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The BLM petition/application has 

been approved by the Secretary of the 

Interior and therefore it constitutes a 

withdrawal proposal of the Secretary of 

the Interior (43 CFR 2310.1–3(e)). 

The use of a right-of-way, interagency 

agreement, or cooperative agreement 

would not provide adequate protection 

of the Federal investment in the mine 

reclamation work located on the lands. 

No additional water rights will be 

needed to fulfill the purpose of this new 

withdrawal. 

There are no suitable alternative sites 

to facilitate mining reclamation since 

the location of the mines and necessary 

reclamation materials are fixed. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment, including your 

personal identifying information, may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

For a period until June 6, 2024 

including location and entry under the 

United States mining laws, but not from 

leasing under the mineral leasing and 

mineral materials disposal laws, subject 

to valid existing rights, unless the 

application is denied or canceled, or the 

withdrawal is approved prior to that 

date. The BLM is preparing an 

environmental assessment evaluating 

the environmental consequences of a 

similar withdrawal of 2,688.13 acres 

proposed to protect the ZortmanLandusky Mine reclamation site, 

announced in the Federal Register on 

October 7, 2020 (85 FR 63289), and is 

including evaluation of the withdrawal 

proposed here in that analysis. 

Information regarding both proposed 

withdrawals, including environmental 

and other reviews, will be available at 

the Montana/Dakotas State Office and 

on the BLM’s ePlanning site at https:// 

eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/

project/2003949/510. 

Licenses, permits, cooperative 

agreements, or discretionary land use 

authorizations of a temporary nature 

that will not significantly impact the 

values to be protected by the 

withdrawal may be allowed with the 

approval of the authorized officer of the 

BLM during the temporary segregation 

period. 

The application will be processed in 

accordance with the regulations setforth in 43 CFR 2300. 

Theresa M. Hanley, 

Acting Montana/Dakotas State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12103 Filed 6–3–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033984; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Tennessee Valley Authority, 

Knoxville, TN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley 

Authority (TVA), in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that the cultural items listed in this 

notice meet the definition of sacred 

objects. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request to the TVA. If 

no additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural items 

to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 

or Native Hawaiian organizations stated 

in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the TVA at the address in this notice by 

July 6, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Marianne Shuler, Tennessee Valley 

Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, 

WT11C, Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, 

telephone (865) 253–1265, email 

mmshuler@tva.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the 

Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, 

TN, that meet the definition of sacred 

objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

Between 1989 and November of 1990, 

cultural items were removed from Dust 

Cave, site 1LU496, in Lauderdale 

County, AL. Dust Cave is situated on a 

bluff adjacent to the right descending 

bank of the Tennessee River inside 

TVA’s Pickwick Reservoir. The cave 

was recorded in the 1980s by Richard 

Cobb following exploration by local 

speleologists. A subsequent evaluation 

of caves adjacent to Pickwick Reservoir 

verified that Dust Cave had a human 

habitation of considerable antiquity. 

Dust Cave was the focus of excavations 

by the University of Alabama from 1989 

to 2002. The two sacred objects are one 

lot of dog remains and one lot of lithics. 

Based on oral traditional information 

provided during consultation with The 

Chickasaw Nation about the role of the 

white dog Ofi’ Tohbi Ishto’ in the 

Chickasaw Migration story and the need 

of The Chickasaw Nation to venerate 

these animals alongside ancestral 

remains in current day reburial 

practices, TVA has determined that the 

dog remains and the lithics are sacred 

objects. 

Determinations Made by the Tennessee 

Valley Authority 

Officials of the Tennessee Valley 

Authority have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the two cultural items described above 

are specific ceremonial objects needed 

by traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred objects and the 

Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians, and The Chickasaw 

Nation (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Tribes’’). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Ms. Marianne Shuler, Tennessee Valley 

Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, 

WT11C, Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, 

telephone (865) 253–1265, email 

mmshuler@tva.gov, by July 6, 2022. 


