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traditional Native American religions by
their present-day adherents.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma.
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 University of Denver Museum of
Anthropology 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 University of
Denver Museum of Anthropology 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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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Historic Preservation
Certification Application
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of Information
Collection; request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we,
the National Park Service are proposing
to renew an information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
suggestions on the information
collection requirements should be
submitted by the date specified above in
DATES to https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—
Open for Public Comments’’ or by using
the search function. Please provide a
copy of your comments to the NPS
Information Collection Clearance Officer
(ADIR–ICCO), 13461 Sunrise Valley
Drive, Mail Stop 244 Reston, VA 20192,
VA 20191 (mail); or phadrea_ponds@
nps.gov (email). Please reference OMB
Control Number 1024–0009 in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Brian Goeken, Chief,
Technical Preservation Services, 1849 C
St. NW Room 2255, Washington, DC
20240, or at brian_goeken@nps.gov
(email), or 202–354–2033 (telephone).
Please reference OMB Control Number
1024–0009 in the subject line of your
comments. Individuals in the United
States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may
dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) 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. You may
also view the ICR at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we
provide the general public and other
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on October
28, 2022 (87 FR 65242). No comments
were received.
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As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility.
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used.
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected.
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. 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.
Abstract: The Federal Historic
Preservation Tax Incentives Program
encourages private-sector investment in
the rehabilitation and re-use of historic
buildings. Through this program,
underutilized or vacant buildings
throughout the country of every period,
size, style, and type have been
rehabilitated and reused in a manner
that maintains their historic character.
To be eligible for tax incentives for
historic buildings, a building must be
listed individually on the National
Register of Historic Places (NRHP); or
located in a registered historic district
and certified by the NPS as contributing
to the historic significance of that
district. A registered historic district is
any district listed on the NRHP; or a
state or local district if the district and
the enabling statute have also been
certified by the NPS. The NRHP is the
official list of the Nation’s historic
places worthy of preservation.
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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.
Regulations codified in 36 CFR part
67 contain a requirement for completion
of an application form. The NPS uses
the information collected on the
application form to allow the authorized
officer to determine if the project is
qualified to obtain historic preservation
certifications from the Secretary of the
Interior. These certifications are
necessary for an applicant to receive
substantial federal tax incentives
authorized by Section 47 of the Internal
Revenue Code. These incentives include
a 20% federal income tax credit for the
rehabilitation of income-producing
historic buildings and an income tax
deduction for the charitable donation of
easements on historic properties. The
Internal Revenue Code also provides a
10% federal income tax credit for the
rehabilitation of non-historic,
nonresidential buildings built before
1936. An owner of a non-historic
building in a historic district must also
use the application to obtain a
certification from the Secretary of the
Interior that his or her building does not
contribute to the significance of the
historic district before claiming this
lesser tax credit for rehabilitation. The
10% credit was repealed as part of the
2017 tax reform legislation but remains
in effect under certain transition rules.
SHPOs are the first point of contact
for property owners wishing to use the
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
before or after the project begins, and
provide advice on appropriate
preservation work. SHPOs use Forms
10–168d and 10–168e to make
recommendations to NPS. In accordance
with 36 CFR 67, we also collect
information for: (1) certifications of state
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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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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
SUMMARY:
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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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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OMB Control Number 1024-0009]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Historic
Preservation Certification Application
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Information Collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we, the
National Park Service are proposing to renew an information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
December 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and suggestions on the information
collection requirements should be submitted by the date specified above
in DATES to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
Please provide a copy of your comments to the NPS Information
Collection Clearance Officer (ADIR-ICCO), 13461 Sunrise Valley Drive,
Mail Stop 244 Reston, VA 20192, VA 20191 (mail); or
[email protected] (email). Please reference OMB Control Number
1024-0009 in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Brian Goeken, Chief, Technical Preservation
Services, 1849 C St. NW Room 2255, Washington, DC 20240, or at
[email protected] (email), or 202-354-2033 (telephone). Please
reference OMB Control Number 1024-0009 in the subject line of your
comments. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind,
hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) 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. You may also view the ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we
provide the general public and other Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps us assess the impact of our
information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting
burden. It also helps the public understand our information collection
requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on
October 28, 2022 (87 FR 65242). No comments were received.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility.
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used.
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
(4) How might the agency minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. 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.
Abstract: The Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program
encourages private-sector investment in the rehabilitation and re-use
of historic buildings. Through this program, underutilized or vacant
buildings throughout the country of every period, size, style, and type
have been rehabilitated and reused in a manner that maintains their
historic character. To be eligible for tax incentives for historic
buildings, a building must be listed individually on the National
Register of Historic Places (NRHP); or located in a registered historic
district and certified by the NPS as contributing to the historic
significance of that district. A registered historic district is any
district listed on the NRHP; or a state or local district if the
district and the enabling statute have also been certified by the NPS.
The NRHP is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of
preservation.
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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.
Regulations codified in 36 CFR part 67 contain a requirement for
completion of an application form. The NPS uses the information
collected on the application form to allow the authorized officer to
determine if the project is qualified to obtain historic preservation
certifications from the Secretary of the Interior. These certifications
are necessary for an applicant to receive substantial federal tax
incentives authorized by Section 47 of the Internal Revenue Code. These
incentives include a 20% federal income tax credit for the
rehabilitation of income-producing historic buildings and an income tax
deduction for the charitable donation of easements on historic
properties. The Internal Revenue Code also provides a 10% federal
income tax credit for the rehabilitation of non-historic,
nonresidential buildings built before 1936. An owner of a non-historic
building in a historic district must also use the application to obtain
a certification from the Secretary of the Interior that his or her
building does not contribute to the significance of the historic
district before claiming this lesser tax credit for rehabilitation. The
10% credit was repealed as part of the 2017 tax reform legislation but
remains in effect under certain transition rules.
SHPOs are the first point of contact for property owners wishing to
use the 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 before
or after the project begins, and provide advice on appropriate
preservation work. SHPOs use Forms 10-168d and 10-168e to make
recommendations to NPS. In accordance with 36 CFR 67, we also collect
information for: (1) certifications of state and local statutes (Sec.
67.8), (2) certifications of state or local historic districts (Sec.
67.9), and (3) appeals (Sec. 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.
[FR Doc. 2023-24574 Filed 11-6-23; 8:45 am]
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