97-653. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act RegulationsCivil Penalties  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
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    43 CFR Part 10
    
    
    
    Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act; Interim Rule
    
    Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 8 / Monday, January 13, 1997 / Rules 
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    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    Office of the Secretary
    
    43 CFR Part 10
    
    RIN 1024-AC48
    
    
    Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 
    Regulations--Civil Penalties
    
    AGENCY: Department of the Interior.
    
    ACTION: Interim rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: This interim rule relates to one section of regulations 
    implementing the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 
    of 1990 (``the Act''). This section outlines procedures for assessing 
    civil penalties upon museums that fail to comply with applicable 
    provisions of the Act. Comments on this rule are requested.
    
    DATES: Effective Date: This interim rule becomes effective on February 
    12, 1997. This interim rule will remain in effect until final 
    regulations are adopted through general notice and comment rulemaking. 
    However, written comments on this interim rule are solicited from 
    Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, museums, Federal agencies 
    and members of the public. Comments will be taken into account in 
    developing a final rule. The Departmental Consulting Archeologist will 
    accept written comments until April 14, 1997.
    
    ADDRESSES: Comments (2 copies) should be addressed to: Departmental 
    Consulting Archeologist, Archeology and Ethnography Program, National 
    Park Service, Docket No. 1024-AC48, Box 37127, Washington, D.C. 20013-
    7127, or hand deliver comments to room 210, 800 North Capital Street, 
    Washington, D.C. 20001.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Francis P. McManamon, Departmental 
    Consulting Archeologist, Archeology and Ethnography Program, National 
    Park Service, Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127. Telephone: 202-343-
    4101. Fax: 202-523-1547.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    Background
    
        On November 16, 1990, President George Bush signed the Act into 
    law. The Act addresses the rights of lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 
    and Native Hawaiian organizations to certain Native American human 
    remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural 
    patrimony with which they are affiliated. Section 13 of the Act 
    requires the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations to 
    carry out provisions of the Act. Final regulations implementing the Act 
    were published in the Federal Register on December 4, 1995 (60 FR 
    62158). The final regulations had five sections reserved for later 
    publication. This interim rule includes one section that was reserved 
    in the final regulations. Section 10.12 develops procedures for 
    assessing civil penalties upon museums that fail to comply with 
    provisions of the Act. This section does not apply to Federal agencies. 
    However, Federal agencies are subject to enforcement actions by 
    aggrieved parties under section 15 of the Act.
    
