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CBAs that involve species listed as 

endangered are found at 50 CFR 

17.22(c). 

Proposed Project 

La ̄na1i Resorts, LLC, dba Pu ̄lama 

La ̄na1i has submitted an application for 

an ESA section 10(a)(l)(A) permit. The 

permit application includes a CBA that 

would be implemented on enrolled 

property if a permit is issued. The 

primary conservation measures 

provided in the CBA include: 

• Creating new habitat for the covered 

species where none currently exists. 

• Protecting the new breeding habitat 

for orangeblack Hawaiian damselflies by 

building and maintaining ungulate 

exclusion fencing. 

• Managing the new aquatic habitat 

for orangeblack Hawaiian damselfly to 

be free of predatory fish. 

• Reintroducing a new population of 

orangeblack Hawaiian damselflies. 

• Establishing predator-controlled 

habitat within the fenced area 

containing surface water for Hawaiian 

coot and Hawaiian stilt. 

• Establishing forage, cover, and 

potential nesting resources for 

assimulans yellow-faced bees. 

Net Conservation Benefits from the 

conservation measures include: 

• Increasing the range of each covered 

species, thereby helping to protect 

against catastrophic loss of the species. 

• Reintroducing a new population of 

orangeblack Hawaiian damselflies. 

• Preventing ecological damage to the 

created habitat from ungulates and 

invasive plant species. 

Additional benefits include: 

• Increasing collaborative recovery 

efforts between the Service, the Hawaii 

Department of Land and Natural 

Resources, and Pu ̄lama La ̄na1i. 

• Increasing opportunity for 

environmental education and 

conservation public outreach. 

Request for Public Comments 

We invite public review and comment 

on the permit application package, 

including the CBA and draft EAS (see 

ADDRESSES). You may submit your 

comments and materials by one of the 

methods listed in the ADDRESSES

section. We request data, comments, 

new information, or suggestions from 

the public, other concerned 

governmental agencies, the scientific 

community, Tribes, industry, or any 

other interested party on our proposed 

Federal action, including on the 

adequacy of the CBA, pursuant to the 

requirements for permits at 50 CFR parts 

13 and 17. 

Public Availability of Comments 

All comments and materials we 

receive become part of the public record 

associated with this action. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comments, 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. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public disclosure in 

their entirety. 

Next Steps 

After the public comment period ends 

(see DATES), we will evaluate the permit 

application, associated documents, and 

any comments received to determine 

whether the permit application meets 

the requirements of section 10(a)(1)(A) 

of the ESA. We will also evaluate 

whether issuance of the requested 

permit would comply with section 7 of 

the ESA by conducting an intra-Service 

consultation under section 7(a)(2) of the 

ESA on the proposed action. The final 

NEPA and permit determinations will 

not be completed until after the end of 

the 30-day comment period and will 

fully consider all comments received 

during the comment period. If we 

determine that all requirements are met, 

we will issue an Enhancement of 

Survival Permit under section 

10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA and associated 

implementing regulations found at 50 

CFR 17.22(c). 

Authority 

We provide this notice in accordance 

with the requirements of section 10(c) of 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and 

its implementing regulations (50 CFR 

17.22 and 17.32), and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.) and its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1501.9). 

Bridget Fahey, 

Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038957; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Proposed Transfer or 

Reinterment: Wesleyan University, 

Archaeology & Anthropology 

Collections, Middletown, CT 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Wesleyan 

University proposes to transfer human 

remains listed in a notice of inventory 

completion published in the Federal 

Register on August 12, 2024. 

DATES: Repatriation, transfer, or 

reinterment of the human remains in 

this notice may occur on or after 

November 29, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendi Field Murray, Wesleyan 

University (Archaeology & 

Anthropology Collections), Middletown, 

CT 06459, telephone (860) 685–2085, 

email wmurray01@wesleyan.edu. 

Individuals who are deaf, deafblind, 

hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 

TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

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 Wesleyan 

University and additional information 

on the determinations in this notice, 

including the results of consultation, 

can be found in its inventory or related 

records. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

This notice follows publication of a 

Notice of Inventory Completion in the 

Federal Register (89 FR 65657–65658, 

August 12, 2024). Human remains 

representing, at least, 16 individuals 

have been identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. The 

remains of these 16 individuals were 

once part of an osteological teaching 

collection, which included skeletal 

elements that had been prepared and 

used for anatomical instruction 


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sometime between the 19th and 20th 

centuries. In August 2013 any human 

remains in the osteological collection 

that showed evidence of having been 

disinterred (visible soil/staining, water 

damage, and weathering) rather than 

mechanically cleaned/prepared by a 

medical supply vendor or other entity 

were presumed to be Native American. 

