Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harpers Ferry, IA, 27799-27802 [2019-12590]
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Nevada 89801, and at the BLM’s NEPA
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Janice Stadelman, Project Manager, at
telephone 775–753–0346; address 3900
East Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada 89801;
email: blm_nv_eldo_rossimine_project_
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final
EIS is an abbreviated document that
presents updates to the Draft EIS
resulting from public and cooperating
agency comments received during the
45-day public comment period. Public
comments resulted in the addition of
clarifying text, but did not significantly
change the analysis. None of the public
comments received resulted in major
changes or revisions to the Draft EIS.
Therefore, this abbreviated Final EIS
must be read in conjunction with the
Draft EIS (September 2018), which is
also located on BLM’s eplanning site at
https://go.usa.gov/xnRCr.
The EIS analyzed the proposed
modification submitted by Halliburton
Energy Services to their plan of
operations for the Rossi Mine Project.
The proposal includes the continuation
of the existing mine infrastructure, but
would expand the existing facilities and
operation to support the continuation of
the open pit mining operation and
surface exploration activities for barite.
The proposed action would increase the
disturbance to approximately a total
acreage of 2,063 acres of public and
private land, including 896 acres of
previously approved or existing
disturbance and 1,167 acres of new land
disturbance. Of the 2,063 acres of
surface disturbance, approximately 209
acres consist of private land and the
remaining 1,854 acres are public land
administered by the BLM. The proposed
expansion would provide up to an
estimated 433 jobs, some of which could
be filled by returning and new
employees.
The proposed action includes the
expansion of the existing plan of
operations boundary, the expansion of
the existing open pits, the development
of new open pits, expansion of the
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existing waste rock disposal facilities,
construction of new waste rock disposal
facilities, expansion or modification of
ancillary facilities, expansion and
development of new roads, re-alignment
of segments of the Boulder Valley Road
and Antelope-Boulder Connector Road,
installation of new power distribution
lines, the continuation of surface
exploration, and reclamation activities.
The proposed expansion is projected to
add 8 years to the mine’s life. The
Project is located on the northern end of
the Carlin Trend in Elko County,
approximately 25 miles north of the
community of Dunphy and 28 aerial
miles northwest of the town of Carlin,
Nevada.
The Notice of Availability of the Draft
EIS for the Rossi Mine Expansion
Project published on September 14,
2018 (83 FR 46753), with a 45-day
comment period. The BLM issued a
news release and held two public
meetings during the comment period. A
total of nine people signed the
attendance sheets available at the
meetings. Those attending the public
meetings consisted of representatives
from the BLM, Halliburton, and the
Nevada Department of Wildlife, and
four members from the general public.
The BLM received a total of eight
comment submittals (e.g. letter,
comment form, email) during the
comment period. Key issues identified
by individuals, groups, and government
entities include potential impacts and
mitigation for sage-grouse and mule
deer habitat; impacts, mitigation and
monitoring related to groundwater;
direct, cumulative and socioeconomic
impacts to livestock grazing
management; maintenance of the access
road; minimizing night lighting impacts;
complying with State regulations and
permitting with the State agencies
regarding air and water; and support for
the project.
The BLM is the lead Federal agency
for this EIS. Cooperating agencies
included the Nevada Department of
Wildlife, the Nevada Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources
Sagebrush Ecosystem Technical Team,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the
Elko County Board of Commissioners,
and the EPA. The agency-preferred
alternative is the Reconfiguration
Alternative, which consists of the
Proposed Action and the
reconfiguration of the waste rock
disposal facilities.
Following a 30-day Final EIS
availability and review period, a Record
of Decision (ROD) will be issued. The
decision reached in the ROD is subject
to appeal to the Interior Board of Land
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Appeals. The 30-day appeal period
begins with the issuance of the ROD.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10)
Jill C. Silvey,
District Manager, Elko District Office.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Effigy Mounds National
Monument, Harpers Ferry, IA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service, Effigy
Mounds National Monument has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
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 associated funerary
objects 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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to Effigy Mounds National
Monument. If no additional requestors
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects 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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to Effigy Mounds National
Monument at the address in this notice
by July 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Jim Nepstad,
Superintendent, Effigy Mounds National
Monument, 151 Hwy. 76, Harpers Ferry,
IA 52146, telephone (563) 873–3491 Ext.
