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Committee. The Review Committee will 

meet on November 16–17, 2005, in the 

Cochiti/Taos Room, Albuquerque 

Convention Center, 401 Second Street 

NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102, 

telephone (505) 768–4575. Meeting 

sessions will begin at approximately 

8:30 a.m. and end at approximately 5:00 

p.m each day. The agenda for the 

meeting includes an update on the 

status of national implementation of the 

Act; consultation on regulations 

regarding the disposition of unclaimed 

Native American cultural items 

excavated or discovered on Federal or 

tribal lands after November 16, 1990; 

consideration of requests for 

recommendations regarding the 

disposition of culturally unidentifiable 

human remains; discussion of the 

Review Committee’s recommendations 

to Congress for 2005; discussion of the 

Review Committee’s procedures for 

meetings, findings, and disputes; and 

presentations and statements by Indian 

tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, 

museums, Federal agencies, and the 

public. 

A block of lodging rooms has been 

set-aside at a reduced rate at the Double 

Tree Hotel, which is adjacent to the 

Convention Center. Reservations for 

rooms in this block may be made by 

calling (505) 247–3344 and referencing 

the National NAGPRA Program. 

Reservations must be made by October 

31, 2005, to guarantee the reduced rate 

available for persons attending this 

meeting. 

To schedule a presentation to the 

Review Committee during the meeting, 

submit a written request with an 

abstract of the presentation and contact 

information. Persons also may submit 

written statements for consideration by 

the Review Committee during the 

meeting. Send requests and statements 

to the Designated Federal Officer, 

NAGPRA Review Committee by U.S. 

Mail to the National Park Service, 1849 

C Street NW (2253), Washington, DC 

20240; or by commercial delivery to the 

National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street 

NW, 8th floor, Washington, DC 20005. 

Because increased security in the 

Washington, DC, area may delay 

delivery of U.S. Mail to Government 

offices, copies of mailed requests and 

statements should also be faxed to (202) 

371–5197. 

Transcripts of Review Committee 

meetings are available approximately 8 

weeks after each meeting at the National 

NAGPRA Program office, 1201 Eye 

Street NW, Washington, DC. To request 

electronic copies of meeting transcripts, 

send an e-mail message to 

TimlMcKeown@nps.gov. Information 

about NAGPRA, the Review Committee, 

and Review Committee meetings is 

available at the National NAGPRA 

website, http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra; 

for the Review Committee’s meeting 

procedures, select ‘‘Review Committee,’’

then select ‘‘Procedures.’’

The Review Committee was 

established by the Native American 

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 

of 1990 (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3001 et 

seq. Review Committee members are 

appointed by the Secretary of the 

Interior. The Review Committee is 

responsible for monitoring the NAGPRA 

inventory and identification process; 

reviewing and making findings related 

to the identity or cultural affiliation of 

cultural items, or the return of such 

items; facilitating the resolution of 

disputes; compiling an inventory of 

culturally unidentifiable human 

remains that are in the possession or 

control of each Federal agency and 

museum and recommending specific 

actions for developing a process for 

disposition of such remains; consulting 

with Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations and museums on matters 

within the scope of the work of the 

committee affecting such tribes or 

organizations; consulting with the 

Secretary of the Interior in the 

development of regulations to carry out 

NAGPRA; and making 

recommendations regarding future care 

of repatriated cultural items. The 

Review Committee’s work is completed 

during meetings that are open to the 

public. 

Dated: September 23, 2005 

C. Timothy McKeown, 

Designated Federal Officer,Native American 

Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 

Committee. 

[FR Doc. 05–20200 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Pacific 

Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the possession of Pacific 

Lutheran University, Pierce County, 

Tacoma, WA. The human remains were 

removed from a site in Parkland, Pierce 

County, WA. 

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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Pacific Lutheran 

University professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Cowlitz 

Indian Tribe, Washington; Muckleshoot 

Indian Tribe of the Muckleshoot 

Reservation, Washington; Nisqually 

Indian Tribe of the Nisqually 

Reservation, Washington; and Puyallup 

Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, 

Washington. 

Prior to 1938, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an 

unidentified site in Parkland, Pierce 

County, WA. The human remains were 

originally transferred to a Pacific 

Lutheran University faculty member 

who loaned them, along with other 

items from the same site, to the 

University of Washington, Burke 

Museum, Seattle, WA, in 1938. Most of 

the 1938 loan was returned in the early 

1940s. However, the human remains 

were discovered in the Burke Museum’s 

collections in 1995 and transferred to 

Pacific Lutheran University. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Funerary objects originally found 

with the remains, but no longer in the 

possession of either the Burke Museum 

or Pacific Lutheran University, indicate 

the human remains were interred during 

the historic period. The burial site 

location is located within the area ceded 

to the United States by the Niskwali, 

Payullup, Steilacoom, Squaxin, 

S’Homamish, Stehchass, T’Peeksin, 

Squiaitl, and Sa-heh-wamish in the 

treaty of Medicine Creek, December 26, 

1854. The burial site location is believed 

to be located within the area recognized 

by a final judgment of the United States 

Court of Claim as the aboriginal land of 

the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington. 

