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amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),
we invite public comment on these
permit applications before final action is
taken.
III. Permit Applications
We invite the public to comment on
applications to conduct certain
activities with endangered species. With
some exceptions, the ESA prohibits
activities with listed species unless
Federal authorization is acquired that
allows such activities.
Applicant: NOAA/Pacific Islands
Regional Office, Honolulu, HI; PRT–
022729
The applicant requests reissuance of
their permit to import from the high
seas samples and/or whole carcasses of
short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria
albatrus) for the purpose of
enhancement of the species through
scientific research. This notice covers
activities conducted by the applicant
over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Southwest Fisheries Science
Center, La Jolla, CA; PRT–68677C
(Previously PRT–844694)
The applicant requests reissuance of
the permit to import biological samples
collected from wild and captive-bred
animals of Kemp’s ridley sea turtle
(Lepidochelys kempii), hawksbill sea
turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata),
leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys
coriacea), green sea turtle (Chelonia
mydas), loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta
caretta), and olive ridley sea turtle
(Lepidochelys olivacea) for the purpose
of scientific research. Samples are
collected from live or salvaged
specimens. This notification covers
activities conducted by the applicant
over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Zoological Society of San
Diego; PRT–53381C
The applicant requests a permit to
import one male and two female
captive-born quokka (Setonix
brachyurus) to enhance the propagation
and survival of the species. This
notification is for a single import.
Applicant: Zoological Society of
Pittsburgh; PRT–69379C
The applicant requests a permit to
import African elephant (Loxodonta
africana) semen to enhance the
propagation and survival of the species.
This notification is for multiple imports.
Applicant: Charles Jordan, d/b/a NBJ
Zoological Park, LTD., Spring Ranch,
TX; PRT–751619
The applicant requests a captive-bred
wildlife registration under 50 CFR
17.21(g) for the following species to
enhance species propagation or
survival: Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx),
ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), black
and white ruffed lemur (Varecia
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variegata), brown lemur (Eulemur
fulvus), Diana monkey (Cercopithicus
diana), and lar gibbon (Hylobates lar).
This notification covers activities to be
conducted by the applicant over a 5year period.
Multiple Trophies
The following applicants each request
a permit to import sport-hunted trophies
of a male bontebok (Damaliscus
pygargus pygargus) culled from a
captive herd maintained under the
management program of the Republic of
South Africa, for the purpose of
enhancing the propagation or survival of
the species.
Applicant: Thomas McRae Sloan,
Midland, TX; PRT–63058C
Applicant: Frazer Wadenstorer, Holly,
MI: PRT–44772C
Applicant: Michael R. Sartorie, Billings,
MT; PRT–66543C
Applicant: Scott A. Lamphere,
Henderson, MI; PRT–69701C
Applicant: Timothy Ferrall, Riverside,
CA; PRT–61303C
Applicant: James Toney, Baker, LA;
PRT–61596C
Applicant: Robert Hennen, Isle, MN;
PRT–61302C
IV. Next Steps
If the Service decides to issue permits
to any of the applicants listed in this
notice, we will publish a notice in the
Federal Register. You may locate the
Federal Register notice announcing the
permit issuance date by searching in
www.regulations.gov under the permit
number listed in this document (e.g.,
PRT–12345X).
VI. Authority
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Joyce Russell,
Government Information Specialist, Branch
of Permits, Division of Management
Authority.
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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–CR–NAGPRA–21578;
PPWOCRADN0, PCU00RP14.R50000; OMB
Control Number 1024–0144]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation
Regulations
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
National Park Service is proposing to
renew an information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 25,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
information collection request (ICR) by
mail to Tim Goddard, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, National
Park Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive, MS–242, Reston, VA 20192; or by
email to tim_goddard@nps.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1024–
0144 in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA) Program, by email at
melanie_o’brien@nps.gov, or by
telephone at 202–354–2204.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We
(National Park Service, NPS), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed, revised, and
continuing collections of information.
This helps us assess the impact of our
information collection requirements and
minimize the public’s reporting burden.
It also helps the public understand our
information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the
desired format.
