[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 16020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04662]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037529; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Disposition: General Services Administration, 
Pacific Rim Region, Design & Construction Division, San Francisco, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the General Services Administration, Pacific 
Rim Region, Design & Construction Division (GSA), intends to carry out 
the disposition of human remains removed from Federal lands to the 
Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this 
notice.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after April 5, 2024. If no claim for disposition is received by March 
6, 2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains.

ADDRESSES: Jason Hagin, Regional Historic Preservation Officer, Design 
& Construction Division, 50 United Nations Plaza, MB9, Room 3411, San 
Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 244-7760, email 
[email protected].

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 GSA, 
and additional information on the human remains in this notice, 
including the results of consultation, can be found in the related 
records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
identifications in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, fragments of human remains 
representing an unknown number of individuals have been reasonably 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. No unassociated 
funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony are 
present.

Determinations

    GSA has determined that:
     The fragments of human remains described in this notice do 
not reflect an intact burial site and represent the physical remains of 
an unknown number of individuals of Native Hawaiian ancestry.
     `Ohana Keaweamahi has priority for disposition of the 
human remains described in this notice.

Claims for Disposition

    Written claims for disposition of the human remains in this notice 
must be sent to the appropriate official identified in this notice 
under ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is received by March 6, 
2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human 
remains. Claims for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any lineal descendant or Native Hawaiian organization identified 
in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, that they have priority for disposition.
    Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after April 5, 2024. If competing claims for disposition are received, 
GSA must determine the most appropriate claimant prior to disposition. 
Requests for joint disposition of the human remains are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. GSA is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the lineal descendants and Native 
Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any other 
consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.

    Dated: February 27, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-04662 Filed 3-5-24; 8:45 am]
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