19976 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 82 / Thursday, April 30, 2009 / Notices 

DATES: The CCP/EA and FONSI are 

completed, implementation may begin 

immediately. 

ADDRESSES: The CCP/EA and FONSI are 

available for viewing at Mid-Columbia 

River National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex, 64 Maple Street, Burbank, WA 

99323, and copies on compact disk may 

be obtained by visiting or writing to the 

Refuge Complex. These documents are 

also available for viewing and 

downloading on the Internet at http:// 

pacific.fws.gov/planning. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Hughes, Project Leader, Mid-Columbia 

River National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex, phone (509) 546–8300. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With this 

notice, we complete the CCP process for 

the McNary and Umatilla National 

Wildlife Refuges that began in 2004 (69 

FR 29568, May 24, 2004). The McNary 

and Umatilla Refuges are part of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

(NWRS) administered by the Service. 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966 (Refuge 

Administration Act), as amended, 

requires all units of the NWRS to be 

managed in accordance with an 

approved CCP. A CCP provides 

management direction, and identifies 

refuge goals, objectives, and strategies 

for achieving refuge purposes. We 

prepared the CCP/EA and FONSI for the 

McNary and Umatilla Refuges pursuant 

to the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321– 

4370d), as amended, and its 

implementing regulations, the Refuge 

Administration Act, and Service 

policies. 

McNary Refuge is located in Walla 

Walla and Franklin Counties, 

Washington, and Umatilla County, 

Oregon. Umatilla Refuge is located in 

Benton County, Washington, and 

Morrow County, Oregon. Planning for 

these Refuges was conducted 

concurrently, because many of the same 

physical characteristics, management 

issues, and conservation opportunities 

occur on, or are relevant to, the 

management of each of the Refuges. 

During the CCP planning process for 

the Refuges many elements were 

considered, including management of 

the Refuges’ shrub-steppe, riparian, 

wetland, and cliff-talus habitats for the 

long-term conservation of native plants 

and animals and migratory birds. We 

identified appropriate actions in the 

CCP for protecting and sustaining the 

cultural and biological features of the 

river islands, the Refuges’ wintering 

waterfowl populations and habitats, the 

growing migratory shorebird 

populations that use the Refuges, and 

threatened, endangered, or rare species. 

Guidance for maintaining and 

improving high quality public use 

programs for hunting, fishing, wildlife 

observation, photography, 

environmental education, and 

interpretation is also provided in the 

CCP/EA. 

Public Comments and Changes to the 

CCP 

We identified and evaluated four 

alternatives in the Draft CCP/EA for 

managing the Refuges. The Draft CCP/ 

EA was available for a 30-day public 

review and comment period, which 

occurred January 23 through February 

23, 2007 (January 29, 2007, 72 FR 4019). 

Notification was sent to 700 individuals 

and organizations on our mailing list for 

this CCP, and public notice was 

provided in local media and on the 

Complex Web site. 

The Service received 105 comment 

letters, forms, or emails on the Draft 

CCP, which were incorporated into, or 

otherwise responded to, in the final 

CCP. To address public comments, 

minor changes and clarifications were 

made to the final CCP/EA where we 

considered it appropriate. 

CCP Implementation 

The Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Region 1, signed the 

FONSI and approved the CCP/EA on 

May 7, 2007. By implementing the CCP, 

the Service will manage Refuge 

resources for migratory birds and will 

enhance populations of targeted special 

status species and their habitats. Habitat 

conditions for migratory waterfowl, 

shorebirds, threatened and endangered 

species, and other native wildlife will 

be improved. The Refuges will 

emphasize control and reduction of 

weeds and improvement of riparian, 

shrub-steppe, island, and cliff habitats. 

Wildlife-dependent public use will be 

emphasized with opportunities for 

hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, 

photography, interpretation, and 

environmental education either 

maintained or improved from present 

conditions. A Washington State 

pheasant augmentation/release program 

will be phased out in two years and 

camping will be discontinued at 

Madame Dorion Park. Disturbance to 

island resources will be reduced 

through closure of all beach use on 

Refuge islands. 

Dated: January 13, 2009. 

David J. Wesley, 

Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

New York, NY 

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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains in the possession of the New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

New York, NY. The human remains 

were removed from Morton County, ND. 