We are soliciting comments on the
proposed ICR that is described below.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following
issues: (1) Is the collection necessary for
the proper functions of the NPS
National Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA) Program; (2) will this
information be processed and used in a
timely manner; (3) is the estimate of
burden accurate; (4) how might the NPS
National NAGPRA Program enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the NPS National NAGPRA
Program minimize the burden of this
collection on the respondents, including
through the use of information
technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our
response to OMB to approve this ICR.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
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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.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
funds and has possession of, or control
over, Native American human remains,
funerary objects, sacred objects, or
objects of cultural patrimony
(‘‘museum’’).
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 203.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 4,597.
Total Number of Annual
Respondents: 139.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies.
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Title of Collection: Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation
Regulations, 43 CFR part 10.
OMB Control Number: 1024–0144.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Any
institution or State or local government
agency (including any institution of
higher learning) that receives Federal
Estimated
completion
time
per response
(hrs.)
Total number
of annual
responses
Information collection
Total number
of annual
burden hours
Total number
of annual
respondents
Summaries (initial) ...........................................................................................
Summaries (updated/amended) ......................................................................
Inventories (initial) ............................................................................................
Inventories (updated/amended) .......................................................................
Notices of Inventory Completion ......................................................................
Notices of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items .................................................
Correcting Previously Published Notices .........................................................
6
14
11
31
96
38
7
100
10
200
10
10
10
1
600
140
2,200
310
960
380
7
6
14
11
31
* 45
* 26
*6
Totals ........................................................................................................
203
........................
4,597
139
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* Typically, a respondent will submit one response. However, some respondents submit multiple responses in one year.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour
Burden Cost: None.
Abstract: One of the purposes of the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA, the Act) is
to provide for the repatriation of Native
American human remains and funerary
objects, sacred objects, and objects of
cultural patrimony (‘‘cultural items’’) to
lineal descendants, and affiliated Indian
tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations. The Secretary of the
Interior has several responsibilities
under the Act, which include
promulgating regulations to carry out
the Act and publishing notices in the
Federal Register.
Under NAGPRA and its implementing
regulations, a museum must compile an
inventory of Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
under its control and, to the extent
possible based on the information it
possesses, identify the geographical and
cultural affiliation of the human
remains and funerary objects.
Inventories must be completed in
consultation with Indian tribal
government and Native Hawaiian
organization officials, and traditional
religious leaders. The NPS National
NAGPRA Program, on behalf of the
Secretary, collects information pertinent
for determining the cultural affiliation
and geographical origin of the human
remains and associated funerary objects,
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including descriptions, acquisition data,
and consultation concerning the human
remains and objects, and it makes this
information publicly available. The NPS
National NAGPRA Program also
provides sample inventories to assist
museums.
The Act and its implementing
regulations require a museum to
describe in a summary its holding or
collection of Native American objects
that might be unassociated funerary
objects, sacred objects, or objects of
cultural patrimony. The summary is
followed by consultation on the identity
and cultural affiliation of objects with
Indian tribal government and Native
Hawaiian organization officials, and
traditional religious leaders. The NPS
National NAGPRA Program, on behalf of
the Secretary, collects information
pertinent for determining the cultural
affiliation and identity of objects (as
cultural items), including descriptions,
acquisition data, and parties invited to
consult about the objects, and it makes
this information publicly available. The
NPS National NAGPRA Program also
provides sample summaries to assist
museums.
After the expiration of the statutory
deadlines for completing an inventory
and a summary, if a museum receives a
new holding or discovers an unreported
current holding, or has control of
cultural items that are, or are likely to
be, culturally affiliated with a newly
federally recognized Indian tribe, the
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museum must update or amend its
inventory or summary. The NPS
National NAGPRA Program, on behalf of
the Secretary, collects information
pertinent for determining the cultural
affiliation and geographical origin of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects (in the inventory update), or for
determining the cultural affiliation and
identity of objects as cultural items (in
the summary update), and it makes this
information publicly available.
