National Park Service January 19, 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington (Burke Museum) has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on July 30, 2013. This notice corrects the number of associated funerary objects. 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Burke Museum. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

The boundary of Yosemite National Park is modified to include 400 acres of land located in Tuolumne County, California, immediately adjoining the current park boundary. Subsequent to the proposed boundary revision, the National Park Service (NPS) will acquire the land by donation from The Trust for Public Land, a nonprofit conservation organization.