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National Park Service
Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for the Environmental Impact
Statement on the Falls Creek
Hydroelectric Project and Land
Exchange, Glacier Bay National Park
and Preserve, Alaska
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of Availability of the
Record of Decision for the
Environmental Impact Statement on the
Falls Creek Hydroelectric Project and
Land Exchange, Glacier Bay National
Park and Preserve, Alaska.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The National Park Service
(NPS) announces the availability of the
Record of Decision (ROD) for the Falls
Creek Hydroelectric Project and Land
Exchange, Glacier Bay National Park
and Preserve, Alaska.
This ROD documents the decision by
the NPS on behalf of the Secretary of
Interior (Secretary) to implement
applicable portions of the Glacier Bay
National Park Boundary Adjustment Act
of 1998 (Pub. L. 105–317) (Act). The Act
mandated the Secretary implement
specific actions once certain provisions
were met. In this ROD the NPS
addresses its decision to:
• Exchange land presently in Glacier
Bay National Park (Glacier Bay) to the
State of Alaska (state);
• Add state land to Klondike Gold
Rush National Historical Park (Klondike
Gold Rush);
• Designate an island in Blue Mouse
Cove and Cenotaph Island in Glacier
Bay as wilderness; and
• Adjust national park and
wilderness boundaries as necessary to
compensate for the land exchange.
By addressing these actions the NPS
will fulfill the Department of Interior’s
responsibility under the Act.
This ROD follows the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission’s (FERC)
October 29, 2004 decision to issue a
license to Gustavus Electric Company
allowing the construction and operation
of the Falls Creek Hydroelectric Project
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(FERC No. 11659). It also follows the
FERC Order Denying Rehearing on
March 24, 2005 and FERC’s June 17,
2005 denial of a request to reconsider
the March 24, 2005 Order. This record
of decision does not address any of
FERC’s responsibility under the Act nor
does it address any aspect of the
licensing process and decision as
discussed in the final environmental
impact statement (final EIS) and the
FERC Order Issuing License and the
subsequent rehearing denials.
The NPS has decided to adopt the
Preferred Alternative as presented in the
final EIS. This will result in conveying
approximately 1,034 acres in Glacier
Bay to the State of Alaska and in
exchange receiving approximately 1,040
acres in Klondike Gold Rush. Included
is the designation of 1,069 acres in
Glacier Bay as wilderness and deletion
of 1040 acres of wilderness in Glacier
Bay. The National Park and National
Wilderness boundaries will be adjusted.
The ROD briefly discusses the Act
and background of the hydroelectric
project and land exchange, summarizes
public involvement during the planning
process, states the decision and
discusses the basis for it, describes other
alternatives considered, specifies the
environmentally preferable alternative,
identifies measures adopted to
minimize potential environmental
harm, and provides a non-impairment
determination.
ADDRESSES: The ROD can be found
online at the https://www.nps.gov/glba.
Copies of the ROD are available on
request from: Bruce Greenwood,
National Park Service, Alaska Regional
Office, 240 West 5th Avenue,
Anchorage, Alaska 99501. Telephone:
(907) 644–3503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bruce Greenwood, Project Manager,
National Park Service, Alaska Region,
240 West 5th Avenue, Anchorage,
Alaska 99501. Telephone: (907) 644–
3503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS
prepared a final EIS, as required, under
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 and Council of Environmental
Quality regulations (40 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 1500).
A Notice of Intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement,
published in the Federal Register on
July 5, 2002 (67 FR 129), formally
initiated the environmental impact
statement (EIS) process. A draft EIS was
issued on November 7, 2003 (68 FR 216)
for a 60-day public comment period,
that ended January 6, 2004. A Federal
Register notice announcing the
availability of the final EIS was
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published by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency on July 9, 2004 (69
FR 41476), commencing the required
30-day no-action period. The final EIS
describes and analyzes the
environmental impacts of four action
alternatives and a no-action alternative.
