Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 39 / Monday, February 28, 2022 / Notices 11093 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the Fowler Museum at UCLA at the 

address in this notice by March 30, 

2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy G. Teeter, Ph.D., Fowler 

Museum at UCLA, Box 951549, Los 

Angeles, CA 90095–1549, telephone 

(310) 825–1864, email wteeter@

arts.ucla.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

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

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the Fowler 

Museum at the University of California 

Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, that meet 

both the definition of sacred objects and 

the definition of objects of cultural 

patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

In 1981, Steven and Susan Nelson 

gifted two Navajo medicine bundles 

(X81.197 and X81.196) to the Fowler 

Museum at UCLA, and in 1984, they 

gifted a suitcase of Navajo Yei ceremony 

dance regalia (X84.224) to the Museum. 

The two medicine bundles and one set 

of dance regalia are both sacred objects 

and objects of cultural patrimony. 

The Navajo medicine bundles and 

dance regalia are used in current 

traditional religious ceremonial 

practice. These items are significant to 

the Navajo people, and they are 

considered both ‘‘sacred objects’’ and 

‘‘objects of cultural patrimony’’ due to 

their having ongoing historical, 

traditional, and cultural importance 

central to Navajo (Dine ́) culture, 

spirituality, and religion. 

Determinations Made by the Fowler 

Museum at the University of California 

Los Angeles 

Officials of the Fowler Museum at the 

University of California Los Angeles 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the three cultural items described above 

are specific ceremonial objects needed 

by traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), 

the three cultural items described above 

have ongoing historical, traditional, or 

cultural importance central to the 

Native American group or culture itself, 

rather than property owned by an 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred objects and objects 

of cultural patrimony and the Navajo 

Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Wendy G. Teeter, Ph.D., Fowler 

Museum at UCLA, Box 951549, Los 

Angeles, CA 90095–1549, telephone 

(310) 825–1864, email wteeter@

arts.ucla.edu, by March 30, 2022. After 

that date, if no additional claimants 

have come forward, transfer of control 

of the sacred objects and objects of 

cultural patrimony to the Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah may 

proceed. 

The Fowler Museum at the University 

of California Los Angeles is responsible 

for notifying the Navajo Nation, 

Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: February 16, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04107 Filed 2–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR02800000, 22XR0680A1, 

RX.17868949.0000000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Hold Public Scoping Meetings on the 

2021 Endangered Species Act 

Reinitiation of Section 7 Consultation 

on the Long-Term Operation of the 

Central Valley Project and State Water 

Project 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

intends to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for analyzing 

potential modifications to the LongTerm Operation of the Central Valley 

Project (CVP) and the State Water 

Project (SWP). The authorized purposes 

of the CVP include, first, river 

regulation, improvement of navigation 

and flood control; second, irrigation and 

domestic uses and fish and wildlife 

mitigation, protection and restoration; 

and third, power and fish and wildlife 

enhancement. Reclamation is seeking 

suggestions and information on the 

alternatives and topics to be addressed 

and other important issues related to 

multi-year operations of the CVP and 

SWP. 

DATES: Submit written comments on the 

scope of the EIS on or before March 30, 

2022. 

Reclamation will hold virtual public 

scoping meetings at the following dates 

and times. The virtual public scoping 

meetings are identified geographically; 

however, virtual attendance is open at 

all meetings. Comments during the 

scoping meetings will be recorded. If 

you do not wish to be recorded, you 

may submit written comments to the 

mailing address or email address below 

1. Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 2 p.m. to 

4 p.m., Sacramento, CA, virtual meeting. 

2. Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 5:30 

p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Red Bluff, CA, virtual 

meeting. 

3. Thursday, March 10, 2022, 2 p.m. 

to 4 p.m., Fresno, CA, virtual meeting. 

4. Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 5:306 

p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Los Banos, CA, virtual 

meeting. 

5. Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 2 p.m. 

to 4 p.m., Tracy, CA, virtual meeting. 

6. Thursday, March 17, 2022, 2 p.m. 

to 4 p.m., Chico, CA, virtual meeting. 

