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to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: March 6, 2009. 

Ren Lohoefener, 

Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region, 

Sacramento, California. 

[FR Doc. E9–5392 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWY–957400–09–L14200000–BJ0000] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, 

Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of 

survey, Wyoming. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has filed the plats of 

survey of the lands described below in 

the BLM Wyoming State Office, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming, on the dates 

indicated. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, 5353 

Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These 

surveys were executed at the request of 

the Bureau of Land Management, and 

are necessary for the management of 

resources. The lands surveyed are: 

The supplemental plat showing the 

corrected lottings and acreages, and the 

omitted lottings and acreages is based 

on the plats accepted October 31, 2007, 

Township 33 North, Range 109 West, of 

the Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming, 

was accepted January 15, 2009. 

The supplemental plat showing 

updated lottings in sections 11 and 14, 

Township 14 North, Range 87 West, 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming, 

was accepted January 15, 2009, and is 

based on the plat of the independent 

resurvey approved June 17, 1922, and 

the plat of Mineral Survey No. 543 

approved August 4, 1925. 

The plat and field notes representing 

the dependent resurvey of a portion of 

the west boundary, and the 

subdivisional lines, Township 22 North, 

Range 94 West, Sixth Principal 

Meridian, Wyoming, Group No. 782, 

was accepted January 15, 2009. 

The plat representing the entire 

record of the location and 

remonumentation of certain corners, 

Township 12 North, Range 68 West, 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming, 

Group No. 540, was accepted January 

15, 2009. 

The plat representing the entire 

record of the location and 

remonumentation of certain corners, 

Township 12 North, Range 69 West, 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming, 

Group No. 540, was accepted January 

15, 2009. 

The plat and field notes representing 

the dependent resurvey of a portion of 

the west boundary, a portion of the 

subdivisional lines, and the subdivision 

of section 7, Township 26 North, Range 

81 West, of the Sixth Principal 

Meridian, Wyoming, Group No. 743, 

was accepted February 25, 2009. 

The plat and field notes representing 

the dependent resurvey of a portion of 

the subdivisional lines and the 

subdivision of section 20, Township 17 

North, Range 85 West, Sixth Principal 

Meridian, Wyoming, Group No. 783, 

was accepted February 25, 2009. 

The plat and field notes representing 

the dependent resurvey of a portion of 

the Third Standard Parallel North, 

through Range 60 West, a portion of the 

subdivisional lines, and the subdivision 

of section 4, Township 12 North, Range 

60 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, 

Wyoming, Group No. 784, was accepted 

February 25, 2009. 

The plat and field notes representing 

the dependent resurvey of a portion of 

the subdivisional lines, and the 

subdivision of section 28, Township 13 

North, Range 60 West, of the Sixth 

Principal Meridian, Wyoming, Group 

No. 785, was accepted February 25, 

2009. 

The plat and field notes representing 

the dependent resurvey of the 

Thirteenth Auxiliary Guide Meridian 

West, through Township 27 North, 

between Ranges 108 and 109 West, the 

south, east and north boundaries and 

the subdivisional lines, Township 27 

North, Range 108 West, of the Sixth 

Principal Meridian in the State of 

Wyoming, Group No. 777, was accepted 

February 25, 2009. 

The plat and field notes representing 

the dependent resurvey of portions of 

the east and north boundaries, and the 

subdivisional lines, Township 51 North, 

Range 78 West, of the Sixth Principal 

Meridian, Wyoming, Group No. 749, 

was accepted February 25, 2009. 

Copies of the preceding described 

plats and field notes are available to the 

public at a cost of $1.10 per page. 

Dated: March 06, 2009. 

John P. Lee, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of Support 

Services. 

[FR Doc. E9–5353 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWY–957400–09–L14200000–BJ0000] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, 

Nebraska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of 

survey, Nebraska. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is scheduled to file 

the plat of survey of the lands described 

below thirty (30) calendar days from the 

date of this publication in the BLM 

Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, 

Wyoming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, 5353 

Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

survey was executed at the request of 

the National Park Service and is 

necessary for the management of these 

lands. The lands surveyed are: 

The plat representing the entire 

record of the survey of Tract No. 37, 

Township 32 North, Range 3 East, of the 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Nebraska, was 

accepted March 6, 2009. 

Copies of the preceding described plat 

are available to the public at a cost of 

$1.10 per page. 

Dated: March 6, 2009. 

John P. Lee, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of Support 

Services. 

[FR Doc. E9–5354 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4467–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: County of Nacogdoches, 

Nacogdoches, TX 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the 

possession of the County of 

Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, TX, that 

meet the definition of ‘‘unassociated 

funerary objects’’ 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 


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in this notice are the sole responsibility 

of the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

In 2004, an incised bowl and two 

chert drills were removed from a burial 

pit at archeological site 41NA231, also 

known as the Tallow Grove site, in the 

Lake Naconiche project area, 

Nacogdoches County, TX. The removal 

was associated with archeological data 

recovery in an area to be impacted by 

construction and/or operation of Lake 

Naconiche. No preserved human 

remains were in the burial pit. 

