Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 77 /Wednesday, April 22, 1998 / Notices 19939

The Minerals Management Advisory

Board OCS SC will meet in plenary

session on Wednesday, May 13, and on

Thursday, May 14, 1998, at the Le

Meridien, 614 Canal Street, New

Orleans, Louisiana 70130, telephone

(504) 525–6500.

The OCS SC is an outside group of

scientists which advises the Director,

MMS, on the feasibility,

appropriateness, and scientific merit of

the MMS’s OCS Environmental Studies

Program as related to information

needed for OCS decisionmaking.

Below is a schedule of meetings that

will occur.

The Committee will meet in plenary

session on Wednesday, May 13, from

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Discussion will focus

on:

• Environmental research for the

deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

• MMS Environmental Databases.

• Report from the OCS Policy

Committee.

• Presentation by Director

Quarterman and Associate Director

Kallaur.

The SC will meet again on Thursday,

May 14, from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

Discussion items will include a report

on National Oceanographic Partnership

Program’s Year of the Ocean, National

Ocean Conference, and Committee

Business.

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.

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 4040, Herndon, Virginia

20170–4817. He may be reached by

telephone at (703) 787–1717, and by

electronic mail at

ken.turgeon@mms.gov.

Dated: April 14, 1998.

Thomas A. Readinger,

Acting Associate Director for Offshore

Minerals Management.

[FR Doc. 98–10604 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4043–MR–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Notice and Agenda for Meeting of the

Royalty Policy Committee of the

Minerals Management Advisory Board

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the

Department of the Interior (Department)

has established a Royalty Policy

Committee, on the Minerals

Management Advisory Board, to provide

advice on the Department’s management

of Federal and Indian minerals leases,

revenues, and other minerals related

policies. Committee membership

includes representatives from States,

Indian Tribes and allottee organizations,

minerals industry associations, the

general public, and Federal

Departments.

At this seventh meeting, the Minerals

Management Service (MMS) will be

prepared to respond to questions

concerning plans to implement

previously approved reports.

The Committee will consider

recommendations by the Net Receipts

Sharing Subcommittee and progress

reports by the other active

subcommittees. Additionally, the

Committee will hear status reports from

some of the current efforts being

undertaken by the Royalty Management

Program.

DATES: The meeting will be held on:

Tuesday, May 19, 1998, 8:30 a.m.–4:00

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Sheraton Denver West, 360 Union

Boulevard, Lakewood, Colorado 80228,

telephone number (303) 987–2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Michael A. Miller, Chief, Program

Services Office, Royalty Management

Program, Minerals Management Service,

P.O. Box 25165, MS 3060, Denver, CO

80225–0165, telephone number (303)

231–3413, fax number (303) 231–3362.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

location and dates of future meetings

will be published in the Federal

Register.

The meetings will be open to the

public without advanced registration.

Public attendance may be limited to the

space available.

Members of the public may make

statements during the meeting, to the

extent time permits, and file written

statements with the Committee for its

consideration.

Written statements should be

submitted to Mr. Michael A. Miller, at

the address listed above. Minutes of

Committee meetings will be available 10

days following each meeting for public

inspection and copying at the Royalty

Management Program, Building No. 85,

Denver Federal Center, Denver,

Colorado.

These meetings are being held by the

authority of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Pub. L. No. 92–463, 5

U.S.C. Appendix 1, and Office of

Management and Budget Circular No.

A–63, revised.

Dated: April 16, 1998.

Lucy Querques Denett,

Associate Director for Royalty Managememt.

[FR Doc. 98–10643 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

REVISION— Notice of Inventory

Completion for Native American

Human Remains, Associated Funerary

Objects, and Unassociated Funerary

Objects in the Control of the United

States Marine Corps, Department of

the Navy, Honolulu, HI; and in the

Possession of the Bernice Pauahi

Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI

AGENCY: National Park Service.

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, associated funerary objects,

and unassociated funerary objects in the

control of the United States Marine

Corps, Department of the Navy,

Honolulu, HI; and in the possession of

the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum,

Honolulu, HI. This notice replaces the

Notice of Inventory Completion

published February 28, 1994.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by United States

Marine Corps and Bishop Museum

professional staff in consultation with

representatives of Hui Malama I Na

Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei and the Office of

Hawaiian Affairs.

Between 1915 and 1932, prior to

Federal control of Tract 1 on Mokapu,

human remains representing five

individuals from the Heleloa sand

dunes on the Mokapu peninsula were

donated to the Bishop Museum by

unknown donor(s). No known

individuals were identified. No

associated funerary objects are present.

During 1938-1940, prior to Federal

control of Tract 3 on Mokapu, human

remains representing 799 individuals

were recovered from He’eia sand dunes

on Mokapu, during legally authorized

excavations conducted by Gordon T.

Bowles of the University of Hawaii and

Kenneth P. Emory of the Bishop

Museum. No known individuals were

identified. The 61 associated funerary

objects include kupe’e, basalt flakes,