Information on participation will be 

posted at www.usbr.gov/mp/bdo by the 

day prior to the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Send written scoping 

comments, requests to be added to the 

mailing list, or requests for other special 

assistance needs to Cindy Meyer, 

Bureau of Reclamation, Bay-Delta 

Office, 801 I Street, Suite 140, 

Sacramento, CA 95814–2536; or by 

email to sha-MPR-BDO@usbr.gov. 

To attend the virtual meetings, please 

go to www.usbr.gov/mp/bdo to find the 

web links to specific meetings dates. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cindy Meyer, Bureau of Reclamation, 

Bay-Delta Office, 801 I Street, Suite 140, 

Sacramento, CA 95814–2536; telephone 

(916) 414–2425; email sha-MPR-BDO@

usbr.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

may call the Federal Relay Service 

(FedRelay) at 1–800–877–8339 TTY/ 

ASCII to contact the above individual 

during normal business hours or to 

leave a message or question after hours. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for the Proposed 

Action 

Reclamation operates the CVP and the 

California Department of Water 

Resources (DWR) operates the SWP, 

under the 1986 Coordinated Operation 

Agreement, as amended in 2018, 

between the federal government and the 

State of California, as authorized by 

Public Law 99–546. A February 18, 

2020, Record of Decision (2020 ROD) 

implements the Proposed Action 

consulted upon for 2019 Biological 

Opinions from the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). On 

September 30, 2021, Reclamation 

requested to reinitiate consultation on 

the Long-Term Operation of the CVP 

and SWP under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) due to 

anticipated modifications to the 

previous Proposed Action that may 

cause effects to ESA-listed species or 

designated critical habitat not analyzed 

in the current 2019 Biological Opinions. 

Modifications would address the review 

of the 2019 Biological Opinions 

required by Executive Order 13990 

Protecting Public Health and the 

Environment and Restoring Science to 

Tackle the Climate Crisis, and 

voluntarily reconcile CVP operating 

criteria with requirements of the SWP 

under the California Endangered 

Species Act. 

The purpose of the proposed action 

considered in this EIS is to continue the 

operation of the CVP and the SWP, for 

authorized purposes, in a manner that: 

• Meets requirements under Federal 

Reclamation law; other Federal laws 

and regulations; Federal permits and 

licenses; and State of California water 

rights, permits, and licenses pursuant to 

section 8 of the Reclamation Act; 

• Satisfies Reclamation contractual 

obligations and agreements; and 

• Implements authorized CVP fish 

and wildlife project purposes. 

Operation of the CVP and SWP is 

needed to provide flood control and 

navigation; water supply; fish and 

wildlife mitigation, protection, and 

restoration and enhancement; and 

power generation. Operation of the CVP 

and SWP also provides recreation and 

water quality benefits. 

Project Area (Area of Analysis) 

The project area includes CVP service 

areas and CVP dams, power plants, 

diversions, canals, gates, and related 

Federal facilities located on Clear Creek; 

the Trinity, Sacramento, American, 

Stanislaus, and San Joaquin rivers; and 

in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 

(Delta). • A portion of the water from the 

Trinity River Basin is stored in Trinity 

Lake behind Trinity Dam, re-regulated 

in Lewiston Lake, and diverted through 

a system of tunnels and powerplants 

into Whiskeytown Reservoir on Clear 

Creek and then into the Sacramento 

River through Spring Creek upstream of 

Keswick Dam. Water is also released 

from Lewiston Dam to the Trinity River 

where it flows to the Klamath River. • A portion of the water from the 

upper Sacramento River is stored in 

Shasta Reservoir and re-regulated in 

Keswick Reservoir. Water in Shasta may 

be diverted at Shasta Dam or released 

into the Sacramento River. Water from 

the upper Sacramento, imports from the 

Trinity River Basin, releases from other 

reservoirs owned or operated by local 

agencies, and other inflows enter the 

Sacramento River and may be diverted 

into the Tehama-Colusa and Corning 

canals at the Red Bluff Pumping Plant. • A portion of the water from the 

American River is stored in Folsom 

Reservoir and re-regulated in Lake 

Natoma. Water in Folsom Reservoir may 

be diverted at Folsom Dam, be diverted 

into the Folsom South Canal, or be 

released into the American River. • A portion of the water from the 

Stanislaus River is stored in New 

Melones Reservoir. Water in New 

Melones may be released into the 

Stanislaus River. • A portion of the water from the 

upper San Joaquin River is stored in 

Millerton Reservoir behind Friant Dam. 

