17572 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 66 / Thursday, April 6, 1995 / Notices

National Park Service

Manzanar National Historic Site

Advisory Commission; Notice of

Meeting

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act that a meeting of the Manzanar

National Historic Site Advisory

Commission will be held at 1:00 p.m.

(PST) on Friday, April 28, 1995 at the

County of Inyo Administrative Center,

Board of Supervisors’ Chambers, 224 N.

Edwards Street (U.S. Highway 395),

Independence, California to hear

presentations on issues related to the

planning, development, and

management of Manzanar National

Historic Site.

The Advisory Commission was

established by Public Law 102–248, to

meet and consult with the Secretary of

the Interior or his designee, with respect

to the development, management, and

interpretation of the site, including the

preparation of a general management

plan for the Manzanar National Historic

Site.

Members of the Commission are as

follows:

Mr. William Michael, Acting

Chairperson

Mr. Ronald Izumita

Ms. Sue Embrey

Mr. Mas Okui

Mr. Keith Bright

Mr. Glenn Singley

Mr. Richard Stewart

Mr. Vernon Miller

Mr. Gann Matsuda

Ms. Rose Ochi

Ms. Martha Davis

The main agenda items at this initial

meeting of the Commission will include

the following:

(1) Review of the provisions of the

charter establishing the Commission.

(2) Designation by the members of the

Commission of a Chairperson.

(3) Status report on the development of

Manzanar National Historic Site by

Superintendent Ross R. Hopkins.

(4) Review of the draft park General

Management Plan.

(5) General discussion of miscellaneous

matters pertaining to future

Commission activities and Manzanar

National Historic Site development

issues.

This meeting is open to the public. It

will be recorded for documentation, and

transcribed for dissemination. Minutes

of the meeting will be available to the

public after approval of the full

Commission. A transcript will be

available after May 30, 1995. For a copy

of the minutes contact the

Superintendent, Manzanar National

Historic Site, P.O. Box 426,

Independence, California 93526.

Dated: March 24, 1995.

Ross R. Hopkins,

Superintendent, Manzanar National Park.

[FR Doc. 95–8420 Filed 4–5–95; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects From

Nebraska and Kansas in the

Possession of the Nebraska State

Historical Society, Lincoln, NE

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the provision of the Native

American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Act, 25 U.S. C. 3003(d), of

the completion of an inventory of Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects from fortysix (46) sites in Nebraska currently in

the possession of the Nebraska State

Historical Society, Lincoln, NE.

A detailed inventory and assessment

of these human remains and associated

funerary objects has been made by the

Nebraska State Historical Society

professional curatorial, archeological

staff, and outside specialists in physical

anthropology, in consultation with

representatives of the Pawnee Tribe of

Oklahoma and twenty-nine (29) other

tribes.

In 1990 and 1991, the Nebraska State

Historical Society repatriated human

remains representing over 550

individuals and over 33,000 associated

funerary objects from thirty-three (33)

sites to the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.

Additional human remains and cultural

objects from twelve (12) of these sites

have since been discovered as part of

the inventory process. These include:

25BU1 (the Linwood site) in Butler

County, NE, 2 bone fragments

representing 2 individuals previously

repatriated; 25HM2 (the Burial Ridge

One site) in Hamilton County, NE, 5

bone fragments from one previously

repatriated individual; 25MK14 in

Merrick County, NE, 2 funerary objects

formerly associated with a previously

repatriated burial; 25NC3 (the Wright

site) in Nance County, NE, 22 bone

fragments from two previously

repatriated individuals; 25NC11 (the

Vogel site) in Nance County, NE, a bone

fragment from one previously

repatriated individual; 25NC20 (the

Genoa Village site) in Nance County,

NE, bone fragments and 13 funerary

objects from one previously repatriated

individual; 25NC23 in Nance County,

NE, 47 bone fragments and one funerary

object formerly associated with two

previously repatriated individuals;

25PK1 (the Clarks site) in Polk County,

NE, 2 bone fragments representing two

individuals and 98 funerary objects

formerly associated with three

previously repatriated burials; 25PT1

(the Larson site) in Platte County, NE,

isolated bone fragments and one bone

fragment representing one individual;

25PT31 (the Christman site) in Platte

County, NE, an isolated bone fragment

representing one individual; 25SD2 (the

Leshara site) in Saunders County, NE, 2

bone fragments from one previously

repatriated individual; and 25WT1 (Pike

Pawnee or the Hill Farm site) in

Webster, NE, 4 bone fragments and 129

funerary objects formerly associated

with three individuals. Each of these

twelve (12) sites have been identified as

Pawnee (1750–1876) occupations based

upon historic written records, cultural

continuities, and geographical

coincidence with identified Pawnee

sites.

