Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 76851-76852 [2023-24532]
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Section 47 of the Internal Revenue
Code requires that the Secretary of the
Interior certify to the Secretary of the
Treasury upon application by owners of
historic properties for Federal tax
benefits: (a) the historic significance of
the property and (b) that the
rehabilitation work is consistent with its
historic character. The NPS administers
the program with the Internal Revenue
Service in partnership with the State
Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs).
The NPS uses the information collected
in the Historic Preservation Certification
Application (Forms 10–168, 10–168a,
10–168b, and 10–168c) to evaluate the
condition and historic significance of
buildings undergoing rehabilitation and
to evaluate whether or not the
rehabilitation work meets the Secretary
of the Interior’s Standards for
Rehabilitation.
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67 contain a requirement for completion
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the information collected on the
application form to allow the authorized
officer to determine if the project is
qualified to obtain historic preservation
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a 20% federal income tax credit for the
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10% credit was repealed as part of the
2017 tax reform legislation but remains
in effect under certain transition rules.
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rehabilitation tax credits. They help
applicants determine if a historic
building is eligible for Federal or State
historic preservation tax incentives,
provide guidance on an application
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provide advice on appropriate
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recommendations to NPS. In accordance
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and local statutes (§ 67.8), (2)
certifications of state or local historic
districts (§ 67.9), and (3) appeals
(§ 67.10).
Title of Collection: Historic
Preservation Certification Application.
OMB Control Number: 1024–0009.
Form Number: NPS Forms 10–168,
10–168a, 10–168b, 10–168c, 10–168d,
10–168e.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals, organizations, companies
and businesses, and State or tribal
governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 12,208.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 12,208.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 2.5 hours to 40
hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 150,045.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $4,440,135 based
primarily on application fees and other
costs.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Phadrea Ponds,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036874;
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology (PMAE) intends to repatriate
certain cultural items that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects and that have a cultural
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affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice. The cultural items were removed
from were removed from Coahoma
County, MS.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
December 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, email pcapone@
fas.harvard.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 PMAE. 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 summary or related records held
by the PMAE.
Description
The 109 cultural items were removed
from the Oliver Site (Mississippi State
Site number 22Co503) in Coahoma
County, MS, in 1901 and 1902 as part
of a Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology expedition to Mississippi
led by Charles Peabody and William C.
Farabee. The 109 unassociated funerary
objects include 105 objects that are
present at the PMAE and four objects
that are not currently located. The 105
present unassociated funerary objects
are four brass beads, two glass beads,
two quartz beads, 14 shell beads, one lot
consisting of turquoise beads, two bone
tools, one brass Clarksdale bell, four
ceramic sherds, one lot consisting of
ceramic sherds, 58 ceramic vessels or
vessel fragments, 12 lots consisting of
ceramic vessels or vessel fragments, two
faunal bones, one mica fragment, and
one perforated stone. The four objects
not currently located are one lot
consisting of shell beads, one lot
consisting of ceramic vessels or vessel
fragments, one lot consisting of lithic
points, and one lot consisting of a
perforated shell.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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
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trace the relationship: anthropological
information, archeological information,
biological information, folklore,
geographical information, historical
information, kinship, linguistics, oral
tradition, other relevant information, or
expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the PMAE has
determined that:
• The 109 cultural items described
above 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 are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
the Quapaw Nation.
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Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible
Official identified in ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by 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 a culturally affiliated
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after December 7, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the PMAE must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The PMAE is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, § 10.10, and
§ 10.14.
Dated: October 27, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM–2023–062]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment for
Additional Site Assessment Activities
on Beacon Wind, LLC’s Renewable
Energy Lease OCS–A 0520
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) intends to prepare
an environmental assessment (EA) to
analyze the reasonably foreseeable
impacts from additional site assessment
activities in Lease Area OCS–A 0520
offshore Massachusetts. Beacon Wind,
LLC, (Beacon Wind), the leaseholder,
requests to conduct additional site
assessment activities in the lease area
that were not analyzed in the initial EA.
Those activities comprise temporarily
installing and subsequently removing
representative components of offshore
wind turbine and substation
foundations using a single suction
bucket at locations where turbines and
substations may be installed. BOEM is
seeking public input regarding
important environmental issues and the
identification of reasonable alternatives
that should be considered in the EA.