Water is diverted into the Madera and 

Friant-Kern canals or released into the 

San Joaquin River. • The Sacramento River and San 

Joaquin River carry water to the Delta. 

As water moves down the mainstem of 

the Sacramento River, gates at the Delta 

Cross Channel are operated for water 

quality and flood management. • Water in the Delta may be pumped 

into the Contra Costa Canal at Rock 

Slough and delivered to Contra Costa 

Water District. The C.W. Bill Jones 

Pumping Plant is at the southern end of 

the Delta, lifting water into the Delta 

Mendota Canal (DMC). CVP water is 

conveyed in the DMC for direct 

diversion or for delivery to San Luis 

Reservoir. Water from the San Luis 

Reservoir is also conveyed through the 

San Luis Canal and Pacheco Tunnel. 

The DMC–California Aqueduct Intertie 

connects the CVP and SWP conveyance 

facilities after export from the Delta. 

Prior to the Jones Pumping Plant, the 

Tracy Fish Collection Facility salvages 

salmonids and other species. The project area includes SWP service 

areas downstream of the Feather River 

and SWP facilities in the SacramentoSan Joaquin Delta, Cache Slough 

Complex, and Suisun Marsh. Feather 

River operations of Lake Oroville and 

Oroville Dam are not addressed as part 

of this consultation. • In the Cache Slough Complex the 

Barker Slough Pumping Plant lifts water 

into the North Bay Aqueduct. • In Montezuma Slough, the Suisun 

Marsh Salinity Control Gates are tidally 

operated to maintain fresh water in 

Montezuma Slough and the Suisun 

Marsh. • The Harvey O. Banks Pumping 

Plant at the southern end of the Delta, 

behind Clifton Court Forebay, lifts water 

into the California Aqueduct, which 

conveys water to the San Luis Reservoir 

for storage and to the South Bay 

Aqueduct for deliveries to the SWP 

contractors. The DMC–California 

Aqueduct Intertie connects the CVP and 

SWP conveyance facilities after export 

from the Delta. Prior to the Banks 

Pumping Plant, the Skinner Delta Fish 

Protection Facility salvages salmonids 

and other species. • The SWP also pumps water through 

the Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant and 

conveys it through the California 

Aqueduct to the Cross-Valley Canal, 

when the systems have capacity, for 

CVP water service contractors. 

Proposed Action and Preliminary 

Alternatives To Be Considered 

The EIS will consider a range of 

reasonable alternatives, consistent with 

40 CFR 1502.14, including a No Action 

Alternative that would continue 

implementation of the 2020 ROD. 

Reasonable alternatives may include 

combinations of operation of CVP and 

SWP facilities and diversions, 

construction actions, habitat restoration, 

conservation hatchery practices, and 

monitoring and special studies. 

Reasonable alternatives may support 

consultation for actions by Sacramento 

River Settlement Contractors. 

Reasonable alternatives may include 

DWR operations for new storage 

projects. Reclamation is considering 

operation of the CVP and SWP under 

conditions of: • Potential hydrologic and 

meteorologic climate change through 

2040 including changes in precipitation, 

air temperatures, and sea level; 


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• Potential new storage, conveyance, 

and other water supply infrastructure; 

• Potential implementation of 

voluntary agreements for the update of 

the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control 

Plan; 

• Potential responses to drier years 

and drought conditions such as water 

transfers and temporary urgency change 

petitions; and 

• Potential needs for new and 

adapted monitoring programs to address 

current and future information needs. 

Each action alternative will fulfill the 

requirements of the need for the project 

as described in the ‘‘Purpose and Need 

for Action’’ section. Certain components 

of alternatives may be described 

programmatically and be subject to 

further compliance. The Final EIS will 

identify an agency-preferred alternative. 

Reclamation will consider reasonable 

alternatives identified through the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) scoping process and through the 

input required by Section 4004 of the 

Water Infrastructure Improvements for 

the Nation Act, Public Law 114–322. 

Summary of Potential Impacts 

The EIS will identify and describe 

reasonably foreseeable potential effects 

on the human environment from a 

reasonably close causal relationship. 

