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National Park Service

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Meetings:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of Meeting via Teleconference.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee: Meeting

DATES: The teleconference will take place on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. This teleconference may conclude early if all business is finished.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee will conduct a meeting via teleconference on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 to provide comments on the proposed rule regarding the disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains [43 CFR 10.11].

SUMMARY: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Authority. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), and Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA, 5 U.S.C. Appendix).

General Information. The Review Committee was established by NAGPRA and appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. The Review Committee is responsible for monitoring the NAGPRA inventory and identification process; reviewing and making findings related to the identity or cultural affiliation of cultural items, or the return of such items; facilitating the resolution of disputes; compiling an inventory of culturally unidentifiable human
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remains and recommending actions for developing a process for disposition of such remains; consulting with Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations and museums on matters within the scope of the work of the Review Committee affecting such tribes or organizations; consulting with the Secretary of the Interior in the development of regulations to carry out NAGPRA; and making recommendations regarding future care of repatriated cultural items. The Review Committee's work is completed during meetings that are open to the public.

Transcripts of Review Committee meetings are available approximately 8 weeks after each meeting at the National NAGPRA Program office, 1201 Eye Street NW, Washington, DC. To request electronic copies of meeting transcripts, send an email message to
nagpra_info@nps.gov. Information about NAGPRA, the Review Committee, and Review Committee meetings is available at the National NAGPRA Website, http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/; for the Review Committee's meeting protocol, select ``Review Committee,'' then select ``Procedures.''

Agenda for the teleconference meeting. The January 8, 2008 teleconference provides the Review Committee with an opportunity to comment on the proposed rule regarding the disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains [43 CFR 10.11]. A copy of the proposed rule is available at: http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/

Procedures for Providing Public Comments. Interested members of the public may submit comments on the proposed rule through January 14, 2008, identified by the number RIN 1024AD68, by any of the following methods:

Federal rulemaking portal: http://www.regulations.gov Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

Mail to: Dr. Sherry Hutt, Manager, National NAGPRA Program, National Park Service, Docket No. 1024AC84, 1201 Eye Street, NW (2253), Washington, DC 20005.

Hand deliver to: Dr. Sherry Hutt, 1201 Eye Street, NW, 8th floor, Washington, DC.

Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire commentincluding your personal identifying informationmay 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 we will be able to do so.

Dated: November 7, 2007
C. Timothy McKeown,
Designated Federal Officer, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Members of the public who wish to listen to the teleconference may obtain the callin number and access code by sending an email to nagpra_info@nps.gov, with ``January 8th teleconference'' in the subject line, and your full name and organizational affiliation in the body of the email. Registration for the teleconference closes at 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Friday, January 4, 2008.