Notice of Application for Withdrawal Extension; and Public Meeting; Fort Wainwright, AK, 15069-15070 [2023-04988]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500169761; F–020174,
F–35871, F–35872]
Notice of Application for Withdrawal
Extension; and Public Meeting; Fort
Wainwright, AK
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of withdrawal
application.
AGENCY:
The Department of the Army
(Army) has filed an application with the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for
the extension of the current withdrawal
in the Fairbanks North Star Borough and
the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area,
Alaska. The Army requested an
extension of the existing approximately
869,862-acre withdrawal for the Yukon
Training Area (formerly Fort
Wainwright Yukon Training Range) and
the Donnelly Training Areas East and
West (formerly Fort Greely East and
West Training Ranges) from all forms of
appropriation under the public land
laws, including the mining laws and the
mineral leasing and geothermal leasing
laws, for 25 years or more, subject to
valid existing rights. The existing
withdrawal will expire on November 6,
2026. The decision about this
application will be made by Congress.
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This notice advises the public of an
opportunity to comment on this
application for a withdrawal extension
and to attend a public meeting.
DATES: Comments regarding this
withdrawal application must be
received by June 8, 2023. In addition,
the BLM and Army will host public
meetings addressing the withdrawal
application. The date, time, and location
information for the public meetings are
listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section.
ADDRESSES: Comments pertaining to this
application for withdrawal extension
should be sent to the Alaska State
Director, BLM Alaska State Office, 222
West Seventh Avenue, No. 13,
Anchorage, Alaska 99513–7504 or by
email at blm_ak_state_director@
blm.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chelsea Kreiner, BLM Alaska State
Office, (907) 271–4205, email ckreiner@
blm.gov, or you may contact the BLM
office at the address above. Individuals
in the United States who are deaf,
deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or Tele Braille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Military Lands Withdrawal Act (MLWA)
of 1999 (Pub. L. 106–65) withdrew
approximately 869,862 acres of public
land comprising Yukon Training Area,
Donnelly Training Area East, and
Donnelly Training Area West from all
forms of appropriation under public
land laws and reserved them for use by
the Army. The withdrawal will expire
on November 6, 2026, unless extended
by Congress. The Army has filed an
application for extension of the current
withdrawal of approximately 869,862
acres of public lands from all forms of
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appropriation under the public land
laws, including the mining laws and the
mineral leasing and geothermal leasing
laws, for 25 years or more. The purpose
of the withdrawal extension is to allow
for continued military use of the Yukon
Training Area and the Donnelly
Training Areas East and West in
anticipation of continuing national
defense requirements.
The Yukon Training Area covers
approximately 246,277 acres and is
located approximately 16 miles eastsoutheast of Fairbanks and immediately
east of Eielson Air Force Base. Donnelly
Training Areas East and West are
located near Fort Greely in the Tanana
River valley in central Alaska
approximately 80 miles southeast from
Fort Wainwright, near the city of Delta
Junction in the Southeast Fairbanks
Census Area. Donnelly Training Area
East is approximately 51,590 acres and
Donnelly Training Area West is
approximately 571,995 acres. The
August 10, 2000, Federal Register
publication (65 FR 49012) described the
approximately 869,862 acres of public
lands withdrawn by the MLWA.
The Engle Act (Pub. L. 85–337, 43
United States Code 155–157) requires
land withdrawals for defense purposes
of more than 5,000 acres in the aggregate
for any one defense project or facility to
be authorized by Congress through
legislation. The MLWA requires the
Army to notify the Secretary of the
Interior and Congress whether there is a
continuing military need for the
withdrawn land. The Army and the
Department of the Interior (DOI) intend
to submit a legislative proposal for
extension of the withdrawal and
reservation to Congress not later than
May 1, 2025.
As required by section 204(b)(1) of the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(b)(1), and
the BLM regulations at 43 CFR part
2300, the BLM is publishing the notice
of the Army’s application. While the
BLM and the DOI assist the Army with
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the processing of withdrawal
applications, and the Secretary of the
Interior makes a recommendation to
Congress on applications for
withdrawals of this size for defense
purposes, Congress will decide whether
to extend the existing withdrawal for
the Yukon Training Area and Donnelly
Training Areas East and West. This
notice invites the public to comment on
the application for withdrawal
extension and notifies the public that a
public meeting will occur.
