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toothbrush, one hohoa style kapa beater, 

and three coral abraders. Item: one 

unassociated funerary object. Site Name: 

ARCH 14–138, site E2, site 50–10–37– 

6655. Geographical Location: Ho ̄lualoa, 

Kona, Hawai1i. Collection History: 

ARCH 14–138 is an archaeological 

surface survey and excavation 

conducted by the Archaeology Research 

Center of Hawai‘i (ARCH) circa 1980. 

The excavated materials for this project 

were inherited by the late Dr. Kikuchi, 

emeritus professor at Kaua1i Community 

College. The founding of the Kikuchi 

Center at Kaua1i Community College, an 

archive curating Dr. Kikuchi’s materials, 

began September 2022, and processing 

of these materials began in 2024. 

Processing of ARCH 14–138 materials 

resulted in the discovery that the 19th 

century non-human bone toothbrush is 

an unassociated funerary object. The 

artifact bag containing this item states 

that this non-human bone toothbrush is 

associated with a Native Hawaiian 

burial and was found at the feet of the 

burial. It is dissociated from any known 

iwi kupuna. The ARCH 14–138 project 

report describes the burial crypt at site 

50–10–37–6655, including a description 

of the non-human bone toothbrush 

being present there with iwi kupuna. 

Accession #: 50–10–37–6655–AR110. 

Item: four unassociated funerary 

objects. Site Name: ARCH 14–152 III, 

site 50–10–37–6479, surface chamber 2, 

field #1, code 1. Geographical Location: 

La1aloa, Kona, Hawai1i. Collection 

History: ARCH 14–152 III is an 

archaeological surface survey and 

excavation conducted by the 

Archaeology Research Center of Hawai‘i 

(ARCH) circa 1980. The excavated 

materials for this project were inherited 

by the late Dr. Kikuchi, emeritus 

professor at Kaua1i Community College. 

The founding of the Kikuchi Center at 

Kaua‘i Community College, an archive 

curating Dr. Kikuchi’s materials, began 

September 2022, and processing of these 

materials began in 2024. Processing and 

provenance research of ARCH 14–152 III 

materials resulted in the discovery that 

the one hohoa kapa beater and three 

coral abraders are unassociated funerary 

objects. Site 50–10–37–6479 is 

identified in the report as a lava tube 

with multiple chambers. The report 

states that the lava tube contained 

human remains. The items are 

dissociated from any known iwi 

kupuna. Accession #: 10–6479–AR83, 

10–6479–AR76, 10–6479–AR78, 10– 

6479–AR77 

Determinations 

The Kikuchi Center at Kaua1i 

Community College has determined 

that: 

• The five unassociated funerary 

objects described in this notice are 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

intentionally with or near human 

remains, and are connected, either at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony of a Native American 

culture according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of a 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization. The 

unassociated funerary objects have been 

identified by a preponderance of the 

evidence as related to human remains, 

specific individuals, or families, or 

removed from a specific burial site or 

burial area of an individual or 

individuals with cultural affiliation to 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural items described in 

this notice and the Hale Mua Cultural 

Group and Protect Keopuka Ohana. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the authorized 

representative identified in this notice 

under ADDRESSES. Requests for 

repatriation may be submitted by any 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice who shows, by 

a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after January 13, 2025. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Kikuchi Center at Kaua1i Community 

College must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the cultural items are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Kikuchi Center 

at Kaua1i Community College is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice and to any other consulting 

parties. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: December 4, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29262 Filed 12–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR83550000, 245R5065C6, 

RX.59389832.1009676] 

Change in Discount Rate for Water 

Resources Planning 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of change in discount 

rate. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation is 

announcing the interest rate to be used 

by Federal agencies in the formulation 

and evaluation of plans for water and 

related land resources is 3.00 percent for 

fiscal year 2025. 

DATES: This discount rate is to be used 

for the period October 1, 2024, through 

and including September 30, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brandee Blumenthal, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Reclamation Law 

Administration Division, P.O. Box 

25007, Denver, Colorado 80225; 

telephone (303) 445–2435; or email at 

bblumenthal@usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Water 

Resources Planning Act of 1965 and the 

Water Resources Development Act of 

1974 require an annual determination of 

a discount rate for Federal water 

resources planning. The discount rate 

for Federal water resources planning for 

fiscal year 2025 is 3.00 percent. The 

prior year’s rate, as announced in the 

Federal Register on November 16, 2023 

(88 FR 78785), was 2.75 percent for 

fiscal year 2024. Discounting is used to 

convert future monetary values to 

present values. 

This rate has been computed in 

accordance with section 80(a), Public 

Law 93–251 (88 Stat. 34), and 18 CFR 

704.39, which: (1) specify that the rate 

will be based upon the average yield 

during the preceding fiscal year on 

interest-bearing marketable securities of 

the United States which, at the time the 

computation is made, have terms of 15 

years or more remaining to maturity 

(average yield is rounded to nearest oneeighth percent); and (2) provide that the 

rate will not be raised or lowered more 

than one-quarter of 1 percent for any 

year. The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury calculated the specified 

average to be 4.5055 percent. In 

accordance with the Water Resource 

Council Rules and Regulations, the 

maximum adjustment allowed for the 

current fiscal year rate is one-quarter of 

one percentage point from the previous 

fiscal year rate, which was 2.75 percent. 

Therefore, the fiscal year 2025 rate is 

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All Federal agencies will use the rate 

of 3.00 percent in the formulation and 

evaluation of water and related land 

resources plans for the purpose of 

discounting future benefits and 

computing costs or otherwise converting 

benefits and costs to a common-time 

basis. 

