60593

Page 111

.. , ........... I Vol. . . No. 23 -SCiaa &S. New . . .' ..... be.. iDIated to cIadlJ ........ ad priorities UId to idIdfJ ~ laJldlMrb. to _ ....... underataJlctiq of bow NaUcmal Hi8toric l.andm. .k ItwU.luelCblduled. aDd to define the roll of tbe appropriate Stata officWt. Federal·....d •• and. other partin ill that proceu. The Department receive. numeroua requuta to deli8zlate propertiu I I National Hiatoric Landmarb from Stale offkiaJa. property oWllera and alb.... The requuta to atudy and d'li&o.ate auch propertiH tar exceed th.lunda and I d .vaJJabl. to the Department for the conduct of the ProlfUlL National tfiatoric Landmarb wilL with rare e~ceptione. be identiBed on the balie of theme etudie. which provide the contextual tramework to evaluate the relative ligniftcance of propertiea. Th. theme ltudiea, whicb ol'lanize the study of American hie tory. and lpecial ltudi.. for propertiea IlOt in ectfvw them. ltudt.. will be conducted aC'COl'Clint to prioritiea ntabU.hed herein. State and Pederal .....c:f.. evaluate, document. end nominate -*Pilicant hi.torie propertin to the National Resftter of Hietorte Placet, under the authoritie. of the National Hiltorte Preservation Act of 1988, a. amended. and Executive Order 1151k1. Their effort. are one ba.i. for eatabUshin, National Hiltoric Landmark Program priori till and a.eiet in avoiding duplication of effort. Section 81J.S(c)(2). Thil paragraph h.. been modified to ttate that oneite vieit. will be required unle.. NPS d,termlnn such a vilit ie not necet..ry and to indicate that NPS may conduct a public information meeq for propertia with more than 50 owners and wiU do 10 for such a property upoa requ.t by the chief elected official of the local. COWlty or munidpal political juriadicUon ill which the property i. located. 1"bia section alto provid.. that on which the onaite Yiltt ... caodacI8d before the effective date of th... regula tions an not abject to the noUce provisioDl lDIIO'edn, that ••tudy it beins conductecL .Section tJ6.4(cJ(f). Ne. taqua.. baa been added to ideDutr IlliDimwa . requirementa for the etudy report or nomination for each ~tin landmark. s.ction M.${d){5). Tbia parqrapb hal beeo. modified to provide ownera aJl opportunity to concur in or object to desimation and to 'pec:ify bow a statement of objection _ball be tranamitted to NPS. Section M.5(e}(2). New IlDIUa.. h.. been added to provide that studie. submitted to the Contultinl Committ" pro"" ,IWtdDnday. P_nw, 2. 1_ , or NauJ.& Pull Syatea AdviaorJ load befon ~ effectiv. date of theM nplatiOlll DHd IIOt be raubmitted to theN.tioMl Park Sy. . . AdvieorJ Board. In ~uch inataacH. if a property appean t~ qualify for dftilnatioo.. NPS will proviCie at leut 30 day. notice. a copy of ~ _tudy report. and III opportuDi~ to co......u. 1Ild. for oWllera. ali oppartuDity to COOCUl in or object to ~e dHipation U lpecified ill t 8U(d) ~2) aDd (3). befon euGaaittiDa a propertJJ!..H..s.mar, far ~~.X3). N.w~bu been adGtd to cluify the role of the . Oirect.or ~ the avaluatloa aDd ~l~-=~Uo RuJu IDd ReauLatiou Interior aad Inaulu Affaire of the UDited Statu tmu. 01 Ilepruatativ.. to allow not I. . thaa 30 DOl' mon than eo day. to commMt OIl tb. propoaed boundariH. Section 6&S(a). New lanpqe expaad,a the potential juatiftcation for withdraw'" of I.andmark cinilnation from three to four. iDcludiDa altemation of kind or deane of lipific:anca becaUie of pnvioual), undiacovered information and reevaluation of the theme \&Ddar . whidl . . _ .....daB WAI oriIiDally aru&ecL Section 8S.9(b). 