Public Land Order No. PLO 7954; Withdrawal of National Forest System Lands for the Schwartz and Leff Administrative Site; California, 106561-106562 [2024-31211]
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during the extended comment period in
the preparation of the Final
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responded to substantive comments and
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Supplemental EIS or explained why a
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The BLM’s 2024 ROD decision is to
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authorize incidental take of the desert
tortoise to Washington County caused
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tortoise in the 3,341 acres of State and
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(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6; 40 CFR 1506.10
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Matthew A. Preston,
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Anna Munoz,
Deputy Regional Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[PO #4820000251]
Notice of Termination of the
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Twin Metals Project in the Superior
National Forest, Lake and St. Louis
Counties, Minnesota
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of termination.
AGENCY:
By this notice, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), Northeastern
States District, located in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, is announcing the
termination of the Twin Metals Project
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
DATES: This termination takes effect
immediately.
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SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kurt
Wadzinski, NSDO Planning and
Environmental Coordinator, at 414–
297–4408 or by email to kwadzins@
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blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
contact during normal business hours.
The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7
days a week, to leave a message or
question. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.9)
Pursuant
to the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (NEPA) and Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA
regulations, the BLM published its
Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS
for the Twin Metals Project in the
Federal Register on June 30, 2020 (85
FR 39206). The EIS would have
analyzed the potential impacts of
issuing a proposed new preference right
lease (MNES 57965) and approving a
mine plan of operations for that lease
and an existing lease (MNES 1352) held
by Twin Metals Minnesota (Twin
Metals) in the Superior National Forest
in Lake and St. Louis counties,
Minnesota.
In October 2021, the USDA Forest
Service submitted an application to
withdraw the lands in question from
disposition under the United States
mineral and geothermal leasing laws.
The BLM published a notice of its
receipt of that application in the Federal
Register (86 FR 58299), which
segregated the lands from the operation
of the mineral and geothermal leasing
laws, and the BLM subsequently
rejected the preference right lease
application submitted by Twin Metals
in accordance with 43 CFR 2310.2(d).
In January 2022, the Department of
the Interior cancelled two hardrock
mineral leases held by Twin Metals,
including lease MNES 1352, because the
leases were improperly renewed.
Because Twin Metals did not have an
underlying land use authorization, the
BLM subsequently rejected the mine
plan of operations. On January 31, 2023,
the Secretary of the Interior issued
Public Land Order 7917 (88 FR 6308),
which withdrew approximately 225,504
acres of National Forest System lands in
Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis counties,
Minnesota, from disposition under the
United States mineral and geothermal
leasing laws for a period of 20 years,
subject to valid existing rights. As a
result, new mineral leasing is prohibited
for 20 years from the date of the
withdrawal.
Based on BLM environmental policy,
the bureau must announce in the
Federal Register when it does not
complete previously initiated NEPA
actions.
Bureau of Land Management
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Mitchell Leverette,
Eastern States State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[PO #4820000251]
Public Land Order No. PLO 7954;
Withdrawal of National Forest System
Lands for the Schwartz and Leff
Administrative Site; California
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
AGENCY:
This Public Land Order (PLO)
withdraws 39.6 acres of National Forest
System lands from location and entry
under the United States mining laws,
but not from leasing under the mineral
or geothermal leasing laws or disposal
under the Mineral Materials Act of
1947, for a period of 20 years, subject to
valid existing rights, to protect the
integrity of the historic and cultural
resources located within the Schwartz
and Leff Administrative Site along the
North Fork of the Salmon River in
Siskiyou County, California.
DATES: This PLO takes effect on
December 30, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather Daniels, BLM California State
Office, telephone: (916) 978–4674,
email: hdaniels@blm.gov; or Zareen Ali,
Forest Service Regional Office,
telephone: (707) 562–8964 during
regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Monday through Friday, except
holidays. 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-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
United States Forest Service will
manage the lands to protect the integrity
of the historic and cultural resources
located within the Schwarz and Leff
Administrative Site along the North
Fork of the Salmon River in the Klamath
National Forest, Siskiyou County,
California.
