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Public Land Order No. 7938; Withdrawal of Public Land for Land Management Evaluation Purposes, Arizona
Document Number: 2024-06483
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-27
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
This order withdraws 20,982.981 acres of public land from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the public land laws, including location and entry under the United States mining laws, and from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws; and 800 acres of Federal surface lands from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the public land laws, for 5 years for land management evaluation purposes, subject to valid existing rights. The withdrawn land is located in La Paz and Yuma Counties, Arizona.
Advisory Board of Exceptional Children
Document Number: 2024-06466
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-27
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is announcing that the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children will hold a two-day in-person and online meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to meet the mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA) for Indian children with disabilities.
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Document Number: 2024-06435
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-27
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The National Park Service is soliciting electronic comments on the significance of properties nominated before March 16, 2024, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
Proposed Appointments to the National Indian Gaming Commission
Document Number: 2024-06519
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act provides for a three-person National Indian Gaming Commission. One member, the Chair, is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Two associate members are appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. Before appointing members, the Secretary is required to provide public notice of a proposed appointment and allow a comment period. Notice is hereby given of the proposed appointment of Jean Hovland and Sharon Avery as associate members of the National Indian Gaming Commission for a term of 3 years.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Cooperative Research Units (CRU)
Document Number: 2024-06428
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing to renew an information collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Reporting Provision for Timber Export Determination and Log Scale Disposition
Document Number: 2024-06403
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to renew with revision an information collection.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Pyramid Pigtoe
Document Number: 2024-06221
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), withdraw the September 7, 2021, proposed rule to list the pyramid pigtoe (Pleurobema rubrum), a freshwater mussel, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. This withdrawal is based on new information we received following publication of the proposed rule that indicates the pyramid pigtoe is not a valid listable entity under the Act. In 2023, a comprehensive genetic analysis throughout the range of the pyramid pigtoe (P. rubrum) and round pigtoe (P. sintoxia) mussels concluded that the two mussels are conspecific and that pyramid pigtoe is not a valid taxon. Individuals previously assigned to P. rubrum are now considered to be P. sintoxia, a wide- ranging common species. Because we are withdrawing the proposal to list the pyramid pigtoe, we are also withdrawing the associated proposed rule issued under section 4(d) of the Act.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth
Document Number: 2024-05724
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus; hereafter ``pygmy sloth''), an arboreal mammal species from Panama, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the pygmy sloth. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the species is warranted. Accordingly, we propose to list the pygmy sloth as a threatened species with a rule issued under section 4(d) of the Act (``4(d) rule''). If we finalize this rule as proposed, it will add this species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act's protections to the species.
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Document Number: 2024-06279
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Gilcrease Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and/or objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Document Number: 2024-06278
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Gilcrease Museum 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.
Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
Document Number: 2024-06277
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology (UTK), has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes in this notice. The human remains were removed from Lauderdale County, TN.
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
Document Number: 2024-06276
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology (UTK), 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 Buchanan County, MO.
Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
Document Number: 2024-06275
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology (UTK), 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 Buchanan, Jackson, and Platte Counties, MO.
Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
Document Number: 2024-06274
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology (UTK), has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes in this notice. The human remains were removed from Keith County, NE.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Document Number: 2024-06273
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
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.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Document Number: 2024-06272
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
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.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Document Number: 2024-06271
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the PMAE 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.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Document Number: 2024-06270
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-26
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the PMAE 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.
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Vineyard Northeast Project on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Massachusetts
Document Number: 2024-06161
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-25
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a construction and operations plan (COP) of a proposed offshore wind energy project submitted by Vineyard Northeast, LLC (Vineyard Northeast). This notice of intent (NOI) initiates the public scoping and comment process under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and their respective implementing regulations. Vineyard Northeast proposes to construct and operate the project in Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A 0522 (Lease Area), which encompasses approximately 132,370 acres and is located approximately 29 miles from Nantucket and approximately 39 miles from Martha's Vineyard, offshore of Massachusetts. Vineyard Northeast proposes to develop the entire Lease Area.
Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications
Document Number: 2024-06220
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-25
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received applications for permits to conduct activities intended to enhance the propagation or survival of endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies to comment on these applications. Before issuing the requested permits, we will take into consideration any information that we receive during the public comment period.
