Public Land Order No. 7933; Correction and Extension of Public Land Order No. 7587 for Langmuir Principal Research Site; New Mexico, 73359-73360 [2023-23629]
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representatives; two cultural and
heritage interest representatives; two
members of the public-at-large; a Tribal
interests representative; a local
government representative; an
education and interpretation interests
representative; and a private landowner
representative.
Utah
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Advisory Committee (Bears Ears MAC)
Rachel Wootton, BLM Monticello
Field Office, 365 North Main,
Monticello, UT 84535; Phone: (385)
235–4364; Email: rwootton@blm.gov.
The Bears Ears MAC includes 15
members. Thirteen members will serve
as representatives of commodity, noncommodity, and local area interests,
including an elected official from San
Juan County; a representative of state
government; a representative from the
conservation community; a
representative of livestock grazing
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developed outdoor recreation, offhighway vehicle users, or commercial
recreation activities; a representative of
dispersed recreation activities; a private
landowner; a local business owner; and
two representatives of the public-atlarge. Two members will serve as SGEs
for the following areas of expertise:
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The Grand Staircase-Escalante MAC
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area interests, including elected officials
from Garfield and Kane County; a
representative of State government; a
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with ancestral interest in the
Monument; an educator; a
conservationist; an outfitter and guide
operating within the Monument, to
represent commercial recreation
activities in the Monument; a livestock
grazing permittee operating within the
Monument; and a representative of
dispersed recreation. Six members will
serve as SGEs for each of the following
areas of expertise: paleontology;
archaeology; geology; botany or wildlife
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systems ecology.
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Advisory Council
Angela Hawkins, BLM Green River
District Office, 170 South 500 East
Vernal, UT 84078; Phone: (435) 781–
2774; Email: ahawkins@blm.gov.
The Council consists of seven
members that represent the Emery
County Commission; motorized
recreational users; non-motorized
recreational users; a grazing allotment
permittee within the Recreation Area or
wilderness areas designated;
conservation organizations; a member
with expertise in the historical uses of
the Recreation Area; and an elected
leader of a federally recognized Tribe
that has significant cultural or historic
connections to, and expertise in, the
landscape, archeological sites, or
cultural sites within the County.
(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1)
Jeffrey Krauss,
Assistant Director for Communications.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_NM_FRN_MO4500175396]
Public Land Order No. 7933;
Correction and Extension of Public
Land Order No. 7587 for Langmuir
Principal Research Site; New Mexico
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
AGENCY:
This order extends the
duration of the withdrawal created by
Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7587,
which withdrew 852 acres of National
Forest System lands from location and
entry under the United States mining
laws, subject to valid existing rights, for
an additional 20-year period. The
purpose of this withdrawal is to protect
the United States Forest Servicemanaged Langmuir Principal Research
Site to study thundercloud mechanisms,
lightning, and precipitation, for an
additional 20 years. This order also
corrects the legal description of, but
does not change, the lands withdrawn.
DATES: This PLO takes effect on October
25, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Harris, Bureau of Land
Management Socorro Field Office,
Realty Specialist by phone at (575) 838–
1298 or by email at caharris@blm.gov or
Richard Wilhelm by phone at (505) 346–
3842 or by email at richard.wilhelm@
SUMMARY:
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States should use the relay services
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The
withdrawal extension is needed in order
to maintain the protection of the
Langmuir Principal Research Site, as
originally authorized under PLO No.
7587 (68 FR 61231 (October 27, 2003)),
and incorporated herein by reference,
which withdrew 852-acres of National
Forest System lands from location and
entry under the United States mining
laws to protect the Langmuir Principal
Research Site on the Magdalena Ranger
District of the Cibola National Forest
from any adverse impacts of such
activities. This PLO also serves to
correct errors in the original legal land
description described in PLO No. 7587
(68 FR 61231 (October 27, 2003)).
Correction of the legal land description
does not change the actual footprint of
the withdrawal; correcting the
description would bring it into
conformance with the 2017 Bureau of
Land Management Specifications for
Descriptions of Land. The description
for PLO No. 7587 also identifies the area
of lands withdrawn as 852 acres.
Government Land Office (GLO) surveys
have identified the acreages for these
lands and are the source for official
acreage determinations. The GLO
records indicate the exact acreage
described contains 851.72 acres;
therefore, the acres for this PLO have
been updated to reflect accurate acreage
for this withdrawal.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of the Interior by Section
204(f) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
1714(f), it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, PLO
No. 7587 (68 FR 61231 (2003)), which
withdrew 852 acres of National Forest
System lands from location and entry
under the United States mining laws to
protect the Langmuir Principal Research
Site, is hereby extended for an
additional 20-year period and the legal
description and acres are corrected to
read as follows:
New Mexico Principal Meridian, New
Mexico
T. 4 S., R. 3 W.,
Sec. 5 Lot 2 and W1⁄2SW1⁄4;
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Sec. 6, Lots 5 and 6, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4,
and SE1⁄4;
Sec. 7, NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4 and N1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 8, W1⁄2NW1⁄4 and NW1⁄4SW1⁄4.
The area described contains 851.72 acres.
2. This withdrawal will expire 20
years from the effective date of this
order unless, as a result of a review
conducted prior to the expiration date
pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act, 43
U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary determines
that the withdrawal shall be further
extended.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714(f))
Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036806;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Washington State University, Museum
of Anthropology, Pullman, WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Museum of Anthropology at
Washington State University (WSU
Museum of Anthropology) 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 Asotin County, WA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
November 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Andrew Duff, Acting
Director, Museum of Anthropology at
Washington State University, Pullman,
WA 99164–4910, telephone (509) 335–
3871, email duff@wsu.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State
University. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
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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 Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State
University.