    Section-by-Section Analysis
    
    Section 10.12
    
        Section 9 of the Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to 
    assess a civil penalty against any museum that fails to comply with the 
    requirements of this Act. This section defines procedures for assessing 
    those civil penalties.
        A ``museum'' is defined at 43 CFR 10.2 (a)(3) as any institution or 
    State or local government agency (including any institution of higher 
    learning) that receives Federal funds and possesses or has control over 
    Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or 
    objects of cultural patrimony as defined in 43 CFR 10.2 (d). The phrase 
    ``receives Federal funds'' is defined at 43 CFR 10.2 (a)(3)(iii) to 
    mean the receipt of funds by a museum after November 16, 1990, from a 
    Federal agency through any grant, loan, contract (other than a 
    procurement contract), or other arrangement by which a Federal agency 
    makes or made available to a museum assistance in the form of funds. 
    Federal funds provided for any purpose that are received by a larger 
    entity of which the museum is a part are considered Federal funds for 
    the purposes of these regulations. For example, if a museum is part of 
    a state or local government or private university, and the state or 
    local government or private university received Federal funds for any 
    purpose, the museum is considered to receive Federal funds for purpose 
    of these regulations. Although Federal agencies are not considered 
    ``museums'' for purposes of civil penalties under this section, civil 
    actions may be taken against Federal agencies to compel compliance with 
    the Act in the United States District Courts under section 15 of the 
    Act.
        Section 9(b) of the Act identifies some of the criteria to be used 
    by the Secretary in determining the amount of the civil penalty to be 
    assessed. The Secretary has consulted the Native American Graves 
    Protection and Repatriation Review Committee which has recommended that 
    the Secretary use a two stage approach to implementing these criteria. 
    They recommend an initial assessment based upon the sum of three 
    factors: (1) an amount equal to .25% of the museum's annual budget, or 
    $5,000, whichever is less; (2) damages suffered by any aggrieved party 
    or parties, including, but not limited to, the costs of attorney and 
    expert witness fees, investigations, and administrative expenses 
    incurred by the aggrieved parties to compel compliance with the Act; 
    and (3) the importance of the human remains, funerary objects, sacred 
    object, or object of cultural patrimony to performing traditional 
    practices by the aggrieved party or parties. The review committee 
    recognizes that this initial assessment, and in particular that portion 
    based upon the museum's annual budget, might be considered overly 
    modest by some, but emphasizes that civil penalties should be used to 
    ensure compliance instead of simply imposing large penalty amounts. The 
    review committee considers .25% of the museum's annual budget, or 
    $5,000, whichever is less, an amount sufficient to compel compliance 
    without inflicting undue damage, particularly on small institutions. We 
    believe that a monetary standard is useful as it will lessen the need 
    to make more difficult assessment determinations based on 
    archeological, historical, and commercial value. As the law allows for 
    establishment of civil penalties based on other factors as the 
    Secretary considers appropriate, this formula will further the goals of 
    the legislation. We have therefore adopted it. The review committee 
    also recommended assessment of a subsequent penalty amount of $100 per 
    day after the date of the final administrative decision that the museum 
    continues not to comply with the Act. We have also adopted this 
    recommendation. In addition to the above factors, the commercial value 
    of any human remains, funerary object, sacred object, or object of 
    cultural patrimony may be assessed on any museum that, after November 
    16, 1990, sells or otherwise transfers such object in violation of the 
    Act. The review committee also recommends that the Secretary double the 
    penalty amount for subsequent failures to comply. We have included the 
    number of violations that have occurred as a criterion in determining 
    the penalty amount. The Secretary gave the review committee's 
    recommendations careful consideration in developing the procedures 
    outlined in this interim rule.
    
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        The administrative procedures for providing notice, holding a 
    hearing, appealing an administrative decision, and issuing a final 
    administrative decision are patterned after the procedures currently 
    used in assessing civil penalties under the Archaeological Resources 
    Protection Act. As a matter of general policy, the Secretary does not 
    intend to institute civil penalty actions under this section for 
    violations which occurred before the effective date of these 
    regulations if the museum in question made a good faith effort to 
    comply with the basic requirements of the Act.
    
    Administrative Procedures Act
    
        The Secretary of the Interior has determined under 5 U.S.C. 553 
    (b)(B) and 318 DM 6.4 (B)(1) that it is not in the public interest to 
    delay the effective date of this regulation to accommodate notice and 
    comment procedures. There are three reasons for this decision:
        (a) The requirements that the Act places upon museums as outlined 
    in section 10.12 (b)(1) of these regulations are generally known and 
    were established by statute in 1990 or by regulation in 1995;
        (b) Section 9 of the Act clearly outlines the limits of the 
    Secretary's discretion in enforcing provisions of the Act; and
        (c) The administrative procedures for appealing the levy of a 
    penalty as outlined in section 10.12 (e) through (l) closely imitate 
    those already used under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act.
        The civil penalty provisions of the Act are intended to assist in 
    the protection and appropriate repatriation of Native American human 
    remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural 
    patrimony that are of extreme importance to lineal descendants, Indian 
    tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. Loss of such items causes 
    irreparable injury to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, and Native 
    Hawaiian organizations entitled to their repatriation under the terms 
    of the Act. Delaying implementation of the enforcement procedures of 
    this section to accommodate notice and comment procedures will likely 
    result in further losses or in an inability to remedy, to the extent 
    feasible, losses which have already occurred.
    
