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applicant rejected this alternative due to
increased potential effects to the
covered species and increased risk to
project workers.
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We are requesting comments on our
preliminary determination that the
applicant’s proposal will have a minor
or negligible effect on the covered
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Based on our analysis of these criteria,
we made a preliminary determination
that approval of the HCP and issuance
of an ITP to Southern California Gas
qualify for categorical exclusion under
the National Environmental Policy Act
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), as provided by
the Department of Interior Manual (43
CFR 46 and 516 DM 8). Based on our
review of public comments that we
receive in response to this notice, we
may revise this preliminary
determination.
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one of the methods in ADDRESSES.
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and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: August 24, 2015.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
History Colorado, Formerly Colorado
Historical Society, Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
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Next Steps
ACTION:
We will evaluate the permit
application, including the HCP and
comments we receive, to determine
whether the application meets the
issuance criteria of section 10(a)(1)(B) of
the Act and its implementing
regulations (50 CFR 17.22 and 17.32).
We also will evaluate whether issuance
of the ITP would comply with section
7(a)(2) of the Act by conducting an
intra-Service consultation consistent
with section 7 of the Act. We will use
the results of this consultation, in
combination with the above findings, in
our final analysis to determine whether
or not to issue an ITP. If the
requirements are met, we will issue the
ITP to the Applicant for the incidental
take of the California tiger salamander
and California red-legged frog. We will
make the final permit decision no
sooner than 30 days after the date of this
notice.
SUMMARY:
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History Colorado, formerly
Colorado Historical Society, has
completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and any present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations.
Representatives of any Indian tribe
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request to History Colorado. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
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not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to History Colorado at the
address in this notice by September 30,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, NAGPRA
Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone
(303) 866–4531, email sheila.goff@
state.co.us.
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 under the control of
History Colorado, Denver, CO. Seven
sets of remains were received from the
Montezuma County Coroner. They were
recovered from the vicinity of Cortez or
Rangely, Colorado.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by History Colorado
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico
(previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo
Domingo); Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Mescalero Apache Tribe of the
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar
Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes,
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes and the
Shivwits Band of Paiutes) (formerly
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City
Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes,
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and
Shivwits Band of Paiutes)); Pueblo of
Acoma, 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 San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Shoshone Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
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Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Indian Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah
& Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas;
and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico. The Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of
the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation,
South Dakota; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Ohkay Owingeh, New
Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo
of San Juan); Pueblo of Pojoaque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Zia, New Mexico and ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation were invited to consult, but
did not participate. Hereafter, all tribes
listed above are referred to as ‘‘The
Consulted and Invited Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
Sometime before 1977, human
remains representing, at minimum, six
individuals were removed from the
vicinity of Cortez or Rangely, CO, by
private citizens. Their son discovered
the remains when settling his parents’
estate and was put in touch with the
Montezuma County Coroner, who ruled
out a forensic interest in the human
remains October 2014. The remains
were then transferred to the Office of the
State Archaeologist (OSAC), where they
are identified as Office of Archaeology
and Historic Preservation (OAHP) Case
Number 307. Osteological analysis by
Nicholas Zell of Metropolitan State
University indicates that the human
remains are likely of Native American
ancestry. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Sometime in the 1950s, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a farm
near Cortez, CO, by a private citizen. His
wife discovered them among her late
husband’s possessions. In September
2014, she turned them over to the
Montezuma County Coroner, who ruled
out forensic interest in the human
remains. In January 2015, the remains
were transferred to the Office of the
State Archaeologist (OSAC), where they
are identified as Office of Archaeology
and Historic Preservation (OAHP) Case
Number 308. Osteological analysis by
Christiane Baigent of Metropolitan State
University indicates that the human
remains are likely of Native American
ancestry. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
History Colorado, in partnership with
the Colorado Commission of Indian
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Affairs, Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado,
and the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah, conducted tribal
consultations among the tribes with
ancestral ties to the State of Colorado to
develop the process for disposition of
culturally unidentifiable Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects originating
from inadvertent discoveries on
Colorado State and private lands. As a
result of the consultation, a process was
developed, Process for Consultation,
Transfer, and Reburial of Culturally
Unidentifiable Native American Human
Remains and Associated Funerary
Objects Originating From Inadvertent
Discoveries on Colorado State and
Private Lands, (2008, unpublished, on
file with the Colorado Office of
Archaeology and Historic Preservation).
The tribes consulted are those who have
expressed their wishes to be notified of
discoveries in the Southwest and Basin
and Plateau Consultation Regions as
established by the Process, where these
individuals originated.
The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is
responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains. On
November 3–4, 2006, the Process was
presented to the Review Committee for
consideration. A January 8, 2007, letter
on behalf of the Review Committee from
the Designated Federal Officer
transmitted the provisional
authorization to proceed with the
Process upon receipt of formal
responses from the Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico, and the Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, subject to
forthcoming conditions imposed by the
Secretary of the Interior. On May 15–16,
2008, the responses from the Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico, and the
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma were
submitted to the Review Committee. On
September 23, 2008, the Assistant
Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks, as the designee for the Secretary
of the Interior, transmitted the
authorization for the disposition of
culturally unidentifiable human
remains according to the Process and
NAGPRA, pending publication of a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register. This notice fulfills
that requirement.