Indian Gaming; Approval by Operation of Law of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota and the State of South Dakota)
Document Number: 2024-06124
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-22
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
This notice publishes the approval by operation of law of the Tribal-State Gaming Compact between the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota and the State of South Dakota.
Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska-2025-26 and 2026-27 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Shellfish Regulations
Document Number: 2024-05821
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-22
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
This proposed rule revises regulations for fish and shellfish seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of fish and shellfish for subsistence uses during the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 regulatory years. The Federal Subsistence Board (hereafter referred to as ``the Board'') is on a schedule of completing the process of revising subsistence taking of fish and shellfish regulations in odd- numbered years and subsistence taking of wildlife regulations in even- numbered years; public proposal and review processes take place during the preceding year. The Board also addresses customary and traditional use determinations during the applicable cycle. When final, the resulting rulemaking replaces the existing subsistence fish and shellfish taking regulations. This proposed rule may also amend the general regulations on subsistence taking of fish and wildlife.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Conference of the Parties, Twentieth Regular Meeting; Request for Information and Recommendations on Species Proposals, Resolutions, Decisions, and Agenda Items for Consideration
Document Number: 2024-06064
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-22
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
To implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES or the Convention), the Parties to the Convention meet periodically to review what species in international trade should be regulated as well as other aspects of CITES implementation. The twentieth regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP20) is tentatively scheduled to be held in the second half of 2025. The specific date and location of CoP20 are yet to be determined. With this notice, we are soliciting recommendations to amend Appendices I and II of CITES at CoP20 as well as recommendations for resolutions, decisions, and agenda items for discussion at CoP20. We invite you to provide us with information and recommendations on animal and plant species for which the United States should consider submitting proposals to amend Appendices I and II. Such proposals may concern the addition of species to Appendix I or Appendix II, the transfer of species from one Appendix to another, or the removal of species from the Appendices. We also invite you to provide us with information and recommendations on resolutions, decisions, and agenda items that the United States might consider submitting for discussion at CoP20. Finally, with this notice, we also describe the United States' approach to preparations for CoP20.
Notice of Joint Meeting of Colorado's Northwest and Southwest Resource Advisory Councils and Meeting of the Northwest Resource Advisory Council
Document Number: 2024-06046
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-21
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado's Northwest Resource Advisory Council (RAC) and Southwest RAC will meet as follows.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget; Yukon River Watershed Ecosystem Action Plan
Document Number: 2024-05994
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-21
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are proposing a new information collection.
Gulf of Mexico Wind Lease Sale (GOMW-2) for Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore in the Gulf of Mexico-Proposed Sale Notice
Document Number: 2024-05955
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-21
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) proposes to hold Gulf of Mexico Wind Lease Sale (GOMW-2) for multiple lease areas (Lease Areas) using a multiple-factor bidding auction format. BOEM will use new auction software for the lease sale, resulting in changes to its previous auction rules. This Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) contains information pertaining to the areas available for leasing, certain lease provisions and conditions, auction details, lease forms, criteria for evaluating competing bids, award procedures, appeal procedures, and lease execution procedures. The issuance of any lease resulting from this sale would not constitute approval of project-specific plans to develop offshore wind energy. Such plans, if submitted by the Lessee, would be subject to subsequent environmental, technical, and public reviews prior to a BOEM decision whether or not to approve them.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 100 Species in American Sāmoa, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
Document Number: 2024-05822
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are initiating 5-year status reviews for 100 species in American S[amacr]moa, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Three of these species also occur outside of United States jurisdiction, in Canada and the South Pacific. A 5-year status review is based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore, we are requesting submission of any new information on these species that has become available since the last reviews.
Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications
Document Number: 2024-05820
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received applications for permits to conduct activities intended to enhance the propagation or survival of endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies to comment on these applications. Before issuing any of the requested permits, we will take into consideration any information that we receive during the public comment period.
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH
Document Number: 2024-05848
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Ohio History Connection 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.
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH
Document Number: 2024-05864
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Ohio History Connection 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.
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH
Document Number: 2024-05863
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Ohio History Connection 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.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL
Document Number: 2024-05862
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Chicago Historical Society 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.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Document Number: 2024-05861
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program (OSA-BP) 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.