    Public Participation
    
        It is the policy of the Department of the Interior, whenever 
    practicable, to afford the public an opportunity to participate in the 
    rulemaking process. Accordingly, interested persons may submit written 
    comments regarding this interim rule to the address noted at the 
    beginning of this rulemaking. The National Park Service will review 
    comments and consider making changes to the rule based upon an analysis 
    of the comments.
        If you wish the National Park Service to acknowledge receipt of 
    your comments you must submit with those comments, a self-addressed, 
    stamped postcard that includes the following statement: ``Comments to 
    Docket No 1024-AC48.'' The Departmental Consulting Archeologist will 
    date stamp the postcard and return it to you. The Departmental 
    Consulting Archeologist will consider comments received on or before 
    April 14, 1997 before taking action on a final rule and may change the 
    interim rule contained in this notice in light of the comments 
    received.
    
    Drafting Information
    
        This interim rule was prepared by Dr. Francis P. McManamon 
    (Departmental Consulting Archeologist, National Park Service), Dr. C. 
    Timothy McKeown (NAGPRA Team Leader, National Park Service), and Lars 
    Hanslin (Senior Attorney, Office of the Solicitor), in consultation 
    with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 
    Committee as directed by section 8 (c)(7) of the Act.
    
    Paperwork Reduction Act
    
        This interim rule does not contain collections of information 
    requiring approval by the Office of Management and Budget under the 
    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    
    Compliance With Other Laws
    
        This rule was reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget under 
    Executive Order 12866. The Department of the Interior determined that 
    this document will not have a significant economic effect on a 
    substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory Flexibility 
    Act (5 USC 601 et seq.). The civil penalties are expected to be 
    assessed on only a very small number of museums that have failed to 
    comply with the Act. Civil penalty amounts will be calculated to ensure 
    compliance and not as retribution.
        The National Park Service has determined and certifies pursuant to 
    the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, 2 U.S.C. 1502 et seq., that this 
    proposed rule will not impose a cost of $100 million or more in any 
    given year on local, State, or tribal governments or private entities.
        The National Park Service has determined that this interim rule 
    will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human 
    environment, health and safety because it is not expected to:
        (a) Increase public use to the extent of compromising the nature 
    and character of the area or causing physical damage to it;
        (b) Introduce non-compatible uses which compromise the nature and 
    characteristics of the area, or cause physical damage to it;
        (c) Conflict with adjacent ownerships or land uses; or
        (d) Cause a nuisance to adjacent owners or occupants.
        Based on this determination, this interim rule is categorically 
    excluded from the procedural requirements of the National Environmental 
    Policy Act (NEPA) by Departmental regulations in 516 DM 6 (49 FR 
    21438). As such, neither an Environmental Assessment (EA) nor an 
    Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been prepared.
    
    List of Subjects in 43 CFR Part 10
    
        Administrative practice and procedure, Hawaiian Natives, Historic 
    preservation, Indians--Claims, Museums, Reporting and record keeping 
    requirements.
    
        In consideration of the forgoing, 43 CFR Subpart A is amended as 
    follows:
    
    PART 10--NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT 
    REGULATIONS
    
        1. The authority citation for Part 10 continues to read as follows:
    
        Authority: 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.
    
        2. Part 10 is amended by adding Sec. 10.12 to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 10.12  Civil Penalties.
    
        (a) The Secretary's authority to assess civil penalties. The 
    Secretary is authorized by section 9 of the Act to assess civil 
    penalties on any museum that fails to comply with the requirements of 
    the Act. As used in this section, ``failure to comply with requirements 
    of the Act'' also means failure to comply with applicable portions of 
    the regulations set forth in this part. As used in this section ``you'' 
    refers to the museum or the museum official designated responsible for 
    matters related to implementation of the Act.
        (b) Definition of ``failure to comply''. (1) Your museum has failed 
    to comply with the requirements of the Act if it:
        (i) After November 16, 1990, sells or otherwise transfers human 
    remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural 
    patrimony in violation of the Act, including, but not limited to, an 
    unlawful sale or transfer
    
