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Title: Documented Petitions for 

Federal Acknowledgment as an Indian 

Tribe, 25 CFR 83. 

Brief Description of Collection: 

Submission of this information allows 

OFA to review applications for the 

Federal acknowledgment of a group as 

an Indian tribe. The acknowledgment 

regulations at 25 CFR Part 83 contain 

seven criteria that unrecognized groups 

seeking Federal acknowledgment as 

Indian tribes must demonstrate that they 

meet. Information collected from 

petitioning groups under these 

regulations provide anthropological, 

genealogical and historical data used by 

the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs 

to establish whether a petitioning group 

has the characteristics necessary to be 

acknowledged as having a governmentto-government relationship with the 

United States. Respondents are not 

required to retain copies of information 

submitted to OFA but will probably 

maintain copies for their own use; 

therefore, there is no recordkeeping 

requirement included in this 

information collection. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents: Groups petitioning for 

Federal acknowledgment as Indian 

tribes. 

Number of Respondents: 10 per year, 

on average. 

Total Number of Responses: 10 per 

year, on average. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2,075 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

20,750 hours. 

Dated: January 28, 2010. 

Alvin Foster, 

Chief Information Officer—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2292 Filed 2–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–G1–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Cle Elum Dam Fish Passage Facilities 

and Fish Reintroduction Project; 

Kittitas County, WA INT–DES 10–03 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(Draft EIS) and Announcement of Public 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) published a notice in the 

Federal Register on April 8, 2009 (74 FR 

16007) announcing the commencement 

of work under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on 

the Cle Elum Dam Fish Passage 

Facilities and Fish Reintroduction 

Project. The Washington State 

Department of Ecology is a joint lead 

with Reclamation in the preparation of 

the Draft EIS, in coordination with the 

Washington Department of Fish and 

Wildlife and the Yakama Nation. The 

Bonneville Power Administration has 

assumed the role of a cooperating 

agency in the preparation of the Draft 

EIS. The Draft EIS will also be used to 

comply with requirements of the 

Washington State Environmental Policy 

Act. 

The Draft EIS provides information on 

the analyses related to the construction 

of downstream juvenile fish passage and 

upstream adult fish passage facilities at 

the dam, as well as analyses associated 

with the implementation of a project to 

reintroduce fish above the dam. The 

Draft EIS analyzes the potential 

environmental, cultural, and 

socioeconomic effects of the proposed 

alternatives. 

DATES: Written comments on the Draft 

EIS will be accepted through March 22, 

2010. 

A public information meeting will be 

held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on February 

18, 2010 in Cle Elum, Washington. Oral 

comments will be taken at the meeting. 

To be included in the Public Meeting 

Report, comments should be labeled as 

public meeting comments and provided 

to Reclamation at the address given 

below by February 26, 2010. 

Requests for special assistance at the 

meeting should be submitted by 

February 9, 2010 (see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section, Special Assistance 

for Public Meetings). 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

Draft EIS should be addressed to the 

Bureau of Reclamation, Columbia 

Cascades Area Office, Attention: 

Candace McKinley, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, 1917 Marsh Road, 

Yakima, Washington 98901 or 

submitted to the following e-mail 

address: sha-uca-fishpassage@usbr.gov. 

The public meeting will be held at the 

City of Cle Elum Council Chamber 

Room, 119 West 1st Street, Cle Elum, 

Washington. Meeting facilities are 

physically accessible to people with 

disabilities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Candace McKinley, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, at 

509–575–5848, ext. 276. Information on 

this project can also be found at 

http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/ 

ucao_misc/fishpassage/. To receive a 

copy of the Draft EIS refer to the above 

contact. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Meeting Information 

Requests to make oral comments may 

be made at the meeting. In order to 

ensure that all those interested in 

providing oral comments have an 

opportunity to do so, oral comments at 

the meeting will be limited to 5 

minutes. Comments will be recorded by 

a court reporter. Commenters will be 

called in the order indicated on the sign 

in list for speaking. Commenters not 

present when called will be recalled at 

the end of the other scheduled 

commenters. Commenters may provide 

written versions of their oral comments, 

or other additional written comments, 

for the meeting record. Longer 

comments should be summarized at the 

public meeting and submitted in writing 

either at the public meeting or identified 

as meeting comments and mailed as 

indicated in the DATES section. 

Background 

Reclamation is evaluating the 

construction of downstream juvenile 

fish passage and upstream adult fish 

passage alternatives at the dam for the 

Cle Elum Dam Fish Passage Facilities 

Project. Cle Elum Dam did not include 

fish passage facilities when constructed 

in 1933; consequently, fish passage to 

upstream habitat for fish species was 

blocked. 

As part of the effort to restore fish 

above Cle Elum Dam, the Washington 

Department of Fish and Wildlife, in 

collaboration with Yakama Nation, is 

evaluating the implementation of a 

project to reintroduce fish populations 

above the dam. The reintroduction plan 

would involve the transportation and 

release of adults for natural spawning 

and potentially hatchery 

supplementation techniques to restore 

fish above the dam. 

