Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 77177-77178 [2024-21531]
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Resources Integration Alternative) was
identified in response to issues raised
by the public and agency
considerations. The intent of the
Resources Integration Alternative is to
minimize disturbance to vegetation and
soils within the solar facility by setting
maximum allowable disturbance
thresholds to vegetation during
construction, utilizing various
construction methods across the site,
and setting restoration goals. Grading
would be limited to a maximum of 20
percent of the total development area,
and construction would involve
implementation of overland travel and
drive and crush methods such that 60
percent of the vegetation density is
maintained.
Alternative 2, which was proposed by
the Applicant, and Alternative 2A were
designed to minimize disturbance to
vegetation and soils within the solar
facility by setting maximum allowable
disturbance thresholds to vegetation
during construction; however, those
disturbance thresholds differ from
Alternative 1. Under Alternative 2,
grading would be limited to a maximum
of 25.6 percent (918 acres) of the
development area and vegetation would
be cut to a maximum of 10 inches
anywhere solar panels would be
constructed and in a 5-foot buffer
around each of the solar arrays.
Alternative 2A is a hybrid alternative of
Alternative 1 and Alternative 2.
Alternative 2A would include the same
grading allowance as Alternative 2, but
maintain native desert vegetation at a
height of 24 inches or taller across the
Project site (with trimming allowed to
no less than 18 inches where it directly
interferes with equipment or panel
performance).
The No Action Alternative would be
a continuation of existing conditions
and the ROW would not be approved.
The BLM further considered a number
of additional alternatives but dismissed
these alternatives from detailed analysis
as explained in the Draft RMP
Amendment/EIS and Alternatives
Report.
The BLM has identified Alternative
Action 1—Resources Integration
Alternative as the preferred alternative.
Alternative Action 1 was found to best
meet the BLM’s planning guidance and
is designed to be a Project lifecycle
alternative, as the alternative addresses
not only construction, but also
operations, maintenance, and
decommissioning of the solar facility.
Alternative Action 1 minimizes
disturbance to vegetation and soils
within the solar facility, and minimizes
impacts to wildlife habitat, soils, air
quality, and water quality. Alternative
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Action 1 also reduces impacts to
recreation by maintaining an existing
OHV route southwest of the Project.
Mitigation
The BLM included forty-four
mitigation measures including, but not
limited to, the following measures to
address key resources:
• Dust control and stabilization (MM
AIR–1)
• Emissions control (MM AIR–2)
• Reducing the project footprint and
access control (MM WILD–1)
• Qualified biologist (MM WILD–2)
• Wildlife workers environmental
awareness program (MM WILD–3)
• Pre-construction and pre-activity
surveys (MM WILD–4)
• Minimization of wildlife entrapment
(MM WILD–5)
• Minimization of wildlife conflicts
(MM WILD–6)
• Protection of mesquite bosque (MM
WILD–7)
• Pre-construction western monarch
butterfly surveys (MM WILD–8)
• Desert tortoise burrows (MM WILD–9)
• Timing of plant surveys, site
restoration, and plan requirements
(MM VG–1)
• Cacti, yucca, and perennial plant
salvage (MM VG–2)
• Invasive species management (MM
VG–3)
• Timing of vegetation maintenance
(MM VG–4)
• Visual design considerations and
surface treatment procedures (MM
VR–1)
• Minimize reflectivity (MM VR–2)
• Night lighting (MM VR–3)
• Minimize visual impacts during
construction (MM VR–4)
• Minimize visual impacts during
operation and maintenance (MM VR–
5)
• Aviation glare notification (MM VR–
6)
• OHV route signage for alternative
routes (MM REC–1)
• Old Route 16 maintained access (MM
REC–2)
• Stormwater quality monitoring
program (MM WR–1)
• Prevention of flooding and
development in floodplain areas (MM
WR–2)
• Spill prevention and control measures
(MM WR–3)
• Groundwater pumping meter and
development of a groundwater
monitoring and reporting plan (MM
WR–4)
• Fence maintenance (MM WR–5)
• Septic system documentation and
adaptive management (MM WR–6).
These mitigation measures, along
with Project Design Features required by
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the Southern Nevada District Office,
management plans, and interagency
operating procedures, are provided in
full in Appendix B of the Draft RMP
Amendment/EIS.
Schedule for the Decision-Making
Process
The BLM will provide additional
opportunities for public participation
consistent with the NEPA and land use
planning processes, including a 30-day
public protest period and a concurrent
60-day Governor’s consistency review
on the Proposed RMP Amendment. The
Proposed RMP Amendment/Final EIS is
anticipated to be available for public
protest by late spring 2025, and if the
project is authorized, the approved RMP
Amendment and Record of Decision
would be available by late summer
2025.