Officials of Pacific Lutheran 

University have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

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individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of Pacific Lutheran University 

also have determined that, pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a 

relationship of shared group identity 

that can be reasonably traced between 

the Native American human remains 

and the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact David R. Huelsbeck, 

Anthropology Department, Pacific 

Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA 

98447, telephone (253) 535–7196, before 

November 7, 2005. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Puyallup Tribe of 

the Puyallup Reservation, Washington 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

Pacific Lutheran University is 

responsible for notifying the the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Cowlitz 

Indian Tribe, Washington; Muckleshoot 

Indian Tribe of the Muckleshoot 

Reservation, Washington; Nisqually 

Indian Tribe of the Nisqually 

Reservation, Washington; and Puyallup 

Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, 

Washington that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: September 1, 2005. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 05–20199 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[FES 05–29] 

Humboldt Project Conveyance, 

Pershing, Churchill and Lander 

Counties, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act 102(2) of 

1969, the Bureau of Reclamation has 

prepared a FEIS for the Humboldt 

Project Conveyance, Pershing, 

Churchill, and Lander Counties, 

Nevada. The FEIS assesses the impacts 

of conveying title of the Humboldt 

Project (Project) and associated lands to 

the Pershing County Water Conservation 

District (PCWCD), State of Nevada, 

Lander County and Pershing County. 

The action is needed to comply with 

Title VIII of Pub. L. 107–282 which 

directs Reclamation to transfer title of 

the Project to the entities listed above. 

DATES: Reclamation will not make a 

decision on the proposed action until at 

least 30 days after release of the FEIS. 

At the end of the 30-day period, 

Reclamation will complete a Record of 

Decision (ROD). The ROD will state the 

action that will be implemented and 

will discuss all factors leading to the 

decision. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the document, please 

call (775) 884–8352, or write or e-mail 

Caryn Huntt DeCarlo, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Lahontan Basin Area 

Office, 705 N Plaza, Room 320, Carson 

City, NV 89701, or e-mail 

chunttdecarlo@mp.usbr.gov. The FEIS is 

accessible from the following Web site: 

http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/ 

nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=550. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice 

of Intent to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement was published in the 

Federal Register on February 26, 2003. 

A Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 

was published in the Federal Register 

on January 28, 2005 (70 FR 4149). The 

written comment period on the DEIS 

ended on March 28, 2005. The FEIS 

contains responses to all comments 

received and reflects comments and any 

additional information received during 

the review period. 

The Project is located along the 

Humboldt River in northwestern 

Nevada. Reclamation began Project 

construction in 1935 and in 1941 the 

first water was delivered to agricultural 

lands in the Lovelock Valley from 

storage in Rye Patch Reservoir. PCWCD 

assumed operation of the Project in 

1941. PCWCD has had several Project 

repayment contracts with Reclamation 

that have all been repaid. Project 

features include Battle Mountain 

Community Pasture, Rye Patch Dam and 

Reservoir, and the Humboldt Sink. 

Battle Mountain Community Pasture, 

located near Battle Mountain, is 

approximately 30,000 acres and is 

managed for grazing by the PCWCD 

under a lease agreement with 

Reclamation. Rye Patch Reservoir is 

located 26 miles upstream from 

Lovelock, is 21 miles in length, and has 

a capacity of 190,000 acre-feet. The 

State of Nevada manages the recreation 

at the reservoir under a management 

agreement with Reclamation and the 

PCWCD. The Humboldt Sink is also part 

of the Project and is managed by the 

State of Nevada under a management 

agreement with Reclamation. 

Public Comment Availability 

Our practice is to make comments, 

including names and home addresses of 

respondents, available for public 

review. Individual respondents may 

request that we withhold their home 

address from public disclosure, which 

we will honor to the extent allowable by 

law. There may also be circumstances in 

which we would withhold a 

respondent’s identity from public 

disclosure, as allowable by law. If you 

wish us to withhold your name and/or 

address, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comment. We will make all submissions 

from organizations or businesses, and 

from individuals identifying themselves 

as representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public disclosure in their entirety. 

Dated: August 30, 2005. 

Kirk C. Rodgers, 

Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 05–20187 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Shasta Lake Water Resources 

Investigation, Shasta and Tehama 

Counties, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

and notice of public scoping meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

Bureau of Reclamation proposes to 

prepare an EIS for the Shasta Lake 

Water Resources Investigation (SLWRI). 

Authorization for the investigation 

comes from Pub. L. 96–375, 1980; which 

directs the Secretary of the Interior to 

engage in feasibility studies related to 

enlarging Shasta Dam and Reservoir. 

Other directing legislation includes 

Title 34 of Pub. L. 102–575, the Central 

Valley Project Improvement Act and 

Pub. L. 108–137, the Energy and Water 

Development Act. In addition, 

enlargement of Shasta Dam was 

identified in the CALFED Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Report/Statement 

and Record of Decision (ROD) and in 

Pub. L. 108–361, the CALFED Bay-Delta 

authority. 

DATES: A series of public scoping 

meetings will be held to solicit public 

input on the scope of the environmental 

document, alternatives, concerns, and