101, email jim_nepstad@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Effigy Mounds
National Monument, Harpers Ferry, IA.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
sites in Allamakee and Clayton
Counties, IA.
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 Superintendent, Effigy Mounds
National Monument.
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Effigy Mounds
National Monument professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow
Creek Reservation, South Dakota;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin;
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska;
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Lower Sioux
Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska;
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska;
Prairie Island Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac &
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe
of the Mississippi in Iowa; Santee Sioux
Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of
Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of
the Lake Traverse Reservation, South
Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of
North & South Dakota; Upper Sioux
Community, Minnesota; Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska; and the Yankton
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota (hereafter
referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
The human remains described below,
with the exception of one metatarsal
fragment from the Great Bear Mound
Group originally misidentified as a bone
tool, were stolen from Effigy Mounds
National Monument in 1990 and
recovered in 2011 and 2012. After
examination by an osteologist, most, but
not all, of the remains were able to be
matched with their original
documentation. The recovered remains
which were not able to be matched were
cataloged as a separate accession (#212)
and are accounted for in the total
minimum number of individuals in
Effigy Mounds National Monument
collections. These fragmentary remains
will not be described separately in this
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notice or any future notice. Items found
with the stolen remains that could not
be reunited with their original accession
are described here as cultural items
removed at unknown dates from
unknown sites within the boundaries of
Effigy Mounds National Monument.
Because the mounds at Effigy Mounds
National Monument are burial mounds,
all artifacts that come from these
mounds are considered funerary objects.
All of the funerary objects are
considered associated funerary objects
because, even though these types of
items likely had other uses within the
culture, it is reasonable to believe that
these specific funerary objects were
made exclusively for burial purposes
and therefore pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(3)(A) are associated funerary
objects regardless of the location of the
connected human remains.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual, were removed from an
unknown site likely within the
boundaries of Effigy Mounds National
Monument in Allamakee or Clayton
County, IA. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
At unknown dates, 59 cultural items
were removed from unknown sites
within the boundaries of Effigy Mounds
National Monument in Allamakee or
Clayton County, IA. The 59 associated
funerary objects are 55 animal bones,
one unfired clay fragment, and three
stones.
In 1928, human remains representing,
at minimum, three individuals, were
removed from Fire Point Mound Group,
Allamakee County, IA, by local collector
Henry P. Field, who donated the
material to Effigy Mounds National
Monument in 1958. No known
individuals were identified. The 22
associated funerary objects are one
miniature pot, one ground stone tool,
one iron concretion, one modified
hematite slab, one galena crystal, one
maul, one drill, four stones, two pottery
sherds, two utilized flakes, four flakes,
one flake fragment, one flake tool, and
one biface.
In 1952, 51 cultural items were
removed from Sny Magill Mound Group
in Clayton County, IA, by NPS
archeologist Paul Beaubien during work
to determine if the site should be added
to the monument. The 51 associated
funerary objects are three ground stone
tools, four pieces of shatter, six
unmodified rocks, one piece of fire
cracked rock, seven flakes, and 30
pottery sherds.
In 1952, 38 cultural items were
removed from the Nazekaw Terrace
Mound Group in Allamakee County, IA,
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by NPS archeologist Paul Beaubien. The
human remains were given to an outside
researcher in 1952, returned to Effigy
Mounds National Monument in 2000,
and repatriated in 2005. The 38
associated funerary objects are 14 flakes,
five pieces of shatter, 16 unmodified
rocks, two faunal bones, and one bag of
vegetal material.
In 1957, 46 cultural items were
removed from the Devils Den Mound
Group on private property in Clayton
County, IA, by NPS archeologist Robert
Bray. The landowner donated the items
to Effigy Mounds National Monument
along with a bundle burial which was
repatriated in 2001. The 46 associated
funerary objects are 42 pottery sherds,
one scraper, one modified flake, and
two unmodified rocks.
