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records for 5 years from the date of the 

related entry and that they make these 

records readily available to CBP for 

audit, inspection, copying, and 

reproduction. Instructions for 

complying with this regulation are 

posted on the CBP.gov Web site at: 

http://www.cbp.gov/trade/tradecommunity/outreach-programs/tradeagreements/nafta/repairs-alterations/

subchpt-9802. 

Action: CBP proposes to extend the 

expiration date of this information 

collection with no change to the burden 

hours or to the information collected. 

Type of Review: Extension (without 

change). 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 2,730. 

Estimated Time per Response/

Recordkeeping: 55 minutes. 

Estimated Number of Responses/

Recordkeeping per Respondent: 128. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 320,087. 

Dated: March 9, 2015. 

Tracey Denning, 

Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17722; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Columbia University, Department of 

Anthropology, New York, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Columbia University, 

Department of Anthropology, has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and present-day Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. 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 should submit 

a written request to Columbia 

University. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Indian tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 

this notice may proceed. 

DATES: 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 should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Columbia University at 

the address in this notice by April 15, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Nan Rothschild, 

Department of Anthropology, Columbia 

University, 1200 Amsterdam Ave., New 

York, NY 10027, telephone (212) 854– 

4977, email roth@columbia.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains under the control of 

Columbia University. The human 

remains were removed from Okiedan 

Butte, Ransom County, ND. 

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. 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 Columbia 

University, Department of 

Anthropology, professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort 

Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; 

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, 

Oklahoma (previously listed as the 

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of 

Oklahoma); Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 

of the Cheyenne River Sioux 

Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek 

Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek 

Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau 

Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; 

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower 

Brule Reservation, South Dakota; 

Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, 

Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe, South 

Dakota (previously listed as the Oglala 

Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge 

Reservation, South Dakota); Rosebud 

Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 

Reservation, South Dakota; Santee Sioux 

Nation, Nebraska; Standing Rock Sioux 

Tribe of North & South Dakota Three 

Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold 

Reservation, North Dakota; and the 

Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota 

(hereafter listed as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1938, human remains representing, 

at minimum, three individuals were 

removed from Okiedan Butte in Ransom 

County, ND. The excavation was led by 

William Duncan Strong and jointly 

sponsored by Columbia University and 

the State Historical Society of North 

Dakota. Strong brought the human 

remains to the American Museum of 

Natural History (AMNH) where they 

were placed on ‘‘permanent loan.’’ In 

January 2002, a detailed assessment of 

the human remains was made by 

researchers at Columbia University and 

in August 2011, the AMNH transferred 

the human remains to the Department of 

Anthropology at Columbia University. 

Three fragmentary skulls, representing 

two adults and one child were 

identified. These individuals have been 

identified as Native American based on 

Strong’s documentation and noninvasive assessment of cranial features. 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Strong’s field notes (National 

Anthropological Archives, Strong 

Papers, Box 21, Field Work 1938) refer 

to excavations at Mound #1 at Okiedan 

Buttes (sic) on July 28, 1938. Strong’s 

notes are interspersed with that of 

another writer with the signature of C. 

Smith. Carlyle S. Smith was a graduate 

student at Columbia and a member of 

this team, however it is Smith’s name 

that appears on field tags associated 

with these remains. The field 

designations, A, B, and C, correspond 

with the numbers in Strong’s 1938 field 

notes referring to burials from ‘‘Okiedan 

Butte, Mound #1.’’ According to Dr. 

Douglas Owsley (NMNH), who 

examined these remains in 2003, bone 

preservation suggests a Late Woodland 

date or later, possibly A.D. 900–1400. 

Determinations Made by Columbia 

University, Department of 

Anthropology 

Officials of Columbia University, 

Department of Anthropology, have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on Strong’s 

documentation and non-invasive 

assessment of cranial features. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of three 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• 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 

any present-day Indian tribe. 


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• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission or the Court 

of Federal Claims, the land from which 

the Native American human remains 

were removed is the aboriginal land of 

The Tribes. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or 

Executive Orders, indicate that the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is the aboriginal 

land of The Tribes. 

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

disposition of the human remains may 

be to The Tribes. 

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 should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Dr. Nan Rothschild, 

Department of Anthropology, Columbia 

University, 1200 Amsterdam Ave., New 

York, NY 10027, telephone (212) 854– 

4977, email roth@columbia.edu, by 

April 15, 2015. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to The Tribes may 

proceed. 

The Columbia University, Department 

of Anthropology, is responsible for The 

Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: February 23, 2015. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05981 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–IMR–YELL–17104; PPWONRADE2, 

PMP00EI05.YP0000, 15XP103905] 

Environmental Impact Statement for a 

Management Plan for YellowstoneArea Bison 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) and the State of Montana (State) 

are serving as joint lead agencies in the 

preparation of an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for a plan to manage a 

wild and migratory population of 

Yellowstone-area bison, while 

minimizing brucellosis transmission 

between these wild bison and livestock 

to the extent practicable. 

