[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 20621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08862]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23012; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, 
Knoxville, TN; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has corrected an 
inventory of human remains published in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register on September 1, 2016. This notice 
corrects the minimum number of individuals. 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 the TVA. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains to the Indian tribe stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: 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 with information in support of the request to at the 
address in this notice by June 2, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, 
Knoxville, TN 37902-1401, telephone (865) 632-7458, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the correction of an inventory of human remains under 
the control of the TVA, Knoxville, TN. The human remains were removed 
from the Long Branch site (1LU67) in Lauderdale County, AL.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals published in 
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (81 FR 60377-
60380, September 1, 2016). Additional human remains from these sites 
were discovered during the reorganization of a storage area. Transfer 
of control of the items in this correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (81 FR 60379, September 1, 2016), column 1, 
paragraph 2, sentence 1, under the heading ``History and Description of 
the Remains,'' is corrected by replacing the number ``109'' with the 
number ``111''.
    In the Federal Register (81 FR 60379, September 1, 2016), column 3, 
paragraph 2, sentence 1, under the heading ``Determinations Made by the 
Tennessee Valley Authority,'' is corrected by replacing the number 
``345'' with the number ``347''.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 with information in support of the request to Dr. 
Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11D, Knoxville, TN 
37902-1401, telephone (865) 632-7458, email [email protected], by June 2, 
2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains to The Chickasaw Nation may 
proceed.
    TVA is responsible for notifying the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of 
Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); 
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of 
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed as the Poarch Band 
of Creek Indians of Alabama); The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation 
of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and 
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this notice 
has been published.

    Dated: March 1, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-08862 Filed 5-2-17; 8:45 am]
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