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    to any individual or institution that is not required to comply with 
    the Act; or
        (ii) After November 16, 1993, has not completed summaries as 
    required by the Act; or
        (iii) After November 16, 1995, or the date specified in an 
    extension issued by the Secretary, whichever is later, has not 
    completed inventories as required by the Act; or
        (iv) After May 16, 1996, or six months after completion of an 
    inventory under an extension issued by the Secretary, whichever is 
    later, has not notified culturally affiliated Indian tribes and Native 
    Hawaiian organizations; or
        (v) Refuses to repatriate human remains, funerary object, sacred 
    object, or object of cultural patrimony to a lineal descendant or 
    culturally affiliated Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
    pursuant to the requirements of the Act; or
        (vi) Repatriates human remains, funerary object, sacred object, or 
    object of cultural patrimony before publishing a notice in the Federal 
    Register as required by the Act.
        (2) Each violation will constitute a separate offense.
        (c) How to notify the Secretary of a failure to comply. (1) Any 
    person may bring an allegation of failure to comply to the attention of 
    the Secretary.
        (2) The Secretary may take the following steps upon receiving such 
    an allegation:
        (i) Review the alleged failure to comply;
        (ii) Identify the specific provisions of the Act which allegedly 
    have not been complied with;
        (iii) Determine if the institution of a civil penalty action is in 
    the public interest in the circumstances; and
        (iv) If appropriate, estimate the proposed penalty.
        (d) How the Secretary determines the penalty amount. (1) The 
    penalty amount will be .25% of your museum's annual budget, or $5000, 
    whichever is less, and, such additional sum as the Secretary may 
    determine is appropriate after taking into account:
        (i) The archeological, historical, or commercial value of the human 
    remains, funerary object, sacred object, or object of cultural 
    patrimony involved including, but not limited to, consideration of 
    their importance to performing traditional practices; and
        (ii) The damages suffered, both economic and non-economic, by the 
    aggrieved party or parties including, but not limited to, the costs of 
    attorney and expert witness fees, investigations, and administrative 
    expenses related to efforts to compel compliance with the Act; and
        (iii) The number of violations that have occurred.
        (2) An additional penalty of $100 per day after the date the final 
    administrative decision takes effect if your museum continues to 
    violate the Act.
        (3) The Secretary may reduce the penalty amount if there is:
        (i) A determination that you did not willfully fail to comply; or
        (ii) An agreement by you to mitigate the violation, including, but 
    not limited to, payment of restitution to the aggrieved party or 
    parties; or
        (iii) A demonstration of hardship or inability to pay, provided 
    that this factor will only apply when you have not been previously 
    found to have failed to comply with the regulations in this part; or
        (iv) A determination that the proposed penalty would constitute 
    excessive punishment under the circumstances.
        (e) How the Secretary notifies you of a failure to comply. (1) If 
    the allegations are verified, the Secretary serves you with a notice of 
    failure to comply either by personal delivery or by registered or 
    certified mail (return receipt requested). The notice includes:
        (i) A concise statement of the facts believed to show a failure to 
    comply;
        (ii) A specific reference to the provisions of the Act and/or the 