Description
In 1964, human remains representing,
at minimum, three individuals were
removed from Ten Mile Creek (45AS26),
in Asotin County, WA. The site, which
had cairn markers visible on its surface,
had been heavily disturbed by looters.
The occurrence of stone cairns, the
flexed body position, and the types of
associated funerary objects suggest that
these burials date to the Late Prehistoric
Period of about 2000–300 years ago.
The burial site is part of the Ten Mile
Creek site complex, which includes
large and small open camp sites, a series
of storage pits, a rock shelter, and a fish
wall. Ethnographic, oral traditions, and
historic evidence associates this
location with ‘enetoyn, a Nez Perce
village. Excavations were led by WSU
archeologists Charles Nelson and David
Rice during the 1964 Asotin Reservoir
Dam Survey under contract with the US
Army Corps of Engineers, who hired
WSU to conduct the survey after
Congress authorized construction of the
Asotin Dam Reservoir (Nelson and Rice
1969). While dam construction was later
de-authorized and further work was
discontinued, the WSU Museum of
Anthropology has housed Asotin Dam
Reservoir Survey collections, including
those from 45AS26.
Three separate burials, numbered 1, 2,
and 3, marked with surface and
subsurface stone cairns, were excavated.
Each burial contained a single
individual placed in a flexed position.
Burial 1 contained the human remains
of an individual about 15 years old
whose sex could not be determined. Red
ochre as well as dentalia shell beads, a
mussel shell pendant fragment, and a
piece of muscovite mica, were found
near the individual’s head. A heavily
fragmented cedar wood stake was also
associated with Burial 1. Burial 2
contained the human remains of a child
aged 6–8 years old whose sex could not
be determined. The grave was marked
by surface and sub-surface stone cairns.
The body was in a fully flexed position
and there were no associated funerary
items. Burial 3 contained the human
remains of a child 6–8 years old whose
sex could not be determined. The grave
was marked by a surface cairn
containing flecks of charcoal and
dentalia shell beads, including one
incised bead. The body was placed in a
flexed position. No known individuals
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were identified. The eight associated
funerary objects include three lots
consisting of dentalia shell beads, one
incised dentalia shell bead, one mussel
shell pendant fragment, one lot
consisting of muscovite mica fragments,
one lot consisting of cedar stake
fragments, and one lot consisting of
charcoal fragments.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects 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, which includes the Nez
Perce Tribe and the Nez Perce Band of
the Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological,
archeological, geographical, historical,
and oral traditional.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Museum of
Anthropology at Washington State
University has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of three individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The eight 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Confederated Tribes
of the Colville Reservation and the Nez
Perce Tribe.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian
Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice who shows,
by a preponderance of the evidence, that
the requestor is a lineal descendant or
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_NM_FRN_MO4500175396]
Public Land Order No. 7933; Correction and Extension of Public
Land Order No. 7587 for Langmuir Principal Research Site; New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
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SUMMARY: This order extends the duration of the withdrawal created by
Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7587, which withdrew 852 acres of National
Forest System lands from location and entry under the United States
mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, for an additional 20-
year period. The purpose of this withdrawal is to protect the United
States Forest Service-managed Langmuir Principal Research Site to study
thundercloud mechanisms, lightning, and precipitation, for an
additional 20 years. This order also corrects the legal description of,
but does not change, the lands withdrawn.
DATES: This PLO takes effect on October 25, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Harris, Bureau of Land
Management Socorro Field Office, Realty Specialist by phone at (575)
838-1298 or by email at [email protected] or Richard Wilhelm by phone at
(505) 346-3842 or by email at [email protected]. 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 withdrawal extension is needed in order
to maintain the protection of the Langmuir Principal Research Site, as
originally authorized under PLO No. 7587 (68 FR 61231 (October 27,
2003)), and incorporated herein by reference, which withdrew 852-acres
of National Forest System lands from location and entry under the
United States mining laws to protect the Langmuir Principal Research
Site on the Magdalena Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest
from any adverse impacts of such activities. This PLO also serves to
correct errors in the original legal land description described in PLO
No. 7587 (68 FR 61231 (October 27, 2003)). Correction of the legal land
description does not change the actual footprint of the withdrawal;
correcting the description would bring it into conformance with the
2017 Bureau of Land Management Specifications for Descriptions of Land.
The description for PLO No. 7587 also identifies the area of lands
withdrawn as 852 acres. Government Land Office (GLO) surveys have
identified the acreages for these lands and are the source for official
acreage determinations. The GLO records indicate the exact acreage
described contains 851.72 acres; therefore, the acres for this PLO have
been updated to reflect accurate acreage for this withdrawal.
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior
by Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, PLO No. 7587 (68 FR 61231
(2003)), which withdrew 852 acres of National Forest System lands from
location and entry under the United States mining laws to protect the
Langmuir Principal Research Site, is hereby extended for an additional
20-year period and the legal description and acres are corrected to
read as follows:
New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico
T. 4 S., R. 3 W.,
Sec. 5 Lot 2 and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
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Sec. 6, Lots 5 and 6, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SE\1/
4\;
Sec. 7, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\ and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 8, W\1/2\NW\1/4\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
The area described contains 851.72 acres.
2. This withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of
this order unless, as a result of a review conducted prior to the
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary determines that
the withdrawal shall be further extended.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714(f))
Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
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