If a museum determines the cultural
affiliation of human remains and
associated funerary objects in an
inventory, the museum must draft and
send a written notice of its
determination to the affected Indian
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations,
and copy the NPS National NAGPRA
Program. The NPS National NAGPRA
Program, in turn, publishes this notice
of inventory completion in the Federal
Register on behalf of the Secretary.
Similarly, a museum must draft and
send a notice of inventory completion to
the NPS National NAGPRA Program for
publication in the Federal Register
where human remains determined by
the museum to be culturally
unidentifiable are claimed by an Indian
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
having a geographical affiliation to the
human remains. The information in a
notice of inventory completion collected
by the NPS National NAGPRA Program
is based on the information in the
museum’s completed inventory. The
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NPS National NAGPRA Program
provides templates for notices of
inventory completion to assist museums
in drafting these notices.
After receiving a request from an
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization to repatriate an object
described in a summary, if a museum
determines that the object being
requested is an unassociated funerary
object, a sacred object, or an object of
cultural patrimony, and is culturally
affiliated with the requestor, the
museum drafts and sends a notice of
intent to repatriate cultural items to the
NPS National NAGPRA Program, which
publishes the notice in the Federal
Register. The information in a notice of
intent to repatriate cultural items
collected by the NPS National NAGPRA
Program is based on the information in
the museum’s summary, and is
supplemented by information pertinent
to the identity and cultural affiliation of
the cultural item. The NPS National
NAGPRA Program provides a template
for a notice of intent to repatriate
cultural items to assist museums in
drafting this notice.
A museum that revises its decision in
a way that changes the number or
cultural affiliation of cultural items
listed in a notice that was previously
published in the Federal Register must
draft and send a correction notice to the
NPS National NAGPRA Program, which
publishes the correction notice in the
Federal Register. The NPS National
NAGPRA Program provides a template
for a correction notice to assist
museums in drafting this notice.
The NPS National NAGPRA Program
collects and makes publicly available
the above described information in
order to ensure the protection of the
constitutional due process rights of
lineal descendants, Indian tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations related
to property. As evidence of a museum’s
compliance with the Act, the
information collected by the NPS
National NAGPRA Program serves the
reporting museum because only where a
museum repatriates a cultural item in
good faith pursuant to the Act will it be
immune from liability for claims by an
aggrieved party or for claims of breach
of fiduciary duty, public trust, or
violations of state law that are
inconsistent with the provisions of
NAGPRA.
Authorities: The authorities for this
action are the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA; 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.),
NAGPRA Regulations (43 CFR part 10),
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and the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Tim Goddard,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2018–06056 Filed 3–23–18; 8:45 am]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 731–TA–1279 (Final)
(Remand)]
Hydrofluorocarbon Blends and
Components From China
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of remand proceedings.
AGENCY:
The U.S. International Trade
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) hereby
gives notice of the court-ordered remand
of its final determination in the
antidumping duty investigation of
hydrofluorocarbon blends and
components (‘‘HFC’’) from China. For
further information concerning the
conduct of these remand proceedings
and rules of general application, consult
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure.
DATES: Applicable Date: March 16,
2018.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joanna Lo (202–205–1888), Office of
Investigations, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain
information on this matter by contacting
the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–
205–1810. Persons with mobility
impairments who will need special
assistance in gaining access to the
Commission should contact the Office
of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its internet server (https://
www.usitc.gov). The public record of
Investigation No. 731–TA–1279 (Final)
may be viewed on the Commission’s
electronic docket (EDIS) at https://
edis.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background.—In August 2016, the
Commission issued its unanimous
determination in Hydrofluorocarbon
Blends and Components from China,
Inv. No. 731–TA–1279 (Final), USITC
Pub. 4629 (August 2016). Applying the
five-factor finished/semi-finished
product analysis, the Commission found
that there were two domestic like
products, and consequently two
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domestic industries, one comprised of
domestic producers of HFC components
and the other of domestic producers of
HFC blends. The Commission then
determined that the domestic industry
producing HFC blends was materially
injured by reason of subject imports of
HFC blends, whereas the domestic
industry producing HFC components
was not materially injured or threatened
with material injury by reason of subject
imports of HFC components. Petitioners
appealed the determination to the U.S.