In 1959, human remains representing,
at minimum, four individuals, were
removed from Red House Landing
Mound Group in Allamakee County, IA,
by NPS archeologist John Ingmanson
during a soil study by the Iowa State
University Department of Agronomy. No
known individuals were identified. The
62 associated funerary objects are one
flake, one shell, five pieces of shatter, 52
unmodified rocks, two charcoal
samples, and one soil sample.
In 1959, one cultural item was
removed from the Nazekaw Terrace
Mound Group by local collector Henry
P. Field during construction of the
Visitor Center parking lot and given to
Effigy Mounds National Monument
staff. The one associated funerary object
is a piece of a copper breastplate.
In 1961, two cultural items were
removed from the Marching Bear
Mound Group in Clayton County, IA, by
NPS archeologist John Ingmanson
during the mound rehabilitation project.
The two associated funerary objects are
one projectile point and one charcoal
sample.
In 1962, seven cultural items were
removed from the Marching Bear
Mound Group in Clayton County, IA, by
NPS archeologist Garland Gordon
during the mound rehabilitation project.
The seven associated funerary objects
are two charcoal samples, one
unmodified stone, two cores, and two
flakes.
Between 1960 and 1963, one cultural
item was removed from the Marching
Bear Mound Group in Clayton County,
IA, during the mound rehabilitation
project. The one associated funerary
object is a flake tool.
In 1962, 30 cultural items were
removed from the Compound Mound
Group in Clayton County, IA, by NPS
archeologist Garland Gordon during the
mound rehabilitation project. Human
remains from the site were repatriated
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in 2008. The 30 associated funerary
objects are seven flakes, 14 unmodified
stones, and nine pieces of shatter.
In 1962, 38 cultural items were
removed from the Marquette-Yellow
River Mound Group 8 in Clayton
County, IA, by NPS archeologist
Garland Gordon during the mound
rehabilitation project. The 38 associated
funerary objects are eight flakes, one
piece of shatter, 28 unmodified rocks,
and one burned earth sample.
In 1962, nine cultural items were
removed from the Marquette-Yellow
River Mound Group 6 in Clayton
County, IA, by NPS archeologist
Garland Gordon during the mound
rehabilitation project. The nine
associated funerary objects are seven
flakes, one piece of shatter, and one
unmodified rock.
In 1965, human remains representing,
at minimum, five individuals, were
excavated from Fire Point Mound Group
in Allamakee County, IA, by NPS
archeologist Garland Gordon during the
mound rehabilitation project. No known
individuals were identified. The 48
associated funerary objects are five
flakes, one knife fragment, one galena
crystal, seven pottery sherds, three
pieces of shatter, 10 animal bones, 14
unmodified stones, six soil samples, and
one burned earth sample.
In 1965, 106 cultural items were
removed from Isolated Round Mound I
in Allamakee County, IA, by NPS
archeologist Garland Gordon during the
mound rehabilitation project. The 106
associated funerary objects are 64
pottery sherds, 40 unmodified rocks,
one flake, and one soil sample.
In 1967, one cultural item was
removed from the Karnopp-Eggleston
Mound Group in Crawford County, WI,
by NPS archeologist Garland Gordon
after permission was given by the
landowner to surface collect a recently
leveled mound. Gordon collected
human remains and artifacts which
were donated to Effigy Mounds National
Monument. In 1987, the human remains
were transferred to the Wisconsin
Historical Society via the Iowa Office of
the State Archaeologist under the
authority of the 1976 Iowa Burial Law.
In the 1970s, all but one of the artifacts
were culled from the accession with no
accompanying documentation. Their
location is unknown. The one
associated funerary object is one
bifurcate base projectile point.
In 1971, human remains representing,
at minimum, three individuals, were
removed from Isolated Round Mound II
in Allamakee County, IA, by NPS
archeologist Wilfred Husted during
legally authorized excavations. No
known individuals were identified. The
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one associated funerary object is a soil
sample.
