83_FR_9584 83 FR 9540 - Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee: Notice of Nomination Solicitation

83 FR 9540 - Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee: Notice of Nomination Solicitation

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 44 (March 6, 2018)

Page Range9540-9541
FR Document2018-04539

The National Park Service is soliciting nominations for one member of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee. The Secretary of the Interior will appoint one member from nominations submitted by national museum organizations or national scientific organizations. The Review Committee was established by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA), and is regulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9540-9541]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04539]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22748; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP15.R50000]


Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 
Committee: Notice of Nomination Solicitation

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Request for nominations.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service is soliciting nominations for one 
member of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 
Committee. The Secretary of the Interior will appoint one member from 
nominations submitted by national museum organizations or national 
scientific organizations. The Review Committee was established by the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 
(NAGPRA), and is regulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA).

DATES: Nominations must be received by June 4, 2018.

ADDRESSES: 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, Room 7360, 
Washington, DC 20240, (202) 354-2201 or via email [email protected].

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, Room 7360, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 354-2201 or via 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Review Committee is responsible for:
    1. Monitoring the NAGPRA inventory and identification process;
    2. Reviewing and making findings related to the identity or 
cultural affiliation of cultural items, or the return of such items;
    3. Facilitating the resolution of disputes;
    4. Compiling an inventory of culturally unidentifiable human 
remains and developing a process for disposition of such remains;
    5. 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;
    6. Consulting with the Secretary of the Interior in the development 
of regulations to carry out NAGPRA; and
    7. Making recommendations regarding future care of repatriated 
cultural items.
    The Review Committee consists of seven members appointed by the 
Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary may not appoint Federal 
officers or employees to the Review Committee. Three members are 
appointed from nominations submitted by Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian 
organizations, and traditional Native American religious leaders. At 
least two of these members must be traditional Indian religious 
leaders. Three members are appointed from nominations submitted by 
national museum or scientific organizations. One member is appointed 
from a list of persons developed and consented to by all of the other 
members.
    Members serve as Special Government Employees, and are required to 
complete annual ethics training. Members are appointed for 4-year terms 
and incumbent members may be reappointed for 2-year terms. The Review 
Committee's work is completed during public meetings. The Review 
Committee attempts to meet in person twice a year and meetings normally 
last two or three days. In addition, the Review Committee may also meet 
by public teleconference one or more times per year.
    Review Committee members serve without pay but are reimbursed for 
each day of meeting attendance. Review Committee members are also 
reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in association with Review 
Committee meetings (25 U.S.C. 3006(b)(4)). Additional information 
regarding the Review Committee, including the Review Committee's 
charter, meeting protocol, and dispute resolution procedures, is 
available on the National NAGPRA Program website, at www.nps.gov/NAGPRA/REVIEW/.
    Individuals who are federally registered lobbyists are ineligible 
to serve on all FACA and non-FACA boards, committees, or councils in an 
individual capacity. The term ``individual capacity'' refers to 
individuals who are appointed to exercise their own individual best 
judgment on behalf of the government, such as when they are designated 
Special Government Employees, rather than being appointed to represent 
a particular interest.
    Nominations must:
    1. Be submitted by a national museum organization or national 
scientific organization and should be submitted on the official 
letterhead of the organization.
    2. Affirm that the signatory is the official authorized by the 
organization to submit the nomination.
    3. Affirm that the organization's activity pertains or relates to 
the United States as a whole, as opposed to a lesser geographical 
scope.
    4. Provide the nominator's original signature, daytime telephone 
number, and email address.
    5. Include the nominee's full legal name, home address, home 
telephone number, and email address.
    Nominations should include a resume providing an adequate 
description of the nominee's qualifications, including information that 
would enable the Department of the Interior to make an

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informed decision regarding meeting the membership requirements of the 
Committee and permit the Department of the Interior to contact a 
potential member.
    Public Disclosure of Comments: Before including your address, phone 
number, email address, or other personal identifying information with 
your nomination, you should be aware that your entire nomination--
including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly 
available at any time. While you can ask us in your nomination to 
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2; 25 U.S.C. 3006.

