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[Federal Register: May 18, 1994]


National Park Service

 

U.S. World Heritage Nomination Process; Calendar Year 1994

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Public notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior, through the National Park 
Service, announces the process that will be used in calendar 1994 to 
identify possible U.S. nominations to the World Heritage List. This 
notice solicits public comments and suggestions on properties that 
should be considered as potential U.S. World Heritage nominations. The 
requirements that U.S. properties must satisfy to be considered for 
nomination were published in the May 27, 1982, Federal Register (47 FR 
23392). These Regulations, the criteria which cultural or natural 
properties must satisfy for World Heritage status, the properties on 
the U.S. Indicative Inventory of Potential Future U.S. World Heritage 
Nominations, and the 19 U.S. properties inscribed on the World Heritage 
List as of January 1, 1994 are available upon request from the National 
Park Service.

DATES: Comments on, or suggestions of cultural or natural properties as 
potential 1994 U.S. World Heritage nominations must be received within 
60 days of this notice. Comments should pertain to the merits of 
properties included on the Inventory or those that the respondent 
believes should be considered for U.S. nomination to the World Heritage 
List in 1994. Comments should also specify how the recommended property 
satisfies one or more of the World Heritage criteria. The Department 
will decide on the issue of nominations for 1994 and will publish the 
decision in the Federal Register with a request for further public 
comment in the event that potential nominations are identified. 
Comments on potential United States nominations which may be listed 
must be received within 30 days of the second notice. In the event that 
nominations are favorably identified and received, the Department of 
the Interior will subsequently publish in the Federal Register a final 
list of proposed 1994 U.S. World Heritage nomination(s). A detailed 
nomination document will be prepared for each. The Federal Interagency 
Panel for World Heritage will review the accuracy and completeness of 
draft 1994 United States nomination(s) and will make recommendations to 
the Department of the Interior. The Assistant Secretary for Fish and 
Wildlife and Parks will subsequently transmit approved nomination(s) on 
behalf of the United States to the World Heritage Committee Secretariat 
through the Department of State by October 1, 1994, for evaluation by 
the World Heritage Committee in 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments or recommendations should be sent to the 
Director, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, P.O. 
Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127. Attention: World Heritage 
Convention-023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert C. Milne, Chief, Office of 
International Affairs, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the 
Interior, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127 (202/343-7063).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Convention Concerning the Protection of 
the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, ratified by the United States 
and 135 other countries, establishes a system of international 
cooperation through which cultural and natural properties of 
outstanding universal value to mankind may be recognized and protected. 
The Convention seeks to put into place an orderly approach for 
coordinated and consistent heritage resource protection and enhancement 
throughout the world. The Convention complements each participating 
nation's heritage conservation programs and provides for:

    (a) The establishment of an elected 21-member nation World 
Heritage Committee to further the goals of the Convention and to 
approve properties for inclusion on the World Heritage List;
    (b) The development and maintenance of a World Heritage List to 
be comprised of natural and cultural properties of outstanding 
universal value;
    (c) The preparation of a List of World Heritage in Danger;
    (d) The establishment of a World Heritage Fund to assist 
participating countries in identifying, preserving, and protecting 
World Heritage properties;
    (e) The provision of technical assistance to participating 
countries, upon request; and
    (f) The promotion and enhancement of public knowledge and 
understanding of the importance of heritage conservation at the 
international level.

    Participating nations identify and nominate their sites for 
inclusion on the World Heritage List. The World Heritage Committee 
reviews and evaluates all nominations against established criteria. 
Under the Convention each participating nation assumes responsibility 
for taking appropriate legal, scientific, technical, administrative, 
and financial measures
necessary for the identification, protection, conservation, and 
rehabilitation of World Heritage properties situated within its 
borders.
    In the United States, the Department of the Interior is responsible 
for directing and coordinating U.S. participation in the World Heritage 
Convention. The Department implements its responsibilities under the 
Convention in accordance with the statutory mandate contained in Title 
IV of the National Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 1980 (Pub. 
L. 96-515; 16 U.S.C. 470a-1, a-2). On May 27, 1982, the Interior 
Department published in the Federal Register the policies and 
procedures which are used to carry out this legislative mandate (47 FR 
23392). The rules contain additional information on the Convention and 
its implementation in the United States, and identify the specific 
requirements that U.S. properties must satisfy before they can be 
nominated for World Heritage status.

    Dated: April 13, 1994.
George T. Frampton, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
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