In 1971, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual, were
removed from the Great Bear Mound
Group in Allamakee County, IA, by NPS
archeologist Wilfred Husted during the
mound rehabilitation project. No known
individuals were identified. The one
associated funerary object is a small
stone celt.
Based on archeological context,
ethnographic information, and oral
traditions the human remains and
associated funerary objects described
above are identified as belonging to the
Woodland tradition.
The Woodland tradition transitions
into the Oneota tradition which is
identified as being clearly ancestral to
the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin;
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska;
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe
of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Nebraska; and Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska.
The First Treaty of Prairie Du Chien
of August 19, 1825 between the United
States and the Sac and Fox, Dakota
Sioux, Ioway, Ho-Chunk, Winnebago,
Potawatomi, Chippewa, Menominee,
and Ottawa demonstrates the variety of
tribes living in the area in the 1800s
who have historic affiliation with Effigy
Mounds National Monument.
The First Treaty of Prairie du Chien,
as well as linguistic, oral tradition,
temporal, and geographic evidence,
reasonably indicates that the following
Sioux Indian tribes possess ancestral
ties to the Effigy Mounds National
Monument region and the human
remains and associated funerary objects
described above: Crow Creek Sioux
Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation,
South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux
Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Sioux
Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Prairie Island Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Community of Minnesota; SissetonWahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse
Reservation, South Dakota; Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South
Dakota; Upper Sioux Community,
Minnesota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota.
Determinations Made by Effigy Mounds
National Monument
Officials of Effigy Mounds National
Monument have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 17
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individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 523 objects described in this notice
are reasonably believed to have been
placed with or near individual human
remains at the time of death or later as
part of the death rite or ceremony and
to have been made exclusively for burial
purposes or to contain human remains.
• 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 associated funerary objects
and the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the
Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin;
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska;
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Lower Sioux
Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska;
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska;
Prairie Island Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Santee Sioux
Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of
Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of
the Lake Traverse Reservation, South
Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of
North & South Dakota; Upper Sioux
Community, Minnesota; Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska; and the Yankton
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Jim Nepstad,
Superintendent, Effigy Mounds National
Monument, 151 Hwy. 76, Harpers Ferry,
IA 52146, telephone (563) 873–3491 Ext.
101, email jim_nepstad@nps.gov, by
July 15, 2019. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of
the Crow Creek Reservation, South
Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota; Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Lower Sioux Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Omaha Tribe of
Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Nebraska; Prairie Island Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-
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Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse
Reservation, South Dakota; Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South
Dakota; Upper Sioux Community,
Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe
of South Dakota may proceed.
Effigy Mounds National Monument is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: May 17, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337–TA–1068]
Certain Microfluidic Devices; Notice of
Request for Supplemental
Submissions From the Parties and
Interested Members of the Public and
Interested Government Agencies;
Extension of Target Date
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) is
requesting supplemental submissions
from the parties and interested members
of the public and interested government
agencies. The target date in this
investigation has been extended to
August 15, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron
Traud, Office of the General Counsel,
U.S. International Trade Commission,
500 E Street SW, Washington, DC
20436, telephone (202) 205–3427.
Copies of non-confidential documents
filed in connection with this
investigation are or will be available for
inspection during official business
hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the
Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street SW, Washington, DC 20436,
telephone (202) 205–2000. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
internet server (https://www.usitc.gov).
The public record for this investigation
may be viewed on the Commission’s
Electronic Docket Information System
(‘‘EDIS’’) (https://edis.usitc.gov).
Hearing-impaired persons are advised
that information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal, telephone
(202) 205–1810.
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On
September 6, 2017, the Commission
instituted this investigation based on a
complaint filed by Bio-Rad Laboratories,
Inc. of Hercules, California (‘‘Bio-Rad’’)
and Lawrence Livermore National
Security, LLC of Livermore, California
(collectively, ‘‘Complainants’’). 82 FR
42115 (Sept. 6, 2017). Complainants
alleged a violation of section 337 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19
U.S.C. 1337 (‘‘section 337’’), by 10X
Genomics, Inc. of Pleasanton, California
(‘‘10X’’) based on its importation into
the United States of certain microfluidic
devices asserted to infringe one or more
claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 9,500,664;
9,636,682; 9,649,635; and 9,126,160. Id.