The Army is preparing a legislative
environmental impact statement (EIS) in
support of the legislative proposal and
published a notice of intent to conduct
public scoping under the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in the
Federal Register on September 24, 2021
(86 FR 53038). The Army conducted a
virtual public scoping meeting on
October 13, 2021, and accepted
comments on potential alternatives,
potential environmental impacts,
information, and analyses relevant to
the proposed action. The NEPA scoping
period ended on October 25, 2021. The
BLM is participating as a cooperating
agency in the preparation of the
legislative EIS, and the draft legislative
EIS is anticipated to be published soon.
Information on the environmental
review process can be viewed at the
Army’s project website at https://
www.aklweleis.com/.
For a period until June 8, 2023, all
persons who wish to submit comments
in connection with the withdrawal
application may present their comments
in writing to the Alaska State Director
at the address listed in the ADDRESSES
section earlier. All comments received
will be considered before the Secretary
of the Interior makes any
recommendation for withdrawal to
Congress.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
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.
In addition, BLM and Army will host
public meetings on Monday, April 10,
2023, at 5:00 p.m. at the Westmark
Fairbanks Hotel and Conference Center,
Yukon Room, 813 Noble Street,
Fairbanks, Alaska, and on Tuesday,
April 11, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. at the Delta
Junction Community Center, 2287
Deborah Street, Delta Junction, Alaska.
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The withdrawal extension application
will be processed in accordance with
MLWA, and to the extent consistent
with MWLA, the regulations set forth in
43 CFR 2310.4 and subject to section
810 of the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act, (16 U.S.C.
3120).
(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.4.)
Steven M. Cohn,
Alaska State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035446;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of California San Diego, San
Diego, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of California San Diego has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from San Diego County,
CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
April 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Eva Trujillo, University of
California San Diego, 9500 Gilman
Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, telephone
(858) 414–4609, email e7trujillo@
ucsd.edu.
SUMMARY:
This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the University of
California San Diego. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records held
by the University of California San
Diego.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from a location near Oceanside, located
on the north side of the Loma Alta
Valley, in San Diego County, CA. This
location is identified as Hubbs site
number ‘‘1963:III:31(A).’’ In 1963, Dr.
Carl Leavitt Hubbs, an employee of the
University of California, San Diego/
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
removed the human remains and
associated funerary objects from the site
and incorporated them into what
became known as the ‘‘Hubbs
Collection.’’ The eight associated
funerary objects are one lot of charcoal,
one lot of chipped stone cores, one lot
of chipped stone scrapers, one lot of
river rock, one lot of organic residue,
one lot of unmodified shell, one lot of
unworked flakes, and one lot of utilized
flakes.
Dr. Hubbs bequeathed the Hubbs
Collection to the Museum of Us
(formerly the San Diego Museum of
Man) in 1973. In March of 2004, the
Museum of Us (MoU) deaccessioned the
Hubbs Collection and donated it to the
University of San Diego (USD)
Anthropology Department, although
some of the collection remained at MoU.
In June of 2020, the University of
California, San Diego (UCSD) became
aware of the Hubbs Collection and, in
December of 2020, given the scope of
the collection and complexities related
to provenance, UCSD, MoU, and USD
reached an agreement to work together
to facilitate NAGPRA compliance.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice
are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity
between the identifiable earlier groups,
tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or
more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: oral tradition,
archeological information, and
geographical information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of
California San Diego, CA, has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500169761; F-020174, F-35871, F-35872]
Notice of Application for Withdrawal Extension; and Public
Meeting; Fort Wainwright, AK
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of withdrawal application.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army (Army) has filed an application
with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the extension of the
current withdrawal in the Fairbanks North Star Borough and the
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. The Army requested an
extension of the existing approximately 869,862-acre withdrawal for the
Yukon Training Area (formerly Fort Wainwright Yukon Training Range) and
the Donnelly Training Areas East and West (formerly Fort Greely East
and West Training Ranges) from all forms of appropriation under the
public land laws, including the mining laws and the mineral leasing and
geothermal leasing laws, for 25 years or more, subject to valid
existing rights. The existing withdrawal will expire on November 6,
2026. The decision about this application will be made by Congress.
This notice advises the public of an opportunity to comment on this
application for a withdrawal extension and to attend a public meeting.
