Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 73 / Wednesday, April 16, 1997 / Notices 18647

of the reproduction fee of $1.10 per

copy.

A person or party who wishes to

protest a survey must file with the State

Director, Bureau of Land Management,

Cheyenne, Wyoming, a notice of protest

prior to thirty (30) calendar days from

the date of this publication. If the

protest notice did not include a

statement of reasons for the protest, the

protestant shall file such a statement

with the State Director within thirty (30)

calendar days after the notice of protest

was filed.

The above-listed plats represent

dependent resurveys, subdivision of

sections.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box

1828, 5353 Yellowstone Road,

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003.

Dated: April 7, 1997.

John P. Lee,

Chief, Cadastral Survey Group.

[FR Doc. 97–9719 Filed 4–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service (MMS)

Minerals Management Advisory Board;

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS);

Scientific Committee (SC);

Announcement of Plenary Session

This Notice is issued in accordance

with the provisions of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92–

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix I, and the

Office of Management and Budget

Circular A–63, Revised.

The Minerals Management Advisory

Board OCS SC will meet in plenary

session on Wednesday, May 21 and on

Thursday, May 23, 1997, from 8:30 a.m.

to 5 p.m. at Scripps Institution of

Oceanography, Hubbs Hall Conference

Room, La Jolla, California.

The OCS SC is an outside group of

scientists which advises the Director,

MMS, on the feasibility,

appropriateness, and scientific merit of

the MMS’ OCS Environmental Studies

Program (ESP) as related to information

needed for informed OCS

decisionmaking.

Discussions will focus on:

• Deepwater Development Issues

• Coastal Marine Institutes

• Moratoria Subcommittee Report

• Committee Business and Resolutions

The meetings are open to the public.

Approximately 30 visitors can be

accommodated on a first-come-firstserved basis at the plenary session.

A copy of the agenda may be

requested from the MMS by writing Ms.

Phyllis Clark at the address below or by

electronic mail at Phyllis l Clark

@MMS.GOV. Other inquiries

concerning the OCS SC meeting should

be addressed to Dr. Ken Turgeon,

Executive Secretary to the OCS

Scientific Committee, Minerals

Management Service, 381 Elden Street,

Mail Stop 4041, Herndon, Virginia

20170–4817. He may be reached by

telephone at (703) 787–1717, and by

electronic mail at Ken l

Turgeon@MMS.GOV.

Dated: April 10, 1997.

Carolita U. Kallaur,

Associate Director for Offshore Minerals

Management.

[FR Doc. 97–9782 Filed 4–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4041–MR–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Availability of Plan of Operations;

Mining Operations; Music Valley Claim

Group; Joshua Tree National Park, San

Bernardino County, CA

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with Section 9.17 (a) of Title 36 of the

Code of Federal Regulations, Part 9,

Subpart A, that the National Park

Service has received from Byron Walls,

of Yorba Linda California, a Plan of

Operations to conduct exploratory

mining operations on the Music #4, #5

and the J & B #1 claims in the Music

Valley area, in Joshua Tree National

Park, located within Riverside County,

California.

The Plan of Operations is available for

public review and comment for a period

of 30 days from the publication date of

this notice. Analysis of the proposal will

not be completed until a validity

examination has been conducted in

accordance with 36 CFR 9A and NPS

policy. The document can be viewed

during normal business hours at the

Office of the Superintendent, Joshua

Tree National Park, 74485 National Park

Drive, Twenty-nine Palm, California.

92277.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

Frank Buond,

Superintendent, Joshua Tree National Park.

[FR Doc. 97–9798 Filed 4–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects in the

Possession of the National Park

Service, Big Cypress National

Preserve, Ochopee, FL

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the possession of the National Park

Service, Big Cypress National Preserve,

Ochopee, FL.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains and associated funerary objects

was made by National Park Service

professional staff in consultation with

representatives of the Miccosukee Tribe

of Indians of Florida, Seminole Nation

of Oklahoma, and Mr. Bobby C. Billie,

a spiritual leader of the Independent

Traditional Seminole Nation of Florida,

a non-federally recognized Indian

group. Good faith efforts to consult with

representatives of the Seminole Tribe of

Florida have been unsuccessful.

In 1977, human remains representing

a minimum of one individual were

collected from Turner River #5, a burial

island site located within park

boundaries. No known individuals were

identified. One fragment of glazed

earthenware and one blue glass bead

were recovered in association with the

remains. One the basis of these funerary

objects and the state of preservation of

the human remains, the site is dated to

ca. 1840 AD at the earliest.

On February 28, 1996, a Federal

Register notice was published regarding

the completion of Big Cypress National

Preserve’s inventory. The Turner River

#5 site was identified by Miccosukee

representatives as being occupied by

Seminole people during the middle to

the last half of the 19th century.

Information brought to the park’s

attention by Mr. Bobby C. Billie shows

that the Turner River #5 site was

occupied and utilized by his ancestors,

Ingraham and Josie Billie, during the

same time period. Documents from

representatives of the Miccosukee Tribe

of Indians of Florida support this claim.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the National

Park Service have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent