80_FR_15866 80 FR 15809 - Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee: Meeting

80 FR 15809 - Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee: Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 57 (March 25, 2015)

Page Range15809-15810
FR Document2015-06798

Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (5 U.S.C. Appendix 1-16), of a meeting of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee (Review Committee). The Review Committee will meet on April 13, 2015, from 2 p.m. until approximately 5 p.m. (Eastern) via teleconference. All meetings will be open to the public.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17820; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 
Committee: Meeting

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Meeting Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, (5 U.S.C. Appendix 1-16), of a meeting of the Native 
American

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Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee (Review Committee). 
The Review Committee will meet on April 13, 2015, from 2 p.m. until 
approximately 5 p.m. (Eastern) via teleconference. All meetings will be 
open to the public.

DATES: The Review Committee will meet on April 13, 2015, from 2 p.m. to 
5 p.m. Register before April 10, 2015, to be provided the telephone 
access number for the meeting.

ADDRESSES: A registration link can be found at http://www.nps.gov/nagpra.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melanie O'Brien, Designated Federal 
Officer, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 
Committee, National NAGPRA Program (2253), National Park Service, 1849 
C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240, or via email nagpra_dfo@nps.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Review Committee was established in 
section 8 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 
of 1990 (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3006. The Review Committee will meet via 
teleconference on April 13, 2015, for the sole purpose of finalizing 
the Review Committee's Dispute Procedures. This meeting will be open to 
the public. Those who desire to attend the meeting should register 
through a link found at http://www.nps.gov/nagpra, before April 10, 
2015, to be provided the telephone access number for the meeting. A 
transcript and minutes of the meeting will also appear on the Web site.