DATES: Interested individuals, 

organizations, and agencies are 

encouraged to provide written 

comments regarding the scope of issues 

and alternatives to be addressed in the 

EIS. The NPS and the State request that 

comments be submitted within the 90- 

day comment period, which begins on 

the date this Notice of Intent is 

published in the Federal Register. A 90- 

day comment period has been 

established to maximize the opportunity 

for agencies, members of the public and 

stakeholders to submit comments for 

consideration in this planning effort. 

The NPS and State intend to hold public 

scoping meetings on the EIS within the 

90-day comment period. Specific dates, 

times and locations of the public 

scoping meetings will be made available 

via a joint press release to local media, 

a public scoping brochure to be mailed 

or emailed to interested parties and on 

the NPS’s Planning, Environment and 

Public Comment (PEPC) Web site at 

http://parkplanning.nps.gov/

YellBisonPlan. The NPS and State will 

provide additional opportunities for the 

public to offer written comments upon 

publication of the draft plan/EIS. 

ADDRESSES: Information, including a 

copy of the public scoping brochure, 

will be available for public review 

online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/

YellBisonPlan. Limited copies of the 

brochure will also be available in the 

Mailroom at the park’s Administration 

Building in Mammoth Hot Springs, 

Yellowstone National Park, WY and by 

request. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bison are 

currently managed under the 2000 

Interagency Bison Management Plan 

(IBMP) and subsequent adaptive 

management adjustments (Information 

available at www.ibmp.info). Because of 

new information and changed 

conditions since the 2000 IBMP, a new 

plan is being prepared, along with an 

environmental impact statement (EIS), 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C). 

The purpose of the new plan/EIS is to 

conserve a wild and migratory 

population of Yellowstone-area bison, 

while minimizing brucellosis 

transmission between these wild bison 

and livestock to the extent practicable. 

The NPS will exercise decisionmaking authority on the EIS and its 

associated Record of Decision (ROD) for 

NPS actions within the boundary of 

Yellowstone National Park, and the 

State will exercise decision-making 

authority on the EIS and its associated 

ROD for actions on lands in Montana 

outside the park’s boundary for which 

the State has jurisdiction. The NPS and 

State will continue to implement the 

2000 IBMP, as adjusted, within and 

outside Yellowstone National Park 

through coordination with the other 

IBMP partners until a new decision is 

made through this planning process. 

The following range of preliminary 

draft alternative concepts has been 

developed for review and comment. The 

alternative concepts and management 

tools under consideration may change 

based upon input received during 

public scoping and throughout the 

development of the plan/EIS. 

• Alternative 1 (No-Action 

Alternative) would continue 

implementation of the 2000 IBMP, as 

adjusted. As part of the existing IBMP, 

this alternative focuses on reducing the 

risk of brucellosis transmission from 

bison to cattle by managing bison that 

leave Yellowstone National Park and 

enter the State of Montana. It also seeks 

to maintain Montana’s brucellosis-free 

status for domestic livestock. The 

population guideline for Yellowstonearea bison in the 2000 IBMP and under 

this alternative is 3,000 animals. 

• Alternative 2 (Minimize Human 

Intervention) would prioritize bison 

conservation and minimize human 

intervention in the management of 

Yellowstone-area bison. Bison 

abundance would primarily be 

regulated through public and treaty 

hunting on lands outside of the park in 

Montana, and natural processes. The 

maximum population limit of bison 

under this alternative would be based 

on estimates of food-limited carrying 

capacity (∼7,500 bison). Other wildlife 

management tools, such as habitat 

enhancement, could also be 

implemented. The risk of brucellosis 

transmission from bison to cattle would 

be managed through physical separation 

and limited hazing of bison back into 

the park. However, there would be no 

spring haze-back date for bison to be 

returned to the park. There would be no 

disease suppression efforts or research 

to improve suppression techniques in 

wildlife. 

• Alternative 3 (Limit Bison 

Migration into Montana) would focus on 

maintaining bison numbers below 3,000 

animals, the level at which large 

migrations would likely occur during 

winter months, thus limiting the 

number of bison that migrate out of the 

park and into the State of Montana. 

Brucellosis transmission would be 

minimized through population control, 

separation of bison and cattle and 

hazing of bison back into the park. In 

spring, bison would be hazed back into 

the park by May 1 along the northern 

park boundary and May 15 along the 

western park boundary. Public and 

treaty hunting would occur outside of 

the park. No brucellosis disease 


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