Alma Ripps,
Chief, Office of Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-04539 Filed 3-5-18; 8:45 am]
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9540 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 44 / Tuesday, March 6, 2018 / Notices cultural resources, will be given due Protection and Repatriation Review museum or scientific organizations. One consideration. Federal, State, and local Committee. The Secretary of the Interior member is appointed from a list of agencies, along with tribes and other will appoint one member from persons developed and consented to by stakeholders that may be interested in or nominations submitted by national all of the other members. affected by the proposed action that the museum organizations or national Members serve as Special BLM is evaluating, are invited to scientific organizations. The Review Government Employees, and are participate in the scoping process and, Committee was established by the required to complete annual ethics if eligible, may request or be requested Native American Graves Protection and training. Members are appointed for 4- by the BLM to participate in the Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA), year terms and incumbent members may development of the environmental and is regulated by the Federal Advisory be reappointed for 2-year terms. The analysis as a cooperating agency. Committee Act (FACA). Review Committee’s work is completed The BLM will evaluate identified DATES: Nominations must be received during public meetings. The Review issues to be addressed in the Plan by June 4, 2018. Committee attempts to meet in person Amendment, and will place them into ADDRESSES: Melanie O’Brien, twice a year and meetings normally last one of three categories: Designated Federal Officer, Native two or three days. In addition, the 1. Issues to be resolved in the Plan American Graves Protection and Review Committee may also meet by Amendment; Repatriation Review Committee, public teleconference one or more times 2. Issues to be resolved through policy National NAGPRA Program (2253), per year. or administrative action; or Review Committee members serve National Park Service, 1849 C Street 3. Issues beyond the scope of this Plan without pay but are reimbursed for each NW, Room 7360, Washington, DC Amendment. day of meeting attendance. Review 20240, (202) 354–2201 or via email The BLM will provide an explanation Committee members are also nagpra_dfo@nps.gov. in the EA as to why an issue was placed reimbursed for travel expenses incurred FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: in category two or three. The public is in association with Review Committee Melanie O’Brien, Designated Federal meetings (25 U.S.C. 3006(b)(4)). also encouraged to help identify any Officer, Native American Graves Additional information regarding the management questions and concerns Protection and Repatriation Review Review Committee, including the that should be addressed in the Plan Committee, National NAGPRA Program Review Committee’s charter, meeting Amendment. The BLM will work (2253), National Park Service, 1849 protocol, and dispute resolution collaboratively with interested parties to C Street NW, Room 7360, Washington, procedures, is available on the National identify the management decisions that DC 20240, (202) 354–2201 or via email NAGPRA Program website, at are best suited to local, regional, and nagpra_dfo@nps.gov. www.nps.gov/NAGPRA/REVIEW/. national needs and concerns. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Individuals who are federally Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other Review Committee is responsible for: registered lobbyists are ineligible to personal identifying information in your 1. Monitoring the NAGPRA inventory serve on all FACA and non-FACA comment, you should be aware that and identification process; boards, committees, or councils in an 2. Reviewing and making findings individual capacity. The term your entire comment, including your related to the identity or cultural ‘‘individual capacity’’ refers to personal identifying information, may affiliation of cultural items, or the return individuals who are appointed to be made publicly available at any time. of such items; exercise their own individual best While you can ask us in your comment 3. Facilitating the resolution of judgment on behalf of the government, to withhold your personal identifying disputes; such as when they are designated information from public review, we 4. Compiling an inventory of cannot guarantee that we will be able to Special Government Employees, rather culturally unidentifiable human than being appointed to represent a do so. remains and developing a process for (Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR particular interest. disposition of such remains; Nominations must: 1610.2) 5. Consulting with Indian tribes and 1. Be submitted by a national museum Diane M. Friez, Native Hawaiian organizations and organization or national scientific Eastern Montana/Dakotas District Manager. museums on matters within the scope of organization and should be submitted [FR Doc. 2018–04483 Filed 3–5–18; 8:45 am] the work of the Review Committee on the official letterhead of the BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P affecting such tribes or organizations; organization. 6. Consulting with the Secretary of the 2. Affirm that the signatory is the Interior in the development of official authorized by the organization DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR regulations to carry out NAGPRA; and to submit the nomination. 7. Making recommendations regarding 3. Affirm that the organization’s National Park Service future care of repatriated cultural items. activity pertains or relates to the United The Review Committee consists of States as a whole, as opposed to a lesser [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22748; seven members appointed by the PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP15.R50000] geographical scope. Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary 4. Provide the nominator’s original may not appoint Federal officers or signature, daytime telephone number, Native American Graves Protection employees to the Review Committee. and email address. and Repatriation Review Committee: Three members are appointed from sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Notice of Nomination Solicitation 5. 