The Tallow Grove site, 41NA231, is a 

Middle Caddo Period habitation on a 

late Holocene terrace near Naconiche 

Creek. The temporal context is 

supported by recovered temporally 

diagnostic artifacts, radiocarbon 

analyses, and oxidizable carbon ratio 

dates. The main occupation of the site 

took place between the early part of the 

13th century and approximately A.D. 

1480, and was preceded by an earlier 

Woodland Period occupation that dates 

from 110 B.C. to A.D. 435. None of the 

radiocarbon-dated features are earlier 

than the Middle Caddo Period. The 

small cemetery (approximately 8 x 6 

meters), situated near the remnants of 

several structures, and an extensive 

midden deposit and outdoor work area, 

contained eight burials. Five burials had 

preserved human remains (two of these 

burials included associated funerary 

objects), two burial pits preserved 

neither human remains nor associated 

funerary objects, and one burial pit 

preserved no human remains, but did 

contain the unassociated funerary 

objects described above. The mortuary 

practices and types of associated and 

unassociated funerary objects are 

consistent with the traditions of the 

Caddo Indian peoples. Preserved 

funerary offerings included pottery 

vessels placed near the shoulders or 

head. Geographic placement of the site 

and archeological evidence provide a 

reasonable basis for the officials of the 

County of Nacogdoches to believe that 

the unassociated funerary objects are 

culturally affiliated with the Caddo 

Nation of Oklahoma. 

Officials of the County of 

Nacogdoches have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 

three cultural items described 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 and are 

believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. Officials of the County of 

Nacogdoches also have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is 

a relationship of shared group identity 

that can be reasonably traced between 

the unassociated funerary objects and 

the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

objects should contact George Campbell, 

County of Nacogdoches, 101 West Main 

Street, Nacogdoches, TX 75961, 

telephone (936) 569–6772, before April 

13, 2009. Repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary objects to the 

Caddo Nation of Oklahoma may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The County of Nacogdoches is 

responsible for notifying the Caddo 

Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: February 20, 2009 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–5330 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service, Hawaii 

Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii 

National Park, HI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the 

possession of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, Hawaii 

Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii 

National Park, HI, that meet the 

definition of ‘‘unassociated funerary 

objects’’ 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 superintendent, Hawaii 

Volcanoes National Park. 

In 1905, five funerary objects were 

removed from Forbes Cave in Hawaii 

County, HI, by David Forbes, William 

Wagner, and Frederich Haenisch. The 

whereabouts of the human remains that 

were in the cave is unknown. On March 

14, 1956, the five items were donated to 

Hawaii National Park, now known as 

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, by 

Forbes’ daughter, Blodwin Forbes 

Edmondson. The five unassociated 

funerary objects are one carved wooden 

female image, one game board or table, 

one cutting tool made from a human 

clavicle, one gourd water bottle with 

shell stopper, and one wrist ornament 

made of rock oyster, and are Native 

Hawaiian in origin. 

Claims based on cultural affiliation 

were received by Hawaii Volcanoes 

National Park from the Department of 

Hawaiian Homelands, Hawaii Island 

Burial Council, Hoohuli Ohana, Hooulu 

Lahui, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O 

Hawai’i Nei, Ka Ohana Ayau, 

Keaweamahi Ohana, Kekumano Ohana, 

Laika-a-Mauia Ohana, Na Lei Alii 

Kawananakoa, Na Papa Kanaka O 

Pu’ukohola Heiau, Office of Hawaiian 

Affairs, Royal Hawaiian Academy of 

Traditional Arts, and Van Horn 

Diamond Ohana. Each qualifies as a 

Native Hawaiian organization under 

NAGPRA, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(11), and each is entitled to claim 

and receive the five unassociated 

funerary objects. Hawaii Volcanoes 

National Park is unable to determine 

which requesting party is the most 

appropriate claimant. 

Officials of Hawaii Volcanoes 

National Park have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 

five cultural items described 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 and are 

believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. Officials of Hawaii 

Volcanoes National Park also have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (2), there is a relationship of 

shared group identity that can be 

reasonably traced between the 

unassociated funerary objects and the 

Department of Hawaiian Homelands, 

Hawaii Island Burial Council, Hoohuli 

Ohana, Hooulu Lahui, Hui Malama I Na 

Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei, Ka Ohana Ayau, 

Keaweamahi Ohana, Kekumano Ohana, 

Laika-a-Mauia Ohana, Na Lei Alii 

Kawananakoa, Na Papa Kanaka O 

Pu’ukohola Heiau, Office of Hawaiian 

Affairs, Royal Hawaiian Academy of 

Traditional Arts, and Van Horn 

Diamond Ohana. Lastly, officials of 

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park have 

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 

10.10 (c)(2), the park cannot determine 

by the preponderance of the evidence 

which requesting party is the most 

appropriate claimant and will retain the 

unassociated funerary objects until the 

Department of Hawaiian Homelands, 


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