consistency review 

on the Proposed RMP Amendment. The 

Proposed RMP Amendment/Final EIS is 

anticipated to be available for public 

protest by late spring 2025, and if the 

project is authorized, the approved RMP 

Amendment and Record of Decision 

would be available by late summer 

2025. 

The BLM will continue to consult 

with Indian Tribal Nations on a 

government-to-government basis in 

accordance with Executive Order 13175, 

BLM Manual 1780 and other 

Departmental policies. Tribal concerns 

will be given due consideration. 

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: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 

43 CFR 1610.2, and 43 CFR part 2800) 

Jon K. Raby, 

State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038728; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of California, Berkeley, 

Berkeley, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of California Berkeley has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 


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and has determined that there is a 

cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 21, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Alexandra Lucas, 

Repatriation Coordinator, Government 

and Community Relations (Chancellor’s 

Office), University of California, 

Berkeley, 200 California Hall, Berkeley, 

CA 94720, telephone (510) 570–0964, 

email nagpra-ucb@berkeley.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the University of 

California, Berkeley and additional 

information on the determinations in 

this notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

inventory or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

In the Spring of 1986, Polly Quick and 

the University of California, Berkeley 

Anthropology Field Class (133) removed 

at minimum, 101 ancestors from CA– 

SAC–42, also known as Souza Mound. 

The 10 associated funerary objects are 

nine lots consisting of faunal remains, 

ground stone, beads, flaked and chipped 

stone, soil, and shell and one mortar 

fragment. The ancestors and associated 

funerary objects were accessioned by 

the Lowie Museum (today the Phoebe A. 

Hearst Museum of Anthropology) in 

1988. One associated funerary object 

was removed by R.F. Heizer and the 

University of California, Berkeley S197 

Anthropology class in July 1949 and 

appropriated by the University of 

California, Berkeley in 1949. The 

associated funerary object is a mortar 

fragment. 

Collections and collection spaces at 

the Phoebe A Hearst Museum of 

Anthropology were treated with 

substances for preservation and pest 

control, some potentially hazardous. No 

records have been found to date at the 

Museum to indicate whether or not 

chemicals or natural substances were 

used prior to 1960. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is reasonably identified by the 

geographical location or acquisition 

history of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice. 

Determinations 

The University of California, Berkeley 

has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 101 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 10 lots of objects described in 

this notice are reasonably believed to 

have been placed intentionally with or 

near individual human remains at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Buena Vista 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun 

Indians of the Colusa Indian 

Community of the Colusa Rancheria, 

California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of 

Me-Wuk Indians of California; 

Guidiville Rancheria of California; Ione 

Band of Miwok Indians of California; 

Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, 

Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona 

Tract), California; Tule River Indian 

Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 

California; United Auburn Indian 

Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 

California; Wilton Rancheria, California; 

and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, 

California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

authorized representative identified in 

this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests 

for repatriation may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after October 21, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the University of California, Berkeley 

must determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The University of 

California, Berkeley is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: September 12, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains and has determined that there 

is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The human remains were 

collected at the Genoa Indian School, 

Nance County, NE, and an unknown 

location. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after October 21, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–2374, email jpickering@

fas.harvard.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the PMAE, and 

additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual was collected 

at the Genoa Indian School, Nance 

County, NE. The human remains are 


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