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Individuals and Households in Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050 Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E9–14270 Filed 6–17–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

30–Day Notice of Intention To Request 

Clearance of Collection of Information; 

Opportunity for Public Comment 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 

CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, the National 

Park Service (NPS) invites public 

comments on an extension of a 

currently approved collection of 

information (OMB #1024–0144). 

DATES: Public comments on this 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

will be accepted on or before July 20, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

directly to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior (OMB #1024– 

0144), Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), by fax 

at 202/395–5806, or by electronic mail 

at oira_docket@omb.eop.gov. Please also 

mail or hand carry a copy of your 

comments to Sherry Hutt, Manager, 

National NAGPRA Program, National 

Park Service, 1201 Eye Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20005 or via fax at 202/ 

371–5197. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sherry Hutt, Manager, National 

NAGPRA Program, National Park 

Service, 1201 Eye St. NW., Washington, 

DC 20005, or via fax at 202/371–5197. 

You are entitled to a copy of the entire 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

package free-of-charge. You may access 

this ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/. 

Comments Received on the 60–Day 

Federal Register Notice 

The NPS published a 60-day notice to 

solicit public comments on this ICR in 

the Federal Register on March 9, 2009 

(74 FR 10066). The comment period 

closed on May 8, 2009. No comments 

were received on this notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

Control Number: 1024–0144. 

Title: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Regulations 

43 CFR 10. 

Form(s): None. 

Type of request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection of 

information. 

Description of need: The Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) requires 

museums to compile certain 

information (summaries, inventories, 

and notices) regarding Native American 

cultural items in their possession or 

control and provide that information to 

lineal descendants, culturally affiliated 

Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and the National Park 

Service (acting on behalf of the 

Secretary of the Interior). 

Affected public: Museums defined in 

NAGPRA as any institution that receives 

Federal funds and has possession of or 

control over Native American cultural 

items. 

Obligation to respond: It is mandatory 

to comply with the requirements of the 

law. 

Frequency of response: Information 

collection requirements are done on an 

as-needed basis, with summaries due 

within six months of either receipt of a 

new collection or acknowledgment of a 

new Indian tribe, and inventories due 

within two years of either receipt of a 

new collection or acknowledgment of a 

new Indian tribe. An institution 

receiving Federal funds for the first time 

must provide a summary within three 

years and an inventory within five 

years. 

Estimated total annual responses: 150 

total responses (Responses for 

summaries or inventories at 46, notices 

at 104). 

Estimated average completion time 

per response: Public reporting burden 

for this collection of information is 

expected to average 100 hours for the 

exchange of summary/inventory 

information between a museum or 

Federal agency and an Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization and six 

hours per response for the notification 

to the Secretary, including time for 

reviewing instructions, searching 

existing data sources, gathering and 

maintaining the data needed, and 

completing and reviewing the collected 

information. 

Estimated annual reporting burden: 

5,224 hours. 

Comments are invited on: (1) The 

practical utility of the information being 

gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden 

hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden to 

respondents, including use of 

automated information collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. Before including your 

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 can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that OMB will be able 

to do so. 

Dated: June 15, 2009. 

Cartina Miller, 

NPS Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University, Corvallis, OR 

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. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

possession of the Horner Collection, 

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 

that meet the definition of ‘‘sacred 

objects’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

The three cultural items are two 

cradle baskets and one basket cap. 

The Museum of Oregon Country, 

Oregon Agricultural College was 

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renamed the John B. Horner Museum of 

the Oregon Country in 1936, and 

became commonly known as the Horner 

Museum. The Oregon Agricultural 

College was renamed the Oregon State 

College in 1937, and became Oregon 

State University in 1962. The Horner 

Museum closed in 1995. Currently, 

cultural items from the Horner Museum 

are referred to as the Horner Collection. 

The Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University professional staff consulted 

with representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon; 

Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians of 

Oregon; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of 

the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; 

Hoopa Valley Tribe, California; Karuk 

Tribe of California; Pit River Tribe, 

California (includes XL Ranch, Big 

Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery 

Creek and Roaring Creek Rancherias); 

Smith River Rancheria, California; and 

Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, 

California. The Big Lagoon Rancheria, 

California; Blue Lake Rancheria, 

California; Cher-Ae Heights Indian 

Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, 

California; Quartz Valley Indian 

Community of the Quartz Valley 

Reservation of California; and Resighini 

Rancheria, California, were notified 

about the cultural items described in 

this notice, but did not participate in the 

consultations. 

On June 8, 1973, the C.B. Kennedy 

Family and Mrs. Ruth Kennedy Tartar 

through Dr. N.L. Tartar (executor of 

estate) donated a collection of Oregon 

and coastal California Indian basketry to 

the Horner Collection. Among the 

collection are a cradle basket and basket 

cap. Museum records indicate that Mr. 

