Notice of Proposed Withdrawal Extension and Opportunity for Public Meeting for the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge; Florida, 56369-56370 [2018-24717]
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Permit application
No.
Applicant
Species/numbers
Location
Activity
Type of take
TE 35594A–3 .......
Alabama Power Company, Birmingham,
AL.
Gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), Indiana
bats (Myotis
sodalis), Northern
long-eared bats
(Myotis
septentrionalis), Gopher tortoise
(Gopherus
polyphemus), Black
Warrior waterdog
(Necturus
alabamensis).
Alabama .....................
Presence/absence
surveys, population
monitoring, upper
respiratory tract disease testing, and
DNA analysis.
Bats: Capture with
mist-nets, handle,
identify, band, and
radio-tag. Gopher
tortoise: Add authorization to trap, attach radio transmitters, and collect
blood. Black Warrior
waterdog: Trap,
handle, identify, and
collect tail sample.
Authority We publish this notice under
section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Leopoldo Miranda,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological
Services, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2018–24607 Filed 11–9–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[18X.LLES964000.L14400000.FR0000;
FLES–58597]
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal
Extension and Opportunity for Public
Meeting for the Pelican Island National
Wildlife Refuge; Florida
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Secretary of the Interior
proposes to extend the duration of
Public Land Order (PLO) No. 5683 for
an additional 40-year term. PLO No.
5683 withdrew 37.50 acres of public
land from settlement, sale, location, or
entry under the general land laws,
including the mining laws, but not from
leasing under the mineral leasing laws
and reserved under the jurisdiction of
the Department of the Interior as part of
the Pelican Island National Wildlife
Refuge (PINWR), administered by the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS). This Notice gives an
opportunity for the public to comment
on the petition/application for the
proposed withdrawal extension and to
request a public meeting.
DATES: For a period until February 11,
2019, all persons who wish to submit
comments, suggestions, or objections in
connection with the proposed
withdrawal extension may do so in
writing.
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SUMMARY:
Written comments should
be sent to the BLM Southeastern States
District Office, Attn: Victoria Craft, 273
ADDRESSES:
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Market Street, Flowood, MS 39232 or by
email to: vcraft@blm.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sally Spencer, phone: 202–912–7700;
email: sspencer@blm.gov. Persons who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
above individual.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
withdrawal created by PLO No. 5683 (44
FR 53084, 1979), will expire on
September 11, 2019, unless extended.
The USFWS has filed a petition/
application requesting extension of the
withdrawal created by the PLO for an
additional 40-year term. The PLO
withdrew the following described
public land from settlement, sale,
location, or entry under the general land
laws, including the mining laws, but not
from leasing under the mineral leasing
laws, and reserved them as part of the
PINWR:
Tallahassee Meridian, Florida
T. 31 S, R. 39 E,
Sec. 9, lot 9
The land withdrawn by PLO No. 5683 are
located in Indian River County (formerly a
portion of Brevard County), Florida.
The purpose of the withdrawal
extension is to continue to provide an
upland buffer zone between the existing
refuge and the adjacent privately held
land. The withdrawn land is home to
PINWR’s Centennial Trail, Boardwalk,
and Observation Pavilion, which were
developed in recognition of the 2003
Centennial Celebration of the National
Wildlife Refuge System, at the home of
the first National Wildlife Refuge. The
PINWR contains 5,400 acres and is
visited by over 100,000 people annually
who come to experience nature and
learn about the Refuge.
The use of a right-of-way, interagency
agreement, or cooperative agreement
would not provide adequate protection
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for the wildlife habitat and unique
resource values within the PINWR.
No additional water rights would be
needed to fulfill the purpose of the
requested withdrawal extension.
There are no suitable alternative sites
since the lands described herein contain
the natural and biological resources of
interest for protection.
All persons who wish to submit
comments, suggestions, or objections in
connection with the proposed
withdrawal extension may present their
views in writing to the BLM Eastern
States, at the address indicated above.