Court of International Trade (‘‘CIT’’),
challenging the Commission’s
determination that there were two
domestic like products consisting of
HFC blends and HFC components. The
CIT remanded two issues to the
Commission and affirmed all other
aspects of the Commission’s like
product determination. Arkema, Inc. v.
United States, Court No. 16–00179, Slip.
Op. 18–12 (Ct. Int’l Trade Feb. 16,
2018).
Participation in the proceeding.—
Only those persons who were interested
parties that participated in the
investigations (i.e., persons listed on the
Commission Secretary’s service list) and
also parties to the appeal may
participate in the remand proceedings.
Such persons need not make any
additional notice of appearances or
applications with the Commission to
participate in the remand proceedings,
unless they are adding new individuals
to the list of persons entitled to receive
business proprietary information
(‘‘BPI’’) under administrative protective
order. BPI referred to during the remand
proceedings will be governed, as
appropriate, by the administrative
protective order issued in the
investigation. The Secretary will
maintain a service list containing the
names and addresses of all persons or
their representatives who are parties to
the remand proceedings, and the
Secretary will maintain a separate list of
those authorized to receive BPI under
the administrative protective order
during the remand proceedings.
Written Submissions.—The
Commission is not reopening the record
and will not accept the submission of
new factual information for the record.
The Commission will permit the parties
to file comments concerning how the
Commission could best comply with the
Court’s remand instructions.
The comments must be based solely
on the information in the Commission’s
record. The Commission will reject
submissions containing additional
factual information or arguments
pertaining to issues other than those on
which the Court has remanded this
matter. The deadline for filing
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-CR-NAGPRA-21578; PPWOCRADN0, PCU00RP14.R50000; OMB Control
Number 1024-0144]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Regulations
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
National Park Service is proposing to renew an information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
May 25, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the information collection request
(ICR) by mail to Tim Goddard, Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS-242, Reston, VA
20192; or by email to [email protected]. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1024-0144 in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Program, by
email at melanie_o'[email protected], or by telephone at 202-354-2204.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We (National Park Service, NPS), in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, provide the
general public and other Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed, revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. It
also helps the public understand our information collection
requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format.
We are soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary for the proper
functions of the NPS National Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Program; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden
accurate; (4) how might the NPS National NAGPRA Program enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(5) how might the NPS National NAGPRA Program minimize the burden of
this collection on the respondents, including through the use of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our
response to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address,
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information
in your
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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.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Title of Collection: Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Regulations, 43 CFR part 10.
OMB Control Number: 1024-0144.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Any institution or State or local
government agency (including any institution of higher learning) that
receives Federal funds and has possession of, or control over, Native
American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of
cultural patrimony (``museum'').
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 203.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,597.
Total Number of Annual Respondents: 139.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies.
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Estimated
Total number completion Total number Total number
Information collection of annual time per of annual of annual
responses response burden hours respondents
(hrs.)
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Summaries (initial)............................. 6 100 600 6
Summaries (updated/amended)..................... 14 10 140 14
Inventories (initial)........................... 11 200 2,200 11
Inventories (updated/amended)................... 31 10 310 31
Notices of Inventory Completion................. 96 10 960 * 45
Notices of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items.. 38 10 380 * 26
Correcting Previously Published Notices......... 7 1 7 * 6
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Totals...................................... 203 .............. 4,597 139
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* Typically, a respondent will submit one response. However, some respondents submit multiple responses in one
year.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: None.
Abstract: One of the purposes of the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA, the Act) is to provide for the
repatriation of Native American human remains and funerary objects,
sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony (``cultural items'')
to lineal descendants, and affiliated Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations. The Secretary of the Interior has several
responsibilities under the Act, which include promulgating regulations
to carry out the Act and publishing notices in the Federal Register.
