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remains and associated funerary objects 

and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 13, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Jason Ford, The Kikuchi 

Center at Kaua1i Community College, 3– 

1901 Kaumuali1i Highway, Lı ̄hu1e, HI 

96766, telephone (808) 245–8236, email 

jford9@hawaii.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the Kikuchi Center 

at Kaua1i Community College, and 

additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in its inventory or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

Human remains representing, at least, 

five individuals have been identified. 

This includes 15 associated funerary 

objects which are pearl shell fish hook 

blanks and pre-form fish hooks, sea 

urchin files, and basalt fragments. They 

were identified during the processing of 

the materials held by the Kikuchi Center 

at Kaua1i Community College. 

The Kikuchi Center is an archive 

curating the work of Dr. William 

Kikuchi. Dr. Kikuchi co-founded the 

Archaeology Research Center of Hawai1i, 

ARCH, with Francis Ching, Jr. At an 

unknown date, he inherited a collection 

of ARCH project materials, including 

ARCH project 14–42 II. This project was 

an archaeological surface survey at 

Kiahuna, Ko ̄loa, Kona, Kaua1i. These 

materials were excavated circa 1980, 

and the founding of the Kikuchi Center 

and processing of these materials began 

in 2022. In March of 2024, an osteologist 

analyzed the bones in the collection and 

positively identified the listed bones as 

human. They are associated with Native 

Hawaiian sites and cultural layers. The 

modified bones listed here are 

unidentifiable, but because of their 

association with positively identified 

iwi kupuna, they are being treated as 

human. Unidentifiable bones associated 

with positively identified iwi kupuna 

are also listed. 

Dr. Kikuchi was also a professor at 

Kaua1i Community College. He 

established the Anthropology Club at 

Kaua1i Community College circa 1975. 

In July of 1975, he and the club began 

excavating at the Weli K–10 site, SIHP 

number 50–30–09–3050. This site is 

identified as a shelter cave, located in 

Wahiawa, moku of Kona, Kaua1i. The 

positively identified iwi kupuna from 

this site are from pits B, C and D, and 

are associated with Native Hawaiian 

cultural layers including 15 associated 

funerary objects. Item: Human remains 

Site Name: ARCH 14–42 II, Sites 206 

and 304 Geographical Location: 

Kiahuna, Ko ̄loa, Kona, Kaua1i. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is reasonably identified by the 

geographical location or acquisition 

history of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice. 

Determinations 

The Kikuchi Center at Kaua1i 

Community College has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of five individuals of Native 

Hawaiian ancestry. 

• The 15 objects described in this 

notice are reasonably believed to have 

been placed intentionally with or near 

individual human remains at the time of 

death or later as part of the death rite 

or ceremony. 

• There is a connection between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects described in this notice and the 

Kaua1i/Ni1ihau Island Burial Council; Ke 

Kahu O Kaneiolouma; and E Ola Kakou 

Hawaii. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

authorized representative identified in 

this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests 

for repatriation may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

2. 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 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization with cultural affiliation. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects 

described 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 human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

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. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: December 4, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29261 Filed 12–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039187; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: The 

Kikuchi Center at Kaua1i Community 

College, Lı ̄hu1e, HI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Kikuchi Center at Kaua1i Community 

College intends to repatriate certain 

cultural items that meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects and that 

have a cultural affiliation with the 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 13, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Jason Ford, The Kikuchi 

Center at Kaua1i Community College, 3– 

1901 Kaumuali1i Highway, Lı ̄hu1e, HI 

96766, telephone (808) 245–8236, email 

jford9@hawaii.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the Kikuchi Center 

at Kaua1i Community College, and 

additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the summary or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

A total of five cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. The five 

unassociated funerary objects are one 

19th century non-human bone 


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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] 

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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 

3.00 percent. 


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