Recirculation and Adoption of the Central Everglades Planning Project Final Environmental Impact Statement, 87053-87054 [2016-28988]
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Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation.
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History and Description of the Remains
The Cahone (Explorer’s Camp) Site is
a medium sized late Pueblo II site
located on private land in Dolores
County, CO. Excavations were directed
by Samuel Tobin in 1946, by Alfred
Guthe in 1947, and by George Neumann
of Indiana University in 1948. Human
remains, representing a minimum of 8
individuals, were recovered from this
site. The 194 associated funerary objects
are 4 ceramic sherds, 188 pebbles, 1
fused 2nd and 3rd deer tarsal, and 1
stone tool.
Evidence demonstrating cultural
continuity between Ancestral Puebloan
and modern day Puebloan tribes
includes geographical, archeological,
historical, architectural, and oral
traditions. These descendants are
members of the present day tribes of the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kewa Pueblo,
New Mexico (previously listed as the
Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the
Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of Acoma,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia,
New Mexico; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of
Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
Evidence demonstrating cultural
continuity between the Cahone Ruin
site and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe
of the Southern Ute Reservation and the
Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation (Colorado, New Mexico,
and Utah) tribes includes geographical,
linguistic, and oral history evidence.
Determinations Made by the Indiana
University
Officials of Indiana University have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 8
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 194 objects described in this notice
are reasonably believed to have been
placed with or near individual human
remains at the time of death or later as
part of the death rite or ceremony.
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kewa
Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed
as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly the
Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of Acoma,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia,
New Mexico; Southern Ute Indian Tribe
of the Southern Ute Reservation; Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation (Colorado, New Mexico,
and Utah); Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of
Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
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 Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas,
NAGPRA Director, Indiana University,
NAGPRA Office, Student Building 318,
701 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington,
IN 47405, telephone (812) 856–5315,
email thomajay@indiana.edu, by
January 3, 2017. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico (previously
listed as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo);
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly
the Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
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Southern Ute Reservation; Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation (Colorado, New Mexico,
and Utah); Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of
Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
Indiana University is responsible for
notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico (previously
listed as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo);
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly
the Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation; Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation (Colorado, New Mexico,
and Utah); Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of
Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
Dated: November 18, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Recirculation and Adoption of the
Central Everglades Planning Project
Final Environmental Impact Statement
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The National Park Service
(NPS), Everglades National Park (ENP),
intends to adopt the Central Everglades
Planning Project (CEPP) Final
Environmental Impact Statement (Final
EIS) issued by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (COE) in July 2014. Under
applicable Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) regulations, the NPS may
adopt and recirculate the COE’s Final
EIS because the NPS proposed action is
substantially the same as the action
covered by the COE’s Final EIS, and the
NPS and partner agencies are ready to
initiate detailed planning and
SUMMARY:
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compliance for these components of the
plan.
DATES: The NPS will execute the Record
of Decision (ROD) no sooner than 30
days following publication by the
Environmental Protection Agency of its
Notice of Availability of the Final EIS in
the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the
Central Everglades Planning Project
Final EIS, including Appendix C
(Environmental and Cultural
Resources), is available for download on
the Army Corps of Engineers Web site
at: https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/
Missions/Environmental/EcosystemRestoration/Central-EvergladesPlanning-Project/.
A hard copy of the Final EIS can be
viewed at Everglades National Park
Headquarters, 40001 State Road 9336,
Homestead, Florida 33034.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pedro Ramos, Superintendent,
Everglades National Park, pedro_
ramos@nps.gov, 305–242–7712, or Ben
West, Chief, Planning & Compliance, SE
Regional Office, ben_west@nps.gov,
404–507–5700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS
is adopting the CEPP Final EIS,
prepared by the COE. The CEQ
regulations allow Federal agencies to
adopt an EIS prepared by another
Federal agency that meets the standards
for an adequate statement. When the
proposed actions are ‘‘substantially the
same,’’ the adopting agency only needs
to recirculate it as a final EIS. CEQ’s
regulations implementing NEPA
strongly encourage agencies to reduce
paperwork and delay (40 CFR 1500.4,
1500.5.). One of the methods identified
by CEQ to accomplish this goal is
adopting the environmental documents
prepared by other agencies in
appropriate circumstances (40 CFR
1500.4(n), 1500.5(h), and 1506.3).
The CEPP combines several
components of the Comprehensive
Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), and
is designed to redirect water that is
currently being discharged to the
Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico to
the Everglades and Florida Bay. The
project optimizes the use of public lands
to move additional water to the south.
The CEPP will deliver approximately
210,000 acre-feet of water from Lake
Okeechobee to the central Everglades
every year. The recommended plan,
Alternative 4R2, includes features to
store, treat, and deliver water as
sheetflow at the top of Water
Conservation Area (WCA) 3A and calls
for removal of barriers to sheetflow flow
between WCA–3A, WCA 3B, and
Everglades National Park.
