Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee: Meeting, 1266-1267 [05-241]

Download as PDF 1266 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 4 / Thursday, January 6, 2005 / Notices CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM: Individual complainants in criminal cases, individuals investigated or arrested for criminal or traffic offenses, or certain types of non-criminal incidents, or any person involved in or witnessing incidents requiring the attention of BIA, OLES. CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: The files include accident reports and incident reports which may contain any of the following: Name, address, social security number, date of birth, telephone numbers, and other personal identifiers; date and case numbers; related correspondence; fingerprint information; vehicle description and license data; passenger data; insurance data; emergency contact information; law enforcement officers’ names; agency identifiers; sketches and/or photographs; hospital and other medical records. AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 25 U.S.C. 1, 1a, 13; 18 U.S.C. 3055; Act of May 10, 1939, 58 Stat. 693; 53 Stat. 520. ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: The primary uses of the records are: (1) To identify incidents in which individuals were involved, (2) to retrieve the report for information for the individual involved, such as accident reports and reports of damaged, lost or stolen property, (3) as a basis for criminal investigations conducted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Law Enforcement Services, (4) to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies working in areas contiguous to areas under the jurisdiction of the BIA, (5) for the purpose of accident cause identification and to formulate accident prevention programs for improvement in traffic patterns, and (6) to formulate statistical reports necessary for the continued operation of the program. DISCLOSURES OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MAY BE MADE: (1) To the U.S. Department of Justice when related to litigation or anticipated litigation; (2) Of information indicating a violation or potential violation of a statute, regulation, rule, order or license, to appropriate Federal, State, local, foreign, or tribal agencies responsible for investigating or prosecuting the violation or for enforcing or implementing the statute, rule, regulation, order, or license; VerDate jul<14>2003 15:45 Jan 05, 2005 Jkt 205001 (3) To a congressional office in response to a written inquiry an individual covered by the system has made to the congressional office about him or herself; (4) To Federal, State, local, or tribal agencies or contractors where necessary and relevant to the hiring, retention, removal, or processing of a personnel action of an employee or the issuance of a security clearance, contract, license, grant, or other benefit; (5) To Federal, State, local, or tribal governmental officials responsible for administering child protective services in carrying out his or her official duties; (6) To agencies authorized to care for, treat, or supervise abused or neglected children whose policies also require confidential treatment of information; (7) To members of community child protective teams for the purposes of establishing a diagnosis, formulation of a treatment plan, monitoring the plan, investigating reports of suspected physical child abuse or neglect, and making recommendations to the appropriate court of competent jurisdiction, whose policies also require confidential treatment of information; (8) For the purpose of providing information on traffic accidents, personal injuries, or the loss or damage of property may be made to: (a) Individuals involved in such incidents; (b) persons injured in such incidents; (c) owners of property damaged, lost or stolen in such incidents; and/or (d) These individuals’ duly verified insurance companies, personal representatives, and/or attorneys. The release of information under these circumstances should only occur when it will not: (a) Interfere with ongoing law enforcement proceedings, (b) risk the health or safety of an individual, or (c) reveal the identity of an informant or witness that has received an explicit assurance of confidentiality. Social security numbers should not be released under these circumstances unless the social security number belongs to the individual requester; (9) To Federal, State, local, tribal organizations, and contractors for the purpose of incident cause identification and to formulate incident prevention programs for improvement of public safety; (10) To Federal, State, local, and tribal organizations responsible for the formulation of statistical reports necessary for the continued operation of the program; (11) To tribal organizations when necessary and relevant to the assumption of a program under Public Law 93–638, the Indian Self- PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Determination and Education Assistance Act, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq. POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: STORAGE: Maintained in manual form in file folders and electronic media such as personal computers. RETRIEVABILITY: Cross referenced by individual’s name, case number, and other information linked to the individuals in the report. SAFEGUARDS: Maintained in accordance with 43 CFR 2.51 Privacy Act safeguards for records. Access is provided on a needto-know basis only. Manual records are maintained in locked file cabinets under the control of authorized personnel during working hours, and according to the manual maintenance standards identified in Department of the Interior Regulations at 43 CFR 2.51. Electronic records are safeguarded by permissions set to ‘‘Authenticated Users’’ which requires password logon. RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: Records are maintained in accordance with record retentions outlined in 16 BIAM or the current BIA Records Schedule. Records are retired to the appropriate Federal Records Center in accordance with BIA records management policies. SYSTEMS MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: Deputy Bureau Director, Office of Law Enforcement Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., MIB, Washington, DC 20240. SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT: Under the general exemption authority provided by 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), the Department of the Interior has adopted a regulation, 43 CFR 2.79(a), which exempts this system from all of the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a and the regulations in 43 CFR part 2, subpart G, except subsections (b), (c)(1) and (2), (e)(4)(A) through (F), (e)(6), (7), (9), (10), and (11) and (i) of 5 U.S.C. 552a and the portions of the regulations in 43 CFR part 2, subpart G, implementing these subsections. The reasons for adoption of this regulation are set out at 40 FR 37317 (August 26, 1975). [FR Doc. 05–291 Filed 1–5–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–G5–P E:\FR\FM\06JAN1.SGM 06JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 4 / Thursday, January 6, 2005 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee: Meeting National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: Notice is here given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), of a meeting of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee. The Review Committee will meet on March 13–15, 2005, in the Keoni Auditorium, Hawaii Imin International Conference Center, 1777 East–West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848– 1601, telephone (808) 944–7159. Meeting sessions will begin at approximately 1:00 p.m. on March 13, and 8:30 a.m. on March 14–15. Meeting sessions will end each day at approximately 5 p.m. The agenda for the meeting includes an update on various disputes and issues pending before the Review Committee; requests for recommendations regarding the disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains; discussion of regulations; the Review Committee’s 2002–2004 report to the Congress; discussion of nominees for the committee’s seventh member; and presentations and statements by Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, museums, Federal agencies, and the public. To schedule a presentation to the Review Committee during the meeting, submit a written request with an abstract of the presentation and contact information. Persons also may submit written statements for consideration by the Review Committee during the meeting. Send requests and statements to the Designated Federal Officer, NAGPRA Review Committee by U.S. Mail to the National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW (2253), Washington, DC 20240; or by commercial delivery to the National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street NW, 8th floor, Washington, DC 20005. Because increased security in the Washington, DC, area may delay delivery of U.S. Mail to Government offices, copies of mailed requests and statements should also be faxed to (202) 371–5197. Transcripts of Review Committee meetings are available approximately 8 weeks after each meeting at the National NAGPRA Program office, 1201 Eye Street NW, Washington, DC. To request electronic copies of meeting transcripts, send an e–mail message to VerDate jul<14>2003 15:45 Jan 05, 2005 Jkt 205001 nagpralinfo@nps.gov. Information about NAGPRA, the Review Committee, and Review Committee meetings is available at the National NAGPRA website, https://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra; for the Review Committee’s meeting procedures, select ‘‘Review Committee,’’ then select ‘‘Procedures.’’ The Review Committee was established by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. 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 remains; consulting with Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations and museums on matters within the scope of the work of the committee affecting such tribes or organizations; consulting with the Secretary of the Interior in the development of regulations to carry out NAGPRA; and making recommendations regarding future care of repatriated cultural items. The Review Committee’s work is completed during meetings that are open to the public. Dated: December 16, 2004 C. Timothy McKeown, Designated Federal Officer,Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee. [FR Doc. 05–241 Filed 1–5–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–50–S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Sacramento, CA, and Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: 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 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1267 remains and associated funerary objects in the control of the U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Sacramento, CA, and in the physical custody of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Fresno County, CA. 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. An assessment of the human remains, and catalog records and associated documents relevant to the human remains, was made by Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with representatives of Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California (also known as Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokut Tribe, California); Table Mountain Rancheria of California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California; and Tuolumne Band of Me–Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California. In 1948, human remains representing a minimum of one individual were removed from site CA–Fre–27, Fresno County, CA, by F. Fenenga and F.A. Riddell, University of California Archaeological Survey, and transferred to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology the same year. No known individual was identified. The four associated funerary objects are one abalone shell, one steatite ornament, and two pottery fragments. Site CA–Fre–27 is a habitation site located on the east bank of the Kings River within the current impoundment boundaries of the Pine Flat Reservoir. Characteristics of material culture, including steatite beads, brownware ceramics, and historic glass trade beads, indicate that the site was inhabited post–A.D. 1500. Officials of the U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, and Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. E:\FR\FM\06JAN1.SGM 06JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 2005)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 
Committee: Meeting