DATES: Comments regarding this withdrawal application must be received
by June 8, 2023. In addition, the BLM and Army will host public
meetings addressing the withdrawal application. The date, time, and
location information for the public meetings are listed in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
ADDRESSES: Comments pertaining to this application for withdrawal
extension should be sent to the Alaska State Director, BLM Alaska State
Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7504
or by email at [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsea Kreiner, BLM Alaska State
Office, (907) 271-4205, email [email protected], or you may contact the
BLM office at the address above. Individuals in the United States who
are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may
dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or Tele Braille) to access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay
services offered within their country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Military Lands Withdrawal Act (MLWA) of
1999 (Pub. L. 106-65) withdrew approximately 869,862 acres of public
land comprising Yukon Training Area, Donnelly Training Area East, and
Donnelly Training Area West from all forms of appropriation under
public land laws and reserved them for use by the Army. The withdrawal
will expire on November 6, 2026, unless extended by Congress. The Army
has filed an application for extension of the current withdrawal of
approximately 869,862 acres of public lands from all forms of
appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws and
the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, for 25 years or more.
The purpose of the withdrawal extension is to allow for continued
military use of the Yukon Training Area and the Donnelly Training Areas
East and West in anticipation of continuing national defense
requirements.
The Yukon Training Area covers approximately 246,277 acres and is
located approximately 16 miles east-southeast of Fairbanks and
immediately east of Eielson Air Force Base. Donnelly Training Areas
East and West are located near Fort Greely in the Tanana River valley
in central Alaska approximately 80 miles southeast from Fort
Wainwright, near the city of Delta Junction in the Southeast Fairbanks
Census Area. Donnelly Training Area East is approximately 51,590 acres
and Donnelly Training Area West is approximately 571,995 acres. The
August 10, 2000, Federal Register publication (65 FR 49012) described
the approximately 869,862 acres of public lands withdrawn by the MLWA.
The Engle Act (Pub. L. 85-337, 43 United States Code 155-157)
requires land withdrawals for defense purposes of more than 5,000 acres
in the aggregate for any one defense project or facility to be
authorized by Congress through legislation. The MLWA requires the Army
to notify the Secretary of the Interior and Congress whether there is a
continuing military need for the withdrawn land. The Army and the
Department of the Interior (DOI) intend to submit a legislative
proposal for extension of the withdrawal and reservation to Congress
not later than May 1, 2025.
As required by section 204(b)(1) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(b)(1), and the BLM regulations
at 43 CFR part 2300, the BLM is publishing the notice of the Army's
application. While the BLM and the DOI assist the Army with
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the processing of withdrawal applications, and the Secretary of the
Interior makes a recommendation to Congress on applications for
withdrawals of this size for defense purposes, Congress will decide
whether to extend the existing withdrawal for the Yukon Training Area
and Donnelly Training Areas East and West. This notice invites the
public to comment on the application for withdrawal extension and
notifies the public that a public meeting will occur.
The Army is preparing a legislative environmental impact statement
(EIS) in support of the legislative proposal and published a notice of
intent to conduct public scoping under the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) in the Federal Register on September 24, 2021 (86 FR
53038). The Army conducted a virtual public scoping meeting on October
13, 2021, and accepted comments on potential alternatives, potential
environmental impacts, information, and analyses relevant to the
proposed action. The NEPA scoping period ended on October 25, 2021. The
BLM is participating as a cooperating agency in the preparation of the
legislative EIS, and the draft legislative EIS is anticipated to be
published soon. Information on the environmental review process can be
viewed at the Army's project website at https://www.aklweleis.com/.
For a period until June 8, 2023, all persons who wish to submit
comments in connection with the withdrawal application may present
their comments in writing to the Alaska State Director at the address
listed in the ADDRESSES section earlier. All comments received will be
considered before the Secretary of the Interior makes any
recommendation for withdrawal to Congress.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your 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.
In addition, BLM and Army will host public meetings on Monday,
April 10, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel and
Conference Center, Yukon Room, 813 Noble Street, Fairbanks, Alaska, and
on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. at the Delta Junction
Community Center, 2287 Deborah Street, Delta Junction, Alaska.
The withdrawal extension application will be processed in
accordance with MLWA, and to the extent consistent with MWLA, the
regulations set forth in 43 CFR 2310.4 and subject to section 810 of
the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, (16 U.S.C. 3120).
(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.4.)
Steven M. Cohn,
Alaska State Director.
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