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These actions have been addressed in
general or program-level terms and
include guidelines for future
coordination requirements and
programmatic consultations as methods
of ensuring the project is avoiding and
minimizing impacts to resources to the
extent practicable, and complying with
all applicable environmental laws and
regulations. Because of the complexity
of the plan, detailed designs are likely
to be developed and implemented in
phases.
The NPS is adopting the Final EIS,
and will refine its direction in more
focused environmental reviews and
provide site specific impact analysis
prior to implementation of proposed
actions. The NPS will prepare its own
Record of Decision for the Selected
Alternative (4R2) in accordance with 40
CFR 1505.2. Before including your
address, phone 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 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 10, 2016.
Stan Austin,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Peabody Museum of Natural History,
Yale University, New Haven, CT
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Peabody Museum of
Natural History has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
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of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the Peabody Museum of
Natural History. 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 Peabody Museum of
Natural History at the address in this
notice by January 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Professor David Skelly,
Director, Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New
Haven, CT 06520–8118, telephone (203)
432–3752.
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 completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
Peabody Museum of Natural History,
Yale University, New Haven, CT. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Site 16,
Chandler Lake, Brooks Range, North
Slope Borough, AK.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Peabody Museum
of Natural History professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Village of Anaktuvuk Pass.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1956, human remains representing
one individual were removed from a
Nunamiut burial site identified as Site
16, Chandler Lake, Brooks Range, North
Slope Borough, AK and donated to the
Peabody Museum of Natural History the
same year. The human remains
represent one individual identified as a
probable male, aged approximately 30–
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-SERO-EVER-22108; PPSESERO03, PPMPSAS1Y.YP0000]
Recirculation and Adoption of the Central Everglades Planning
Project Final Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS), Everglades National Park
(ENP), intends to adopt the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP)
Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) issued by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (COE) in July 2014. Under applicable Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations, the NPS may adopt and
recirculate the COE's Final EIS because the NPS proposed action is
substantially the same as the action covered by the COE's Final EIS,
and the NPS and partner agencies are ready to initiate detailed
planning and
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compliance for these components of the plan.
DATES: The NPS will execute the Record of Decision (ROD) no sooner than
30 days following publication by the Environmental Protection Agency of
its Notice of Availability of the Final EIS in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the Central Everglades Planning
Project Final EIS, including Appendix C (Environmental and Cultural
Resources), is available for download on the Army Corps of Engineers
Web site at: https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Missions/Environmental/Ecosystem-Restoration/Central-Everglades-Planning-Project/.
A hard copy of the Final EIS can be viewed at Everglades National
Park Headquarters, 40001 State Road 9336, Homestead, Florida 33034.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pedro Ramos, Superintendent,
Everglades National Park, pedro_ramos@nps.gov, 305-242-7712, or Ben
West, Chief, Planning & Compliance, SE Regional Office,
ben_west@nps.gov, 404-507-5700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS is adopting the CEPP Final EIS,
prepared by the COE. The CEQ regulations allow Federal agencies to
adopt an EIS prepared by another Federal agency that meets the
standards for an adequate statement. When the proposed actions are
``substantially the same,'' the adopting agency only needs to
recirculate it as a final EIS. CEQ's regulations implementing NEPA
strongly encourage agencies to reduce paperwork and delay (40 CFR
1500.4, 1500.5.). One of the methods identified by CEQ to accomplish
this goal is adopting the environmental documents prepared by other
agencies in appropriate circumstances (40 CFR 1500.4(n), 1500.5(h), and
1506.3).
The CEPP combines several components of the Comprehensive
Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), and is designed to redirect water
that is currently being discharged to the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of
Mexico to the Everglades and Florida Bay. The project optimizes the use
of public lands to move additional water to the south. The CEPP will
deliver approximately 210,000 acre-feet of water from Lake Okeechobee
to the central Everglades every year. The recommended plan, Alternative
4R2, includes features to store, treat, and deliver water as sheetflow
at the top of Water Conservation Area (WCA) 3A and calls for removal of
barriers to sheetflow flow between WCA-3A, WCA 3B, and Everglades
National Park.
These actions have been addressed in general or program-level terms
and include guidelines for future coordination requirements and
programmatic consultations as methods of ensuring the project is
avoiding and minimizing impacts to resources to the extent practicable,
and complying with all applicable environmental laws and regulations.
Because of the complexity of the plan, detailed designs are likely to
be developed and implemented in phases.
The NPS is adopting the Final EIS, and will refine its direction in
more focused environmental reviews and provide site specific impact
analysis prior to implementation of proposed actions. The NPS will
prepare its own Record of Decision for the Selected Alternative (4R2)
in accordance with 40 CFR 1505.2. Before including your address, phone
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 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 10, 2016.
Stan Austin,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2016-28988 Filed 12-1-16; 8:45 am]
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