The Office of Unfair Import
Investigations was also named as a party
in this investigation. Id. The
Commission also directed the ALJ to
take evidence and hear arguments
regarding the public interest and
provide the Commission with findings
of fact and a recommended
determination on the statutory public
interest factors, as requested by 10X. Id.
On September 20, 2018, the presiding
administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’) issued
a final initial determination finding that
10X violated section 337 through its
importation of its GEM–Q and GEM–U
Chips (collectively, the ‘‘GEM Chips’’).
However, the ALJ found no violation by
10X based on its importation of its Chip
SE or Chip GB.
On September 28, 2018, the ALJ
issued a recommended determination
on remedy, bonding, and the public
interest (the ‘‘RD’’). The ALJ
recommended that, if the Commission
finds a violation of section 337, it
should issue a limited exclusion order
(‘‘LEO’’) against infringing microfluidic
devices, which are imported, sold for
importation, and/or sold after
importation by 10X. The LEO would
prevent the importation by 10X of
microfluidic devices that infringe
Complainants’ asserted patents. The ALJ
further recommended that, if the
Commission finds a violation of section
337, it should issue a cease and desist
order (‘‘CDO’’) against 10X. The CDO
would prevent the transfer by 10X to
others of microfluidic devices that
infringe Complainants’ asserted patents.
The ALJ found that ‘‘the public interest
factors weigh in favor of imposition of
the recommended remedial orders.’’ RD
at 30.
On December 4, 2018, the
Commission determined to review the
ALJ’s findings as to the GEM Chips, the
Chip SE, and the Chip GB. 83 FR 63672
(Dec. 11, 2018). Accordingly, the
Commission may find a section 337
violation and issue an LEO or CDO or
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both relating to any or all of those
products. However, prior to issuing
remedial orders, the Commission must
consider the effect of those remedial
orders on the public interest. 19 U.S.C.
1337(d)(1), (f)(1). Given the current
record, the Commission is requesting
additional information regarding the
public interest from the parties,
interested members of the public, and
government agencies.
The parties, interested members of the
public, and interested government
agencies are requested to provide
statements and comments on the
following public interest issues. The
Commission is particularly interested in
responses that include detailed
information regarding specific research
projects being conducted in the United
States as of the date of this Notice.
(1) For current research projects being
conducted in the United States, please
provide the following information:
a. Please quantify and explain what,
if any, research setbacks (such as loss of
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another system.
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the specific research project(s)? How
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project(s) to continue to completion
with 10X’s GEM Chips?
(2) Are there research areas for which
10X’s GEM Chips used with 10X’s
Chromium Controllers are the only
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 115 (Friday, June 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27799-27802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12590]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027980, PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harpers Ferry,
IA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
Effigy Mounds National Monument has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects, 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 associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request
to Effigy Mounds National Monument. If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated
funerary objects 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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Effigy Mounds National Monument at the
address in this notice by July 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Jim Nepstad, Superintendent, Effigy Mounds National
Monument, 151 Hwy. 76, Harpers Ferry, IA 52146, telephone (563) 873-
3491 Ext. 101, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the
control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harpers Ferry, IA. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were removed from sites in Allamakee
and Clayton Counties, IA.
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
Superintendent, Effigy Mounds National Monument.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Effigy
Mounds National Monument professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie Island Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of
the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
of North & South Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
(hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
The human remains described below, with the exception of one
metatarsal fragment from the Great Bear Mound Group originally
misidentified as a bone tool, were stolen from Effigy Mounds National
Monument in 1990 and recovered in 2011 and 2012. After examination by
an osteologist, most, but not all, of the remains were able to be
matched with their original documentation. The recovered remains which
were not able to be matched were cataloged as a separate accession
(#212) and are accounted for in the total minimum number of individuals
in Effigy Mounds National Monument collections. These fragmentary
remains will not be described separately in this notice or any future
notice. Items found with the stolen remains that could not be reunited
with their original accession are described here as cultural items
removed at unknown dates from unknown sites within the boundaries of
Effigy Mounds National Monument.