General Information

    Information about NAGPRA, the Review Committee, and Review 
Committee meetings is available on the National NAGPRA Program Web site 
at http://www.nps.gov/nagpra. For the Review Committee's meeting 
procedures, click on ``Review Committee,'' then click on 
``Procedures.'' Meeting minutes may be accessed by going to the Web 
site, then clicking on ``Review Committee,'' and then clicking on 
``Meeting Minutes.'' Approximately fourteen weeks after each Review 
Committee meeting, the meeting transcript is posted on the National 
NAGPRA Program Web site.
    Review Committee members are 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 remains that 
are in the possession or control of each Federal agency and museum, and 
recommending specific actions for developing a process for disposition 
of such human remains; consulting with Indian tribes and Native 
Hawaiian organizations and museums on matters affecting such tribes or 
organizations lying within the scope of work of the Review Committee; 
consulting with the Secretary of the Interior on the development of 
regulations to carry out NAGPRA; and making recommendations regarding 
future care of repatriated cultural items. The Review Committee's work 
is carried out during the course of meetings that are open to the 
public.
    Before including your address, telephone number, email 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 may 
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: March 18, 2015.
Alma Ripps,
Chief, Office of Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-06798 Filed 3-24-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                general public and other Federal                        Form 424, 424A, 424B, Proposal                        approximately 20 hours to complete,
                                                agencies to take this opportunity to                    Summary Sheet, the Proposal, and                      totaling 1,800 hours.
                                                comment on this IC. This collection is                  Budget Sheets. Additionally, EDMAP                      Estimated Reporting and
                                                scheduled to expire on October 31,                      proposal must include a Negotiated Rate               Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
                                                2015.                                                   Agreement, and a Support letter from a                Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’
                                                                                                        State Geologist or USGS Project Chief).               burdens associated with this IC.
                                                DATES:  To ensure that your comments                                                                            Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
                                                are considered, we must receive them                       Since 1996, more than $5 million
                                                                                                        from the NCGMP has supported                          (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
                                                on or before May 26, 2015.                                                                                    agency may not conduct or sponsor and
                                                                                                        geologic mapping efforts of more than
                                                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                                                                            you are not required to respond to a
                                                                                                        1,000 students working with more than
                                                on this information collection to the                                                                         collection of information unless it
                                                                                                        244 professors at 148 universities in 44
                                                Information Collection Clearance                                                                              displays a currently valid OMB control
                                                                                                        states, the District of Columbia, and
                                                Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201                                                                        number and current expiration date.
                                                                                                        Puerto Rico. Funds for graduate projects
                                                Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston,
                                                                                                        are limited to $17,500 and                            III. Request for Comments
                                                VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7197 (fax);
                                                                                                        undergraduate project funds limited to
                                                or gs-info_collections@usgs.gov (email).                                                                         We are soliciting comments as to: (a)
                                                                                                        $10,000. These funds are used to cover
                                                Please reference ‘Information Collection                                                                      Whether the proposed collection of
                                                                                                        field expenses and student salaries, but
                                                1028–0088, National Cooperative                                                                               information is necessary for the agency
                                                                                                        not faculty salaries or tuition. The
                                                Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP—                                                                              to perform its duties, including whether
                                                                                                        authority for both programs is listed in
                                                EDMAP and STATEMAP)’ in all                                                                                   the information is useful; (b) the
                                                                                                        the National Geologic Mapping Act
                                                correspondence.                                                                                               accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
                                                                                                        (Pub. L. 106–148).
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                           We will protect information from                   burden of the proposed collection of
                                                Douglas A. Howard, Associate Program                    respondents considered proprietary                    information; (c) ways to enhance the
                                                Coordinator NCGMP (STATEMAP and                         under the Freedom of Information Act                  quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
                                                EDMAP), USGS Geological Survey,                         (5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing                   information to be collected; and (d) how
                                                12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 908,                     regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under                to minimize the burden on the
                                                20192 (mail); at 703–648–6978                           regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data                 respondents, including the use of
                                                (telephone); or dahoward@usgs.gov                       and information to be made available to               automated collection techniques or
