Notice2023-12139
U.S. Nominations to the World Heritage List; 21-Day Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment
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Published
June 7, 2023
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
This notice requests public comment on the next potential U.S. nominations from the U.S. World Heritage Tentative List ("Tentative List") to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List. The public may also make suggestions for future additions to the Tentative List. This notice complies with applicable World Heritage Program regulations.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37270-37271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12139]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-OIA-DTS-35557; PPWODIREI0-PIN00IO15.XI0000-234P104215]
U.S. Nominations to the World Heritage List; 21-Day Notice of
Opportunity for Public Comment
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice requests public comment on the next potential U.S.
nominations from the U.S. World Heritage Tentative List (``Tentative
List'') to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List. The public may also make
suggestions for future additions to the Tentative List. This notice
complies with applicable World Heritage Program regulations.
DATES: Comments will be accepted on or before June 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods--
Mailing to Jonathan Putnam, Office of International Affairs, National
Park Service, 1849 C Street NW, Room 2415, Washington, DC 20240 (202)
354-1809, or sending electronic mail (Email) to:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#53393c3d32273b323d0c2326273d323e133d23207d343c25"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e2888d8c83968a838cbd9297968c838fa28c9291cc858d94">[email protected]</span></a>.
Comments will not be accepted in any way other than those specified
above.
Information on the U.S. World Heritage program can be found at:
<a href="https://www.nps.gov/subjects/internationalcooperation/worldheritage.htm">https://www.nps.gov/subjects/internationalcooperation/worldheritage.htm</a>.
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#99f8e9ebf0f5c6fbebf6f6f2ead9f7e9eab7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8cedfcfee5e0d3eefee3e3e7ffcce2fcffa2ebe3fa">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Putnam, (202) 354-1809. For
the World Heritage nomination format, see the World Heritage Centre
website at: <a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/nominations">http://whc.unesco.org/en/nominations</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The World Heritage List is an international list of cultural and
natural properties nominated by the signatories to the World Heritage
Convention (1972), an international treaty for the preservation of
natural and cultural heritage sites of global significance. U.S.
participation and the roles of the Department of the Interior and the
National Park Service are authorized by title IV of the Historic
Preservation Act Amendments of 1980 and conducted in accordance with 36
CFR part 73--World Heritage Convention. The National Park Service
serves as the principal technical agency for the U.S. Government to the
Convention.
A Tentative List is a national list of natural and cultural
properties appearing to meet the World Heritage Committee eligibility
criteria for nomination to the World Heritage List. It is a list of
candidate sites which a country may consider for nomination within a
given time period, but does not guarantee future nomination. The World
Heritage Committee's Operational Guidelines ask participating nations
to provide Tentative Lists, which aid in evaluating properties for the
World Heritage List on a comparative international basis and help the
Committee to schedule its work over the long term. A country cannot
nominate a property unless it has been on its Tentative List for a
minimum of a year. Countries also are limited at this time to
nominating no more than one site in any given year.
Neither inclusion in the Tentative List nor inscription as a World
Heritage Site imposes legal restrictions on owners or neighbors of
sites, nor does it give the United Nations any management authority or
ownership rights in U.S. World Heritage Sites, which continue to be
subject to U.S. laws.
Current U.S. World Heritage Tentative List
The current U.S. World Heritage Tentative List includes the
following properties:
Cultural Sites
Civil Rights Movement Sites, Alabama [Other Properties Would Be Added
for a Complete Nomination]
--Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, Montgomery
--Bethel Baptist Church, Birmingham
--16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham
Dayton Aviation Sites, Ohio
--Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, Ohio
--Fort Ancient State Memorial, Warren County
--Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, near Chillicothe
--Newark Earthworks State Historic Site, Newark and Heath
Jefferson (Thomas) Buildings, Virginia (Proposed Jointly as an
Extension to the World Heritage Listing of Monticello and the
University of Virginia Historic District)
--Poplar Forest, Bedford County
--Virginia State Capitol, Richmond
Mount Vernon, Virginia
Serpent Mound, Ohio
Ellis Island, New Jersey and New York
Chicago Early Skyscrapers, Illinois, Including: [Other Properties May
Be Added in the Course of Developing a Nomination]
--Rookery
--Auditorium Building
--Monadnock Building
--Ludington Building
--Marquette Building
--Old Colony Building
--Schlesinger & Mayer (Carson, Pirie Scott) Department Store
--Second Leiter Building
--Fisher Building
Central Park, New York
Brooklyn Bridge, New York
Moravian Bethlehem District, Pennsylvania
Natural Sites
National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (Formerly Fagatele Bay
National Marine Sanctuary, American Samoa)
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
Marianas Trench National Monument, U.S. Territory, Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam
Central California Current, California, Including
--Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
--Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
--Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
--Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
--Point Reyes National Seashore
--Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Big Bend National Park, Texas
Pacific Remote Islands National Monument, U.S. Territorial Waters
Notes: (1) A nomination for the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks was
submitted by the United States to the World Heritage Committee in
January 2022 and will be considered by the
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Committee at its upcoming annual session in September 2023. (2) A
nomination of the Moravian Bethlehem District in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania as part of multi-country serial nomination of Moravian
Settlements was submitted by the United States to the World Heritage
Committee in January 2023 for consideration by the Committee in 2024.
The nomination includes Herrnhut in Germany and Gracehill in Northern
Ireland and was proposed as an extension to the World Heritage listing
of Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement in Denmark. (3) The
Department is now awaiting advice from the International Council on
Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) on adding other properties to the proposal
for the Civil Rights Movement Sites and its overall justification.
Request for Public Comments
Comments on whether to authorize the preparation of a World
Heritage nomination for any of the properties on the Tentative List
should address the readiness and ability of the property owner(s) to
prepare a satisfactory nomination document. Suggestions for additions
to the Tentative List not previously submitted must address: (i) How
the property(ies) would meet the World Heritage nomination criteria,
requirements for authenticity, integrity, legal protection and
management. Information on these criteria and requirements can be found
on the website noted in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this notice; and (ii) The U.S. legal prerequisites that include the
agreement of all property owners to the nomination of their property,
an official determination that the property is nationally significant
(such as by designation as a National Historic or National Natural
Landmark), and effective legal protection.
All previous suggestions for the Tentative List made during
previous comment periods or otherwise submitted since 2008, have been
retained and considered and should not be resubmitted at this time.
Selection and Nomination
All public comments will be summarized and provided to Department
of the Interior officials, who will obtain the advice of the Federal
Interagency Panel for World Heritage before making any selection of
properties for authorization to prepare a World Heritage nomination.
The selection may include relevant factors, such as the likelihood of
being able to complete a satisfactory nomination, and the fact that the
United States is in arrears in its payments of dues to the World
Heritage Fund. Once authorized, the property owners may prepare a draft
nomination.
The Department does not have a fixed schedule for completing or
submitting World Heritage nominations. No more than one nomination from
any country may be submitted per year, per the UNESCO World Heritage
Operational Guidelines. Completed nominations, if approved by the
Department for submission, may be submitted to the UNESCO World
Heritage Centre by February 1 of any year.
Public Availability of Comments
All comments will be a matter of public record. Before including an
address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying
information in a comment, members of the public should be aware that
the entire comment--including personal identifying information--may be
made public at any time. While commenters can request that personal
identifying information be withheld from public review, it may not be
possible to comply with this request.
Authority: 54 U.S.C. 307101; 36 CFR part 73.
Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 2023-12139 Filed 6-6-23; 8:45 am]
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