Because the mounds at Effigy Mounds National Monument are burial
mounds, all artifacts that come from these mounds are considered
funerary objects. All of the funerary objects are considered associated
funerary objects because, even though these types of items likely had
other uses within the culture, it is reasonable to believe that these
specific funerary objects were made exclusively for burial purposes and
therefore pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A) are associated funerary
objects regardless of the location of the connected human remains.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual, were removed from an unknown site likely within the
boundaries of Effigy Mounds National Monument in Allamakee or Clayton
County, IA. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
At unknown dates, 59 cultural items were removed from unknown sites
within the boundaries of Effigy Mounds National Monument in Allamakee
or Clayton County, IA. The 59 associated funerary objects are 55 animal
bones, one unfired clay fragment, and three stones.
In 1928, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals,
were removed from Fire Point Mound Group, Allamakee County, IA, by
local collector Henry P. Field, who donated the material to Effigy
Mounds National Monument in 1958. No known individuals were identified.
The 22 associated funerary objects are one miniature pot, one ground
stone tool, one iron concretion, one modified hematite slab, one galena
crystal, one maul, one drill, four stones, two pottery sherds, two
utilized flakes, four flakes, one flake fragment, one flake tool, and
one biface.
In 1952, 51 cultural items were removed from Sny Magill Mound Group
in Clayton County, IA, by NPS archeologist Paul Beaubien during work to
determine if the site should be added to the monument. The 51
associated funerary objects are three ground stone tools, four pieces
of shatter, six unmodified rocks, one piece of fire cracked rock, seven
flakes, and 30 pottery sherds.
In 1952, 38 cultural items were removed from the Nazekaw Terrace
Mound Group in Allamakee County, IA, by NPS archeologist Paul Beaubien.
The human remains were given to an outside researcher in 1952, returned
to Effigy Mounds National Monument in 2000, and repatriated in 2005.
The 38 associated funerary objects are 14 flakes, five pieces of
shatter, 16 unmodified rocks, two faunal bones, and one bag of vegetal
material.
In 1957, 46 cultural items were removed from the Devils Den Mound
Group on private property in Clayton County, IA, by NPS archeologist
Robert Bray. The landowner donated the items to Effigy Mounds National
Monument along with a bundle burial which was repatriated in 2001. The
46 associated funerary objects are 42 pottery sherds, one scraper, one
modified flake, and two unmodified rocks.
In 1959, human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals,
were removed from Red House Landing Mound Group in Allamakee County,
IA, by NPS archeologist John Ingmanson during a soil study by the Iowa
State University Department of Agronomy. No known individuals were
identified. The 62 associated funerary objects are one flake, one
shell, five pieces of shatter, 52 unmodified rocks, two charcoal
samples, and one soil sample.
In 1959, one cultural item was removed from the Nazekaw Terrace
Mound Group by local collector Henry P. Field during construction of
the Visitor Center parking lot and given to Effigy Mounds National
Monument staff. The one associated funerary object is a piece of a
copper breastplate.
In 1961, two cultural items were removed from the Marching Bear
Mound Group in Clayton County, IA, by NPS archeologist John Ingmanson
during the mound rehabilitation project. The two associated funerary
objects are one projectile point and one charcoal sample.
In 1962, seven cultural items were removed from the Marching Bear
Mound Group in Clayton County, IA, by NPS archeologist Garland Gordon
during the mound rehabilitation project. The seven associated funerary
objects are two charcoal samples, one unmodified stone, two cores, and
two flakes.
Between 1960 and 1963, one cultural item was removed from the
Marching Bear Mound Group in Clayton County, IA, during the mound
rehabilitation project. The one associated funerary object is a flake
tool.
In 1962, 30 cultural items were removed from the Compound Mound
Group in Clayton County, IA, by NPS archeologist Garland Gordon during
the mound rehabilitation project. Human remains from the site were
repatriated
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in 2008. The 30 associated funerary objects are seven flakes, 14
unmodified stones, and nine pieces of shatter.
