Notice2025-08476
Notice of Intended Disposition: Space Launch Deta 45, United States Space Force, Patrick Space Force Base, FL
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Published
May 14, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Space Launch Deta 45, United States Space Force (SLD 45, USSF) intends to carry out the disposition of human remains and associated funerary objects removed from Federal land to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20497-20498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08476]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040122; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: Space Launch Deta 45, United
States Space Force, Patrick Space Force Base, FL
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Space Launch Deta 45, United States
Space Force (SLD 45, USSF) intends to carry out the disposition of
human remains and associated funerary objects removed from Federal land
to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after June 13, 2025. If no claim for
disposition is received by May 14, 2026, the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains and associated funerary objects.
ADDRESSES: Thomas E. Penders, SLD 45, USSF, 1224 Jupiter Street,
Patrick Space Force Base, FL 32925, telephone (321) 307-0075, email
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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 the
SLD 45, USSF and additional information on the human remains or
cultural items 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, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified (one adult
tooth). The human tooth was not found in association with other human
remains or materials that may be ceremonial in nature and is considered
to be a tooth lost in life. The associated 91 funerary objects are 54
medium mammal elements, 29 unidentified fauna long bone fragments, four
shark and ray elements, one catfish element, one turtle carapace
element, and two bony fish elements. Of these a medium mammal long bone
was found in direct association with the human tooth. The ancestral
remains were recovered from 10-80 centimeters in depth from a single
shovel test pit from Gulbreansen Mound Site (8BR87) on Cape Canaveral
Space Force Station, Brevard County, Florida.
Determinations
The SLD 45, USSF has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 91 objects described in this notice are not reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains or ceremony.
<bullet> The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Seminole Tribe of
Florida; and The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma have priority for
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the appropriate
official identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no claim for
disposition is received by May 14, 2026, the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains and associated funerary objects. Claims for disposition may be
submitted by:
1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization 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 they have priority for disposition.
Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in
this notice may occur on or after June 13, 2025. If competing claims
for disposition are received, the SLD 45, USSF must determine the most
appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The SLD 45,
USSF is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes, 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.
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Dated: April 30, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08476 Filed 5-13-25; 8:45 am]
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