'fbi. MCtion tpec:ifi.. that propertiee duipated.1 National HlatDric Landmark. before enactmlllt of the Amlllfhtpta. December 13. 1980. can only ~ai&Dated if th.y have ceuacl to milt the criteria for duipatioD becau.e the quautiel which cauted them to be oriaiDaily desigDated have bee 10M or destroyed. Thia proviaioall COIIMatent with the A ........ta· "paadfathariDa" aU hittoric propartiu liated I I National Hi.toric Landmarks in the FedInI RetiI&er of Feb".." .. 1m or thereafter prior to the effective date of the Amendmanta. and with the Conpeaaioaal cOmmittee reports on the AmeDdmenta which recognize that the Sec:relarJ may dedesignate properties which bay.loat the bistone qua Ii tiel for which they were designated .• , Section 8$.6(c). A proces•. ~ establithed for appeall for dedesisnation. Sectioll 8$.9(e). New IlIIjUAae provid.. for pollible CODllDueci National Regilter liatinl when a landmark desipatioD it withdrawn and automatic National Retitter eligibility wben detipation it withdrawn because of beG • to provide that if the own. . 0; private property or for a diatrict the majority aoc:h ownen hava objected to the dea.'iIu~QD, the Sec:n1arJ Iball make • ~termination of a propertJ'. elisibility for NelioDal Hittoric Landmark detipatioD. u requind by the 1uDe............ The parqrapa aI.o Htabliabn that the Keeper may Uat In the Natioa.al Rapt. . propertiu coDliclarad for National Hittoric Landmark deeipation which do DOt m"t the National HiItoric Land_ark criteria but do meet the Natioaal Rqiater criteria for State or local simiftcance or determine aucll propertiu elisible for liatin8 if the privat. ownera or a majority of such owo.era object to liattna. Section fJI.${,). Thi. parapph deec:ribee the DOticn which NPS will provide coDCen1iq dftipatioaa. delerlDinatioDl of elitibility for de. .tioo or otber actioaa lakeD by the Sac:ntArJ. ., s.ction fJl.5(b). New lanpaae ha. proc:edural mor. b"n adMd to clarify wbeD the Section 8$.10. A new section has been Secretai)' may deaipate Natiow added which eetablishes a formal Hiatoric Landmarka without review by proce.e fOl appealing cieclslone not to the National Park Sy.tam Advilory desiJnate I property. Nation.a1 Histone Board aDd to Idllltify notification Landmark. proc:edune and other procedural "ep. These t"b.tantive reVl510IU are to be foUowed ill tba duipatioll of accompanied by minor (;har.~e! in landmarka without Adviaory Board lansuage throughout the rC~Ji .. t1~r.s for re·/iew. . .purpO..1 of clarity and can!I,;.ency. The Section 8.U. Landmark Resiatration Departmellt of the lntenor emphasIZes haa been redefined I I Landmark that the National Histone I...andmark Recoanition: thia chanp will,liminate criteria CODItitute the standard. against potential confuSon betweell which aU prolpective landmarks are "Registered" Landmarks anel National measured. The.. critena do not contain Repter properti... a specific definitioa of sigruficance. SectiOIl t14B(d)(Z). A n.w proviaion i. Instead. they are PWl'osely worded to added that in the case of National Hiatoric Landmark diltricta for which no create a qualitatiye framework that can be applied to the wide vutety of bounderi.. have been Htabliabed. propertin of nationalsigruficance. The propo..d boundariu shall be publiahed b ..i. for dlligDation of propertiet as in the Federal ...... fC!' commeat and landmarb it a tcbolarly. profeSSIonal submittacl to the Committee OD Enel1Y analy.il of the hi.toneal doclUIlentatlan and Natural Retource. of tb. United for each property and of the property s State. Senate and the Committ" on