The NPS has decided to adopt the
Preferred Alternative as presented in the
final EIS. This will result in conveyance
of 1,034 acres to the state of Alaska. The
Preferred Alternative is a slight
variation of the final EIS Maximum
Boundary Alternative. The Maximum
Boundary Alternative included the
entire 1,145 acres of Glacier Bay park
land identified in the Act as potentially
available for exchange and the
development of a hydroelectric power
project. Because 95 acres in the upper
portion of the Falls Creek area was not
needed for construction of the
hydroelectric power project, the
Maximum Boundary Alternative was
reduced by this amount. To compensate
for the 1,034 acres in Glacier Bay that
will be exchanged to the state of Alaska,
the state of Alaska will transfer to NPS,
approximately 1,040 acres of Chilkoot
parcels within Klondike Gold Rush.
This land will be administered as part
of the historical park. Upon completion
of the exchange of land under this Act,
the Secretary shall adjust, as necessary,
the boundaries of Glacier Bay to exclude
the land exchanged to the State of
Alaska and at Klondike Gold Rush to
include the land acquired from the State
of Alaska.
In accordance with Section 2(b) of the
Boundary Act, to compensate for the
1,034 acres deleted from the National
Wilderness Preservation System at
Glacier Bay, the unnamed island near
Blue Mouse Cove and Cenotaph Island,
totaling 1,069 acres, will be designated
as wilderness. The wilderness
boundaries in the Falls Creek, Blue
Mouse Cove, and Cenotaph Island areas
will be adjusted accordingly.
Dated: March 21, 2006.
Marcia Blaszak,
Regional Director, Alaska.
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American Museum of Natural History,
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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 in the possession of the
American Museum of Natural History,
New York, NY. The human remains
were collected from Morton and Oliver
Counties, ND, and Hughes County, SD.
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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by American
Museum of Natural History professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
North Dakota.
Prior to 1877, human remains
representing a minimum of one
individual were collected from a village
site, Fort Lincoln, Morton County, ND,
on the Missouri River. The human
remains were collected by an unknown
person. It is unclear how the museum
received the remains. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The individual has been identified as
Native American based on museum
documentation that describes the
remains as ‘‘Hidatsa?’’ The human
remains have not been dated, but
originated from an area occupied during
the early postcontact period by the
Mandan people, who are now part of the
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
Given the description of their
geographic origin, the human remains
may have come from On-a-Slant Village,
a Mandan settlement abandoned in
1781.
In 1916, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
collected from Old Fort Clark in Oliver
County, ND, by Rev. Gilbert L. Wilson.
The American Museum of Natural
History purchased the human remains
from Rev. Wilson in 1917. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The individual has been identified as
Native American based on geographic
origin. The location of the human
remains is consistent with the
postcontact territory of the Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota. In 1827,
most of the Arikara and some of the
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Mandan people settled near Fort Clark.
An Arikara cemetery is present at Fort
Clark. Based on the association of the
human remains with historic Fort Clark,
the remains are most likely postcontact.
In 1939, human remains representing
a minimum of six individuals were
collected from the Arzberger site,
Hughes County, SD, by Columbia
University. The American Museum of
Natural History acquired the human
remains as a gift from Columbia
University in 1964. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The individuals have been identified
as Native American based on geographic
origin, mortuary practices, and catalog
records. The catalog indicates the
remains are ‘‘probably Arikara.’’ Flexed
inhumations on elevated land forms
immediately outside villages are
consistent with late precontact and
postcontact Arikara mortuary practices.
Officials of the American Museum of
Natural History have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of eight
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the American
Museum of Natural History also have
determined that, 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 the Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Nell Murphy, Director of
Cultural Resources, American Museum
of Natural History, Central Park West at
79th Street, New York, NY 10024–5192,
telephone (212) 769–5837, before May
31, 2006. Repatriation of the human
remains to the Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The American Museum of Natural
History is responsible for notifying the
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota that
this notice has been published.
Dated: March 24, 2006.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the
Environmental Impact Statement on the Falls Creek Hydroelectric Project
and Land Exchange, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the
Environmental Impact Statement on the Falls Creek Hydroelectric Project
and Land Exchange, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of
the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Falls Creek Hydroelectric Project
and Land Exchange, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska.
This ROD documents the decision by the NPS on behalf of the
Secretary of Interior (Secretary) to implement applicable portions of
the Glacier Bay National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 1998 (Pub. L.
