29132 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 111 / Friday, June 7, 1996 / Notices

The draft plan/EIS is expected to be

available for public review by October

1996; the final plan/EIS and Record of

Decision are expected to be completed

approximately six months later.

The responsible official is Stanley T.

Albright, Field Director, Pacific West

Area, National Park Service.

DATE: Written comments about the

scope of issues and alternatives to be

analyzed in the plan/EIS should be

received no later than July 19, 1996.

ADDRESS: Written comments concerning

the plan/EIS should be sent to

Superintendent, Olympic National Park,

600 E. Park Ave., Port Angeles, WA

98284.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Superintendent, Olympic National Park,

at the above address or at telephone

number (360) 452–4501.

Dated: May 31, 1996.

William C. Walters,

Deputy Field Director, Pacific West Area,

National Park Service.

[FR Doc. 96–14317 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

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Greene Township—Conococheague

Rural Historic District; Determination

of Eligibility for the National Register

of Historic Places

ACTION: Request for comments.

On August 3, 1995, the Greene

Township—Conococheague Rural

Historic District, Franklin County,

Pennsylvania was determined eligible

for the National Register of Historic

Places for its historic and architectural

importance, following a request from

the Federal Highway Administration.

The district consists of a landscape

farmed continuously since the

eighteenth century and reflects the

agricultural patterns of the rich

Cumberland Valley. Important features

found in the district include intact

farmsteads, with their significant

collection of barns, farmhouses and

outbuildings, the field patterns,

fencerows, the network of the historic

farm roads, and the remains of the once

active and important industrial

activities performed along

Conococheague Creek. The finding of

eligibility was based upon review of

documentation submitted by the Federal

Highway Administration, the

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum

Commission, and Greene Township.

Since the determination of eligibility

was made, property owners within the

district, the Federal Highway

Administration, and township officials

have written to us either endorsing or

disagreeing with the determination of

eligibility. In order to accommodate

those who wish to provide new

information on whether or not this

property meets the National Register

Criteria for Evaluation, the National

Park Service is providing a 60 day

comment period. A written statement on

the determination of eligibility will be

issued by the National Park Service

within 30 days of the close of the

comment period.

The determination of eligibility

remains in effect pending review of

responses submitted during the

comment period. To determine that the

property is not eligible or to revise the

boundary, the National Park Service

must receive authoritative information,

which evaluated in conjunction with

documentation already on file, results in

a finding that the property does not

meet the National Register Criteria for

Evaluation or that the boundary does

not accurately delineate the historic

district in accordance with established

National Register standards.

Comments should be addressed to the

National Register of Historic Places,

National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127,

Washington, D.C. 20013–7127.

Carol D. Shull,

Keeper of the National Register of Historic

Places, National Register, History and

Education.

[FR Doc. 96–14316 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural

Item in the Possession of the Eiteljorg

Museum of American Indians and

Western Art, Indianapolis, IN

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

Notice is hereby given under the

Native American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3005(a)(2),

of the intent to repatriate a cultural item

in the possession of the Eiteljorg

Museum of American Indians and

Western Art which meets the definition

of ‘‘cultural patrimony’’ under Section 2

of the Act.

The cultural item is a Tlingit clan hat.

This red, green, and black painted cedar

hat is topped with a carved Murrelet

bird with wings of human hair.

The Eiteljorg Museum’s accession

records indicate this hat was acquired

by Mr. Harrison Eiteljorg from an

unconfirmed source no later than 1982;

and donated to the Eiteljorg Museum in

1987. This hat is presumed to have been

alienated from the community during

the 1970s or early 1980s.

Consultation evidence indicates the

Murrelet on this hat serves as a crest

symbol for the Brown Bear House of the

Kaagwaantaan Clan of Tlingit Indians.

According to Tlingit law, crests are the

property of the clan and not of any

specific individual. Representatives of

the Chilkoot Indian Association on

behalf of the Brown Bear House of the

Kaagwaantaan Clan of Tlingit Indians

have stated further that the Murrelet

crest has been used during the historic

period by the Brown Bear House in care

of appointed trustees who cannot make

independent decisions regarding the

alienation of clan property.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the Eiteljorg

Museum of American Indians and

Western Art have determined that,

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(D), these

cultural items have ongoing historical,

traditional, and cultural importance

central to the culture itself, and could

not have been alienated, appropriated,

or conveyed by any individual. Officials

of the Eiteljorg Museum of American

Indians and Western Art have also

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.

3001 (2), there is a relationship of

shared group identity which can be

reasonably traced between these items

and the Brown Bear House of the

Kaagwaantaan Clan of Tlingit Indians.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Chilkoot Indian Association

acting on behalf of the Brown Bear

House of the Kaagwaantaan Clan of

Tlingit Indians. Representatives of any

other Indian tribe that believes itself to

be culturally affiliated with these

objects should contact Robert B. Tucker,

Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians

and Western Art, 500 West Washington

St., Indianapolis, IN 46204, telephone

(317) 636–9378 before [thirty days

following publication in the Federal

Register]. Repatriation of these objects

to the Chilkoot Indian Association

representing the interests of the Brown

Bear House of the Kaagwaantaan Clan of

the Tlingit Indians may begin after that

date if no additional claimants come

forward.

Dated: June 3, 1996.

Veletta Canouts,

Acting Departmental Consulting

Archeologist,

Deputy Chief, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 96–14408 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

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National Park Service To Update

Planning Process Guidelines

The National Park Service is updating

its Park Planning Guidelines. The

purpose of this update is to document

a concise, agreed-upon planning