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. , ............. I VoL . . No. 23 (c) c:aa.lderiDIappeila from IUCb DOIDiDatiou. reiDoftJa. UId deliptiou (or UlJ faihn or refaaal by a DomiDatiq autharitr to DOIIIiDate or de.ipate): . (d) NotffytDs tba 0WIIIr of a fINP8i1Y. appropriate local8CJ'1lllllHDta and tba . geaeral public. wUa the property II beiDI ccmaict..ed for daipatiOD ua Natioual Hiatoric l.aDdawk; (e) NotffytDs tba 0WU8I'I of private .. property and prOvidiq tbam an ' . opportuDity (lDcludiq a reuoaable pertod of time) to conCUl'in or oht.ect to the DOminatiOD of th. property or diltrtct for'd.._tion: (I) Revi..m, the DOmination of tfIe property or diltrict whent any nch oblectkm bu .... made. cIetermiDioI whether or DOt the property 01' diltrict II .liaible far daipatioo. and iIIfonDiDI the AdviIor)o-CoUDCil on HlItoric PreterYatlOD. the appropriate State offtcial. th. appropriate cbief elected local offtcial and the ownar or OWMI'I of .ach propertJ of the Secretary'. detenDiDat1on; and. (8) In the cue of Natioaal Hlttoric Landmark diltrictt for which DO boUDdari.. have been ..tabUabecl. '. publithiq propoRd bouodari.. iIl ·the F............ and nbmittlq them to the Committee 011 !DerBY and Natural ReaoUl'Cfll of the United Statet Senite . and to the Committee on Interior and IDIwar Affain of the United Statee Hou.. of RepreHDtatlvel. The Amendmeotl require the . Secretary to HOd any propoted regu1.tiOI1l publilhed thereunder to the Committee on Interior and ID.Iular AftainoftheHow.of~tati~ and the Committee OD Enerv and Natural RelOurc:et of the SeDate belare publicatioD in the F..... Ie..... for comment. and to HOd fIDal reauIatiou to Coqrea before publicatioD. In additioD to the Ch-D", requind by the AmeDdmentl, th... fIDal reauIatiGaa reflect commeotl made ill retpODM to . the December 11, 18'J1 interim regu1.tiOl1l. Sim:e tha iIIa-Dce of the December 18. 19711ater1m replatiOlll, the Heritase Cooterqt1OD and Recre.tioD Service (HCRS) bu beta aboli.hed and the National HiJtoric Landmarb Program traDlfemtd to the National Park Service (NPS). Commeotl received often refer to the CoD.Iultiq Committee wbich wa. a review board propoted to .xamine and make profe..ional recommeodatiOl1l to the Director (HCRS) and the Secretary of the Int.rior resardiq the qualiflcatiol1l of nominated N.tional HiJtoric Landmark•• With the traDtfer of the pl'08f8lD to the NatioDal Park Service. the.. regulatiol1l.ubttitute the National I Wec:IDndv. F.b1'U8l'J 2. 1888 Park Syttem AdviIorJ BOud far the CootWtfq Committee. Summary of COlDID8DtI and rnpoDM to commentl on tba Dec:ember 11, 18'J1 lDterim regu1atiou: _ One State mwed thet • ipeci& tYItem be utablilhed for DomiDatiou by State Hiltoric Pretervation Offtcen. The N.tional Park Semct mo empb.m.t . tbat National HiJtork: Landman. tboald be ..Iected primarily on the . bull vi tbale .tacU.. becauteof tbe importance of comparative anaIyU. Both of th... CODcmw are incorporated iDle the prioriti.. for HlectiDl.tudbta ..tablilbed ill th... replatioal. Several commenta Went received ccmcerDiDa the compolitlon of the ConnltiD& Committee and the role of the Cemmittee. ODe comment aaaeeted that d. . . .tioD by the 8ecretarJ. without CoD.Iulttq Committee rntew tbould be provtaioaal and tboaId . requjre·Committee COIlCUti'eIU» witldo.a spectfted period oftlme..ADotb8r COIIUDent recommended that the Committee iDc1ude expertiIe in both biItoric and prehiItoric udleoloaJ. A. a result. the replatiOl1l have been mack more apeciflc coDC8l'lliD8 wbea-ud how til. SecretarJ may delipate Naticmal HlItoric Landmarb without Naticma1. Park Syatem AdvtIory Board review.-Several private compaoi..