Effects include those occurring at the 

same time and place and those 

occurring later in time or at a different 

place (whether beneficial or adverse). 

Potential impacts areas include surface 

water supply, water quality, 

groundwater resources, air quality, 

greenhouse gas emissions, visual 

resources, aquatic resources, terrestrial 

biological resources, regional 

economics, land use and agricultural 

resources, recreation, hazards and 

hazardous materials, cultural resources, 

geology and soils, and climate change. 

Reclamation expects to analyze flow 

management, temperature management, 

habitat, interactions with CVP and SWP 

facilities, conservation hatchery 

practices, and monitoring needs. 

Reclamation expects these actions to 

result in incidental take that requires 

consultation due to the potential to 

affect ESA-listed species. Reclamation 

intends to pursue the conference 

process for Longfin Smelt. Reclamation 

also anticipates analyzing differences in 

water supply deliveries and surplus 

power generation. The EIS will analyze 

measures that would avoid, minimize, 

or mitigate adverse environmental 

effects. 

Statutory Authority and Anticipated 

Permits 

NEPA [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.] requires 

that Federal agencies conduct an 

environmental analysis of their 

proposed actions to determine if the 

actions may significantly affect the 

human environment. The EIS will 

analyze the environmental effects that 

may result from the implementation of 

the proposed action and alternatives. In 

addition to NEPA, various other 

Federal, state, and local authorizations 

may be required for the Proposed 

Action. Applicable Federal laws 

include, but are not limited to, ESA, 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

National Historic Preservation Act, and 

Clean Water Act. 

Schedule for the Decision-Making 

Process 

Reclamation will review and consider 

comments received during scoping and 

will prepare a scoping report. After the 

draft EIS is completed, anticipated in 

2023, Reclamation will publish a notice 

of availability (NOA) and request public 

comments on the draft EIS. After the 

public comment period ends, 

Reclamation will then develop the final 

EIS and anticipates making the final EIS 

available to the public in 2024. In 

accordance with 40 CFR 1506.11, 

Reclamation will not make a decision or 

issue a Record of Decision (ROD) sooner 

than 30 days after the final EIS is 

released. Reclamation anticipates the 

issuance of a ROD by October 2024. 

NEPA Cooperating Agencies 

Reclamation will request the 

following Federal agencies to participate 

as cooperating agencies in accordance 

with the NEPA: 

• USFWS, 

• NMFS, 

• Western Area Power 

Administration, 

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and 

• U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

Reclamation may invite additional 

Federal, state, and local agencies (e.g., 

DWR, California Department of Fish and 

Wildlife, State Water Resources Control 

Board, Public Water Agencies) as 

potential cooperating agencies. 

Indian Trust Assets and Environmental 

Justice 

Reclamation will consult with 

federally recognized Indian tribes in the 

project area to request their input 

regarding the identification of any 

properties to which they might attach 

religious and cultural significance to 

within the area of potential effect. Once 

these areas are determined, Reclamation 

will enter government-to-government 

consultations with potentially affected 

tribes to identify and address concerns 

for Indian Trust Assets. There are Indian 

Trust Assets affected by the Trinity 

River Division and the potential impacts 

of CVP operation on those assets will be 

examined in the EIS. The EIS will 

examine the potential impacts to 

environmental justice issues throughout 

the project area. 

Public Disclosure 

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. Speakers during scoping meetings 

are recorded. 

How To Request Reasonable 

Accommodation 

For special assistance at one of the 

scoping meetings, please contact Cindy 

Meyer (above) or TDD 916–978–5608, at 

least five working days before the 

meetings. Information regarding this 

proposed action is available in 

alternative formats upon request. 

Ernest Conant, 

Regional Director, California Great Basin 

Region. 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1253] 

Certain LTE-Compliant Cellular 

Communication Devices; Commission 

Determination Not To Review an Initial 

Determination Granting Complainant’s 

Motion To Terminate the Investigation 

Based on Withdrawal of the Complaint 

Allegations; Termination of the 

Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has determined not to 

review an initial determination (‘‘ID’’) 

(Order No. 36) of the presiding 

Administrative Law Judge (‘‘ALJ’’) 

granting complainant’s motion to 


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