43 CFR 10.11 was promulgated on
March 15, 2010, to provide a process for
the disposition of culturally
unidentifiable Native American human
remains recovered from tribal or
aboriginal lands as established by the
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final judgment of the Indian Claims
Commission or U.S. Court of Claims, a
treaty, Act of Congress, or Executive
Order, or other authoritative
governmental sources. As there is no
evidence indicating that the human
remains reported in this notice
originated from tribal or aboriginal
lands, they are eligible for disposition
under the Process.
Determinations Made by History
Colorado
Officials of History Colorado have
determined that:
• Based on osteological analysis, the
human remains are Native American.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of seven
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
any present-day Indian tribe.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(ii)
and the Process, the disposition of the
human remains may be to the Southern
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado, and the Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Sheila Goff, NAGPRA
Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone
(303) 866–4531, email sheila.goff@
state.co.us, by September 30, 2015.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to the
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado,
and the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah may proceed.
History Colorado is responsible for
notifying The Consulted and Invited
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: June 29, 2015.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-18957; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: History Colorado, Formerly
Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: History Colorado, formerly Colorado Historical Society, has
completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human
remains and any present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. Representatives of any Indian tribe Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request
transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written
request to History Colorado. If no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: 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 should submit a written
request with information in support of the request to History Colorado
at the address in this notice by September 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Sheila Goff, NAGPRA Liaison, History Colorado, 1200
Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone (303) 866-4531, email
sheila.goff@state.co.us.
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 under
the control of History Colorado, Denver, CO. Seven sets of remains were
received from the Montezuma County Coroner. They were recovered from
the vicinity of Cortez or Rangely, Colorado.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by History
Colorado professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kewa
Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo);
Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah;
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of
Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes and
the Shivwits Band of Paiutes) (formerly Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
(Cedar City Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of
Paiutes, Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes));
Pueblo of Acoma, 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 San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
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Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. The Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, Crow Creek Sioux
Tribe of the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation, South Dakota; Fort Sill
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (previously listed
as the Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation were
invited to consult, but did not participate. Hereafter, all tribes
listed above are referred to as ``The Consulted and Invited Tribes.''
History and Description of the Remains
Sometime before 1977, human remains representing, at minimum, six
individuals were removed from the vicinity of Cortez or Rangely, CO, by
private citizens. Their son discovered the remains when settling his
parents' estate and was put in touch with the Montezuma County Coroner,
who ruled out a forensic interest in the human remains October 2014.
The remains were then transferred to the Office of the State
Archaeologist (OSAC), where they are identified as Office of
Archaeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP) Case Number 307.
Osteological analysis by Nicholas Zell of Metropolitan State University
indicates that the human remains are likely of Native American
ancestry. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Sometime in the 1950s, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a farm near Cortez, CO, by a private
citizen. His wife discovered them among her late husband's possessions.
In September 2014, she turned them over to the Montezuma County
Coroner, who ruled out forensic interest in the human remains. In
January 2015, the remains were transferred to the Office of the State
Archaeologist (OSAC), where they are identified as Office of
Archaeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP) Case Number 308.
Osteological analysis by Christiane Baigent of Metropolitan State
University indicates that the human remains are likely of Native
American ancestry. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
History Colorado, in partnership with the Colorado Commission of
Indian Affairs, Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado, and the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah, conducted tribal
consultations among the tribes with ancestral ties to the State of
Colorado to develop the process for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects originating from inadvertent discoveries on Colorado State and
private lands. As a result of the consultation, a process was
developed, Process for Consultation, Transfer, and Reburial of
Culturally Unidentifiable Native American Human Remains and Associated
Funerary Objects Originating From Inadvertent Discoveries on Colorado
State and Private Lands, (2008, unpublished, on file with the Colorado
Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation). The tribes consulted
are those who have expressed their wishes to be notified of discoveries
in the Southwest and Basin and Plateau Consultation Regions as
established by the Process, where these individuals originated.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains. On
November 3-4, 2006, the Process was presented to the Review Committee
for consideration. A January 8, 2007, letter on behalf of the Review
Committee from the Designated Federal Officer transmitted the
provisional authorization to proceed with the Process upon receipt of
formal responses from the Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico, and the
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, subject to forthcoming conditions
imposed by the Secretary of the Interior. On May 15-16, 2008, the
responses from the Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico, and the Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma were submitted to the Review Committee. On
September 23, 2008, the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks, as the designee for the Secretary of the Interior, transmitted
the authorization for the disposition of culturally unidentifiable
human remains according to the Process and NAGPRA, pending publication
of a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register. This
notice fulfills that requirement.
43 CFR 10.11 was promulgated on March 15, 2010, to provide a
process for the disposition of culturally unidentifiable Native
American human remains recovered from tribal or aboriginal lands as
established by the final judgment of the Indian Claims Commission or
U.S. Court of Claims, a treaty, Act of Congress, or Executive Order, or
other authoritative governmental sources. As there is no evidence
indicating that the human remains reported in this notice originated
from tribal or aboriginal lands, they are eligible for disposition
under the Process.
Determinations Made by History Colorado
Officials of History Colorado have determined that:
Based on osteological analysis, the human remains are
Native American.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of seven individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(ii) and the Process, the
disposition of the human remains may be to the Southern Ute Indian
Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado, and the Ute Mountain
Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 should submit a written request with information
in support of the request to Sheila Goff, NAGPRA Liaison, History
Colorado, 1200 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, telephone (303) 866-4531,
email sheila.goff@state.co.us, by September 30, 2015. After that date,
if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of
the human remains to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado, and the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah may proceed.
History Colorado is responsible for notifying The Consulted and
Invited Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: June 29, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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