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3. Approval of the Plan would not

result in any cumulative or growth

inducing impacts and, therefore, would

not result in significant adverse effects

on public health or safety.

4. The project does not require

compliance with Executive Order 11988

(Floodplain Management), Executive

Order 11990 (Protection of Wetlands), or

the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act,

nor does it threaten to violate a Federal,

State, local or tribal law or requirement

imposed for the protection of the

environment.

5. Approval of the Plan would not

establish a precedent for future action or

represent a decision in principle about

future actions with potentially

significant environmental effects.

The Service has therefore determined

that approval of the Plan qualifies as a

categorical exclusion under the National

Environmental Policy Act, as provided

by the Department of the Interior

Manual (516 DM 2, Appendix 1 and 516

DM 6, Appendix 1). No further National

Environmental Policy Act

documentation will therefore be

prepared.

This notice is provided pursuant to

section 10(c) of the Act. The Service

will evaluate the permit application, the

Plan, and comments submitted thereon

to determine whether the application

meets the requirements of section 10(a)

of the Act. If it is determined that those

requirements are met, a permit will be

issued for the incidental take of the

giant garter snake during the District’s

canal relocation project. The final

permit decision will be made no sooner

than 30 days from the date of this

notice.

Dated: April 28, 1998.

Thomas J. Dwyer,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland,

Oregon.

[FR Doc. 98–11821 Filed 5–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Public Involvement Opportunities for

the Modification of the Habitat

Conservation Plan on Lands

Administered by Plum Creek Timber

Company in the State of Washington

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior; National Marine Fisheries

Service, NOAA, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the Fish and Wildlife Service and

National Marine Fisheries Service

(hereinafter ‘‘the Services’’) will

conduct meetings with the U.S. Forest

Service regarding the potential land

exchange in the Interstate-90 corridor of

Washington. The U.S. Forest Service

will address the potential land

exchange, and the Services will provide

information and receive comments or

questions regarding a potential

modification to the Plum Creek Timber

Company’s Habitat Conservation Plan.

On June 27, 1996, Plum Creek Timber

Company, L.P., was issued Permit PRT–

808398 which authorizes the take of

federally listed species, under the

provisions of section 10(a)(1)(B) of the

Endangered Species Act. If the proposed

land exchange takes place, Plum Creek

Timber Company would likely request

to amend their Habitat Conservation

Plan to reflect the change in land base.

DATES: Public meetings will be held

from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on May 13, 14,

20, and 21, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Public meetings will be

held at the following locations: May 13,

Hal Holmes Community Center, 201

North Ruby, Ellensburg, Washington;

May 14, Cavanaugh’s at Yakima Center,

607 East Yakima Avenue, Yakima,

Washington; May 20, Mount Si High

School, 8651 Meadow Brook Way, S.E.,

Snoqualmie, Washington; May 21,

Cowlitz Valley Ranger Station, 10024

U.S. Highway 12, Randle, Washington.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Vogel, Wildlife Biologist,

Western Washington Fish and Wildlife

Office, 510 Desmond Drive, Suite 101,

Lacey, Washington 98503, (360) 753–

4367; or Matt Longenbaugh, Fishery

Biologist, National Marine Fisheries

Service, at the same address.

Interested parties may contact the

Services at the address listed above to

receive additional information,

including a map for the public meeting

location.

Dated: April 29, 1998.

Thomas J. Dwyer,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland,

Oregon.

[FR Doc. 98–11824 Filed 5–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approved Tribal-State

Compact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 11 of the

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988,

Pub. L. 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the

Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in

the Federal Register, notice of approved

Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of

engaging in Class III (casino) gambling

on Indian reservations. The Assistant

Secretary—Indian Affairs, Department

of the Interior, through his delegated

authority, has approved the Tribal-State

Compact Between the State of California

and the Pala Band of Mission Indians

which was executed on March 6, 1998.

DATES: This action is effective May 5,

1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy J. Pierskalla, Acting Director,

Indian Gaming Management Staff,

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington,

D.C. 20240, (202) 219–4068.

Dated: April 25, 1998.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 98–11895 Filed 5–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–060–07–1210–00]

Meeting of the California Desert

District Advisory Council

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in

accordance with Public Laws 92–463

and 94–579, that the California Desert

District Advisory Council to the Bureau

of Land Management, U.S. Department

of the Interior, will participate in a field

tour of BLM-administered public lands

near Blythe, California on Thursday,

June 11, 1998, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.,

and meet in formal session on Friday,

June 12 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and

Saturday, June 13 from 8 a.m. to 11:30

a.m. The Friday and Saturday public

meetings will be held in the Blythe City

Council Chambers, located at 220 North

Spring Street, Blythe, California.

