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campaigns and 901 were unique 

comment submissions. The BLM and 

FWS considered all comments received 

during the extended comment period in 

the preparation of the Final 

Supplemental EIS. The BLM and FWS 

responded to substantive comments and 

made appropriate revisions in the Final 

Supplemental EIS or explained why a 

comment did not warrant a change, as 

documented in Appendix F of the Final 

Supplemental EIS. 

The BLM’s 2024 ROD decision is to 

terminate the UDOT ROW grant issued 

on January 13, 2021, and to endorse the 

Red Hills Parkway Expressway 

alternative. The termination of the BLM 

ROW grant is effective immediately. The 

FWS’s ROD amends the 2021 ITP to 

authorize incidental take of the desert 

tortoise to Washington County caused 

by covered activities, without the 

Northern Corridor changed 

circumstance. The amended ITP 

reinstates take authorization of desert 

tortoise in the 3,341 acres of State and 

private land in Zone 6, previously 

required as mitigation under the 

Northern Corridor changed 

circumstance. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6; 40 CFR 1506.10 

(2022)) 

Matthew A. Preston, 

Acting State Director. 

Anna Munoz, 

Deputy Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30978 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[PO #4820000251] 

Notice of Termination of the 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Twin Metals Project in the Superior 

National Forest, Lake and St. Louis 

Counties, Minnesota 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of termination. 

SUMMARY: By this notice, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), Northeastern 

States District, located in Milwaukee, 

Wisconsin, is announcing the 

termination of the Twin Metals Project 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

DATES: This termination takes effect 

immediately. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt 

Wadzinski, NSDO Planning and 

Environmental Coordinator, at 414– 

297–4408 or by email to kwadzins@

blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact during normal business hours. 

The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 

days a week, to leave a message or 

question. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (NEPA) and Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA 

regulations, the BLM published its 

Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS 

for the Twin Metals Project in the 

Federal Register on June 30, 2020 (85 

FR 39206). The EIS would have 

analyzed the potential impacts of 

issuing a proposed new preference right 

lease (MNES 57965) and approving a 

mine plan of operations for that lease 

and an existing lease (MNES 1352) held 

by Twin Metals Minnesota (Twin 

Metals) in the Superior National Forest 

in Lake and St. Louis counties, 

Minnesota. 

In October 2021, the USDA Forest 

Service submitted an application to 

withdraw the lands in question from 

disposition under the United States 

mineral and geothermal leasing laws. 

The BLM published a notice of its 

receipt of that application in the Federal 

Register (86 FR 58299), which 

segregated the lands from the operation 

of the mineral and geothermal leasing 

laws, and the BLM subsequently 

rejected the preference right lease 

application submitted by Twin Metals 

in accordance with 43 CFR 2310.2(d). 

In January 2022, the Department of 

the Interior cancelled two hardrock 

mineral leases held by Twin Metals, 

including lease MNES 1352, because the 

leases were improperly renewed. 

Because Twin Metals did not have an 

underlying land use authorization, the 

BLM subsequently rejected the mine 

plan of operations. On January 31, 2023, 

the Secretary of the Interior issued 

Public Land Order 7917 (88 FR 6308), 

which withdrew approximately 225,504 

acres of National Forest System lands in 

Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis counties, 

Minnesota, from disposition under the 

United States mineral and geothermal 

leasing laws for a period of 20 years, 

subject to valid existing rights. As a 

result, new mineral leasing is prohibited 

for 20 years from the date of the 

withdrawal. 

Based on BLM environmental policy, 

the bureau must announce in the 

Federal Register when it does not 

complete previously initiated NEPA 

actions. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.9) 

Mitchell Leverette, 

Eastern States State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31215 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[PO #4820000251] 

Public Land Order No. PLO 7954; 

Withdrawal of National Forest System 

Lands for the Schwartz and Leff 

Administrative Site; California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Public land order. 

SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) 

withdraws 39.6 acres of National Forest 

System lands from location and entry 

under the United States mining laws, 

but not from leasing under the mineral 

or geothermal leasing laws or disposal 

under the Mineral Materials Act of 

1947, for a period of 20 years, subject to 

valid existing rights, to protect the 

integrity of the historic and cultural 

resources located within the Schwartz 

and Leff Administrative Site along the 

North Fork of the Salmon River in 

Siskiyou County, California. 

DATES: This PLO takes effect on 

December 30, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Daniels, BLM California State 

Office, telephone: (916) 978–4674, 

email: hdaniels@blm.gov; or Zareen Ali, 

Forest Service Regional Office, 

telephone: (707) 562–8964 during 

regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m. Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. Individuals in the United 

States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 

hearing, or have a speech disability may 

dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to 

access telecommunications relay 

services. Individuals outside the United 

States should use the relay services 

offered within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Forest Service will 

manage the lands to protect the integrity 

of the historic and cultural resources 

located within the Schwarz and Leff 

Administrative Site along the North 

Fork of the Salmon River in the Klamath 

National Forest, Siskiyou County, 

California. 

Order 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of the Interior by Section 


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204 of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 

1714, it is ordered as follows: 

1. Subject to valid existing rights, the 

following described National Forest 

System lands are hereby withdrawn 

from location and entry under the 

United States mining laws, but not from 

leasing under the mineral or geothermal 

leasing laws or disposal under the 

Mineral Materials Act of 1947, for the 

protection of the cultural and historic 

resources within the Schwartz and Leff 

Administrative Site in the Klamath 

National Forest, California. 

National Forest System Lands 

Klamath National Forest 

Humboldt Meridian, California 

T. 10 N., R. 8 E., 

M.S. 6686 EXCEPT that portion within 

Tract 44 of said T. 10 N., R. 8 E., 

Humboldt Meridian 

The area described contains 39.60 

acres in Siskiyou County. 

2. The withdrawal made by this order 

does not alter the applicability of those 

laws governing the use of National 

Forest System lands under lease, 

license, or permit, or governing the 

disposal of the mineral or vegetative 

resources other than under the mining 

laws. 

3. This withdrawal will expire 20 

years from the effective date of this 

order, unless, as a result of a review 

conducted before the expiration date 

pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary 

determines that the withdrawal shall be 

extended. 

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714) 

Robert T. Anderson, 

Solicitor. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31211 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039254; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign, Champaign, IL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign has completed an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects and has determined 

that there is a cultural affiliation 

between the human 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 29, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Krystiana Krupa, University 

of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 601 E. 

John Street, Champaign, IL 61820, 

telephone (217) 244–2587, email 

klkrupa@illinois.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 University of 

Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 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, 

132 individuals have been identified. 

The six associated funerary objects are 

one lot of botanical remains; one lot of 

ceramics; one lot of faunal bone; one lot 

of historic tools and ornaments; one lot 

of lithics; and one lot of shell. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were excavated from Will 

County, IL by George Langford and by 

the University of Chicago between 1912 

and 1941. The collection dates to 

approximately A.D. 800–1400 and the 

late 17th century. No hazardous 

substances are known to have been used 

to treat any of the human remains or 

associated funerary objects. 

Cultural Affiliation 

Based on the information available 

and the results of consultation, cultural 

affiliation is clearly identified by the 

information available about the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

described in this notice. 

Determinations 

The University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of at least 132 individuals of 

Native American ancestry. 

• The six lots of 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 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 

Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 

Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville 

Indian Community, Michigan; HoChunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe 

of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe 

of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of 

the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; 

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Match-ebe-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi 

Indians; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota 

(Fond du Lac Band; Mille Lacs Band); 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan; Omaha Tribe of 

Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 

Nation; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in 

Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, 

Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the 

Mississippi in Iowa; Shawnee Tribe; 

and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. 

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 29, 2025. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, the University of Illinois 

Urbana-Champaign 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 University of 

Illinois Urbana-Champaign is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice. 


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