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cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Abstract: The BLM uses the 

information collection to decide 

whether or not to lease or sell certain 

public lands to applicants under the 

Recreation and Public Purposes Act, 43 

U.S.C. 869 to 869–4. OMB Control 

Number 1004–0012 is scheduled to 

expire on April 30, 2025. This request 

is for OMB to renew this OMB Control 

Number for an additional three (3) 

years. 

Title of Collection: Application for 

Land for Recreation or Public Purposes 

(43 CFR 2740 and 2912). 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0012. 

Form Number: 2740–01. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Territory, County, and Local 

governments; nonprofit corporations; 

and nonprofit associations. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 23. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 23. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 40 hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 920. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Non-hour 

Burden Cost: $2,300. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, a person is not 

required to respond to a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Darrin King, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29985 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039214; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Los 

Angeles County Museum of Natural 

History, Los Angeles, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Los 

Angeles County Museum of Natural 

History (LACMNH) has completed an 

inventory of human remains and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after January 17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Amy E. Gusick, NAGPRA 

Officer, Los Angeles County Museum of 

Natural History, 900 Exposition 

Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, 

telephone (213) 763–3370, email 

agusick@nhm.org. 

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 LACMNH, 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, 

one individual have been identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The individual was removed from 

Elizabeth Lake, Deadman’s Cave, Los 

Angeles County, CA. A nearly complete 

skeleton was found unnumbered in the 

LACMNH collections with no accession 

records (HSRA–46). In 1995, LACMNH 

conducted an inventory of human 

remains in its collections and identified 

these remains to be female with an age 

range at the time of death to be between 

40–60. ‘‘Elizabeth Lake’’ is written on 

one of the bones and ‘‘Elizabeth Lake, 

Deadman’s Cave’’ is written on the 

mandible. There are no known 

individuals. 

Since this initial assessment, in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation 

(previously listed as San Manuel Band 

of Mission Indians, California), Morongo 

Band of Mission Indians, California and 

non-federally recognized California 

Indian groups including the Fernanden ̃ o 

Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, the 

LACMNH has investigated the 

collection history of these human 

remains but have not been able to 

identify further information. 

Based on biological and geographical 

information, the human remains are 

determined to be Native American. 

Archaeologists have asserted that 

Serrano and Tataviam peoples have 

continuously occupied the Antelope 

Valley, the San Gabriel Mountains, and 

the surrounding areas for up to 5,000– 

6,000 years BP. Ethnographer, John 

Peabody Harrington recorded several 

Serrano place names throughout the 

Antelope Valley during his interviews 

with Yuhaaviatam leader, Santos 

Manuel in 1918. Manuel’s testimony 

and Serrano Traditional Knowledge 

identify Elizabeth Lake as home to 

Serrano peoples since time immemorial. 

Human remains representing, at least, 

22 individuals have been identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The individuals were removed from the 

Vasquez Rocks (CA–LAN–361) site in 

northern Los Angeles County, CA. 

Owners of the land on which the site 

now rests, Dr. Ascher and family, spent 

many years digging at the site in the 

mid-1900s. In 1966, the location was 

bulldozed by vandals. Between 1967– 

1970, LACNHM curator Dr. Charles 

Rozaire, as part of the California State 

University, Northridge Archaeological 

School, held field schools at the site, 

where students and supervisors 

excavated the bulldozed site and 

recovered artifacts and bone originally 

identified as faunal (non-human) bone. 

As a result of the looting and 

bulldozing, the artifacts and bones 

recovered from the site were not in 

original context and were highly 

fragmented. 

In consultation with representatives 

of the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel 

Nation (previously listed as San Manuel 

Band of Mission Indians, California) and 

non-federally recognized California 

Indian groups including the Fernanden ̃ o 

Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, in 

2021, LACMNH conducted a detailed 

bioarcheological assessment of the bone 

recovered from CA–LAN–361 resulting 

in identification of human remains. The 

report identified 14 children with an age 

range between 37–39 weeks gestation/ 

perinate and 10–12 years old. It is likely 

that some of the children whose specific 

age ranges could not be assessed were 

older than 12 years. There are at least 

eight adults represented. Among them, 

two are likely males (represented by a 

mandible and a temporal bone fragment) 

and one older adult. Most of the remains 

are extremely fragmented and there are 

some non-human skeletal remains in the 

assemblages. Most of the remains were 

impacted by the history of vandalism 

and heat from cremation with varying 

temperatures and exposure. There are 

no known humans. 