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After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of the sacred objects to The 

Tribes may proceed. 

The Tennessee Valley Authority is 

responsible for notifying The Tribes that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: May 25, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0034001; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Colorado Museum, 

Boulder, CO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of Colorado 

Museum has completed an inventory of 

human remains, in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request to the University of Colorado 

Museum. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 

this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the University of Colorado 

Museum at the address in this notice by 

July 6, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Samantha G. Fladd, University of 

Colorado Museum, 1030 Broadway, 

Boulder, CO 80309, telephone (303) 

492–6671, email samantha.fladd@

colorado.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of 

the University of Colorado Museum, 

Boulder, CO. The human remains were 

removed from unknown locations. 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

was made by the University of Colorado 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Assiniboine & 

Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck 

Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne and 

Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously 

listed as Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of 

Oklahoma); Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 

of the Cheyenne River Reservation, 

South Dakota; Comanche Nation, 

Oklahoma; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of 

the Crow Creek Reservation, South 

Dakota; Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the 

Wind River Reservation, Wyoming 

(previously listed as Shoshone Tribe of 

the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming); 

Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache 

Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa Indian 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache 

Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New 

Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New 

Mexico, & Utah; Northern Arapaho 

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 

Wyoming (previously listed as Arapaho 

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, 

Wyoming); Northern Cheyenne Tribe of 

the Northern Cheyenne Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Ohkay Owingeh, 

New Mexico (previously listed as Pueblo 

of San Juan); Pawnee Nation of 

Oklahoma; Pueblo of Acoma, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, 

New Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of 

the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 

Dakota; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the 

Fort Hall Reservation; Southern Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute 

Reservation, Colorado; The Osage 

Nation (previously listed as Osage 

Tribe); Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & 

Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain 

Ute Tribe (previously listed as Ute 

Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain 

Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico, & 

Utah); Wichita and Affiliated Tribes 

(Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), 

Oklahoma; and the Ysleta del Sur 

Pueblo (previously listed as Ysleta Del 

Sur Pueblo of Texas). 

The following Indian Tribes were 

invited to consult but did not 

participate: Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Crow Tribe of Montana; Fort Sill 

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala 

Sioux Tribe (previously listed as Oglala 

Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge 

Reservation, South Dakota); Pueblo of 

Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Zia, New Mexico; San Juan Southern 

Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Santo Domingo 

Pueblo (previously listed as Kewa 

Pueblo, New Mexico, and as Pueblo of 

Santo Domingo); Standing Rock Sioux 

Tribe of North & South Dakota; Three 

Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 

Reservation, North Dakota; and the Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

Hereafter, all the Indian Tribes listed 

in this section are referred to as ‘‘The 

Consulted and Notified Tribes.’’ 

History and Description of the Remains 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 121 

individuals (TIN 738–746) were 

removed from multiple unknown 

locations. The human remains represent 

seven infants, 29 children, and 85 

adults, many of whom are represented 

by only a small number of skeletal 

elements. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the 

Secretary of the Interior may make a 

recommendation for a transfer of control 

of the culturally unidentifiable human 

remains. In February 2022, the 

University of Colorado Museum 

requested that the Secretary, through the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Review Committee, 

recommend the proposed transfer of 

control of the culturally unidentifiable 

Native American human remains in this 

notice to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe 

of the Southern Ute Reservation, 

Colorado and the Ute Mountain Ute 

Tribe (previously listed as Ute Mountain 

Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 

Colorado, New Mexico, & Utah). The 

Review Committee, acting pursuant to 

its responsibility under 25 U.S.C. 

3006(c)(5), considered the request at its 

February 2022 meeting and 

recommended to the Secretary that the 

proposed transfer of control proceed. An 

April 2022 letter on behalf of the 

Secretary of Interior from the Designated 

Federal Official transmitted the 


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