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 museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by New York 

University College of Dentistry 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Three Affiliated 

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, 

North Dakota. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of two 

individuals were removed from On-ASlant Village, Ft. Abraham Lincoln, near 

Bismarck, Morton County, ND, by an 

unknown collector. In 1925, the human 

remains were accessioned by the 

Department of Physical Anthropology at 

the Museum of the American Indian, 

Heye Foundation. In 1956, the human 

remains were transferred to Dr. 

Theodore Kazamiroff, New York 

University College of Dentistry. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Museum of the American Indian 

records identify the provenience of the 

human remains as ‘‘Ft. Abraham 

Lincoln, near Bismarck, North Dakota.’’ 

Fort Abraham Lincoln is also the site of 

a Historic Period Mandan Village 

known as On-A-Slant Village (32MO26). 

The cranium of one of the individuals 

is painted with a red pigment matching 

historically described and 

archeologically confirmed mortuary 

customs of the Mandan. 

On-A-Slant Village is documented 

historically, archeologically and by 

tribal oral traditions as a village of the 

Plains Village Period dating to A.D. 

1450–1785, and occupied by the Nuitadi 

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subgroup of the Mandan. In 1785, the 

village was abandoned following a 

smallpox epidemic and its inhabitants 

moved to the Knife River region to live 

alongside the Hidatsa. By 1862, the 

Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara lived at 

the Like-A-Fishook village. In 1937, the 

three tribes became formally known as 

the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort 

Berthold Reservation. Consultation 

evidence supports the identification of 

the human remains from the On-A-Slant 

Village as Mandan, and the cultural 

affiliation as the Three Affiliated Tribes 

of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 

Dakota. 

Officials of the New York University 

College of Dentistry have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), 

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of two 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of New York 

University College of Dentistry 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 Native 

American human remains and the Three 

Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 

Reservation, North Dakota. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Louis Terracio, New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

345 East 24th St, New York, NY 10010, 

telephone (212) 998–9917, before June 

1, 2009. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Three Affiliated Tribes of 

the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 

Dakota may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The New York University College of 

Dentistry is responsible for notifying the 

Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort 

Berthold Reservation, North Dakota that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: April 13, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–9981 Filed 4–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

New York, NY 

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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains in the possession of the New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

New York City, NY. The human remains 

were removed from Colfax County, NE. 

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 museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by New York 

University College of Dentistry 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Pawnee Nation of 

Oklahoma. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of two 

individuals were removed from a site 

identified as a Pawnee Burial Site, 

Schuyler, Colfax County, NE, by an 

unknown collector. In 1922, the human 

remains were accessioned by the 

Department of Physical Anthropology at 

the Museum of the American Indian, 

Heye Foundation. In 1956, the human 

remains were transferred to Dr. 

Theodore Kazamiroff at the New York 

University College of Dentistry. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Museum of the American Indian 

records identify the provenience of the 

human remains as a ‘‘Pawnee Burial 

Site, Schuyler, Nebraska.’’ The cranial 

morphology of the human remains 

confirms that they belong to an 

individual of Pawnee ancestry. 

Consultations with the Pawnee Nation 

of Oklahoma confirmed the 

identification of the human remains 

from the burial site as Pawnee. 

Schuyler, NE, is located along the 

Loup River, and corresponds to an area 

of protohistoric (Lower Loup phase) and 

historic Pawnee villages that have been 

identified as Pawnee by the Pawnee 

Nation and archeologists. It is likely that 

the human remains date to the Lower 

Loup phase or historic period. The Loup 

River area was settled by the Skidi 

Pawnee, one of four Pawnee bands, by 

1700. Skidi Pawnee sites are identified 

in historic documents dating as early as 

1718, and they remained the primary 

Pawnee band in the area for the next 

century. By 1857, all four Pawnee bands 

coalesced along the Loup River after 

disease, warfare and land cessions 

resulted in a restriction of Pawnee 

lands. By 1875, the Pawnee left the 

Loup River and settled on a tract of land 

in Oklahoma. Today they are known as 

the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. 

Officials of the New York University 

College of Dentistry have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), 

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of two 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the New York 

University College of Dentistry 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 Native 

American human remains and the 

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Louis Terracio, New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

345 East 24th St, New York, NY 10010, 

telephone (212) 998–9917, before June 

1, 2009. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Pawnee Nation of 

Oklahoma may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

The New York University College of 

Dentistry is responsible for notifying the 

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: April 13, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–9986 Filed 4–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

New York City, NY 

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. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains in the control of the New York 

University College of Dentistry, New 

York City, NY. The human remains 

were removed from Mackinaw City, 

Cheboygan County, MI. 

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 museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice.