44440 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2017 / Notices 

www.reginfo.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION: 

Title: iCoast—Did the coast change? 

I. Abstract 

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 

and its collaborators (including the 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, and university researchers) 

conduct sustained investigations of 

coastal hazards associated with major 

hurricane landfall. USGS hurricane 

research and response activities include 

collection of storm-surge water levels, 

aerial photography, and laser altimetry 

(lidar) surveys of pre- and post-storm 

beach conditions. These efforts 

document the nature, magnitude, and 

variability of costal changes such as 

beach erosion, overwash deposition, 

island breaching, and destruction of 

infrastructure. Predictive models and 

assessments of severe storm impacts are 

developed and evaluated, and 

probabilistic assessments are distributed 

to the public, local, State, and Federal 

agencies. The assessments and 

observations provide information 

needed to understand, prepare for, and 

respond to coastal disasters. These 

ongoing analyses are authorized by 42 

U.S.C. 5201 et seq., The Disaster Relief 

Act of 1974, Section 202(a). 

In support of this research, the USGS 

has been taking oblique aerial 

photographs of the coast before and after 

each major storm since 1996 and has 

amassed a database of over 190,000 

photographs of the Gulf and Atlantic 

Coasts. Computers cannot yet 

automatically analyze these data 

because classifying this photography 

requires understanding the diversity of 

forms that even this small set of primary 

features (shore, beach, dune, marsh, 

built environment) can represent. 

Human intelligence is needed, and 

USGS does not have the personnel or 

the capacity for this. These oblique 

aerial photographs are currently used 

for broad overviews of damage, and 

selected photo pairs have been shared 

on the Internet with the public after 

storms. The intense interest by the 

public in the pre- and post-storm USGS 

photographic pairs, and the increasing 

use of citizen science and 

crowdsourcing by Federal Government 

agencies suggests that a significant 

segment of the public might volunteer to 

serve as our ‘‘eyes on the coast.’’ The 

iCoast—Did the Coast Change? Web site 

(hereafter referred to as iCoast) posts a 

suite of pre- and post-storm photographs 

from a major storm, and citizen 

scientists can compare photographs and 

classify the changes they see with 

predefined tags, or by appending 

comments. Citizen scientists also 

identify coastal landforms, determine 

the storm impacts to coastal 

infrastructure and landforms, and 

indicate other changes, including 

response and recovery efforts. These 

data can be used by USGS scientists to 

ground truth and fine-tune their models 

of coastal change. These mathematical 

models predict the likely interaction 

between coastal features such as 

beaches and dunes and storm surge. 

They are based on pre-storm dune 

height, measured by lidar, and predicted 

wave behavior based on data from the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. They are not based on 

ground truth observations. A body of 

citizen observations will allow for more 

accurate predictions of vulnerability. 

These model predictions are typically 

shared with Federal, State, and local 

authorities both before and after storms. 

The project will also result in greater 

citizen awareness of the probabilities for 

coastal change, and will be a resource 

for teachers and students pursuing 

science, technology, engineering and 

math (STEM). 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0109. 

Form Number: None. 

Title: iCoast—Did the Coast Change? 

Type of Request: Renewal of existing 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Coastal scientists, 

coastal managers, marine science 

students, emergency managers, citizens/ 

residents of coastal communities. 

Respondent’s Obligation: 

Participation is voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Occasional. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 64,211 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 3 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

3,211 hours. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ 

Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’ 

burdens associated with this IC. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor and 

you are not required to respond to a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and current expiration date. 

Comments: On July 6, 2017, we 

published a Federal Register notice (82 

FR 31347) announcing that we would 

submit this ICR to OMB for approval 

and soliciting comments. The comment 

period closed on September 5, 2017. We 

received no comments. 

III. Request for Comments 

We again invite comments concerning 

this ICR as to: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the agency to perform its duties, 

including whether the information is 

useful; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) how to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) how to minimize the 

burden on the respondents, including 

the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this notice are a matter 

of public record. Before including your 

personal mailing address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personally identifiable information in 

your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment, including 

your personally identifiable 

information, may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

us and the OMB in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

IV. Authority 

The authorities for this action are 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Christopher Reich, 

Deputy Center Director, USGS St Petersburg 

Coastal and Marine Science Center. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20188 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4338–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024038: 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Robbins Museum of Archaeology, 

Middleborough, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Robbins Museum of 

Archaeology has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects and present-day Indian tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 

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descendants or 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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Robbins Museum of 

Archaeology. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the lineal descendants, Indian 

tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations 

stated in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

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 and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Robbins Museum of 

Archaeology at the address in this 

notice by October 23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Lindsay Randall, Robbins 

Museum of Archaeology, 17 Jackson 

Street, Middleborough, MA 02346, 

telephone (978) 7497–4496, email 

lrandall@andover.edu. 

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 the 

Robbins Museum of Archaeology, 

Middleborough, MA. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from the Mansion Inn 

site, Wayland, MA. 

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 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 was made by the Robbins 

Museum of Archaeology professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Wampanoag 

Repatriation Confederation, 

representing the Mashpee Wampanoag 

Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee 

Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) 

and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 

(Aquinnah) as well as the Assonet Band 

of the Wampanoag Nation and the 

Nipmuc Nation (non-federally 

recognized Indian groups). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In June 1959, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from the 

Mansion Inn site (19–MD–210) in 

Middlesex County, MA. The human 

remains were included in collections 

given to the Robbins Museum by Leslie 

Longworth, Sr., Alan Longworth, and 

Alfred Mansfield, or their heirs, in the 

1970s and 1980s. The human remains 

consist of one burned and calcined bone 

(Robbins Museum/Massachusetts 

Archaeological Society Object #279.01) 

from one individual, age and sex 

indeterminate, and one set of 3 human 

teeth (Object #946.00) from one 

individual, age and sex indeterminate. 

No known individuals were identified. 

The 350 associated funerary objects are 

6 lots of burned & calcined mammal 

bones; 60 cobbles and cobble fragments; 

1 lot of over 1,000 lithic debitage; 9 

lithic drills; 8 fire cracked rock; 23 fire 

starters/fire starter kits, including 

debris; 4 flaked stone tools; 12 lithic 

fragments; 44 ground stone tools; 5 lots 

red ochre; 1 copper adze; 2 lots charred 

wood; 1 lithic petroglyph; 1 lot of over 

900 points/blades/bifaces; 37 broken 

points/blades/bifaces; 4 possible shaft 

abraders; 2 blade preforms; 1 probable 

blade fragment; 45 unidentified stone 

fragments; 1 stone adze; 2 possible 

chopping tool fragments; 9 stone celt, 

celt fragments, and probable celt 

fragments; 1 stone axe/celt/chopping 

tool fragment; 3 unidentified worked 

stone fragments; 2 grooved stone tool 

fragments; 7 grooved stone axes; 5 stone 

gouges; 1 pebble; 1 possible core; 16 

possible stone tool fragments; 3 

unidentified stone tools; 26 stone slabs; 

5 ceramic sherds; and 2 stone tool 

fragments, adze or axe. An additional 6 

associated funerary objects currently 

missing from the collection are 1 

debitage/lithic flake (#12380); 4 broken 

points/blades, probably Mansion Inn 

type (#s 10481, 10532, 10775, and 

10815); and 1 point/blade, Mansion Inn, 

variety Dudley (#10136). 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from site 

19–MD–210 by a number of individuals 

in 1959 when construction activity at 

the site of the old Mansion Inn revealed 

the presence of archeological features. 

The site was looted by local children, 

their parents, and friends, assisted by 

local collectors. Many kept what they 

had excavated, though some human 

remains and funerary objects were 

preserved in museum collections. 

Frederick Johnson, curator of the Robert 

S. Peabody Foundation for Archaeology 

(now the Robert S. Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology) undertook salvage 

excavations to recover some information 

about the site. Human remains and 

funerary objects removed by Johnson, 

Curtis Chapin, Alfred Mansfield, Leslie 

Longworth, Sr., William Brierly, and 

others were ultimately preserved in the 

Robert S. Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and the Robbins Museum 

of Archaeology. 

Excavations, studies, and one 

radiocarbon assay on organic material 

date the site from approximately 2111 to 

1697 B.C. This is consistent with the 

Watertown Phase and subsequent 

Coburn Group of the Late Archaic 

Susquehanna Tradition (3900 to 2600 

BP). Multiple lines of evidence guided 

by tribal consultations, including 

geographic location, maps, oral 

tradition, linguistic, and archeological 

data, demonstrate a shared group 

identity between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice and the Wampanoag Repatriation 

Confederation, representing the 

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe 

(previously listed as the Mashpee 

Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) 

and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 

(Aquinnah) as well as the Assonet Band 

of the Wampanoag Nation and the 

Nipmuc Nation (non-federally 

recognized Indian groups). 

Determinations Made by the Robbins 

Museum of Archaeology 

Officials of the Robbins Museum of 

Archaeology have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 2 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 350 objects described in this notice 

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. An 

additional 6 associated funerary objects 

currently missing from the collection. 

• 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 associated funerary objects 

and the Wampanoag Repatriation 

Confederation, representing the 

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe 

(previously listed as the Mashpee 

Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) 

and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 

(Aquinnah). Additionally, a cultural 

relationship is determined to exist 

between the human remains and the 

Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation 

and the Nipmuc Nation, which are nonfederally recognized Indian groups. 

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Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or 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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Lindsay Randall, Robbins 

Museum of Archaeology, 17 Jackson 

Street, Middleborough, MA 02346, 

telephone (978) 7497–4496, email 

lrandall@andover.edu, by October 23, 

2017. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation, 

representing the Mashpee Wampanoag 

Indian Tribe (previously listed as the 

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal 

Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe 

of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and, if joined 

to one or more of the culturally 

affiliated tribes, the Assonet Band of the 

Wampanoag Nation and the Nipmuc 

Nation, which are non-federally 

recognized Indian groups, may proceed. 

The Robbins Museum of Archaeology 

is responsible for notifying the 

Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation, 

representing the Mashpee Wampanoag 

Indian Tribe (previously listed as the 

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal 

Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe 

of Gay Head (Aquinnah) as well as the 

Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation 

and the Nipmuc Nation (non-federally 

recognized Indian groups) that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 21, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20297 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0023996; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Department of Anthropology, The 

University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Anthropology, The University of Tulsa, 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and present-day Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 

descendants or 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 Department of 

Anthropology, The University of Tulsa. 

If no additional requestors come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the lineal 

descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native 

Hawaiian organizations stated in this 

notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

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 Department of 

Anthropology, The University of Tulsa, 

at the address in this notice by October 

23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas Foster, 

Department of Anthropology, The 

University of Tulsa, Harwell Hall, Tulsa, 

OK 74104, telephone (918) 631–3082, 

email thomas-foster@utulsa.edu. 

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 Department of Anthropology, The 

University of Tulsa. The human remains 

were removed from Craighead 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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Department of 

Anthropology, The University of Tulsa, 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of The Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians. 

History and Description of the Remains 

From 1964 to 1968, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 21 

individuals were removed from the 

McDuffie or MacDuffie site (3CG21) in 

Craighead County, AR. These human 

remains were likely obtained by the 

Department of Anthropology at The 

University of Tulsa from the Gilcrease 

Museum in Tulsa, OK, which obtained 

artifacts and human remains from the 

site in 1982. The human remains 

represent three adult females, three 

adult males, ten adults of indeterminate 

sex, one juvenile of indeterminate sex, 

and four infants. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

According to the Gilcrease Museum 

records, the McDuffie site (3CG21) is 

located near the town of Lunsford in 

Craighead County, AR. Excavation 

records indicate that the site consisted 

of a large village with two mounds. 

Non-destructive analysis indicates that 

the human remains are Native 

American. Cultural items associated 

with the human remains have been 

determined to date to the Middle 

Mississippian period (A.D. 1170–1300). 

Oral history evidence presented by 

representatives of The Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians indicates that the region has 

long been included in their traditional 

and hunting territory. French colonial 

records from 1700 also indicate that the 

Quapaw were known at that time to be 

the only Native American group present 

in the St. Francis River valley region 

where the McDuffie site is located. 

Based on the geographical location and 

the date of interment, the human 

remains are most likely to be culturally 

affiliated with The Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians. 

Determinations Made by the 

Department of Anthropology, The 

University of Tulsa 

Officials of the Department of 

Anthropology, The University of Tulsa, 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 21 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• 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. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or 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 Dr. Thomas 

Foster, Department of Anthropology, 

The University of Tulsa, Harwell Hall, 

Tulsa, OK 74104, telephone (918) 631– 

3082, email thomas-foster@utulsa.edu, 

by October 23, 2017. After that date, if