    regulations in this part that you have allegedly not complied with;
        (iii) The amount of the proposed penalty, including any initial 
    proposal to mitigate or remit where appropriate, or a statement that 
    the Secretary will serve notice of a proposed penalty amount after 
    ascertaining the damages associated with the alleged failure to comply; 
    and
        (iv) Notification of the right to file a petition for relief as 
    provided in this section below, or to await the Secretary's notice of 
    assessment and to request a hearing. The notice will also inform you of 
    your right to seek judicial review of any final administrative decision 
    assessing a civil penalty.
        (2) The Secretary also sends a copy of the notice of failure to 
    comply to:
        (i) Any lineal descendant of a known Native American individual 
    whose human remains or cultural items are in question; and
        (ii) Any Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations that are, 
    or are likely to be, culturally affiliated with the human remains or 
    cultural items in question.
        (f) Actions you may take upon receipt of a notice. If you are 
    served with a notice of failure to comply, you may: (1) Seek informal 
    discussions with the Secretary;
        (2) File a petition for relief. You may file a petition for relief 
    with the Secretary within 45 calendar days of receiving the notice of 
    failure to comply (or of a proposed penalty amount, if later). Your 
    petition for relief may request the Secretary to assess no penalty or 
    to reduce the amount. Your petition must be in writing and signed by an 
    official authorized to sign such documents. Your petition must set 
    forth in full the legal or factual basis for the requested relief.
        (3) Take no action and await the Secretary's notice of assessment; 
    or
        (4) Accept in writing or by payment the proposed penalty, or any 
    mitigation or remission offered in the notice. If you accept the 
    proposed penalty or mitigation or remission, you waive the notice of 
    assessment and the right to request a hearing.
        (g) How the Secretary assesses the penalty. (1) The Secretary 
    assesses the civil penalty when the period for filing a petition for 
    relief expires, or upon completing the review of any petition filed, or 
    upon completing informal discussions, whichever is later.
        (2) The Secretary considers all available information, including 
    information provided during the process of assessing civil penalties or 
    furnished upon further request by the Secretary.
        (3) If the facts warrant a conclusion that you have not failed to 
    comply, the Secretary notifies you that you will have no penalty 
    assessed.
        (4) If the facts warrant a conclusion that you have failed to 
    comply, the Secretary may determine a penalty according to the 
    standards in paragraph (d) of this section.
        (5) The Secretary notifies you of the penalty amount assessed by 
    serving a written notice of assessment, either in person or by 
    registered or certified mail (return receipt requested). The notice of 
    assessment includes:
        (i) The facts and conclusions from which the Secretary determined 
    that you have failed to comply;
        (ii) The basis for determining the penalty amount assessed and/or 
    any offer to mitigate or remit the penalty; and
        (iii) Notification of the right to request a hearing, including the 
    procedures to follow, and to seek judicial review of any final 
    administrative decision assessing a civil penalty.
        (h) How you request a hearing. (1) You may file a written, dated 
    request for a hearing on a notice of assessment with the Hearings 
    Division, Office of Hearings and Appeals, U.S. Department of the 
    Interior, 4015 Wilson Boulevard,
    
