Department of the Interior December 15, 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Document Number: 2022-27182
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-15
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 (PMAE), Harvard University 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 Hale and Tuscaloosa Counties, Alabama.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Document Number: 2022-27181
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-15
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 (PMAE), Harvard University 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. The associated funerary objects were removed from Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR
Document Number: 2022-27180
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-15
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) 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 Lincoln County, OR.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, AL
Document Number: 2022-27179
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-15
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and present- day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written request to ALDOT. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Alaska Beak Deformity Observations
Document Number: 2022-27177
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-15
Agency: Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing to renew an information collection with revisions.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Stakeholder Engagement for Natural Hazards Investigations in the Caribbean
Document Number: 2022-27176
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-15
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 an information collection to publicly announce a request for information regarding natural-hazards resources and experts in U.S. Caribbean territories and other Caribbean nations.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis
Document Number: 2022-27087
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-12-15
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine that whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis), a high-elevation tree species found across western North America, is a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. We also finalize a rule under the authority of section 4(d) of the Act that provides measures that are necessary and advisable to provide for the conservation of the species. We have determined that designation of critical habitat for the whitebark pine is not prudent at this time.
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