Early in 2001, Yakima River basin 

interest groups urged Reclamation to 

incorporate fish passage facilities as part 

of the reconstruction of Keechelus Dam 

under the Safety of Dams program. 

Reclamation determined that fish 

passage facilities could not be added 

under existing Safety of Dams authority. 

However, in the January 2002 Record of 

Decision for Keechelus Dam 

Modification EIS, Reclamation 

committed to seek funding under 

existing authorities to conduct a 

feasibility study for providing fish 

passage at all Yakima Project storage 

dams. Additionally, Reclamation agreed 

to mitigation agreement terms and 

Hydraulic Project Approval conditions 

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and Wildlife to investigate fish passage 

feasibility. In 2003, Reclamation 

prevailed in a suit filed by the Yakama 

Nation concerning the NEPA and 

Endangered Species Act compliance for 

the Keechelus Safety of Dams project. 

The Yakama Nation then appealed that 

decision to the 9th Circuit Court of 

Appeals. In 2006, Reclamation and the 

Yakama Nation entered into a 

settlement agreement to resolve 

litigation in which the parties agreed to 

collaborate to prepare technical plans 

and a planning report for fish passage at 

Cle Elum and Bumping Lake Dams. This 

Draft EIS is part of the agreed-upon 

planning process for Cle Elum Dam 

only. An EIS for Bumping Lake fish 

passage will be prepared separately at a 

future time. 

Special Assistance for Public Meetings 

TTY users may dial 711 to obtain a 

toll free TTY relay. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation for the hearing impaired 

should be submitted to Ms. Candace 

McKinley at 509–575–5848, extension 

276, or mailed to her at the address in 

the ADDRESSES section. 

Spanish language interpretation 

requests should be made to John Evans 

at 509–575–5848, extension 238. Si 

necesita interprete para Espanol, por 

favor llame John Evans a 509–575–5848, 

extencion 238. 

Public Disclosure Statement 

Before including your name, address, 

phone number, e-mail 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 may 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. 

J. William McDonald, 

Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2237 Filed 2–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 

Denver, CO 

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 the Denver 

Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, 

CO. The human remains were removed 

from Poinsett County, AR. 

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 the Denver 

Museum of Nature & Science 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Chickasaw 

Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of 

Oklahoma; Osage Nation, Oklahoma; 

and Quapaw Tribe of Indians, 

Oklahoma. 

In 1934, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from a burial context three 

miles north of Marked Tree, Poinsett 

County, AR. In 1994, the human 

remains were found in the museum’s 

collections during an inventory and 

then formally accessioned (DMNS 

catalogue number A1991.3). No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Based on physical analysis, the 

human remains are determined to be 

Native American. Archeological 

evidence suggests that mound sites in 

Poinsett County date to the Parkin Phase 

of the Mississippian nucleation horizon 

(A.D. 1350–1650). Oral history evidence 

and historical documentation, 

supported by linguistic evidence, 

indicate that the region, including 

Poinsett County, has long been part of 

the traditional ancestral homelands and 

hunting territory of the Quapaw. After 

further tribal consultation, the remains 

have been determined to be culturally 

affiliated with the Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma. 

Officials of the Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 2001 (9–10), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of the Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science 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 Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Chip ColwellChanthaphonh, Denver Museum of 

Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., 

Denver, CO 80205, telephone (303) 370– 

6378, before March 5, 2010. Repatriation 

of the human remains to the Quapaw 

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Denver Museum of Nature & 

Science is responsible for notifying the 

Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw 

Nation of Oklahoma; Osage Nation, 

Oklahoma; and Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: January 21, 2010 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2221 Filed 2–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Weekly Listing of Historic Properties 

Pursuant to (36 CFR 60.13(b,c)) and 

(36 CFR 63.5), this notice, through 

publication of the information included 

herein, is to apprise the public as well 

as governmental agencies, associations 

and all other organizations and 

individuals interested in historic 

preservation, of the properties added to, 

or determined eligible for listing in, the 

National Register of Historic Places from 

November 9 to November 13, 2009. 

For further information, please 

contact Edson Beall via: United States 

Postal Service mail, at the National 

Register of Historic Places, 2280, 

National Park Service, 1849 C St., NW., 

Washington, DC 20240; in person (by 

appointment), 1201 Eye St., NW., 8th 

floor, Washington DC 20005; by fax, 

202–371–2229; by phone, 202–354– 

2255; or by e-mail, 

Edson_Beall@nps.gov. 

Dated: January 26, 2010. 

J. Paul Loether, 

Chief, National Register of Historic Places/ 

National Historic Landmarks Program. 

KEY: State, County, Property Name, 

Address/Boundary, City, Vicinity, 

Reference Number, Action, Date, 

Multiple Name 

ILLINOIS 

Fulton County 

East Waterford School, Jct. N. Dickson 

Mounds Rd. and the E. Prairie Rd., 


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