Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2017 / Notices 39903 

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your entire comment—including your 

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While you can ask us in your comment 

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do so. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Dated: June 7, 2017. 

Benjamin N. Tuggle, 

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17710 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMT922200–17X–L13100000–FI0000– 

P;NDM 94112–MO#4500107589] 

Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated 

Oil and Gas Lease NDM 94112, North 

Dakota 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of lease reinstatement. 

SUMMARY: As required under the 

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, Emerald 

Oil, Inc. timely filed a petition for 

reinstatement of competitive oil and gas 

lease NDM 94112, McKenzie County, 

North Dakota. The lessee paid the 

required rental and royalties accruing 

from the date of termination. No leases 

were issued that affect these lands. The 

Bureau of Land Management proposes 

to reinstate the lease. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly Werven, Chief, Fluids 

Adjudication Section, Bureau of Land 

Management Montana State Office, 5001 

Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 

59101–4669; telephone: 406–896–5091; 

email: kwerven@blm.gov. Persons who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee 

agrees to new lease terms for rentals and 

royalties of $10 per acre, or fraction 

thereof, per year, and 162⁄3 percent, 

respectively. The lessee agrees to 

additional or amended stipulations. The 

lessee paid the $500 administration fee 

for the reinstatement of the lease and 

$159 cost for publishing this Notice. 

The lessee met the requirements for 

reinstatement of the lease per Sec. 31(d) 

and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 

1920. We are proposing to reinstate the 

lease, effective the date of termination, 

subject to the: 

• Original terms and conditions of the 

lease; 

• Additional and amended 

stipulations; 

• Increased rental of $10 per acre; 

• Increased royalty of 162⁄3 percent; 

and 

• $159 cost of publishing this Notice. 

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 188. 

Kimberly Werven, 

Chief, Fluids Adjudication Section. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17725 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23717; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Arkansas State Highway and 

Transportation Department, Little 

Rock, AR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Arkansas State Highway 

and Transportation Department has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day Indian tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request to the Arkansas State Highway 

and Transportation Department. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the Arkansas State 

Highway and Transportation 

Department at the address in this notice 

by September 21, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Kristina Boykin, Arkansas 

State Highway and Transportation 

Department, P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock, 

AR 72203, telephone (501) 569–2079, 

email Kristina.Boykin@ahtd.AR.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of 

the Arkansas State Highway and 

Transportation Department. The human 

remains were removed from a salvage 

operation in Randolph 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) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

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. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1888, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

recovered from site 3RA387 in 

Randolph County, AR. The human 

remains were discovered during a 

salvage operation of site 3RA387 as part 

of the re-routing of Highway 304. 

Excavations were undertaken by the 

Arkansas State Highway and 

Transportation Department. Currently, 

the remains are being stored at the 

Arkansas Archeological Survey’s 

curation facility. The gender and age of 

the human remains were undetermined. 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. No diagnostic artifacts were 

found at site 3RA387 to indicate when 

these human remains were buried. The 

cultural and temporal identity of these 

human remains is difficult to discern 

and they cannot be clearly culturally 

affiliated with an Indian tribe. 

Determinations Made by the Arkansas 

State Highway and Transportation 

Department 

Officials of the Arkansas State 

Highway and Transportation 

Department have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of two 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 


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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

any present-day Indian tribe. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or 

Executive Orders, indicate that the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is the aboriginal 

land of The Osage Nation (previously 

listed as the Osage Tribe). 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains may 

be to The Osage Nation (previously 

listed as the Osage Tribe). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Kristina Boykin, Arkansas 

State Highway and Transportation 

Department, P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock, 

AR 72203, telephone (501) 569–2079, 

email Kristina.Boykin@ahtd.AR.gov, by 

September 21, 2017. After that date, if 

no additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to The Osage Nation 

(previously listed as the Osage Tribe) 

may proceed. 