The BLM will continue to consult
with Indian Tribal Nations on a
government-to-government basis in
accordance with Executive Order 13175,
BLM Manual 1780 and other
Departmental policies. Tribal concerns
will be given due consideration.
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.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10,
43 CFR 1610.2, and 43 CFR part 2800)
Jon K. Raby,
State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of California, Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of California Berkeley has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
SUMMARY:
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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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
October 21, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Alexandra Lucas,
Repatriation Coordinator, Government
and Community Relations (Chancellor’s
Office), University of California,
Berkeley, 200 California Hall, Berkeley,
CA 94720, telephone (510) 570–0964,
email nagpra-ucb@berkeley.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 University of
California, Berkeley and additional
information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
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Abstract of Information Available
In the Spring of 1986, Polly Quick and
the University of California, Berkeley
Anthropology Field Class (133) removed
at minimum, 101 ancestors from CA–
SAC–42, also known as Souza Mound.
The 10 associated funerary objects are
nine lots consisting of faunal remains,
ground stone, beads, flaked and chipped
stone, soil, and shell and one mortar
fragment. The ancestors and associated
funerary objects were accessioned by
the Lowie Museum (today the Phoebe A.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology) in
1988. One associated funerary object
was removed by R.F. Heizer and the
University of California, Berkeley S197
Anthropology class in July 1949 and
appropriated by the University of
California, Berkeley in 1949. The
associated funerary object is a mortar
fragment.
Collections and collection spaces at
the Phoebe A Hearst Museum of
Anthropology were treated with
substances for preservation and pest
control, some potentially hazardous. No
records have been found to date at the
Museum to indicate whether or not
chemicals or natural substances were
used prior to 1960.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is reasonably identified by the
geographical location or acquisition
history of the human remains and
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associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The University of California, Berkeley
has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 101 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 10 lots of objects described in
this notice are reasonably believed to
have been placed intentionally with or
near individual human remains at the
time of death or later as part of the death
rite or ceremony.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Buena Vista
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun
Indians of the Colusa Indian
Community of the Colusa Rancheria,
California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of
Me-Wuk Indians of California;
Guidiville Rancheria of California; Ione
Band of Miwok Indians of California;
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians,
Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona
Tract), California; Tule River Indian
Tribe of the Tule River Reservation,
California; United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria of
California; Wilton Rancheria, California;
and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation,
California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in
this notice under 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
a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after October 21, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the University of California, Berkeley
must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The University of
California, Berkeley is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the
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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 10.10.
Dated: September 12, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE)
has completed an inventory of human
remains and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice. The human remains were
collected at the Genoa Indian School,
Nance County, NE, and an unknown
location.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after October 21, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–2374, email jpickering@
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, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual was collected
at the Genoa Indian School, Nance
County, NE. The human remains are
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038728; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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 University of California Berkeley has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
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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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after October 21, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Alexandra Lucas, Repatriation Coordinator, Government and
Community Relations (Chancellor's Office), University of California,
Berkeley, 200 California Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 570-
0964, 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
University of California, Berkeley and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
In the Spring of 1986, Polly Quick and the University of
California, Berkeley Anthropology Field Class (133) removed at minimum,
101 ancestors from CA-SAC-42, also known as Souza Mound. The 10
associated funerary objects are nine lots consisting of faunal remains,
ground stone, beads, flaked and chipped stone, soil, and shell and one
mortar fragment. The ancestors and associated funerary objects were
accessioned by the Lowie Museum (today the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology) in 1988. One associated funerary object was removed by
R.F. Heizer and the University of California, Berkeley S197
Anthropology class in July 1949 and appropriated by the University of
California, Berkeley in 1949. The associated funerary object is a
mortar fragment.
Collections and collection spaces at the Phoebe A Hearst Museum of
Anthropology were treated with substances for preservation and pest
control, some potentially hazardous. No records have been found to date
at the Museum to indicate whether or not chemicals or natural
substances were used prior to 1960.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The University of California, Berkeley has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 101 individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 10 lots of objects described in this notice are
reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the
death rite or ceremony.
There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Buena
Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Cachil Dehe Band of
Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria,
California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California;
Guidiville Rancheria of California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of
California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Tule River Indian Tribe of the
Tule River Reservation, California; United Auburn Indian Community of
the Auburn Rancheria of California; Wilton Rancheria, California; and
the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 21, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
California, Berkeley must determine the most appropriate requestor
prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request
and not competing requests. The University of California, Berkeley 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 10.10.
Dated: September 12, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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