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affiliated with these objects should

contact Patiricia House, Director,

Museum of Indian Arts and Cultures/

Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of

New Mexico, P.O. Box 2087, Santa Fe,

NM 87504–2087; telephone: (505) 827–

6344 before July 30, 1998. Repatriation

of these objects to the Pueblo of

Pojoaque may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: June 23, 1998.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 98–17311 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects from New

Mexico in the Possession of the

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/

Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum

of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM

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 Museum of

Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of

Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico,

Santa Fe, NM.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by Museum of Indian

Arts and Culture/Laboratory of

Anthropology professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Pueblo of Pojoaque.

In 1953, human remains representing

two individuals were removed from the

Pojoaque Grant site (LA 835) during

legally authorized excavations under a

National Park Service Federal

Antiquities permit by Museum of New

Mexico staff during a New Mexico State

Highway and Transportation

Department work project. No known

individuals were identified. The two

associated funerary objects are ceramic

vessels.

Based on the associated funerary

objects and other cultural material

present, the Pojoaque Grant site has

been identified as an Ancestral

Puebloan site, occupied between 850—

1100 A.D. Further, this site is located on

Pueblo of Pojoaque tribal lands. Based

on material culture, continuity of

occupation, and oral history presented

by representatives of the Pueblo of

Pojoaque, this site is affiliated with the

present-day Pueblo of Pojoaque.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Museum of

Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of

Anthropology have determined that,

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

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of two individuals

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/

Laboratory of Anthropology have also

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(2), the two 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 Museum of Indian

Arts and Culture/Laboratory of

Anthropology 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

Pueblo of Pojoaque.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Pueblo of Pojoaque.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact Patricia House, Director,

Museum of Indian Arts and Cultures/

Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of

New Mexico, P.O. Box 2087, Santa Fe,

NM 87504–2087; telephone: (505) 827–

6344; before July 30, 1998. Repatriation

of the human remains and associated

funerary objects to the Pueblo of

Pojoaque may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: June 23, 1998.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 98–17312 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

In accordance with Department of

Justice Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR

19029, and 42 U.S.C. 9622(d), notice is

hereby given that on June 25, 1998, a

proposed Consent Decree was lodged

with the United States District Court for

the District of Montana in United States

et al. v. Crown Butte Mines, Inc. et al.,

Civil Action No. CV–98–91–BLG–JDS.

the proposed Consent Decree: (1) settles

claims asserted by the United States and

the State of Montana arising out of the

release or threat of release of hazardous

substances attributable to mining related

activities on certain lands located

within the New World Mining District

in western Montana (the ‘‘Site’’); (2)

settles claims asserted in a related

action also pending in the same court

styled Beartooth Alliance et al. v. Crown

Butte Mines, Inc et al., Cause No. CV

93–154–BLG–JDS; and (3) satisfies and

effectuates an agreement in principle

entered August 12, 1996, between the

United States, the Settling Defendants,

and certain public interest groups

relating to the termination of efforts to

open a proposed gold mine in the New

World Mining District (the ‘‘August 12

Agreement’’).

The defendants in the action brought

by the United States and the State are

Crown Butte Mines, Inc. and Crown

Butte Resources Ltd (collectively

referred to as ‘‘Crown Butte’’). The

Complaint filed by the United States

and the State asserts claims on behalf of

both governments under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (‘‘CERCLA’’)

and asserts claims on behalf of the State

pursuant to the Montana

Comprehensive Environmental Cleanup

and Responsibility Act, Title 75,

Chapter 10, part 7, M.C.A. (‘‘CECRA’’),

to recover costs incurred in connection

with response actions taken or to be

taken at the Site, for recovery for

injuries to natural resources, and to

obtain injunctive relief requiring the

defendants to take further response and/

or restoration actions at the Site.

Simultaneously with the filing of the

Complaint, the United States and the

State moved the Court to consolidate

their action with the Beartooth Alliance

et al. action. In that action, Beartooth

Alliance, Greater Yellowstone Coalition,

Northern Plains Resource Council,

Northwest Wyoming Resource Council,

Sierra Club, Gallatin Wildlife

Association, Wyoming Wildlife

Federation, Montana Wildlife

Federation, and Wyoming Outdoor

Council, all not for profit corporations

(collectively referred to herein as

‘‘GYC’’), brought claims against Crown

Butte, Noranda Minerals Corp., Noranda

Exploration, Inc., and Noranda Inc.

alleging that the defendants were

discharging pollutants into navigable

waters of the United States from point

sources in the New World Mining

District in violation of Section 301(a) of