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is here given in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), of a meeting of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee. The 
Review Committee will meet on March 13-15, 2005, in the Keoni 
Auditorium, Hawaii Imin International Conference Center, 1777 East-West 
Road, Honolulu, HI 96848-1601, telephone (808) 944-7159. Meeting 
sessions will begin at approximately 1:00 p.m. on March 13, and 8:30 
a.m. on March 14-15. Meeting sessions will end each day at 
approximately 5 p.m. The agenda for the meeting includes an update on 
various disputes and issues pending before the Review Committee; 
requests for recommendations regarding the disposition of culturally 
unidentifiable human remains; discussion of regulations; the Review 
Committee's 2002-2004 report to the Congress; discussion of nominees 
for the committee's seventh member; and presentations and statements by 
Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, museums, Federal 
agencies, and the public.
    To schedule a presentation to the Review Committee during the 
meeting, submit a written request with an abstract of the presentation 
and contact information. Persons also may submit written statements for 
consideration by the Review Committee during the meeting. Send requests 
and statements to the Designated Federal Officer, NAGPRA Review 
Committee by U.S. Mail to the National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW 
(2253), Washington, DC 20240; or by commercial delivery to the National 
Park Service, 1201 Eye Street NW, 8th floor, Washington, DC 20005. 
Because increased security in the Washington, DC, area may delay 
delivery of U.S. Mail to Government offices, copies of mailed requests 
and statements should also be faxed to (202) 371-5197.
    Transcripts of Review Committee meetings are available 
approximately 8 weeks after each meeting at the National NAGPRA Program 
office, 1201 Eye Street NW, Washington, DC. To request electronic 
copies of meeting transcripts, send an e-mail message to nagpra_
info@nps.gov. Information about NAGPRA, the Review Committee, and 
Review Committee meetings is available at the National NAGPRA website, 
https://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra; for the Review Committee's meeting 
procedures, select ``Review Committee,'' then select ``Procedures.''
    The Review Committee was established by the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3001 et 
seq. 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 remains; consulting with Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations and museums on matters within the scope of the work of 
the committee affecting such tribes or organizations; consulting with 
the Secretary of the Interior in the development of regulations to 
carry out NAGPRA; and making recommendations regarding future care of 
repatriated cultural items. The Review Committee's work is completed 
during meetings that are open to the public.

    Dated: December 16, 2004
C. Timothy McKeown,
Designated Federal Officer,Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Review Committee.
[FR Doc. 05-241 Filed 1-5-05; 8:45 am]
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