The Nebraska State Historical Society

also intends to repatriate human

remains representing a minimum of 71

individuals and 84 funerary objects

from eighteen (18) sites identified as

Central Plains tradition. These include:

14SA1 (the Whiteford Ossuary) Saline

County, Kansas, 1 individual; 25CC1

(the Ashland site) Cass County, NE, 16

individuals with 74 funerary objects;

25CC17 (the Theodore Davis site) Cass

County, NE, 1 individual; 25CC29 (the

Kunkel Ossuary) Cass County, NE, 13

individuals with 3 funerary objects;

25CC214, Cass County, NE, 1

individual; 25CD3 (the Wiseman site),

Cedar County, NE, 2 individuals; 25DO3

(the Bexten site) Douglas County, NE, 1

individual; 25FT4 (the Medicine Creek

site) Frontier County, NE, 1 individual;

25GY2 (the Wittwer site) Greeley

County, NE, 1 individual; 25JF4 in

Jefferson County, NE, 1 individual with

4 funerary objects; 25MD3 in Madison

County, NE, 1 individual; 25NC12 (the

Elmer Cunningham site) Nance County,

NE, 1 individual; 25NH1 (the Heywood

site) in Nance County, NE, 12

individuals; 25SD28 in Saunders

County, NE, 1 individual; 25SY1 (the

Farnsworth or Fremont I site) in Sarpy

County, NE, 4 individuals; 25SY11 (the

Sieh site) in Sarpy County, NE, 1

individual; 25WN3 (the Kelly site) in

Washington County, NE, 12 individuals;

and 25WN5 (the Renne site) in

Washington County, NE, 1 individual

with 3 funerary objects. Each of these

sites have been identified as
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representing Central Plains tradition

(A.D. 1000—1400) components based on

the presence of previously defined

diagnostic traits involving: ceramic

decoration, stone tool form and

function, architecture, chronology,

mortuary custom, subsistence pattern,

settlement pattern and geographic

location.

The Central Plains tradition is

recognized by many anthropologists,

based on a preponderance of the

evidence, as ancestral to the present-day

Pawnee/Arikara, and possibly the

Wichita, through recognition of broad

similarities and continuity in material

culture, geography, and architecture. In

addition, Pawnee and Arikara oral

traditions conform to anthropologicallybased evidence showing cultural

affiliation between these groups and the

Central Plains tradition. The Wichita

and Arikara have agreed to allow the

Pawnee to claim these remains.

The Nebraska State Historical Society

also intends to repatriate other human

remains representing a minimum of 28

individuals and 228 funerary objects

from sixteen (16) sites within the

Pawnee aboriginal lands. These include:

25AP54 part of the Elkhorn Valley

Project in Antelope County, NE, 1

individual; 25BF15 in Buffalo County,

NE, 1 individual with 1 funerary object;

25BF26 in Buffalo County, NE, 1

individual; 25BU1 in Butler County, NE,

1 individual with 14 funerary objects;

25BU11 in Butler County, NE, 1

individual; 25CU1 (the Forsythe site) in

Custer County, NE, 2 individuals;

25FR32 (the West Bloomington Ossuary)

in Franklin County, NE, 1 individual

with 151 funerary objects; 25GY0 in

Greeley County, NE, 1 individual;

25HN0 in Harlan County, NE, 3

individuals with 3 funerary objects;

25HN2 (the Stevenson site) in Harlan

County, 9 individuals with 58 funerary

objects; 25HT14 in Holt County, NE, 1

individual; 25HW00 in Holt County,

NE, 1 individual; 25HW9 (the Bert

Mortensen site) in Howard County, NE,

1 individual; 25NC0 in Nance County,

NE, 1 individual; 25SM16 in Sherman

County, NE, 1 individual; and 25VY0 in

Valley County, NE, 1 individual with 4

funerary objects.

