90 FR 159 pgs. 40648-40649 - Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Transportation, Oakland, CA
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 159Pages: 40648 - 40649
Pages: 40648, 40649Docket number: [N6430; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040837; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-15854 Filed 8-19-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6430; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040837; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: California Department of Transportation, Oakland, CA
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) 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.
DATES:
Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after September 19, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Lindsay Busse and Althea Asaro, PQS Principal Investigators-Prehistoric Archaeology, California Department of Transportation, District 4, 111 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612, email lindsay.busse@dot.ca.gov and Althea.Asaro@dot.ca.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Abstract of Information Available
Associated funerary objects have been identified totaling 4,000 catalog entries representing lithics, faunal remains, shell, beads, and ground stone artifacts. Of the 4,000 associated funerary objects, 58 catalog numbers are missing. These nine collections are from Marin County along Highway 101 in San Rafael, Novato, and Petaluma and are housed at Sonoma State University (SSU). The collections are the result of Caltrans project-delivery related excavations at the following sites between 1998 and 2015: CA-MRN-000 (2014-06), CA-MRN-84 (2015-95), CA-MRN-85 (2015-96), CA-MRN-193/H (2019-70; 2012-11), CA-MRN-194 (2005-04), CA-MRN-197 (2005-7), CA-MRN-644/H (98-19), CA-MRN-711 (2015-97). There are no known/documented potentially hazardous substances used to treat any of the cultural items.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available about the associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
Caltrans has determined that:
• The 4,000 objects described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
• There is a connection between associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES . Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the associated funerary objects described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 19, 2025 If competing requests for repatriation are received, Caltrans must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. Caltrans is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: August 5, 2025
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-15854 Filed 8-19-25; 8:45 am]
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