·expreued ~.~ttheeftecttof dnipatioo. One company iDterpnted the HiJtoric Sitet Act to mean that the DepartmeDt of the Interior mut obtam an iDterest in a property before d.ipation. The Department doe.·DOt epee with tbit iIlterpretatiOD of the act. The tame company expreaed concern that the OWDerl were siviDa up lOIII8 rfsht ill th.irproperty. UDder Federal I.w. National Hiltortc Landmark detipatiOD of a private property dote DOt probibit any act10Dl which may otherwt.. be taken by the owner with respect to the property. Othert .uanted th.t the role of the DIrector in the de.igDatioD procea .bould be clarified. ThiI bu been done in the regul.tiOl1l. On. comment mo urpd that NPS .howd .11Ure that all N.tional Hi.toric l.aJldmark ltudi... public meettnp. etc.••howd be carried out by NPS or with an NPS repre..Dtative pre..nt. While thiI concern it not addre.ted in the regu!atiOD.l, NPS will a ..ure that there II adequate NPS overtigbt of all aapec:tl of the prosram. One comment expre...d concern that lOme a.peetl of the N.tioual Hittoric Landmark criteria are too broad. for example. the ref.rence. to mOVemeJltt. id..... beU.f. and ph.Domena. The regu1.tiOI1l make clear th.t the criteria are the s.n.ral .tandarda for evaluation I Rul•• uu:l ReplatlODI CUI of utioaal atpfftcanc:e: bownw. NPS empbuta8 that the lill'iflc:uce-of each property lOUt be naluated on the butt of a thOlOUlh and detailed tcbolartJ ltDd)'. The notillcetion proc:eduree before detilDation wen the tubject of a Dumber of commentl. ODe State Hlatoric Preterv.tiOD OffIcer ntCOIIUD8IIdecl that State HiJtoric PretervatiOll Offteen alw." participate in public meet1Dp. Altboqb tbiI II uot ac:ldreued in the rep!atiOD.l, NPS alwa" welcoma State Hittoric PretervatioD ameen' participation iD public meetiDp u well u in other upectI of the propam. Other COIDID8DtI recommended that addiUonal parti.. be notified. u well u thOle iDc1uded in the interim regu1atiOl1l. BecaUH notice II coady. NJ'S can rout1oaly DOt1fy ooly a certain number of parti.. u part of the nomination proceu. A number of COIDID8DtI recommended reviIiDa the regiltratiOD HCtion. Some commentl recomJll8Dded that c:ertiflcates be praented to all N.tional Hlttortc Laodm.rb. ThiI bu been includacl. Otben recomm.nded that p1aquel DOt be. praated uoJeu the recipienta are willID& to publicly dilplay them. Thia bu been included. Another comment queatiODed pttiq own. . to lip. preMrV.UOIl qreem.~t ·wbich it not biJulbla. s.Md 4D th... comment. the regiltration aapect of the prosram bu been nb.taotia1ly reviled. To fulfill the requirem.DtI of the Amendmentl' and OD the balil of the COlDID8DtI received on the December 18. 1971 interim repiatiOl1l. .ubttantive reviliOl1l have been made in the HCtiOl1l of the regu1atiOI1l li.ted below: Stlction tJ6.Z. A Dew HCtiOD on the effectt of detipation ba. been .dded. Stlction tl6.4. The Natioual Hiatoric Landmark Criteri•• Section 120U in the December 18. 1979 int.rim rul.. (reprinted u 38 CFR Part fS6 in 1981 to reflect the reora&Dization of HCRS into NPS) have beeD moved to a new poaition to .mpha.i%e their importance a. the ba.1I for all deciaiona aD landmark de.ignation. TheH criteria were reviled foUowiq conawtatioD with bittorical and archeological a.lOciatioD.l, the Hi.tory Area. Committee of the National Park SYltem AdvilOry Board ud the National ResiJter. Ala mult. the revi.ed criteria herein bav. been .ub.tituted for tho.. of the 1979 rul... With 10m. chaoses. the.. are the criteria uted by the National Hittoric Landmub Prosram before the 1971 ruln. They are leu cumberaom. ud more clo••ly parallel with the criteria of the NatioDal Register (38 CFR Part 80).