Under NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, a museum must
compile an inventory of Native American human remains and associated
funerary objects under its control and, to the extent possible based on
the information it possesses, identify the geographical and cultural
affiliation of the human remains and funerary objects. Inventories must
be completed in consultation with Indian tribal government and Native
Hawaiian organization officials, and traditional religious leaders. The
NPS National NAGPRA Program, on behalf of the Secretary, collects
information pertinent for determining the cultural affiliation and
geographical origin of the human remains and associated funerary
objects, including descriptions, acquisition data, and consultation
concerning the human remains and objects, and it makes this information
publicly available. The NPS National NAGPRA Program also provides
sample inventories to assist museums.
The Act and its implementing regulations require a museum to
describe in a summary its holding or collection of Native American
objects that might be unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, or
objects of cultural patrimony. The summary is followed by consultation
on the identity and cultural affiliation of objects with Indian tribal
government and Native Hawaiian organization officials, and traditional
religious leaders. The NPS National NAGPRA Program, on behalf of the
Secretary, collects information pertinent for determining the cultural
affiliation and identity of objects (as cultural items), including
descriptions, acquisition data, and parties invited to consult about
the objects, and it makes this information publicly available. The NPS
National NAGPRA Program also provides sample summaries to assist
museums.
After the expiration of the statutory deadlines for completing an
inventory and a summary, if a museum receives a new holding or
discovers an unreported current holding, or has control of cultural
items that are, or are likely to be, culturally affiliated with a newly
federally recognized Indian tribe, the museum must update or amend its
inventory or summary. The NPS National NAGPRA Program, on behalf of the
Secretary, collects information pertinent for determining the cultural
affiliation and geographical origin of the human remains and associated
funerary objects (in the inventory update), or for determining the
cultural affiliation and identity of objects as cultural items (in the
summary update), and it makes this information publicly available.
If a museum determines the cultural affiliation of human remains
and associated funerary objects in an inventory, the museum must draft
and send a written notice of its determination to the affected Indian
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and copy the NPS National
NAGPRA Program. The NPS National NAGPRA Program, in turn, publishes
this notice of inventory completion in the Federal Register on behalf
of the Secretary. Similarly, a museum must draft and send a notice of
inventory completion to the NPS National NAGPRA Program for publication
in the Federal Register where human remains determined by the museum to
be culturally unidentifiable are claimed by an Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization having a geographical affiliation to the human
remains. The information in a notice of inventory completion collected
by the NPS National NAGPRA Program is based on the information in the
museum's completed inventory. The
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NPS National NAGPRA Program provides templates for notices of inventory
completion to assist museums in drafting these notices.
After receiving a request from an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization to repatriate an object described in a summary, if a
museum determines that the object being requested is an unassociated
funerary object, a sacred object, or an object of cultural patrimony,
and is culturally affiliated with the requestor, the museum drafts and
sends a notice of intent to repatriate cultural items to the NPS
National NAGPRA Program, which publishes the notice in the Federal
Register. The information in a notice of intent to repatriate cultural
items collected by the NPS National NAGPRA Program is based on the
information in the museum's summary, and is supplemented by information
pertinent to the identity and cultural affiliation of the cultural
item. The NPS National NAGPRA Program provides a template for a notice
of intent to repatriate cultural items to assist museums in drafting
this notice.
A museum that revises its decision in a way that changes the number
or cultural affiliation of cultural items listed in a notice that was
previously published in the Federal Register must draft and send a
correction notice to the NPS National NAGPRA Program, which publishes
the correction notice in the Federal Register. The NPS National NAGPRA
Program provides a template for a correction notice to assist museums
in drafting this notice.
The NPS National NAGPRA Program collects and makes publicly
available the above described information in order to ensure the
protection of the constitutional due process rights of lineal
descendants, Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations related to
property. As evidence of a museum's compliance with the Act, the
information collected by the NPS National NAGPRA Program serves the
reporting museum because only where a museum repatriates a cultural
item in good faith pursuant to the Act will it be immune from liability
for claims by an aggrieved party or for claims of breach of fiduciary
duty, public trust, or violations of state law that are inconsistent
with the provisions of NAGPRA.
Authorities: The authorities for this action are the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA; 25 U.S.C. 3001
et seq.), NAGPRA Regulations (43 CFR part 10), and the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Tim Goddard,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
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