The Arkansas State Highway and 

Transportation Department is 

responsible for notifying The Osage 

Nation (previously listed as the Osage 

Tribe) that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: July 6, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17646 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23669; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, 

TN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley 

Authority (TVA) has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects in 

consultation with the appropriate 

federally recognized Indian Tribes, and 

has determined that a cultural affiliation 

between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day federally recognized Indian 

Tribes cannot be reasonably traced. 

Representatives of any federally 

recognized Indian Tribe not identified 

in this notice that wish to request 

transfer of control of these human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

should submit a written request to TVA. 

If no additional requestors come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the federally recognized 

Indian Tribe stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any federally 

recognized Indian Tribe not identified 

in this notice that wish to request 

transfer of control of these human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the request to 

TVA at the address in this notice by 

September 21, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 

400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, 

Knoxville TN 37902–1401, telephone 

(865) 632–7458, email tomaher@tva.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 and associated 

funerary objects under the control of 

TVA. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from archeological sites in 

Colbert and Lauderdale Counties, AL. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

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 and associated funerary objects. 

The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

was made by TVA professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of 

Texas (previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); Cherokee 

Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; 

Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed 

as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of 

Alabama); The Chickasaw Nation; The 

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole 

Nation of Oklahoma; and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Consulted Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

From August 5, 1936 to August 13, 

1937, human remains representing, at 

minimum, 309 individuals were 

removed from the Mulberry Creek site 

(1CT27) in Colbert County, AL, by the 

Alabama Museum of Natural History at 

the University of Alabama (AMNH). 

TVA acquired this site on March 25, 

1936, for the Pickwick Reservoir project. 

This shell midden site was at the 

confluence of Mulberry Creek and the 

Tennessee River. While there are no 

radiocarbon dates from this site, the 

stratified distribution of material culture 

suggests the primary occupation was 

during the Late Archaic period (4000– 

1000 B.C.). Ceramics were only found in 

the upper three feet of this shell 

midden, suggesting occupations during 

the Colbert (300 B.C.–A.D. 100) and 

McKelvey phases (A.D. 500–1000). The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects are in the physical custody of 

AMNH and include adults, juveniles, 

and infants of both sexes. No known 

individuals were identified. The 3,300 

associated funerary objects are 3 stone 

flakes; 2 antler billets; 2 antler punches; 

1 anvil stone; 1 atlatl weight; 4 Baldwin 

Plain body sherds; 1 Baytown Plain var. 

McKelvey rim sherd; 1 Benton projectile 

point; 18 chert bifaces; 5 bone beads; 2 

bone fids/awls; 1 bone needle; 12 bone 

pins; 7 bone pin fragments; 1 carved 

bone pin; 1 chert celt; 3 ceramic sherds; 

175 crinoid stems; 1 Cypress Creek 

projectile point; 1 Elora projectile point; 

2 chert drills; 2 shell gorget fragments; 

2 hammerstones; 1 hoe, limestone; 1 

knife, chert; 8 unidentified projectile 

points; 1 Little Bear Creek projectile 

point; 3 Maples projectile points; 4 

modified bones; 5 Morrow Mountain 

projectile points; 1 Mulberry Creek 

Cordmarked basal sherd; 1 Mulberry 

Creek projectile point; 54 drilled canine 

teeth pendants; 2 Pickwick projectile 

points; 4 triangular projectile points; 8 

chert preforms; 1 lot of unmodified 

shell; 2,903 shell or stone beads; 6 shell 

gorgets; 1 stone axe; 2 unmodified turtle 

shells; 32 turtle shell fragments; 6 

unmodified bivalve shells; and 8 White 

Springs projectile points. 

From September 22, 1936 to 

September 30, 1937, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 481 

individuals were removed from the 

Bluff Creek site (1LU59) in Lauderdale 

County, AL, by AMNH. TVA acquired 

this site on December 23, 1936, for the 

Pickwick Reservoir project, and the 

excavation was conducted with Federal 


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