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    Arlington, Virginia 22203-1923. You must enclose a copy of the notice 
    of failure to comply and a copy of the notice of assessment. Your 
    request must state the relief sought, the basis for challenging the 
    facts used as the basis for determining the failure to comply and 
    fixing the assessment, and your preference as to the place and date for 
    a hearing. You must serve a copy of the request upon the Solicitor of 
    the Department of the Interior personally or by registered or certified 
    mail (return receipt requested) at the address specified in the notice 
    of assessment. Hearings will take place following procedures set forth 
    in 43 CFR part 4, subparts A and B.
        (2) Your failure to file a written request for a hearing within 45 
    days of the date of service of a notice of assessment waives your right 
    to a hearing.
        (i) Hearing appearance and practice. (1) Upon receiving a request 
    for a hearing, the Hearings Division assigns an administrative law 
    judge to the case, gives notice of assignment promptly to the parties, 
    and files all pleadings, papers, and other documents in the proceeding 
    directly with the administrative law judge, with copies served on the 
    opposing party.
        (2) Subject to the provisions of 43 CFR 1.3, you may appear by 
    representative, or by counsel, and may participate fully in those 
    proceedings. If you fail to appear and the administrative law judge 
    determines this failure is without good cause, the administrative law 
    judge may, in his/her discretion, determine that this failure waives 
    your right to a hearing and consent to the making of a decision on the 
    record.
        (3) Departmental counsel, designated by the Solicitor of the 
    Department, represents the Secretary in the proceedings. Upon notice to 
    the Secretary of the assignment of an administrative law judge to the 
    case, this counsel must enter his/her appearance on behalf of the 
    Secretary and files all petitions and correspondence exchanges by the 
    Secretary and the respondent which become part of the hearing record. 
    Thereafter, you must serve all documents for the Secretary to his/her 
    counsel.
        (4) Hearing administration. (i) The administrative law judge has 
    all powers accorded by law and necessary to preside over the parties 
    and the proceedings and to make decisions under 5 U.S.C. 554-557.
        (ii) The transcript of testimony, the exhibits, and all papers, 
    documents and requests filed in the proceedings constitute the record 
    for decision. The administrative law judge renders a written decision 
    upon the record, which sets forth his/her findings of fact and 
    conclusions of law, and the reasons and basis for them, and an 
    assessment of a penalty, if any.
        (iii) Unless you file a notice of appeal described in the 
    regulations in this part, the administrative law judge's decision 
    constitutes the final administrative determination of the Secretary in 
    the matter and takes effect 30 calendar days from this decision.
        (iv) In this hearing, the amount of civil penalty assessed will be 
    determined in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section, and will 
    not be limited by the amount assessed by the Secretary or any offer of 
    mitigation or remission made by the Secretary.
        (j) How you appeal a decision. (1) Either you or the Secretary may 
    appeal the decision of an administrative law judge by filing a ``Notice 
    of Appeal'' with the Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals, U.S. 
    Department of Interior, 4015 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 
    22203-1923, within 30 calendar days of the date of the administrative 
    law judge's decision. This notice must be accompanied by proof of 
    service on the administrative law judge and the opposing party.
        (2) Upon receiving this notice, the Director, Office of Hearings 
    and Appeals, appoints an ad hoc appeals board to hear and decide an 
    appeal. To the extent they are not inconsistent with the regulations in 
    this part the provision of the Department of Hearings and Appeals 
    Procedures in 43 CFR part 4, subparts A, B, and G apply to such appeal 
    proceedings. The appeal board's decision on the appeal must be in 
    writing and takes effect as the final administrative determination of 
    the Secretary on the date it is rendered, unless otherwise specified in 
    the decision.
        (3) You may obtain copies of decisions in civil penalty proceedings 
    instituted under the Act by sending a request to the Director, Office 
    of Hearings and Appeals, U.S. Department of the Interior, 4015 Wilson 
    Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1923. Fees for this service are 
    established by the Director of that Office.
        (k) The final administrative decision. (1) When you have been 
    served with a notice of a failure to comply and have accepted the 
    penalty as provided in the regulations in this part, the notice 
    constitutes the final administrative decision;
        (2) When you have been served with a notice of assessment and have 
    not filed a timely request for a hearing as provided in the regulations 
    in this part, the notice of assessment constitutes the final 
    administrative decision.
        (3) When you have been served with a notice of assessment and have 
    filed a timely request for a hearing as provided in these regulations 
    in this part, the decision resulting from the hearing or any applicable 
    administrative appeal from it constitutes the final administrative 
    decision.
        (l) How you pay the penalty. (1) If you are assessed a civil 
    penalty, you have 45 calendar days from the date of issuance of the 
    final administrative decision to make full payment of the penalty 
    assessed to the Secretary, unless you have filed a timely request for 
    appeal with a court of competent jurisdiction.
        (2) If you fail to pay the penalty, the Secretary may request the 
    Attorney General to institute a civil action to collect the penalty in 
    the U.S. District Court for the district in which your museum is 
    located. Where the Secretary is not represented by the Attorney 
    General, the Secretary may start civil action directly. In these 
    actions, the validity and amount of the penalty will not be subject to 
    review by the court.
        (3) Assessing a penalty under this section is not a waiver by the 
    Secretary of the right to pursue other available legal or 
    administrative remedies.
    
        Dated: November 5, 1996.
    George T. Frampton, Jr.,
    Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
    [FR Doc. 97-653 Filed 1-10-97; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
01/13/1997
Department:
Interior Department
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Interim rule.
Document Number:
97-653
Pages:
1820-1823 (4 pages)
RINs:
1024-AC48: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Regulations; Civil Penalties
RIN Links:
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CFR: (1)
43 CFR 10.12