SUMMARY:
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of the Interior by Section
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204 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
1714, it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, the
following described National Forest
System lands are hereby withdrawn
from location and entry under the
United States mining laws, but not from
leasing under the mineral or geothermal
leasing laws or disposal under the
Mineral Materials Act of 1947, for the
protection of the cultural and historic
resources within the Schwartz and Leff
Administrative Site in the Klamath
National Forest, California.
National Forest System Lands
Klamath National Forest
Humboldt Meridian, California
T. 10 N., R. 8 E.,
M.S. 6686 EXCEPT that portion within
Tract 44 of said T. 10 N., R. 8 E.,
Humboldt Meridian
The area described contains 39.60
acres in Siskiyou County.
2. The withdrawal made by this order
does not alter the applicability of those
laws governing the use of National
Forest System lands under lease,
license, or permit, or governing the
disposal of the mineral or vegetative
resources other than under the mining
laws.
3. This withdrawal will expire 20
years from the effective date of this
order, unless, as a result of a review
conducted before the expiration date
pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary
determines that the withdrawal shall be
extended.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714)
Robert T. Anderson,
Solicitor.
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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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
January 29, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Krystiana Krupa, University
of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 601 E.
John Street, Champaign, IL 61820,
telephone (217) 244–2587, email
klkrupa@illinois.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
Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
132 individuals have been identified.
The six associated funerary objects are
one lot of botanical remains; one lot of
ceramics; one lot of faunal bone; one lot
of historic tools and ornaments; one lot
of lithics; and one lot of shell. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were excavated from Will
County, IL by George Langford and by
the University of Chicago between 1912
and 1941. The collection dates to
approximately A.D. 800–1400 and the
late 17th century. No hazardous
substances are known to have been used
to treat any of the human remains or
associated funerary objects.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign, Champaign, IL
Determinations
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign has completed an inventory
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The University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of at least 132 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
• The six lots of objects described in
this notice are reasonably believed to
have been placed intentionally with or
near individual human remains at the
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time of death or later as part of the death
rite or ceremony.
• There is a connection between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville
Indian Community, Michigan; HoChunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe
of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe
of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of
the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Match-ebe-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma;
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
(Fond du Lac Band; Mille Lacs Band);
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan; Omaha Tribe of
Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation,
Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Shawnee Tribe;
and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
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
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after January 29, 2025.
If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign 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
Illinois Urbana-Champaign is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[PO #4820000251]
Public Land Order No. PLO 7954; Withdrawal of National Forest
System Lands for the Schwartz and Leff Administrative Site; California
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) withdraws 39.6 acres of National
Forest System lands from location and entry under the United States
mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral or geothermal
leasing laws or disposal under the Mineral Materials Act of 1947, for a
period of 20 years, subject to valid existing rights, to protect the
integrity of the historic and cultural resources located within the
Schwartz and Leff Administrative Site along the North Fork of the
Salmon River in Siskiyou County, California.
DATES: This PLO takes effect on December 30, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Daniels, BLM California State
Office, telephone: (916) 978-4674, email: [email protected]; or Zareen
Ali, Forest Service Regional Office, telephone: (707) 562-8964 during
regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday,
except holidays. 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Forest Service will manage
the lands to protect the integrity of the historic and cultural
resources located within the Schwarz and Leff Administrative Site along
the North Fork of the Salmon River in the Klamath National Forest,
Siskiyou County, California.
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior
by Section
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204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
1714, it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described
National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and
entry under the United States mining laws, but not from leasing under
the mineral or geothermal leasing laws or disposal under the Mineral
Materials Act of 1947, for the protection of the cultural and historic
resources within the Schwartz and Leff Administrative Site in the
Klamath National Forest, California.
National Forest System Lands
Klamath National Forest
Humboldt Meridian, California
T. 10 N., R. 8 E.,
M.S. 6686 EXCEPT that portion within Tract 44 of said T. 10 N.,
R. 8 E., Humboldt Meridian
The area described contains 39.60 acres in Siskiyou County.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those laws governing the use of National Forest System
lands under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of the
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
3. This withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of
this order, unless, as a result of a review conducted before the
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary determines
that the withdrawal shall be extended.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714)
Robert T. Anderson,
Solicitor.
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