The Council and members of the

public will assemble for the field tour at

The Hampton Inn parking lot at 7:15

a.m., and depart at 7:30 a.m. The

Hampton Inn is located at 9000 West

Hubson Way, Blythe, California. The

tour will focus on the southeastern

portion of the proposed Chuckwalla

Desert Wildlife Management Area

within the Northern and Eastern

Colorado Desert (NECO) Coordinated

Management Planning Area.

Presentations will include discussions

on routes of travel, checkerboard land

ownership, recreation, and plant and

wildlife biological values.

The public is welcome to participate

in the field tour, but should dress
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appropriately and plan on providing

their own transportation, food, and

beverage. Anyone interested in

participating in the field tour should

contact BLM public affairs at (909) 697–

5217/5220 for more information.

Agenda topics will include briefings

and discussions on the NECO Plan,

budget, the Northern and Eastern

Mojave Planning Effort, rangeland

standards and guidelines, the California

Desert District pilot recreation fee

program, and a review of wilderness

boundary maps.

All Desert District Advisory Council

meetings are open to the public. Time

for public comment may be made

available by the Council Chairman

during the presentation of various

agenda items, and is scheduled at the

end of the meeting for topics not on the

agenda.

Written comments may be filed in

advance of the meeting for the

California Desert District Advisory

Council, c/o Bureau of Land

Management, Public Affairs Office, 6221

Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside,

California 92507–0714. Written

comments also are accepted at the time

of the meeting and, if copies are

provided to the recorder, will be

incorporated into the minutes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carole Levitzky at (909) 697–5217 or

Doran Sanchez at (909) 697–5220, BLM

California Desert District Public Affairs.

Dated: April 28, 1998.

Carole Levitzky,

Assistant District Manager, External Affairs.

[FR Doc. 98–11822 Filed 5–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects from

Southern Arizona in the Possession of

the California Department of State

Parks, Sacramento, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the possession of the California

Department of State Parks, Sacramento,

CA.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by California

Department of Parks and Recreation

(DPR) professional staff in consultation

with representatives of the Ak-Chin

Indian Community of Papago Indians of

the Maricopa, the Gila River PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the Gila

River Indian Reservation, the Pueblo of

Zuni, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa

Indian Community of the Salt River

Reservation, the Hopi Tribe, and the

Tohono O’odham Nation.

In 1963, human remains representing

one individual were purchased as part

of a large Native American collection

from John M. Sheedy by the DPR. No

known individuals were identified. The

five associated funerary objects include

an cremation olla and pieces of

charcoal.

The majority of the collection of

which these human remains were a part

was collected between 1880 –1915 by

Charles Wilcomb from several

museums. The remainder of the

collection were collected by various

members of the Hall and Sheedy family.

Donor information indicates this olla

with human remains was collected at an

unknown site in Southern Arizona.

Based on manner of interment, these

human remains have been identified as

Native American. The form and style of

the olla is consistent with Hohokam

practice in Southern Arizona during 300

B.C. to 1450 A.D. Consultation evidence

provided by the Ak-Chin Indian

Community of Papago Indians of the

Maricopa, the Gila River Pima-Maricopa

Indian Community of the Gila River

Indian Reservation, the Pueblo of Zuni,

the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian

Community of the Salt River

Reservation, the Hopi Tribe, and the

Tohono O’odham Nation indicates these

Indian tribes are the present-day

descendants of the Hohokam in

Southern Arizona.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the California

Department of Parks and Recreation

have determined that, pursuant to 43

CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains

listed above represent the physical

remains of one individual of Native

American ancestry. Officials of the

California Department of Parks and

Recreation have also determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the five

objects listed above 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. Lastly, officials of the

California Department of Parks and

Recreation have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a

relationship of shared group identity

which can be reasonably traced between

these Native American human remains

and associated funerary objects and the

Ak-Chin Indian Community of Papago

Indians of the Maricopa, the Gila River

Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of

the Gila River Indian Reservation, the

Pueblo of Zuni, the Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the Salt

River Reservation, the Hopi Tribe, and

the Tohono O’odham Nation.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Ak-Chin Indian Community of

Papago Indians of the Maricopa, the Gila

River Pima-Maricopa Indian

Community of the Gila River Indian

Reservation, the Pueblo of Zuni, the Salt

River Pima-Maricopa Indian

Community of the Salt River

Reservation, the Hopi Tribe, and the

Tohono O’odham Nation.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact Robert M. Wood, NAGPRA

Coordinator, California Department of

Parks and Recreation, 1416 9th Street,

Room 1431, Sacramento, CA 95814;

telephone (916) 653–7976; before June

4, 1998. Repatriation of the human

remains and associated funerary objects

to the culturally affiliated tribes may

begin after that date if no additional

claimants come forward.

Dated: April 29, 1998.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 98–11838 Filed 5–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects from

Patrick’s Point State Park, Humbolt

County, CA in the Possession of the

California Department of Parks and

Recreation, Sacramento, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the possession of the California

Department of Parks and Recreation,

Sacramento, CA.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by California

Department of Parks and Recreation