This EA is limited to site assessment
activities and will be completed
consistent with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
implementing regulations of the
Department of the Interior and the
Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ). BOEM will assess the impacts of
constructing and operating any wind
energy project proposed by Beacon
Wind in Lease Area OCS–A 0520 in an
environmental impact statement before
deciding whether to approve that
proposed project.
DATES: BOEM must receive your
comments no later than December 7,
2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Through the regulations.gov web
portal: Navigate to https://
www.regulations.gov and search for
Docket No. BOEM–2023–062 to submit
public comments and view supporting
and related materials available for this
notice. Click on the ‘‘Comment’’ button
below the document link. Enter your
information and comment, then click
‘‘Submit Comment;’’ or
• By U.S. Postal Service or other
delivery service: Send your comments
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and information to the following
address: Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Office of Renewable
Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland
Road, Mail Stop VAM–OREP, Sterling,
VA 20166.
For additional information about
submitting your comments, please see
the discussion under the heading
‘‘Public Participation’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jessica Stromberg, BOEM, Environment
Branch for Renewable Energy, 45600
Woodland Road, Mail Stop VAM–OREP,
Sterling, VA 20166, (703) 787–1722 or
jessica.stromberg@boem.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: On December 8, 2020,
Beacon Wind submitted a site
assessment plan (SAP) to install and
operate one floating light detection and
ranging buoy, two current meter
moorings, and two meteorological and
oceanographic (metocean) buoys.
Beacon Wind updated this SAP on June
28, 2021, and BOEM approved it on
September 24, 2021.
On June 3, 2014, BOEM issued a
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) based on a comprehensive
revised Environmental Assessment
titled ‘‘Commercial Wind Lease
Issuance and Site Assessment Activities
on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf
Offshore Massachusetts (2014 EA).’’ 1
The 2014 EA included analysis of
leasing and site assessment impacts in
Lease Area OCS–A 0520. However, the
suction bucket technique was not
included in the analyzed site
assessment activities.
Proposed Action and Scope of Analysis
The proposed action is approval of
Beacon Wind’s amended SAP to
conduct additional site assessment
activities in the Lease Area. If approved,
those activities will comprise
foundation testing by installing and
removing representative components for
offshore wind turbine and substation
foundations. This testing will include
repeated use of a single suction bucket
within the lease area at locations where
wind turbines and substations may be
installed. The equipment used for
testing will be the same as described in
Beacon Wind’s construction and
operations plan 2 for suction bucket
jacket foundations, which may be used
to install offshore turbines and
1 https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/
revised-ma-ea-2014.
2 https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/stateactivities/beacon-wind-farm-construction-andoperations-plan.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036874; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology (PMAE) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet
the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a
cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from were
removed from Coahoma County, MS.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after December 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, Harvard University, 11 Divinity
Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, email
[email protected].
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
PMAE. 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 summary or related records held by the PMAE.
Description
The 109 cultural items were removed from the Oliver Site
(Mississippi State Site number 22Co503) in Coahoma County, MS, in 1901
and 1902 as part of a Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
expedition to Mississippi led by Charles Peabody and William C.
Farabee. The 109 unassociated funerary objects include 105 objects that
are present at the PMAE and four objects that are not currently
located. The 105 present unassociated funerary objects are four brass
beads, two glass beads, two quartz beads, 14 shell beads, one lot
consisting of turquoise beads, two bone tools, one brass Clarksdale
bell, four ceramic sherds, one lot consisting of ceramic sherds, 58
ceramic vessels or vessel fragments, 12 lots consisting of ceramic
vessels or vessel fragments, two faunal bones, one mica fragment, and
one perforated stone. The four objects not currently located are one
lot consisting of shell beads, one lot consisting of ceramic vessels or
vessel fragments, one lot consisting of lithic points, and one lot
consisting of a perforated shell.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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
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trace the relationship: anthropological information, archeological
information, biological information, folklore, geographical
information, historical information, kinship, linguistics, oral
tradition, other relevant information, or expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the PMAE has determined that:
The 109 cultural items described above 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
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed
from a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Quapaw Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 a culturally
affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after December 7, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the PMAE must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
cultural items are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The PMAE is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: October 27, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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