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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 44 / Tuesday, March 6, 2018 / Notices 9541 informed decision regarding meeting the Interior, through the Director of the Enforcement (BSEE) proposes to renew membership requirements of the National Park Service, on the an information collection with Committee and permit the Department development of a reuse plan and on revisions. of the Interior to contact a potential matters relating to future uses of certain DATES: Interested persons are invited to member. buildings at the Fort Hancock Historic submit comments on or before May 7, Public Disclosure of Comments: District, located within the Sandy Hook 2018. Before including your address, phone Unit of Gateway National Recreation number, email address, or other Area in New Jersey. All meetings are ADDRESSES: Send your comments on personal identifying information with open to the public. this information collection request (ICR) your nomination, you should be aware The Committee website, https:// by either of the following methods listed that your entire nomination—including www.forthancock21.org, includes below: your personal identifying information— summaries from all prior meetings. • Electronically go to http:// may be made publicly available at any Interested persons may present, either www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, time. While you can ask us in your orally or through written comments, enter BSEE–2018–0004 then click nomination to withhold your personal information for the Committee to search. Follow the instructions to identifying information from public consider during the public meeting. submit public comments and view all review, we cannot guarantee that we Written comments will be accepted related materials. We will post all will be able to do so. prior to, during, or after the meeting. comments. Due to time constraints during the • Email kye.mason@bsee.gov, fax Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2; 25 U.S.C. (703) 787–1546, or mail or hand-carry 3006. meeting, the Committee is not able to read written public comments comments to the Department of the Alma Ripps, submitted into the record. Individuals Interior; Bureau of Safety and Chief, Office of Policy. or groups requesting to make oral Environmental Enforcement; [FR Doc. 2018–04539 Filed 3–5–18; 8:45 am] comments at the public Committee Regulations and Standards Branch; BILLING CODE 4312–52–P meeting will be limited to no more than ATTN: Nicole Mason; 45600 Woodland five minutes per speaker. Road, Sterling, VA 20166. Please All comments will be made part of the reference OMB Control Number 1014– DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR public record and will be electronically 0017 in the subject line of your distributed to all Committee members. comments. National Park Service Before including your address, phone FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To [NPS–NERO–GATE–25026; PPNEGATEB0, number, email address, or other request additional information about PPMVSCS1Z.Y00000] personal identifying information in your this ICR, contact Nicole Mason by email written comments, you should be aware at kye.mason@bsee.gov or by telephone Notice of March 23, 2018, Meeting of that your entire comment including at (703) 787–1607. the Gateway National Recreation Area your personal identifying information SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory will be publicly available. While you accordance with the Paperwork Committee can ask us in your comment to withhold Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. your personal identifying information general public and other Federal from public review, we cannot agencies with an opportunity to ACTION: Meeting notice. guarantee that we will be able to do so. comment on new, proposed, revised, SUMMARY: The National Park Service is Authority: 54 U.S.C. 100906; 5 U.S.C. and continuing collections of hereby giving notice of a meeting of the Appendix 1–16. information. This helps us assess the Gateway National Recreation Area Fort impact of our information collection Alma Ripps, Hancock 21st Century Advisory requirements and minimize the public’s Chief, Office of Policy. Committee. reporting burden. It also helps the [FR Doc. 2018–04485 Filed 3–5–18; 8:45 am] public understand our information DATES: The meeting will take place on BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Friday, March 23, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., collection requirements and provide the with a public comment period at 11:00 requested data in the desired format. a.m. (Eastern). We are soliciting comments on the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR proposed ICR that is described below. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Bureau of Safety and Environmental We are especially interested in public the meeting room at the Northeast comments addressing the following Fisheries Science Center James J. Enforcement issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory, 74 [Docket ID BSEE–2018–0004; 189E1700D2 the proper functions of BSEE; (2) Will Magruder Road, Sandy Hook Highlands, ET1SF0000.PSB000.EEEE500000; OMB this information be processed and used New Jersey 07732. Control Number 1014–0017] in a timely manner; (3) Is the estimate FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of burden accurate; (4) How might BSEE Daphne Yun, Acting Public Affairs Agency Information Collection enhance the quality, utility, and clarity Officer, Gateway National Recreation Activities; Safety and Environmental of the information to be collected; and Area, 210 New York Avenue, Staten Management Systems (SEMS) (5) How might BSEE minimize the Island, New York 10305, or by burden of this collection on the sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and telephone (718) 354–4602, or by email Environmental Enforcement, Interior. respondents, including through the use daphne_yun@nps.gov. of information technology. ACTION: Notice of Information SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Collection; request for comment. Comments that you submit in section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory response to this notice are a matter of Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 1– SUMMARY: In accordance with the public record. We will include or 16), the purpose of the Committee is to Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the summarize each comment in our request provide advice to the Secretary of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental to OMB to approve this ICR. Before VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:39 Mar 05, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\06MRN1.SGM 06MRN1


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sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionRequest for nominations.
DatesNominations must be received by June 4, 2018.
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, Room 7360, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 354-2201 or via email [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 9540 
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