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begin after that date if no additional

claimants come forward.

Dated: June 19, 1996.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Chief, Archeology and Ethnography Program.

[FR Doc. 96–16090 Filed 6-24-96 ; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects from Nye

County, NV, in the Control of the

Nevada Test Site, Nevada Operations

Office, Department of Energy, Las

Vegas, NV

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

in the control of the Nevada Test Site,

Nevada Operations Office, Department

of Energy, Las Vegas, NV.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by DOE Nevada Test

Site professional staff and Nevada State

Museum professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Benton Paiute Tribe, Big Pine Paiute

Tribe, Bishop Paiute Tribe, the

Chemehuevi Paiute Tribe, the Colorado

River Indian Tribes, the Duckwater

Shoshone Tribe, the Ely Shoshone

Tribe, the Fort Independence Indian

Community of Paiute Indians, the Lone

Pine Paiute Tribe, the Las Vegas Paiute

Tribe, the Kaibab Paiute Tribe, the

Moapa Band of Paiutes, the Paiute

Indian Tribe of Utah, the Timbisha

Shoshone Tribe, and the Yomba

Shoshone Tribe. The Pahrump Paiute

Indian Tribe, the Las Vegas Indian

Center and Owens Valley Board of

Trustees, three non-Federally

recognized Native American groups,

were also consulted.

In 1964, human remains representing

one individual was donated to the

Nevada State Museum by Frederick C.

Worman, Los Alamos Scientific

Laboratory. These human remains were

recovered from the Pahute Mesa area

within the Nevada Test Site by workers

at the site and turned over to the Nye

County Sheriff’s office. No known

individuals were identified. The 1,318

associated funerary objects include

basketry fragments, a chert flake, glass

seed beads, two quartz crystals, and

unworked bone.

Archeological surveys on and around

Pahute Mesa have identified numerous

archeological sites reflecting activities of

Shoshone/Paiute family groups.

Additional ethnographic work and

archeological reconstructions have

shown at least eight Shoshone/Paiute

family groups residing in the Pahute

Mesa region during the late nineteenth

century. The basketry fragments found

with the burials are consistent with

other Shoshone/Paiute basketry found

in other archeological sites in the

Pahute Mesa region. Consultation with

traditional religious leaders and tribal

representatives confirms the talus

burials are a traditional manner of

internment. Consultation evidence

presented by traditional religious

leaders and tribal representatives also

indicates the funerary objects are

consistent with traditional burial

practices.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Nevada Test

Site, Nevada Operations Office,

Department of Energy have determined

that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of one individual

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the Nevada Test Site, Nevada

Operations Office, Department of Energy

have also determined that, pursuant to

25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 1,318 objects

listed above are reasonably believed to

have been placed with or near

individual human remains at the time of

death or later as part of the death rite

or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the

Nevada Test Site, Nevada Operations

Office, Department of Energy have

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 Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects and the

Benton Paiute Tribe, Big Pine Paiute

Tribe, Bishop Paiute Tribe, the

Chemehuevi Paiute Tribe, the Colorado

River Indian Tribes, the Duckwater

Shoshone Tribe, the Ely Shoshone

Tribe, the Fort Independence Indian

Community of Paiute Indians, the Lone

Pine Paiute Tribe, the Las Vegas Paiute

Tribe, the Kaibab Paiute Tribe, the

Moapa Band of Paiutes, the Paiute

Indian Tribe of Utah, the Timbisha

Shoshone Tribe, and the Yomba

Shoshone Tribe.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Benton Paiute Tribe, Big Pine

Paiute Tribe, Bishop Paiute Tribe, the

Chemehuevi Paiute Tribe, the Colorado

River Indian Tribes, the Duckwater

Shoshone Tribe, the Ely Shoshone

Tribe, the Fort Independence Indian

Community of Paiute Indians, the Lone

Pine Paiute Tribe, the Las Vegas Paiute

Tribe, the Kaibab Paiute Tribe, the

Moapa Band of Paiutes, the Paiute

Indian Tribe of Utah, the Timbisha

Shoshone Tribe, and the Yomba

Shoshone Tribe; and the Pahrump

Paiute Tribe, the Las Vegas Indian

Center, and Owens Valley Board of

Trustees, three Native American groups.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact Robert C. Furlow, NAGPRA

Compliance Program Manager,

Department of Energy, Nevada

Operations Office, P.O. Box 98518, Las

Vegas, NV 89193–8518; telephone: (702)

295–0845, before July 25, 1996.

Repatriation of the human remains and

associated funerary objects to the

Benton Paiute Tribe, Big Pine Paiute

Tribe, Bishop Paiute Tribe, the

Chemehuevi Paiute Tribe, the Colorado

River Indian Tribes, the Duckwater

Shoshone Tribe, the Ely Shoshone

Tribe, the Fort Independence Indian

Community of Paiute Indians, the Lone

Pine Paiute Tribe, the Las Vegas Paiute

Tribe, the Kaibab Paiute Tribe, the

Moapa Band of Paiutes, the Paiute

Indian Tribe of Utah, the Timbisha

Shoshone Tribe, and the Yomba

Shoshone Tribe may begin after that

date if no additional claimants come

forward.

Dated: June 19, 1996.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Chief, Archeology and Ethnography Program.

[FR Doc. 96–16091 Filed 6-24-96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response

Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

as Amended

In accordance with Department of

Justice policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent

decree in United States v. Freeman, et

al., Civil No. 86–CV–748A, was lodged

on June 17, 1996, with the United States

District Court for the Western District of

New York. The decree resolves claims

against Garlock, Inc. and Unisys Corp.

in the above-referenced action under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’) for contamination at

the Byron Barrel and Drum Superfund

Site in Genesee County, New York (the

‘‘Site’’). In the proposed consent decree,

the settling defendants agree to

reimburse the Environmental Protection