                                                (email).                                                the public or for limited inspection.’’               other forms of information technology.
                                                                                                                                                                 Please note that the comments
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              Responses are voluntary. No questions
                                                                                                                                                              submitted in response to this notice are
                                                                                                        of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are asked.
                                                I. Abstract                                                                                                   a matter of public record. Before
                                                                                                        II. Data                                              including your personal mailing
                                                   EDMAP is the educational component                                                                         address, phone number, email address,
                                                of the NCGMP that is intended to train                    OMB Control Number: 1028–0088.
                                                                                                                                                              or other personal identifiable
                                                the next generation of geologic mappers.                  Form Number: NA.
                                                                                                                                                              information in your comment, you
                                                The primary objective of the                              Title: National Cooperative Geologic
                                                                                                                                                              should be aware that your entire
                                                STATEMAP component of the NCGMP                         Mapping Program (NCGMP–EDMAP
                                                                                                                                                              comment including your personal
                                                is to establish the geologic framework of               and STATEMAP).
                                                                                                                                                              identifiable information, may be made
                                                areas that are vital to the welfare of                    Type of Request: Renewal without
                                                                                                                                                              publically available at any time. While
                                                individual States.                                      change.
                                                                                                                                                              you can ask us in your comment to
                                                   The NCGMP EDMAP program                                Affected Public: University or College
                                                                                                                                                              withhold your personally identifiable
                                                allocates funds to colleges and                         faculty and State Geological Surveys.
                                                                                                                                                              information from public view, we
                                                universities in the United States and                     Respondent’s Obligation: None.                      cannot guarantee that we will be able to
                                                Puerto Rico through an annual                           Participation is voluntary, though                    do so.
                                                competitive cooperative agreement                       necessary to receive funding.
                                                process. Every federal dollar that is                     Frequency of Collections: Annually.                 Douglas A. Howard,
                                                awarded is matched with university                        Estimated Total Number of Annual                    Associate Program Coordinator, National
                                                funds. Geology professors, who are                      Responses: Approximately 50                           Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program.
                                                skilled in geologic mapping, request                    University or College faculty and                     [FR Doc. 2015–06822 Filed 3–24–15; 8:45 am]
                                                EDMAP funding to support                                approximately 45 State Geological                     BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P
                                                undergraduate and graduate students at                  Survey responses.
                                                their college or university in a one-year                 Estimated Time per Response: 36
                                                mentored geologic mapping project that                  hours.                                                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                focuses on a specific geographic area.                    Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
                                                Only State Geological Surveys are                       5,220 hours total. We expect to receive               National Park Service
                                                eligible to apply to the STATEMAP                       approximately 50 applications for                     [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17820;
                                                component of the National Cooperative                   EDMAP and 45 applications for                         PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                Geologic Mapping Program pursuant to                    STATEMAP each year which takes each
                                                the National Geologic Mapping Act                       applicant approximately 36 hours to                   Native American Graves Protection
                                                (Pub. L. 106–148). Since many State                     complete, totaling 3,420 hours. This                  and Repatriation Review Committee:
                                                Geological Surveys are organized under                  includes the time for project conception              Meeting
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                                                a State university system, such                         and development, proposal writing and                 AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                universities may submit a proposal on                   reviewing, and submitting a project                   ACTION:   Meeting Notice.
                                                behalf of the State Geological Survey.                  narrative through Grants.gov. We expect
                                                   Each fall, the program announcements                 to issue 45 EDMAP and 45 STATEMAP                     SUMMARY:   Notice is hereby given in
                                                are posted to the Grants.gov Web site                   grants per year. The grant recipients are             accordance with the Federal Advisory
                                                and respondents are required to submit                  also required to submit a final technical             Committee Act, (5 U.S.C. Appendix 1–
                                                applications (comprising of Standard                    report which takes each grant recipient               16), of a meeting of the Native American