The unrebutted evidence is that each

of these sites is located within Pawnee

aboriginal lands as adjudicated by the

Indian Claims Commission. These lands

were occupied historically by the

Pawnee Tribe to the exclusion of other

tribes, as adjudicated by the Indian

Claims Commission; and the Pawnee

Tribe has a strong attachment to and

affiliation with its aboriginal homeland

by virtue of its long occupation

spanning centuries. Thus, the totality of

these circumstances establish a Pawnee

cultural affiliation with these sites by a

preponderance of the evidence in the

opinion of the Nebraska State Historical

Society. Moreover, this opinion and

finding of cultural affiliation is

bolstered by a careful evaluation of

these remains by Nebraska State

Historical Society staff and other

experts, mentioned in paragraph two of

this Notice, which determined that the

remains from these sites cannot be

assigned to any other tribal group or

other defined archeological context. On

the basis of all of the foregoing types of

evidence, these remains are reasonably

believed by the Nebraska State

Historical Society to be culturally

affiliated with the Pawnee Tribe.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Nebraska

State Historical Society have

determined that pursuant to 25 U.S. C.

3001 (2), there is a relationship of

shared group identify which can be

reasonably traced between these human

remains and funerary objects and the

Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. All of the

objects are reasonably believed to have

been placed with or near individual

Native American human remains either

at the time of death or later as part of

a death rite or ceremony.

Inventory of the human remains and

funerary objects and review of

accompanying documentation from the

forty-six (46) sites listed above indicate

that no known individuals were

identifiable.

The notice has been sent to officials

of the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the

Three Affiliated Tribes, and the Wichita

and Affiliated Tribes. Representatives of

any other Indian tribe which believes

itself to be culturally affiliated with

these human remains and funerary

objects should contact Gail DeBuse

Potter, Senior Museum Curator,

Nebraska State Historical Society, PO

Box 82554, Lincoln, NE 68501,

telephone (402) 471–4759, fax: (402)

471–3314, on or before May 22, 1995.

Repatriation of the objects of the

Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma may begin

after that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

Dated: March 24, 1995.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,Chief,

Archeological Assistance Division.

[FR Doc. 95–8419; Filed 4–5–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Settlement

Agreement in Re Eagle-Picher

Industries, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that a proposed

Settlement Agreement among the

United States, the States of Michigan,

Oklahoma, and Arizona and Debtor

Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. and certain

of its subsidiaries was lodged on March

28, 1995, with the United States

Bankruptcy Court for the Southern

District of Ohio in In re Eagle-Picher

Industries, Inc., No. 1–91–00100. Under

the Agreement, the Debtors agree to an

allowed general unsecured claim for the

United States of $41,016,000 in the

Debtors’ bankruptcy proceeding for

response costs and natural resource

damages under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., at

the following twenty-three (23) sites:

The Albion Sheridan Site in Albion,

Michigan; the Auto-Ion Site in

Kalamazoo, Michigan; the Carver Scrap

Salvage Site in Carterville, Missouri; the

Cedartown Site in Cedartown, Georgia;

the Cemetery Site in Oakland County,

Michigan; the Cherokee County Site in

Cherokee County, Kansas; the FisherCalo Site in Kingsbury, Indiana; the Ft.

Wayne Reduction Site in Ft. Wayne,

Indiana; the Great Lakes Asphalt Site in

Boone County, Indiana; the Howe

Valley Site in Elizabethtown, Kentucky;

the Laskin/Poplar Site in Jefferson,

Ohio; the Northside Sanitary Landfill

Site in Zionville, Indiana; the OronogoDuenweg Mining Belt (Jasper County)

Site in Jasper County, Missouri; the

Rasmussen Dump Site in Livingston

County, Michigan; the Rose Township

Site in Oakland County, Michigan; the

Solvents Recovery Site in Southington,

Connecticut; the Springfield Township

Site in Oakland County, Michigan; the

Tar Creek Site in Ottawa County,

Oklahoma; the Thermo-Chem Site in

Muskegon, Michigan; the Transicoil Site

in Worcester, Pennsylvania; the Verona

Wellfield/Thomas Solvent Site in Battle

Creek, Michigan; the Wayne Waste Oil/

Wayne Reclamation Site in Columbia

City, Indiana; and the Xtron Site in

Blandings, Utah. The Settlement

Agreement includes a covenant not to

sue for these sites as described in the

Agreement under Sections 106 and 107

of CERCLA and Section 7003 of the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (‘‘RCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. 6973. The

Settlement Agreement also provides that

certain obligations and liabilities arising

from prepetition acts, omissions, or

conduct of Eagle-Picher at any