83 FR 58297 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, Salt Lake City, UT, and Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT; Correction

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 223 (November 19, 2018)

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on October 12, 2004. This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals. 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 to the Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office. 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.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 223 (Monday, November 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58297-58298]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25125]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, Salt Lake City, UT, and 
Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 
Management, Utah State Office has corrected an inventory of human 
remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on October 12, 2004. This 
notice corrects the minimum number of individuals. 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 to the Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office. 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 Bureau of Land Management, Utah State 
Office at the address in this notice by December 19, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Diana Barg, Museum Collections Manager, Bureau of Land 
Management, 440 W 200 S Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, telephone 
(801) 539-4214, email [email protected].

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 correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the U.S. Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, Salt Lake 
City, UT. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from multiple locations in Washington and Kane Counties, UT.
    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.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals published in 
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (69 FR 60664-
60666, October 12, 2004). Osteological analysis conducted after the 
original publication of the Federal Register Notice in 2004 found that 
two individuals originally reported on the notice were representative 
of four individuals. Additionally, one individual that was reported on 
the original publication of the Federal Register Notice was later 
determined to have been left in situ at the time of excavation and, 
therefore, should not have been included in the original NAGPRA 
inventory nor reported on the initial notice. Transfer of control of 
the items in this correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (69 FR 60665, October 12, 2004), column 1, 
paragraph 2 is corrected by deleting the following paragraph:

    In 1983, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were removed from site 42Ws392 during legally authorized data 
recovery efforts as part of the Quail Creek Mitigation Project, 
Washington County, UT. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.

    In the Federal Register (69 FR 60665, October 12, 2004), column 1, 
paragraph 3 is corrected by deleting the following paragraph:

    Based on ceramic and architectural styles, site organization, 
and other archeological information, site 42Ws392 has been 
identified as a multicomponent Pueblo I and late Pueblo II period 
occupation site. The site has been assigned to the archeologically 
defined culture known as Virgin Anasazi, a specific regional 
manifestation of Puebloan culture.

    In the Federal Register (69 FR 60665, October 12, 2004), column 2, 
paragraph 4, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    In 1979, human remains representing a minimum of four 
individuals were removed from site 42Ws969 Washington County, UT, 
during legally authorized excavations undertaken by the Southern 
Utah University Field School.

    In the Federal Register (69 FR 60665, October 12, 2004), column 3, 
paragraph 6, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 
Management, Utah State Office have determined that, pursuant to 25 
U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above represent the 
physical remains of 12 individuals of Native American ancestry.

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 Diana Barg, Museum Collections Manager, 
Bureau of Land Management, 440 W 200 S Suite 500, Salt Lake City, UT 
84101, telephone (801) 539-4214, email [email protected], by December 19, 
2018. After that date, if no additional requestors have come

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forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may proceed.
    The Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office is responsible for 
notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: October 12, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-25125 Filed 11-16-18; 8:45 am]
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