Comments, including names and street
addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the
address stated above, during regular
business hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except
holidays.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personally identifiable information in
your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment—including
your personally identifiable
information—may be made publicly
available at any time. While you can ask
the BLM in your comment to withhold
your personally identifiable information
from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Notice is hereby given that an
opportunity for a public meeting is
afforded in connection with the
proposed withdrawal extension. All
interested persons who desire a public
meeting for the purpose of being heard
on the proposed withdrawal extension
must submit a written request to the
District Manager, BLM Southeastern
States District Office at the address
provided in the ADDRESSES section,
within 90 days from the date of
publication of this Notice. If the
authorized officer determines that a
public meeting will be held, a Notice of
the date, time, and place will be
published in the Federal Register and
local newspapers and posted on the
BLM website at: www.blm.gov at least
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30 days before the scheduled date of the
meeting.
All statements received will be
considered before any recommendation
concerning the proposed extension is
submitted to the Assistant Secretary—
Land and Minerals Management for
final action. This withdrawal extension
proposal will be processed in
accordance with the regulations set
forth in 43 CFR 2310.4.
Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3–1.
Dated: November 6, 2018.
Ryan K. Zinke,
Secretary of the Interior.
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Kansas State
Historical Society professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco, and Tawakonie),
Oklahoma.
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026717;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Kansas State Historical Society,
Topeka, KS
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Kansas State 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 a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
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
of these human remains should submit
a written request to the Kansas State
Historical Society. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains 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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Kansas State
Historical Society at the address in this
notice by December 13, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Robert J. Hoard, Kansas
State Historical Society, 6425 SW 6th
Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615–1099,
telephone 785–272–8681, Ext. 269,
email Robert.hoard@ks.gov.
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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 under the control of
the Kansas State Historical Society,
Topeka, KS. The human remains were
removed from Barber, Cowley, Marion,
Rice, and Sumner Counties, KS.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
History and Description of the Remains
On or before 1985, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from portions
of site 14BA401, the JJ Lemon Ranch
site (UBS 2001–22) in Barber County,
KS, by an artifact collector in Pratt, KS.
In 2001, the collector showed his
collection to Kansas State Historical
Society staff, who identified and took
possession of the human remains—
cranial fragments, a mandible fragment
with teeth, three vertebrae, and two
fragments of a femur—all of which
belong to a single, 45-55-year-old male.
No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
The site is affiliated with the Middle
Ceramic (ca. A.D. 1100–1400) Pratt
complex based on diagnostic artifacts
observed at the site. The Pratt complex
material culture recovered from the
site—charred corn cobs, small triangular
Washita points, beveled knives, bison
scapula hoes, other bone tools, and
attributes of ceramic vessel sherds—is
representative of the people who are
ancestral to the Great Bend aspect and,
ultimately, to the Wichita and Affiliated
Tribes, as asserted by Brosowske and
Bevitt in the volume Kansas
Archaeology (Hoard and Banks
2006:180–205), as well as by others.
Previously recovered human remains
from this site were repatriated to the
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes in 1999
(Federal Register March 12, 1999, vol.
64, no. 48, pp. 12349–12351).
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In 1969, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual was
removed from 14SR303, the Buresh site
(UBS 2000–12) in Sumner County, KS.
Kansas State Historical Society staff
excavated the site to save information
from the site before it was destroyed by
collectors. A human occipital belonging
to an adult was recovered from a large
basin-shaped feature containing
charcoal, tools, and other cultural
debris. These human remains were not
noted during the excavation, but were
found only later, during analysis of the
Kansas State Historical Society
collections. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The site dates to ca. A.D. 1100. The
material culture recovered from the
site—charred corn cobs, small triangular
Washita points, beveled knives, bison
scapula hoes, other bone tools, and
sherds from globular jars with decorated
lips and rims—is consistent with the
Washita focus, whose people are
considered to be ancestral to the Great
Bend aspect and, ultimately, to the
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, as
asserted by Brosowske and Bevitt in the
volume Kansas Archaeology (Hoard and
Banks 2006:180–205), as well as by
others.
In 1986, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from 14MN328, the Mem site
(UBS 2001–26) in advance of highway
construction. The collections from the
site, including ceramic vessel sherds
and side-notched arrow pints, are
consistent with the Great Bend aspect.