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                                                Graves Protection and Repatriation                      remains that are in the possession or                 specified routes in the Van Buren/Fort
                                                Review Committee (Review Committee).                    control of each Federal agency and                    Smith, Arkansas area; and four specified
                                                The Review Committee will meet on                       museum, and recommending specific                     routes in Topeka, Kansas. Waste
                                                April 13, 2015, from 2 p.m. until                       actions for developing a process for                  Management must also adhere to other
                                                approximately 5 p.m. (Eastern) via                      disposition of such human remains;                    requirements.
                                                teleconference. All meetings will be                    consulting with Indian tribes and Native                 Copies of the Complaint, Stipulation,
                                                open to the public.                                     Hawaiian organizations and museums                    proposed Final Judgment and
                                                DATES: The Review Committee will meet                   on matters affecting such tribes or                   Competitive Impact Statement are
                                                on April 13, 2015, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.                organizations lying within the scope of               available for inspection at the
                                                Register before April 10, 2015, to be                   work of the Review Committee;                         Department of Justice, Antitrust
                                                provided the telephone access number                    consulting with the Secretary of the                  Division, Antitrust Documents Group,
                                                for the meeting.                                        Interior on the development of                        450 Fifth Street NW., Suite 1010,
                                                ADDRESSES: A registration link can be                   regulations to carry out NAGPRA; and                  Washington, DC 20530 (telephone: 202–
                                                found at http://www.nps.gov/nagpra.                     making recommendations regarding                      514–2481), on the Department of
                                                                                                        future care of repatriated cultural items.            Justice’s Web site at http://
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                        The Review Committee’s work is carried                www.usdoj.gov/atr, and at the Office of
                                                Melanie O’Brien, Designated Federal
                                                                                                        out during the course of meetings that                the Clerk of the United States District
                                                Officer, Native American Graves
                                                                                                        are open to the public.                               Court for the District of Columbia.
                                                Protection and Repatriation Review                         Before including your address,
                                                Committee, National NAGPRA Program                                                                            Copies of these materials may be
                                                                                                        telephone number, email address, or                   obtained from the Antitrust Division
                                                (2253), National Park Service, 1849 C                   other personal identifying information
                                                Street NW., Washington, DC 20240, or                                                                          upon request and payment of the
                                                                                                        in your comment, you should be aware                  copying fee set by Department of Justice
                                                via email nagpra_dfo@nps.gov.                           that your entire comment—including                    regulations.
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                          your personal identifying information—                   Public comment is invited within 60
                                                Review Committee was established in                     may be made publicly available at any                 days of the date of this notice. Such
                                                section 8 of the Native American Graves                 time. While you may ask us in your                    comments, including the name of the
                                                Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990                 comment to withhold your personal                     submitter, and responses thereto, will be
                                                (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3006. The Review                    identifying information from public                   posted on the Department of Justice,
                                                Committee will meet via teleconference                  review, we cannot guarantee that we                   Antitrust Division’s internet Web site,
                                                on April 13, 2015, for the sole purpose                 will be able to do so.                                filed with the Court and, under certain
                                                of finalizing the Review Committee’s                      Dated: March 18, 2015.                              circumstances, published in the Federal
                                                Dispute Procedures. This meeting will
                                                                                                        Alma Ripps,                                           Register. Comments should be directed
                                                be open to the public. Those who desire
                                                                                                        Chief, Office of Policy.                              to James J. Tierney, Chief, Networks and
                                                to attend the meeting should register
                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2015–06798 Filed 3–24–15; 8:45 am]           Technology Enforcement Section,
                                                through a link found at http://
                                                                                                                                                              Antitrust Division, Department of
                                                www.nps.gov/nagpra, before April 10,                    BILLING CODE 4310–EE–P
                                                                                                                                                              Justice, 450 Fifth Street NW.,
                                                2015, to be provided the telephone
                                                                                                                                                              Washington, DC 20530, (telephone:
                                                access number for the meeting. A
                                                                                                        DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE                                 202–307–6200).
                                                transcript and minutes of the meeting
                                                will also appear on the Web site.                                                                             Patricia A. Brink,
                                                                                                        Antitrust Division                                    Director of Civil Enforcement.
                                                General Information
                                                   Information about NAGPRA, the                        United States v. Waste Management,                    United States District Court for the
                                                Review Committee, and Review                            Inc. and Deffenbaugh Disposal, Inc.;                  District of Columbia United States of
                                                Committee meetings is available on the                  Proposed Final Judgment and                           America, Plaintiff, v. Waste
                                                National NAGPRA Program Web site at                     Competitive Impact Statement                          Management, Inc. and Deffenbaugh
                                                http://www.nps.gov/nagpra. For the                         Notice is hereby given pursuant to the             Disposal, Inc., Defendants.
                                                Review Committee’s meeting                              Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act,               Civil Action No.: 1:15–cv–00366
                                                procedures, click on ‘‘Review                           15 U.S.C. 16(b)–(h), that a proposed                  Description: Antitrust
                                                Committee,’’ then click on                              Final Judgment, Stipulation and                       Date Stamp: 3/13/2015
                                                ‘‘Procedures.’’ Meeting minutes may be                  Competitive Impact Statement have
                                                accessed by going to the Web site, then                 been filed with the United States                     Complaint
                                                clicking on ‘‘Review Committee,’’ and                   District Court for the District of                      The United States of America, acting
                                                then clicking on ‘‘Meeting Minutes.’’                   Columbia in United States of America v.               under the direction of the Attorney
                                                Approximately fourteen weeks after                      Waste Management, Inc. and                            General of the United States, brings this
                                                each Review Committee meeting, the                      Deffenbaugh Disposal, Inc., Civil Action              civil action to enjoin the proposed
                                                meeting transcript is posted on the                     No. 1:15–cv–00366. On March 13, 2015,                 acquisition by Defendant Waste
                                                National NAGPRA Program Web site.                       the United States filed a Complaint                   Management, Inc. (‘‘WMI’’) of Defendant
                                                   Review Committee members are                         alleging that Waste Management, Inc.’s                Deffenbaugh Disposal, Inc. (‘‘DDI’’). The
                                                appointed by the Secretary of the                       proposed acquisition of Deffenbaugh                   United States alleges as follows:
                                                Interior. The Review Committee is                       Disposal, Inc. would violate Section 7 of
                                                responsible for monitoring the NAGPRA                   the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18. The                    I. Introduction
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                                                inventory and identification process;                   proposed Final Judgment, filed the same                 1. Pursuant to the Agreement and
                                                reviewing and making findings related                   time as the Complaint, requires Waste                 Plan of Merger dated September 17,
                                                to the identity or cultural affiliation of              Management, Inc. to divest small                      2014, WMI proposes to acquire all of the
                                                cultural items, or the return of such                   container commercial waste collection                 outstanding securities of DDI. WMI and
                                                items; facilitating the resolution of                   routes it acquired from Deffenbaugh                   DDI compete to provide small container
                                                disputes; compiling an inventory of                     Disposal, Inc. as follows: Five specified             commercial waste collection service in
                                                culturally unidentifiable human                         routes in Springdale, Arkansas; two                   certain geographic areas in the United


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionMeeting Notice.
DatesThe Review Committee will meet on April 13, 2015, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Register before April 10, 2015, to be provided the telephone access number for the meeting.
ContactMelanie O'Brien, Designated Federal Officer, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee, National NAGPRA Program (2253), National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240, or via email [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 15809 

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