Notice2023-03327
Submission of U.S. Nomination to the World Heritage List
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Published
February 17, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Department of the Interior has submitted a nomination to the World Heritage List for "Moravian Church Settlements," jointly with the governments of Germany and the United Kingdom. It consists of the main part of the Historic Moravian Bethlehem National Historic Landmark District in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as well as Moravian settlements in Herrnhut, Germany, and Gracehill in the United Kingdom. This is the third notice required by the Department of the Interior's World Heritage Program regulations.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10376-10377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03327]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-OIA-DTS-35126; PPWODIREI0-PIN00IO15.XI0000-234P104215]
Submission of U.S. Nomination to the World Heritage List
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior has submitted a nomination to
the World Heritage List for ``Moravian Church Settlements,'' jointly
with the governments of Germany and the United Kingdom. It consists of
the main part of the Historic Moravian Bethlehem National Historic
Landmark District in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as well as Moravian
settlements in Herrnhut, Germany, and Gracehill in the United Kingdom.
This is the third notice required by the Department of the Interior's
World Heritage Program regulations.
ADDRESSES: To request paper copies of documents discussed in this
notice, contact April Brooks, Office of International Affairs, National
Park Service, 1849 C St. NW, Room 2415, Washington, DC 20240 (202) 354-
1808, or sending electronic mail (Email) to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8aebfaf8e3e6d5e8f8e5e5e1f9cae4faf9a4ede5fc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="137263617a7f4c71617c7c7860537d63603d747c65">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Morris, Chief, Office of
International Affairs at (202) 354-1803 or Jonathan Putnam,
International Cooperation Specialist, at (202) 354-1809. Complete
information about U.S. participation in the World Heritage Program and
the process used to develop the U.S. World Heritage Tentative List is
posted on the National Park Service, Office of International Affairs
website at: <a href="https://www.nps.gov/subjects/internationalcooperation/worldheritage.htm">https://www.nps.gov/subjects/internationalcooperation/worldheritage.htm</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This constitutes the official notice of the
decision by the United States Department of the Interior to submit a
nomination to the World Heritage List for ``Moravian Church
Settlements,'' as enumerated in the Summary above, and serves as the
Third Notice referred to in 36 CFR 73.7(j) of the World Heritage
Program regulations (36 CFR part 73).
The nomination was submitted through the U.S. Department of State
to the World Heritage Centre of the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for consideration by the
World Heritage Committee, which will likely occur at
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the Committee's 45th annual session in mid-2024.
This property has been selected from the U.S. World Heritage
Tentative List, which comprises properties that appear to qualify for
World Heritage status, and which may be considered for nomination by
the United States to the World Heritage List, as required by the World
Heritage Committee's Operational Guidelines.
The U.S. World Heritage Tentative List appeared in a Federal
Register notice on January 11, 2021 (86 FR 1999), as required by 36 CFR
73.7(c)) with a request for public comment on possible nominations from
the 19 sites on the Tentative List. A summary of the comments received,
the Department of the Interior's responses to them and the Department's
decision to request preparation of this nomination appeared in a
subsequent Federal Register notice published on February 1, 2022 (87 FR
5498-5499). These are the First and Second Notices required by 36 CFR
73.7(c) and (f).
In making the decision to submit this U.S. World Heritage
nomination, pursuant to 36 CFR 73.7(h) and (i), the Department's
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks evaluated the draft
nomination and the recommendations of the Federal Interagency Panel for
World Heritage. She determined that the property meets the
prerequisites for nomination by the United States to the World Heritage
List that are detailed in 36 CFR part 73. The properties are nationally
significant, being part of a National Historic Landmark district
designated by the Department of the Interior. The owners of the
properties have concurred in writing with the nomination, and each
property is well protected legally and functionally as documented in
the nomination. It appears to meet two of the World Heritage criteria
for cultural properties.
``Moravian Church Settlements'' are nominated under World Heritage
cultural criteria (iii) and (iv), as provided in 36 CFR 73.9(b)(1), as
a group, or ``series,'' that collectively appears to justify criterion
(iii) as an exceptional testimony to the Moravian Church's distinct
religious and social ideals which are expressed in the towns' layouts,
architecture, and craftsmanship, as well as the fact that numerous
buildings are still used either for their original function or the
continuation of Moravian Church activities and traditions. The series
also justifies criterion (iv) as an outstanding example of intentional
religious town planning within the Protestant tradition; each
settlement bears witness to the Moravian Church vision of a unified and
coherent urban design, inspired by ancient and biblical concepts of the
`ideal city' and anticipating Enlightenment ideals of equality and
social improvement that became a reality only much later in many
places. The settlements, both individually and as a group, also meet
the World Heritage requirements for integrity and authenticity.
The World Heritage List is an international list of cultural and
natural properties nominated by the signatories to the World Heritage
Convention (1972). The World Heritage Committee, composed of
representatives of 21 nations elected as the governing body of the
World Heritage Convention, makes the final decisions on which
nominations to accept on the World Heritage List at its annual meeting
each summer. Although the United States is not a member of UNESCO, it
continues to participate in the World Heritage Convention, which is an
independent treaty. There are 1,154 World Heritage sites in 167 of the
194 signatory countries. The United States has 24 sites inscribed on
the World Heritage List.
U.S. participation and the role of the Department of the Interior
are authorized by title IV of the National Historic Preservation Act
Amendments of 1980, Public Law 96-515, 94 Stat. 2987, 3000, codified as
amended at 54 U.S.C. 307101, and conducted by the Department through
the National Park Service in accordance with the regulations at 36 CFR
part 73 which implement the Convention pursuant to the 1980 Amendments.
Neither inclusion in the Tentative List nor inscription as a World
Heritage Site imposes legal restrictions on owners or neighbors of
sites, nor do they give the United Nations any management authority or
ownership rights in U.S. World Heritage Sites, which continue to be
subject only to U.S. federal and local laws, as applicable.
Authority: 54 U.S.C. 307101; 36 CFR part 73.
Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 2023-03327 Filed 2-16-23; 8:45 am]
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