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reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

We are soliciting comments on the 

proposed ICR that is described below. 

We are especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following 

issues: (1) is the collection necessary to 

the proper functions of the USGS; (2) 

will this information be processed and 

used in a timely manner; (3) is the 

estimate of burden accurate; (4) how 

might the USGS enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (5) how might the 

USGS minimize the burden of this 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personally 

identifiable information (PII) in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

PII—may be made publicly available at 

any time. While you can ask us in your 

comment to withhold your PII from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Abstract: We will collect information 

from stakeholders of the Arctic Rivers 

Project, which include representatives 

of Indigenous communities in Alaska, 

representatives of Indigenous 

organizations, and others regarding the 

effectiveness of participatory methods 

and achievement of overall project 

goals. Evaluation information will be 

collected via semi-structured 

interviews, surveys, and polls. 

Questions will focus on the relevancy of 

the project to participants, methods 

used to engage with participants, 

feedback about project components, 

input for the direction of the project, 

preferred communication methods, 

current and future use of project 

products. This information will allow 

for a greater understanding of the 

effectiveness of community engagement, 

the co-production process, and 

participation in the direction of the 

project. This information will help 

guide the project through its various 

phases, and it will help enhance 

communication and product 

development. 

Title of Collection: Evaluation of the 

Arctic Rivers Project. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: NEW. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals/Tribal governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 150. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 150. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 60 minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 150. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Once per 

year for two years. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and 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). 

Stephen Gray, 

Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center 

Director, U.S. Geological Survey. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12133 Filed 6–3–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4338–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMTL01000–L161000000.PN0000–223; MO 

#4500161643; MTM–89170–02] 

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and 

Public Meeting; Montana 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior 

proposes to withdraw 912.33 acres of 

public lands in Phillips County, 

Montana, from appropriation under the 

public land laws, including location and 

entry under the United States mining 

laws, but not from the mineral leasing 

or the mineral materials disposal laws 

for up to 20 years, subject to valid 

existing rights, to protect the ZortmanLandusky Mine reclamation site. 

Publication of this notice segregates the 

lands from the laws specified for up to 

2 years, subject to valid existing rights. 

This notice initiates a 90-day public 

comment period and announces an 

opportunity to participate in a virtual 

public meeting. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

September 6, 2022. 

A virtual (online) public meeting in 

connection with the withdrawal 

application and segregation will be held 

on June 21, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. Mountain 

Time. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should be 

sent to: Malta Field Office, Attn: Field 

Manager, 501 South 2nd St East, Malta, 

Montana 59538; or sent by email to 

mrlee@blm.gov. The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will not consider 

comments received via telephone. 

The virtual meeting will be held via 

Zoom at https://blm.zoomgov.com/j/ 

1616502018?pwd=d1hHenZNdnk2Z

mhqY0tPaFUxMUFaUT09. Meeting ID: 

161 650 2018. Passcode: 544914. Or call 

833–568–8864 US Toll-free. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Micah Lee, Realty Specialist, Havre 

Field Office, BLM Montana/Dakotas, 

telephone: (406) 262–2851, email: 

mrlee@blm.gov; or you may contact the 

BLM office at the address noted earlier. 

Persons in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 7–1–1 

(TTY, TDD, or Tele Braille) to access 

telecommunications relay services to 

contact Ms. Lee. 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 

applicant is the BLM and its petition/ 

application requests the Secretary of the 

Interior to withdraw the followingdescribed public lands from 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, 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, to 

protect the Zortman-Landusky Mine 

area and to facilitate reclamation and 

stabilization for a 20-year term. 

Principal Meridian, Montana 

T. 25 N., R. 24 E., 

sec. 1, lots 14 and 15; 

sec. 11, lot 9; 

sec. 12, lots 11, 12, 13, 17, and 25; 

sec. 13, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4; 

sec. 14, lot 3; 

sec. 21, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4; 

sec. 22, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, E1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and 

NW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

sec. 23, E1⁄2NE1⁄4. 

T. 25 N., R. 25 E., 

sec. 6, lots 13 thru 16, lot 18, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

and SE1⁄4; 

sec. 16, lot 2, N1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

S1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

S1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

S1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

sec. 17, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

S1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

W1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and S1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4. 

The areas described aggregate 912.33 acres. 


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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] 

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P 

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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