Wesleyan has no records suggesting 

their geographic origin or acquisition 

history. 

The presence of potentially hazardous 

substances (i.e., pesticide residues) on 

these remains in unknown. In 2021, 

Wesleyan University discovered the 

presence of pesticide residue (arsenic) 

on one organic object from Samoa that 

was transferred from the Smithsonian in 

the 19th century, as well as several 

taxidermy specimens. While pesticides 

were not typically applied to human 

skeletal remains, they were managed 

together with organic objects in a large 

ethnographic teaching collection, so 

cross-contamination is a possibility. 

There is one documented instance of 

pest fumigation relating to the 

collections that dates to 1972–1973. 

This was to treat a silverfish infestation 

in underground storage rooms that held 

the museum’s objects after it closed. The 

proposal was for the application of 

dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) 

to the floors, the placement of open 

containers or paradichlorobenzene 

(PDB) around the room, and the 

placement of a mildew-retarding 

insecticide inside the wraps of museum 

specimens. The specific contents of the 

room in which the chemicals were 

applied, and to what extent they were 

shielded from them, is unknown. 

Consultation 

Invitations to consult were sent to the 

Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe; 

Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 

Connecticut; and the Narragansett 

Indian Tribe. Invitations to consult were 

also sent to the following non-federally 

recognized Indian groups: Brothertown 

Indian Nation, Eastern Pequot Tribal 

Nation; Golden Hill Paugussett Indian 

Nation; and the Schagticoke Indian 

Nation. The Mashantucket Pequot 

Indian Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of 

Indians of Connecticut responded to the 

invitation and participated in 

consultation. Other Indian Tribes and/or 

groups either chose to defer, 

participated in preliminary phone calls, 

or did not participate. 

Cultural Affiliation 

No information about the cultural 

affiliation of the human remains in this 

notice are available. The information, 

including the results of consultation, 

identified: 

1. No earlier group connected to the 

human remains. 

2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization connected to the human 

remains. 

3. No relationship of shared group 

identity between the earlier group and 

the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization that can be reasonably 

traced through time. 

Determinations 

Wesleyan University has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 16 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• No known lineal descendant who 

can trace ancestry to the human remains 

in this notice has been identified. 

• No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization with cultural affiliation to 

the human remains in this notice has 

been clearly or reasonably identified. 

• The Mashantucket Pequot Indian 

Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians 

of Connecticut have requested transfer 

of the human remains described in this 

notice. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the authorized representative 

identified in this notice under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Requests 

for repatriation may be submitted by 

any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization who 

shows, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 

descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native 

Hawaiian organization with cultural 

affiliation. 

Repatriation, transfer, or reinterment 

of the human remains described in this 

notice may occur on or after November 

29, 2024. If requests for repatriation are 

received, Wesleyan University must 

evaluate the requests and respond in 

writing to the requestors. Wesleyan 

University is responsible for sending a 

copy of this notice to any consulting 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: October 25, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038965; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

University of Georgia, Laboratory of 

Archaeology, Athens, GA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Georgia, Laboratory of 

Archaeology intends to repatriate 

certain cultural items that meet the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

objects and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

November 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Amanda Thompson, 

University of Georgia, Laboratory of 

Archaeology, 1125 Whitehall Road, 

Athens, GA 30605, telephone (706) 542– 

8737, email arobthom@uga.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 

Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, and 

additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the summary or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

A total of 2,739 cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. The 

2,739 of unassociated funerary objects 

are a copper axe, pipe effigy fragment, 

lithics, indigenous ceramics, sherdlets, 

faunal remains including drum teeth, 

shell, unmodified slate fragment, mica, 

botanical shell bead, eroded garnet, 

burnt clay, glass, flotation samples. 

In approximately the 1940s, one 

copper axe was removed from 9BR24 

Shaw Mound, a burial mound, in 

Bartow County, Georgia. The collection 

was excavated by the landowner, Frank 

Shaw, in 1940. The object was given to 

the Department of Anthropology in 

1994. This object was collected from the 

burial mound is considered an 

unassociated funerary object. No known 

research has been conducted on these 

objects. There is no record of any 


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