C.B. Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy, and their 

daughter, Ruth, were avid collectors of 

Native American artifacts, including 

projectile points, pottery, photographs, 

bows and arrows, beadwork, and 

carvings, in addition to Indian basketry. 

Museum records also include a 

typewritten account of the ‘‘Story of Ella 

Ben,’’ a Rogue River Indian residing on 

the Siletz Reservation. This story 

indicates that a friendly relationship 

existed between Ella Ben and the 

Kennedy family. Ella Ben was known to 

sell basketry that she had made in 

Newport, OR, and the story indicates 

that Mrs. Kennedy purchased several 

items from her between 1911 and 1916. 

Newport, OR, is located within the 

Siletz Reservation Indians’ traditional 

territory. According to the Report of the 

Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 

Accompanying The Annual Report of 

the Secretary of the Interior For the Year 

1857, the Confederated Tribes of the 

Rogue River and Shasta Indians were 

removed to the coastal Siletz 

Reservation, under the immediate 

charge of Agent Robert B. Metcalfe. The 

Siletz Indian Agency, in a report dated 

July 15, 1857, noted that the tribes of 

Indians which are located in the Siletz 

district include the Shasta or Upper 

Rogue River Indians. 

Consultants from the Siletz 

Reservation have viewed the basket cap 

and have attributed the materials used 

and the style of the basket to be that of 

Siletz weavers from the Northwest 

coast. Siletz consultants identified the 

basket cap as a cap that would be used 

in ceremonial dancing, and the 

ceremonies continue to take place. In 

fact, the basket cap in question has been 

loaned previously to members of the 

Siletz Reservation for use in ceremonies 

and dancing. Based on museum records 

and consultation with Siletz tribal 

representatives, the Horner Collection, 

Oregon State University reasonably 

believes that the basket cap is a sacred 

item that is culturally affiliated with the 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon. 

According to Siletz tribal 

representatives, the cradle basket 

appears too small to be a Gaayu 

intended for actual use, but instead, was 

made as a special wedding gift and as 

a sacred item meant to bind families 

together through marriage. Such cradle 

baskets are considered sacred objects, as 

they embody a prayer for offspring for 

the couple who will be bringing forth 

the next generation. Traditionally, 

cradle baskets are personal property and 

people hold onto the basket for their 

entire lives. Tribal representatives from 

the Siletz Reservation have attributed 

the cradle basket materials and the style 

of the basket to be that of Siletz weavers 

from the Northwest coast. They also 

indicate that these cradle baskets are a 

symbol of making medicine and 

blessing future family offspring and 

relationships. Based on geographic, 

historic documents, museum and donor 

history, and consultation with Siletz 

consultants, the Horner Collection, 

Oregon State University reasonably 

believes the cradle basket is a sacred 

item that is culturally affiliated with the 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon. 

At an unknown date, by an unknown 

person, a cradle basket was removed 

from an unknown location. There are no 

museum records for this item. 

Consultants from the Siletz Reservation 

have viewed this cradle basket and have 

attributed the materials used and the 

style of the basket to be that of Siletz 

weavers from the Northwest coast. The 

cradle basket is almost identical in 

shape and design to the previously 

described cradle basket. Based on the 

similarity of style and design, it is 

reasonably believed that the cradle 

basket is most likely also a sacred object 

and culturally affiliated with the 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon. 

Officials of the Horner Collection, 

Oregon State University have 

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

3001 (3)(C), the three cultural items 

described above are specific ceremonial 

objects needed by traditional Native 

American religious leaders for the 

practice of traditional Native American 

religions by their present-day adherents. 

Officials of the Horner Collection, 

Oregon State 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 sacred 

objects and the Confederated Tribes of 

the Siletz Reservation, Oregon. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the sacred objects should 

contact Sabah Randhawa, Executive 

Vice President and Provost, President’s 

Office, Oregon State University, 600 

Kerr Administration Building, Corvallis, 

OR 97331, telephone (541) 737–8260, 

before [insert date 30 days following 

publication in the Federal Register]. 

Repatriation of the sacred objects to the 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Horner Collection, Oregon State 

University is responsible for notifying 

the Big Lagoon Rancheria, California; 

Blue Lake Rancheria, California; CherAe Heights Indian Community of the 

Trinidad Rancheria, California; 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation, Oregon; Cow Creek Band of 

Umpqua Indians of Oregon; Duckwater 

Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater 

Reservation, Nevada; Hoopa Valley 

Tribe, California; Karuk Tribe of 

California; Pit River Tribe, California; 

Quartz Valley Indian Community of the 

Quartz Valley Reservation of California; 

Resighini Rancheria, California; Smith 

River Rancheria, California; and Yurok 

Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, 

California that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: May 18, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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