Christopher Beardsley, 

Director, Mission Assurance and Protection 

Organization. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29263 Filed 12–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4332–90–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1372] 

Certain Vaporizer Devices, Cartridges 

Used Therewith, and Components 

Thereof; Notice of Request for 

Submissions on the Public Interest 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that on 

December 5, 2024, the presiding 

administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’) issued 

an Initial Determination on Violation of 

Section 337. On December 5, 2024, the 

ALJ also issued a Recommended 

Determination on remedy and bonding 

should a violation be found in the 

above-captioned investigation. The 

Commission is soliciting submissions 

on public interest issues raised by the 

recommended relief should the 

Commission find a violation. This 

notice is soliciting comments from the 

public and interested government 

agencies only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Liberman, Esq., Office of the 

General Counsel, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 

205–3115. Copies of non-confidential 

documents filed in connection with this 

investigation may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help 

accessing EDIS, please email 

EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

internet server at https://www.usitc.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons are advised 

that information on this matter can be 

obtained by contacting the 

Commission’s TDD terminal on (202) 

205–1810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 provides 

that, if the Commission finds a 

violation, it shall exclude the articles 

concerned from the United States 

unless, after considering the effect of 

such exclusion upon the public health 

and welfare, competitive conditions in 

the United States economy, the 

production of like or directly 

competitive articles in the United 

States, and United States consumers, it 

finds that such articles should not be 

excluded from entry. (19 U.S.C. 

1337(d)(1)). A similar provision applies 

to cease and desist orders. (19 U.S.C. 

1337(f)(1)). 

The Commission is soliciting 

submissions on public interest issues 

raised by the recommended relief 

should the Commission find a violation, 

specifically: a limited exclusion order 

and a cease and desist order directed to 

certain vaporizer devices, cartridges 

used therewith, and components thereof 

imported, sold for importation, and/or 

sold after importation by respondent 

JUUL Labs, Inc. of Washington, DC 

Parties are to file public interest 

submissions pursuant to 19 CFR 

210.50(a)(4). 

The Commission is interested in 

further development of the record on 

the public interest in this investigation. 

Accordingly, members of the public and 

interested government agencies are 

invited to file submissions of no more 

than five (5) pages, inclusive of 

attachments, concerning the public 

interest in light of the ALJ’s 

Recommended Determination on 

Remedy and Bonding issued in this 

investigation on December 5, 2024. 

Comments should address whether 

issuance of the recommended remedial 

orders in this investigation, should the 

Commission find a violation, would 

affect the public health and welfare in 

the United States, competitive 

conditions in the United States 

economy, the production of like or 

directly competitive articles in the 

United States, or United States 

consumers. 

In particular, the Commission is 

interested in comments that: 

(i) explain how the articles potentially 

subject to the recommended remedial 

orders are used in the United States; 

(ii) identify any public health, safety, 

or welfare concerns in the United States 

relating to the recommended orders; 

(iii) identify like or directly 

competitive articles that complainant, 

its licensees, or third parties make in the 

United States which could replace the 

subject articles if they were to be 

excluded; 

(iv) indicate whether complainant, 

complainant’s licensees, and/or thirdparty suppliers have the capacity to 

replace the volume of articles 

potentially subject to the recommended 

orders within a commercially 

reasonable time; and 

(v) explain how the recommended 

orders would impact consumers in the 

United States. 

Written submissions must be filed no 

later than by close of business on 

January 6, 2025. 

Persons filing written submissions 

must file the original document 

electronically on or before the deadlines 

stated above. The Commission’s paper 

filing requirements in 19 CFR 210.4(f) 

are currently waived. 85 FR 15798 (Mar. 

19, 2020). Submissions should refer to 

the investigation number (‘‘Inv. No. 

337–TA–1372’’) in a prominent place on 

the cover page and/or the first page. (See 

Handbook for Electronic Filing 

Procedures, https://www.usitc.gov/ 

documents/handbook_on_filing_

procedures.pdf.). Persons with 

questions regarding filing should 

contact the Secretary (202–205–2000). 

Any person desiring to submit a 

document to the Commission in 

confidence must request confidential 

treatment by marking each document 

with a header indicating that the 

document contains confidential 

information. This marking will be 

deemed to satisfy the request procedure 

set forth in Rules 201.6(b) and 

210.5(e)(2) (19 CFR 201.6(b) & 

210.5(e)(2)). Documents for which 

confidential treatment by the 

Commission is properly sought will be 

treated accordingly. Any non-party 

wishing to submit comments containing 

confidential information must serve 

those comments on the parties to the 

investigation pursuant to the applicable 

Administrative Protective Order. A 

redacted non-confidential version of the 

document must also be filed 

simultaneously with any confidential 

filing and must be served in accordance 

with Commission Rule 210.4(f)(7)(ii)(A) 

(19 CFR 210.4(f)(7)(ii)(A)). All 

information, including confidential 

business information and documents for 

which confidential treatment is properly 

sought, submitted to the Commission for 

purposes of this investigation may be 

disclosed to and used: (i) by the 

Commission, its employees and Offices, 

and contract personnel (a) for 

developing or maintaining the records 

of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in 

internal investigations, audits, reviews, 

and evaluations relating to the 

programs, personnel, and operations of 

the Commission including under 5 

U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. 

government employees and contract 

personnel, solely for cybersecurity 

purposes. All contract personnel will 

sign appropriate nondisclosure 


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