Based on archaeological context and 

information learned from consultations, 

these individuals are Native American. 

Based on UFO artifact assemblage 

typologies, obsidian hydration readings 

and one radiocarbon date, 

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that Vasquez Rocks (CA–LAN–361) was 

used as a cemetery between 2315 BCE— 

79 BCE (Caruso 1988, Garza 2012, King 

et al. 1974), the Middle Holocene 

Period. Archaeologists have asserted 

that Serrano and Tataviam peoples have 

continuously occupied the San Gabriel 

Mountains and the surrounding areas 

for up to 5,000–6,000 years BP. 

Linguistic sources demonstrate a strong 

continuous shared group identity 

between those people using Vasquez 

Rocks roughly 3000 years ago and 

modern Native Americans of Serrano 

and Tataviam descent. Ethnographic 

evidence and Traditional Knowledge 

document the Agua Dulce and Sierra 

Pelona regions as home to Serrano and 

Tataviam peoples since time 

immemorial. 

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 described 

in this notice. 

Determinations 

The LACMNH has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 23 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a connection between the 

human remains described in this notice 

and the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel 

Nation (previously listed as San Manuel 

Band of Mission Indians, California) and 

the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, 

California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains 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 

described in this notice to a requestor 

may occur on or after January 17, 2025. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, the LACMNH must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the human 

remains are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. The 

LACMNH 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 11, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29943 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039221; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Western Washington University, 

Department of Anthropology, 

Bellingham, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Western Washington University, 

Department of Anthropology (WWU), 

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. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from 45–WH–10 and 45– 

WH–11, Birch Bay, Whatcom County, 

WA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Judith Pine, Western 

Washington University, Department of 

Anthropology, Arntzen Hall 340, 516 

High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, 

telephone (360) 650–4783, email pinej@

wwu.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 WWU, 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, 

three individuals have been identified. 

The 18 associated funerary objects are 

bone, stone and antler tools, red ochre, 

dentalium, a whale rib, and a bone 

medallion. 

Three separate projects completed 

over the course of 45 years contributed 

to the 45–WH–10 and 45–WH–11 

collections housed at WWU. In 1970– 

71, WWU field school students worked 

at both sites under the direction of Dr. 

Garland Grabert. Brief notes indicate 

that surface collection and a small-scale 

excavation occurred, but no report was 

completed. The original 1995 WWU 

NAGPRA Inventory listed one human 

premolar from 45–WH–10. This 

ancestral remain was repatriated to the 

Lummi Nation in 2001, upon their 

request (Rollins, 2001 ‘‘Inventory of 

Remains in Preparation for 

Reinterment’’). During the WWU 2018– 

2020 Repatriation and Rehousing 

Project described above, previously 

unknown associated funerary objects 

were identified from 45–WH–10 by 

Lummi Cultural Specialist R. Tom. 

Three human burials were unearthed 

from 45–WH–11 during this work. One 

was found in a test unit while the 

remains of two other individuals were 

surface collected from a ditch. The three 

individuals from 1970–71 excavations 

were reported in the original 1995 

WWU NAGPRA Inventory and 

repatriated to the Lummi Nation upon 

their request in 2001. 

In 1975, WWU signed a contract with 

Arcomm Construction Company, Inc. of 

Seattle to conduct ‘‘salvage 

archaeology’’ during the development of 

the Birch Bay sewage treatment facility. 

Jeannette Gaston and Garland Grabert 

(WWU) led the project. Most of the work 

consisted of monitoring and salvage 

archaeology during construction 

activities throughout the summer of 

1975. During this project, twenty-six test 

cuts were excavated within the pipeline 

right-of-way (Gaston and Grabert,1975) 

within the boundaries of 45–WH–11. 

Human remains were also encountered 

during this project and reported in the 

original 1995 WWU NAGPRA 

Inventory. All of the known human 

remains from the 1970–71 and 1975 

projects were repatriated to the Lummi 

Nation in 2001, upon their request. 

The third project, completed between 

May and August of 2015 by Drayton 

Archaeology (DA), consisted of data 

recovery excavations, construction 

monitoring and mitigation data recovery 

under Department of Archaeology and 

Historic Preservation (DAHP) 

archaeological site excavation and 


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