In 1962, 38 cultural items were removed from the Marquette-Yellow
River Mound Group 8 in Clayton County, IA, by NPS archeologist Garland
Gordon during the mound rehabilitation project. The 38 associated
funerary objects are eight flakes, one piece of shatter, 28 unmodified
rocks, and one burned earth sample.
In 1962, nine cultural items were removed from the Marquette-Yellow
River Mound Group 6 in Clayton County, IA, by NPS archeologist Garland
Gordon during the mound rehabilitation project. The nine associated
funerary objects are seven flakes, one piece of shatter, and one
unmodified rock.
In 1965, human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals,
were excavated from Fire Point Mound Group in Allamakee County, IA, by
NPS archeologist Garland Gordon during the mound rehabilitation
project. No known individuals were identified. The 48 associated
funerary objects are five flakes, one knife fragment, one galena
crystal, seven pottery sherds, three pieces of shatter, 10 animal
bones, 14 unmodified stones, six soil samples, and one burned earth
sample.
In 1965, 106 cultural items were removed from Isolated Round Mound
I in Allamakee County, IA, by NPS archeologist Garland Gordon during
the mound rehabilitation project. The 106 associated funerary objects
are 64 pottery sherds, 40 unmodified rocks, one flake, and one soil
sample.
In 1967, one cultural item was removed from the Karnopp-Eggleston
Mound Group in Crawford County, WI, by NPS archeologist Garland Gordon
after permission was given by the landowner to surface collect a
recently leveled mound. Gordon collected human remains and artifacts
which were donated to Effigy Mounds National Monument. In 1987, the
human remains were transferred to the Wisconsin Historical Society via
the Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist under the authority of the
1976 Iowa Burial Law. In the 1970s, all but one of the artifacts were
culled from the accession with no accompanying documentation. Their
location is unknown. The one associated funerary object is one
bifurcate base projectile point.
In 1971, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals,
were removed from Isolated Round Mound II in Allamakee County, IA, by
NPS archeologist Wilfred Husted during legally authorized excavations.
No known individuals were identified. The one associated funerary
object is a soil sample.
In 1971, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual,
were removed from the Great Bear Mound Group in Allamakee County, IA,
by NPS archeologist Wilfred Husted during the mound rehabilitation
project. No known individuals were identified. The one associated
funerary object is a small stone celt.
Based on archeological context, ethnographic information, and oral
traditions the human remains and associated funerary objects described
above are identified as belonging to the Woodland tradition.
The Woodland tradition transitions into the Oneota tradition which
is identified as being clearly ancestral to the Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
The First Treaty of Prairie Du Chien of August 19, 1825 between the
United States and the Sac and Fox, Dakota Sioux, Ioway, Ho-Chunk,
Winnebago, Potawatomi, Chippewa, Menominee, and Ottawa demonstrates the
variety of tribes living in the area in the 1800s who have historic
affiliation with Effigy Mounds National Monument.
The First Treaty of Prairie du Chien, as well as linguistic, oral
tradition, temporal, and geographic evidence, reasonably indicates that
the following Sioux Indian tribes possess ancestral ties to the Effigy
Mounds National Monument region and the human remains and associated
funerary objects described above: Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow
Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Prairie
Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Santee Sioux Nation,
Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-
Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Upper Sioux Community,
Minnesota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Determinations Made by Effigy Mounds National Monument
Officials of Effigy Mounds National Monument have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 17 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 523 objects
described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed
with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as
part of the death rite or ceremony and to have been made exclusively
for burial purposes or to contain human remains.
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 associated funerary objects and the Crow
Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Omaha Tribe of
Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Nebraska; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of
Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation,
South Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Upper
Sioux Community, Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and the
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Jim Nepstad, Superintendent, Effigy Mounds
National Monument, 151 Hwy. 76, Harpers Ferry, IA 52146, telephone
(563) 873-3491 Ext. 101, email [email protected], by July 15, 2019.
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation,
South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Omaha
Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Ponca
Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-
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Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Upper Sioux Community,
Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota may proceed.
Effigy Mounds National Monument is responsible for notifying The
Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 17, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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