105-317) (Act). The Act mandated the Secretary implement specific
actions once certain provisions were met. In this ROD the NPS addresses
its decision to:
Exchange land presently in Glacier Bay National Park
(Glacier Bay) to the State of Alaska (state);
Add state land to Klondike Gold Rush National Historical
Park (Klondike Gold Rush);
Designate an island in Blue Mouse Cove and Cenotaph Island
in Glacier Bay as wilderness; and
Adjust national park and wilderness boundaries as
necessary to compensate for the land exchange.
By addressing these actions the NPS will fulfill the Department of
Interior's responsibility under the Act.
This ROD follows the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC)
October 29, 2004 decision to issue a license to Gustavus Electric
Company allowing the construction and operation of the Falls Creek
Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 11659). It also follows the FERC Order
Denying Rehearing on March 24, 2005 and FERC's June 17, 2005 denial of
a request to reconsider the March 24, 2005 Order. This record of
decision does not address any of FERC's responsibility under the Act
nor does it address any aspect of the licensing process and decision as
discussed in the final environmental impact statement (final EIS) and
the FERC Order Issuing License and the subsequent rehearing denials.
The NPS has decided to adopt the Preferred Alternative as presented
in the final EIS. This will result in conveying approximately 1,034
acres in Glacier Bay to the State of Alaska and in exchange receiving
approximately 1,040 acres in Klondike Gold Rush. Included is the
designation of 1,069 acres in Glacier Bay as wilderness and deletion of
1040 acres of wilderness in Glacier Bay. The National Park and National
Wilderness boundaries will be adjusted.
The ROD briefly discusses the Act and background of the
hydroelectric project and land exchange, summarizes public involvement
during the planning process, states the decision and discusses the
basis for it, describes other alternatives considered, specifies the
environmentally preferable alternative, identifies measures adopted to
minimize potential environmental harm, and provides a non-impairment
determination.
ADDRESSES: The ROD can be found online at the https://www.nps.gov/glba.
Copies of the ROD are available on request from: Bruce Greenwood,
National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office, 240 West 5th Avenue,
Anchorage, Alaska 99501. Telephone: (907) 644-3503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Greenwood, Project Manager,
National Park Service, Alaska Region, 240 West 5th Avenue, Anchorage,
Alaska 99501. Telephone: (907) 644-3503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS prepared a final EIS, as required,
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and Council of
Environmental Quality regulations (40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Part 1500).
A Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement,
published in the Federal Register on July 5, 2002 (67 FR 129), formally
initiated the environmental impact statement (EIS) process. A draft EIS
was issued on November 7, 2003 (68 FR 216) for a 60-day public comment
period, that ended January 6, 2004. A Federal Register notice
announcing the availability of the final EIS was
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published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on July 9, 2004
(69 FR 41476), commencing the required 30-day no-action period. The
final EIS describes and analyzes the environmental impacts of four
action alternatives and a no-action alternative.
The NPS has decided to adopt the Preferred Alternative as presented
in the final EIS. This will result in conveyance of 1,034 acres to the
state of Alaska. The Preferred Alternative is a slight variation of the
final EIS Maximum Boundary Alternative. The Maximum Boundary
Alternative included the entire 1,145 acres of Glacier Bay park land
identified in the Act as potentially available for exchange and the
development of a hydroelectric power project. Because 95 acres in the
upper portion of the Falls Creek area was not needed for construction
of the hydroelectric power project, the Maximum Boundary Alternative
was reduced by this amount. To compensate for the 1,034 acres in
Glacier Bay that will be exchanged to the state of Alaska, the state of
Alaska will transfer to NPS, approximately 1,040 acres of Chilkoot
parcels within Klondike Gold Rush. This land will be administered as
part of the historical park. Upon completion of the exchange of land
under this Act, the Secretary shall adjust, as necessary, the
boundaries of Glacier Bay to exclude the land exchanged to the State of
Alaska and at Klondike Gold Rush to include the land acquired from the
State of Alaska.
In accordance with Section 2(b) of the Boundary Act, to compensate
for the 1,034 acres deleted from the National Wilderness Preservation
System at Glacier Bay, the unnamed island near Blue Mouse Cove and
Cenotaph Island, totaling 1,069 acres, will be designated as
wilderness. The wilderness boundaries in the Falls Creek, Blue Mouse
Cove, and Cenotaph Island areas will be adjusted accordingly.
Dated: March 21, 2006.
Marcia Blaszak,
Regional Director, Alaska.
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