Notice of Inventory Completion: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
Document Number: 2024-05860
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) 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.
Self-Governance PROGRESS Act Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2024-05889
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Self-Governance PROGRESS Act Negotiated Rulemaking Committee (Committee), will hold a public meeting to negotiate and advise the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) on a proposed rule to implement the Practical Reforms and Other Goals To Reinforce the Effectiveness of Self-Governance and Self-Determination for Indian Tribes Act of 2019 (PROGRESS Act).
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
Document Number: 2024-05859
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology (UTK), 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 removed from Leavenworth County, KS.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Document Number: 2024-05858
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
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 Chemawa (Salem) Indian School, Marion County, OR.
Notice of Inventory Completion: New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Document Number: 2024-05857
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New Jersey State Museum has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Document Number: 2024-05856
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Diego State University (SDSU) 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.
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA
Document Number: 2024-05855
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) 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.
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA
Document Number: 2024-05854
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) 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.
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Boston Children's Museum, Boston, MA
Document Number: 2024-05853
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Boston Children's Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
Notice of Intended Disposition: The United States Army Garrison-Hawaii, Pōhakuloa Training Area, Hilo, HI
Document Number: 2024-05852
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the United States Army Garrison-Hawaii (USAG-HI) P[omacr]hakuloa Training Area (PTA) intends to carry out the disposition of human remains, associated funerary objects, unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH
Document Number: 2024-05851
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Ohio History Connection 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.
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH
Document Number: 2024-05849
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Ohio History Connection 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.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Bushy Whitlow-Wort and Designation of Critical Habitat
Document Number: 2024-05700
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-19
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the bushy whitlow-wort (Paronychia congesta), a perennial herbaceous plant species from northwestern Jim Hogg County in south Texas, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the bushy whitlow-wort. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the species is warranted. We also propose to designate critical habitat for the bushy whitlow-wort under the Act. In total, approximately 41.96 acres (16.98 hectares) in Jim Hogg County, Texas, fall within the boundaries of the proposed critical habitat designation. We announce the availability of a draft economic analysis (DEA) of the proposed designation of critical habitat for bushy whitlow-wort. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would extend the Act's protections to the species and its designated critical habitat.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the North Park Phacelia From the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants
Document Number: 2024-05674
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-03-19
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to remove the North Park phacelia (Phacelia formosula) from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants due to recovery. The best available scientific information indicates that threats to North Park phacelia identified at the time of listing in 1982 are not as significant as originally anticipated and are being adequately managed. Additionally, recent taxonomic studies have indicated that the species has four new populations and an expanded range in Colorado based on the inclusion of plants previously thought to be different species or subspecies. We find that delisting the species is warranted. Our review of the best available scientific and commercial data indicates that the threats to the North Park phacelia have been eliminated or reduced to the point that the species no longer meets the definition of an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Accordingly, we propose to delist the North Park phacelia. We request information and comments from the public regarding this proposed rule and the draft post-delisting monitoring (PDM) plan for the North Park phacelia. If we finalize this rule as proposed, the prohibitions and conservation measures provided by the Act, particularly through sections 7 and 9, would no longer apply to the species.
Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Council Announces 2024 Meetings
Document Number: 2024-05793
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado's Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Council (RAC) is announcing its 2024 meeting dates.
Incidental Take of Endangered Species; PacifiCorp Klamath Hydroelectric Project Interim Operations Habitat Conservation Plan in OR and CA; Permit Transfer
Document Number: 2024-05703
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-18
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
In 2014, under the Endangered Species Act, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), issued an incidental take permit (ITP) authorizing take of two federally endangered fish species incidental to otherwise lawful activities associated with implementation of the PacifiCorp Klamath Hydroelectric Project Interim Operations Habitat Conservation Plan. Subsequently, the Klamath River Renewal Corporation and the States of Oregon and California acquired ownership of lands covered by the ITP. We now announce that the Service has carried out a partial transfer of the ITP to these entities.
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Spring Valley Mine Project, Pershing County, Nevada
Document Number: 2024-05702
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-03-18
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Humboldt River Field Office in Winnemucca, Nevada, intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to consider the effects of Solidus LLC's (Solidus) Spring Valley Mine Project (Project) in Pershing County, Nevada. By this notice, the BLM is announcing the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues.
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