The Federal Register

Notice of Realty Action--Proposed Disposal of Public Land; and Notice of Intent To Prepare a Management Framework

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

A parcel of public land totaling 2480 acres in Blaine County, Idaho, is being considered for disposal out of Federal ownership, either through sale at no less than the appraised fair market value or through a land exchange proposal, to include the State of Idaho, under the provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA). Disposal of this parcel out of Federal ownership would require amendment of the 1980 Bennett Hills/Timmerman Hills Management Framework Plan (MFP) prior to the disposal action.

Grant Program To Assess, Evaluate and Promote Development of Tribal Energy and Mineral Resources

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

The Energy and Mineral Development Program (EMDP) provides funding to tribes with the mission goal of assessing, evaluating, and promoting energy and mineral resources on Indian trust lands for the economic benefit of Indian mineral owners. To achieve these goals, the Department of the Interior's Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED), through its Division of Energy and Mineral Development (DEMD) office, is soliciting proposals from tribes. The Department will use a competitive
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evaluation process to select several proposed projects to receive an award.

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest,

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

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 and control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest, Silver City, NM, that meet the definition of ``unassociated funerary 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.

Between 1972 and 1974, pottery sherds were removed from burial contexts at four archeological sites (LA 11609, LA 83194, LA 147976 and LA 148037) in Grant County, NM, during legally authorized excavations by
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Southern Methodist University, Dal

Notice of Inventory Completion: Northwest Museum, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

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 Northwest Museum (formerly Maxey Museum), Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA. The human remains were removed from Walla Walla County, WA.

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 Whitman College and Northwest Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon.

On an unknown date, human remains representing a minimu

Notice of Intent To Amend the San Juan/San Miguel Resource Management Plan and Prepare the Beaver Meadows-Sauls Creek

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) intends to amend the San Juan/San Miguel Resource Management Plan (RMP) to limit OffHighway Vehicle (OHV) use to designated roads and motorized trails on lands within the Beaver MeadowsSauls Creek Travel Management Landscape. The Landscape project analysis area encompasses approximately 797 acres of BLM lands and approximately 54,397 acres of Forest Service lands on the Columbine Field Office/Ranger District in the vicinity of Bayfield, Colorado. Both agencies will conduct a joint Environmental Assessment (EA) which will also determine designated motorized routes within the landscape in addition to the San Juan/San Miguel RMP amendment.

Indian Gaming

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

This notice publishes approval of amendments to 13 Class III TribalState Gaming Compacts (Amendments). The 13 Class III Gaming Compacts are between the State of Arizona and each of the following Indian tribes, respectively: AkChin Indian Community, Colorado River Indian Tribes, Cocopah Indian Tribe, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, Havasupai Indian Tribe, Hualapai Indian Tribe, KaibabPaiute Indian Tribe, Navajo Nation, Tohono O'odham Nation, White Mountain Apache Tribe, YavapaiApache Tribe, and Zuni Tribe.

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Texarkana Museums System, Texarkana, TX

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

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 Texarkana Museums System (formerly the Texarkana Historical Museum), Texarkana, TX, that meet the definition of ``unassociated funerary objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.

From 1971 to 2008, private citizens from Miller County, AR, and Bowie County, TX, donated 209 unassociated funerary objects to the museum. There are no associated human remains in the museum collection for these funerary objects. The 209 unassociated funerary objects are

Notice of Inventory Completion: Texarkana Museums System, Texarkana, TX

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

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 in the possession of the Texarkana Museums System (formerly the Texarkana Historical Museum), Texarkana, TX. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Bowie County, TX.

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.

A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Texarkana Museums System professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma.

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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Yellow-Billed Loon as

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12month finding on a petition to list the yellowbilled loon (Gavia adamsii) as threatened or endangered, with critical habitat, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The petitioners provided two listing options for consideration by the Service: (1) Listing the yellowbilled loon throughout its range, or (2) listing the United States population of the yellowbilled loon as a Distinct Population Segment (DPS). After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we have determined that listing the yellowbilled loon rangewide under the Act is warranted but precluded by other higher priority listing actions.

Notice of Realty Action: Receipt of Application for the Conveyance of Federally-Owned Mineral Interests; Oregon

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

This action informs the public of the receipt of an application from the surface estate owner for the acquisition of the Federallyowned mineral estate.

Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

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 in the possession and control of the Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. The human remains and associated funerary objects are believed to have been removed from a Maine coastal shell midden either east of the Penobscot Bay and/or possibly Bailey Island, Casco Bay, Cumberland County, ME.

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.

A detailed assessment of the human remains and an invent

Information Collection; Conveyance of Federally-owned Mineral Interests

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a 3year extension of OMB Control Number 10040153 under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) needs to collect the information in order to determine if surfaceestate owners are eligible to receive title to the Federallyowned minerals lying beneath their land.

Notice of Intent To Repatriate a Cultural Item: Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center of the

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

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 a cultural item in the possession of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Autry National Center of the American West, Los Angeles, CA, that meets the definition of ``sacred object'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.

The one cultural item is a wooden Kickapoo Prayer Stick (object number 2006.85.11). There are symbolic images on the front of the stick and a sticker on the back reads ``Kickapoo Indians/from Kansas/Prayer stick.'' The museum acquired the cultural item from an anonymo

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5- Year Reviews of 58 Species in California, Nevada,

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, initiate 5-year reviews for 58 species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We request any new information on these species that may have a bearing on their classification as endangered or threatened (see Table 1 below). Based on the results of these 5year reviews, we will make a finding on whether these species are properly classified under the Act. We also indicate in this notice 42 5year reviews we completed for species in California and Nevada in mid to late Fiscal Year (FY) 2008. Reviews we completed for 16 species in early FY 2008 were indicated in our previous initiation notice published in the Federal Register on March 5, 2008 (73 FR 11945).

Recreation and Public Purpose (R&PP) Classification; San Juan County, NM

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

The following described public land is determined suitable for classification for leasing and patenting to the San Juan County, Aztec, New Mexico, under the provisions of the R&PP Act, as amended (44 Stat. 741, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). San Juan County proposes to use the land for a regional fire station.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Atlanta, GA

Wed, Mar 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

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 in the possession of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Atlanta, GA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Bartow County, GA.

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.

A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources professional staff in consultation with representatives of the AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Eastern Ba