Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 50 / Monday, March 16, 2015 / Notices 13615 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Charleston District. The human remains 

and funerary objects were removed from 

Berkeley County, SC. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

The determinations in this notice are 

the sole responsibility of the museum, 

institution, or Federal agency that has 

control of the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects. 

The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Charleston District 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives the Absentee-Shawnee 

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Catawba Indian 

Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of South 

Carolina); Cherokee Nation; Delaware 

Tribe of Indians; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal 

Town; Seminole Tribe of Florida 

(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe 

of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); 

Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; 

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco 

Tribal Town; Tuscarora Nation; and 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

Between 1979 and 1981, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 59 

individuals were removed from the 

Swamp Site (38BK235), in Berkeley 

County, SC. The site was excavated by 

the South Carolina Institute of 

Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) 

of Columbia, SC, prior to the 

construction of the Cooper River 

Rediversion Canal. Artifacts were stored 

at SCIAA and the osteological materials 

(human and animal remains) were sent 

to the University of Missouri, Columbia, 

for analysis. Following analysis, the 

osteological material was returned to 

SCIAA, which is the current location of 

the collection. No known individuals 

were identified. The 102,358 associated 

funerary objects are 3 beads, 267 

ceramic sherds, 339 concretions, 96,899 

faunal fragments, 60 fossils (shell and 

coral), 1,842 lithic flakes 

(orthoquartzite, chert, and quartz), 20 

lithic tool fragments, 21 lots of faunal 

fragments, 95 lots of screened material, 

25 organics (wood, seeds, and snail 

shell), 1 piece of groundstone, 2,431 

pieces of miscellaneous stone/pebbles, 

97 pieces of charcoal, and 258 pieces of 

ochre (red and yellow). 

Determinations Made by the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Charleston District 

Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Charleston District have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on the 

physical characteristics of the human 

remains, the method of interment, the 

objects associated with the interments, 

and the archaeological context of the 

site. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 59 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 102,358 objects described in this 

notice 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. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian tribe. 

• The 1760 Treaty of Pine Tree Hill 

indicates that the land from which the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed is aboriginal land of the 

Catawba Indian Nation (aka Catawba 

Tribe of South Carolina). 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects may be to 

the Catawba Indian Nation (aka Catawba 

Tribe of South Carolina). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to Mr. Alan Shirey, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, 

ATTN: CESAC–PM–PL, 69A Hagood 

Ave., Charleston, SC 29403–5107, 

telephone (843) 329–8166, email 

alan.d.shirey@usace.army.mil, by April 

15, 2015. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Catawba Indian Nation 

(aka Catawba Tribe of South Carolina) 

may proceed. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Charleston District is responsible for 

notifying the Catawba Indian Nation 

(aka Catawba Tribe of South Carolina) 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: February 3, 2015. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05996 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ES–956–1420–BK ES–047171, Group 152, 

Wisconsin] 

Notice of Cancellation of a Portion of 

Plat of Survey 

On March 23, 1995 there was 

published in the Federal Register, 

Volume 60, Number 56, on page 15301 

a notice entitled ‘‘Filing of Plat of 

Survey; Wisconsin.’’ In said notice was 

a plat depicting the survey of two 

islands located in Township 7 North, 

Range 22 East, Tracts 37 and 38, Fourth 

Principal Meridian, Wisconsin, 

accepted March 13, 1995. 

The plat, specifically the portion 

identified as Tract 37, has been 

cancelled effective December 11, 2014. 

Dominica VanKoten, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05901 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–IMR–CARE–17202; PPWONRADE2, 

PMP00EI05.YP0000] 

Environmental Impact Statement for a 

Livestock Grazing and Trailing 

Management Plan at Capitol Reef 

National Park, Utah 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) is preparing an Environmental 

Impact Statement for a Livestock 

Grazing and Trailing Management Plan 

(plan/EIS) for Capitol Reef National 

Park, Utah. 

DATES: Interested individuals, 

organizations, and agencies are 

encouraged to provide written 

comments regarding the scope of issues 

to be addressed in the plan/EIS. To be 

most helpful to the planning process, 


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