Subsequent analysis of collections from
the investigations recovered a human
deciduous incisor belonging to a single
individual. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The Great Bend aspect, ca. A.D. 1350–
1700, is widely understood to be
ancestral to the modern-day Wichita
and Affiliated Tribes. This
understanding is based on radiocarbon
dates, geographic region, material
culture, oral tradition, and historical
documents such as the entradas of
Coronado and On˜ate in A.D. 1541 and
1601, respectively, as well as historical
continuity into the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. This evidence is
strongly asserted in Waldo Wedel’s 1959
publication An Introduction to Kansas
Archeology and in many subsequent
archeological publications.
In 1977, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from 14RC2, the Major site
(UBS 2001–32) in Rice County, KS. A
private individual excavated a trash pit
at the site, and subsequently donated
the collection to the Kansas State
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[18X.LLES964000.L14400000.FR0000; FLES-58597]
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal Extension and Opportunity for
Public Meeting for the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge; Florida
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior proposes to extend the duration
of Public Land Order (PLO) No. 5683 for an additional 40-year term. PLO
No. 5683 withdrew 37.50 acres of public land from settlement, sale,
location, or entry under the general land laws, including the mining
laws, but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws and reserved
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior as part of the
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR), administered by the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). This Notice gives an
opportunity for the public to comment on the petition/application for
the proposed withdrawal extension and to request a public meeting.
DATES: For a period until February 11, 2019, all persons who wish to
submit comments, suggestions, or objections in connection with the
proposed withdrawal extension may do so in writing.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the BLM Southeastern
States District Office, Attn: Victoria Craft, 273 Market Street,
Flowood, MS 39232 or by email to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally Spencer, phone: 202-912-7700;
email: [email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-
877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours.
The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message
or question with the above individual.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The withdrawal created by PLO No. 5683 (44
FR 53084, 1979), will expire on September 11, 2019, unless extended.
The USFWS has filed a petition/application requesting extension of the
withdrawal created by the PLO for an additional 40-year term. The PLO
withdrew the following described public land from settlement, sale,
location, or entry under the general land laws, including the mining
laws, but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, and reserved
them as part of the PINWR:
Tallahassee Meridian, Florida
T. 31 S, R. 39 E,
Sec. 9, lot 9
The land withdrawn by PLO No. 5683 are located in Indian River
County (formerly a portion of Brevard County), Florida.
The purpose of the withdrawal extension is to continue to provide
an upland buffer zone between the existing refuge and the adjacent
privately held land. The withdrawn land is home to PINWR's Centennial
Trail, Boardwalk, and Observation Pavilion, which were developed in
recognition of the 2003 Centennial Celebration of the National Wildlife
Refuge System, at the home of the first National Wildlife Refuge. The
PINWR contains 5,400 acres and is visited by over 100,000 people
annually who come to experience nature and learn about the Refuge.
The use of a right-of-way, interagency agreement, or cooperative
agreement would not provide adequate protection for the wildlife
habitat and unique resource values within the PINWR.
No additional water rights would be needed to fulfill the purpose
of the requested withdrawal extension.
There are no suitable alternative sites since the lands described
herein contain the natural and biological resources of interest for
protection.
All persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, or objections
in connection with the proposed withdrawal extension may present their
views in writing to the BLM Eastern States, at the address indicated
above. Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents,
will be available for public review at the address stated above, during
regular business hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except holidays.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personally identifiable information in your comment, you should
be aware that your entire comment--including your personally
identifiable information--may be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask the BLM in your comment to withhold your personally
identifiable information from public review, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal extension. All
interested persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being
heard on the proposed withdrawal extension must submit a written
request to the District Manager, BLM Southeastern States District
Office at the address provided in the ADDRESSES section, within 90 days
from the date of publication of this Notice. If the authorized officer
determines that a public meeting will be held, a Notice of the date,
time, and place will be published in the Federal Register and local
newspapers and posted on the BLM website at: www.blm.gov at least
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30 days before the scheduled date of the meeting.
All statements received will be considered before any
recommendation concerning the proposed extension is submitted to the
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management for final action.
This withdrawal extension proposal will be processed in accordance with
the regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2310.4.
Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3-1.
Dated: November 6, 2018.
Ryan K. Zinke,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2018-24717 Filed 11-9-18; 8:45 am]
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