[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36397-36398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17041]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


$670,000 in Funding Assistance for Non-Federal Acquisition of 
Civil War Battlefield Land

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Availability of funding for acquisition of Civil War 
battlefield land.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of 
$670,000 to assist States and local communities in acquiring for 
permanent protection lands, or interests in lands, at significant Civil 
War battlefield sites.

ADDRESSES: Funding proposals should be mailed to: Hampton Tucker, 
National Park Service, American Battlefield Protection Program, 1849 C 
Street, NW, NC-330, Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202) 343-3580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Hampton Tucker, National Park Service, 
American Battlefield Protection Program, 1849 C Street, NW, NC-330, 
Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202) 343-3580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 1999 Interior Appropriations Act 
(Public Law 105-83), Congress appropriated $8 million from the Land & 
Water Conservation Fund to assist non-Federal efforts to acquire and 
preserve Civil War battlefield lands. The Congress has assigned most of 
these funds to specific projects. It reserved $670,000 of the total and 
has asked the National Park Service to assign those funds. NPS seeks 
proposals from State and local governments--or from qualified non-
profit historic preservation organizations acting through an agency of 
State or local government--for the non-federal acquisition of 
significant Civil War battlefield land. Project proposals are subject 
to the following requirements.
    1. The 1999 Appropriations Act requires that these funds be matched 
on a two-for-one basis with non-federal dollars. That is, the federal 
dollars can pay for no more than one-third of the acquisition cost.
    2. The purchase price must be supported by a qualified appraisal 
that has been approved by NPS as meeting the Uniform Appraisal 
Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions.
    3. The battlefield land acquired with the assistance of these funds 
must be permanently protected from inappropriate development.
    NPS will give priority to acquisition of land, or interests in 
land, within the ``core'' areas of Priority I and Priority II 
battlefields, as identified by the Congressionally-chartered Civil War 
Sites Advisory Commission (see list below). Among potential projects 
NPS will give highest priority to acquisition projects that can be 
completed within the immediate future.
    Proposals should be submitted by August 20,1999, and must include:
    1. A carefully drawn map (preferably on a U.S.G.S. Quadrangle Map) 
that sets out the boundaries of the battlefield and identifies within 
those boundaries the specific lands to be acquired.
    2. The number of acres of land to be acquired.
    3. A description of the battle-related events that occurred on the 
land.
    4. A statement of whether the owner of the land to be acquired has 
indicated a willingness to sell the land.
    5. A statement of the owner's asking price and/or the estimated 
fair market value of the land to be acquired.
    6. A statement of how much federal assistance from this program the 
applicant is requesting.
    7. A statement of how much matching share is already on hand or 
firmly pledged.

Priority I Civil War Battlefields

ALABAMA

Mobile Bay (Ft Morgan & Blakeley)

ARKANSAS

Prairie Grove

GEORGIA

Allatoona, Chickamauga Kennesaw Mountain, Ringgold Gap

KENTUCKY

Mill Springs, Perryville

LOUISIANA

Port Hudson

MARYLAND

Antietam, Monocacy, South Mountain

MISSISSIPPI

Brices Cross Roads, Chickasaw Bayou, Corinth, Port Gibson, Raymond, 
Vicksburg

MISSOURI

Byram's Ford, Fort Davidson, Newtonia

NEW MEXICO

Glorieta Pass

NORTH CAROLINA

Bentonville, Fort Fisher

OKLAHOMA

Honey Springs

PENNSYLVANIA

Gettysburg

SOUTH CAROLINA

Secessionville

TENNESSEE

Chattanooga, Fort Donelson, Spring Hill

VIRGINIA

Boydton Plank Road, Brandy Station, Bristoe Station, Cedar Creek, 
Chaffin's Farm/New Market Heights, Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, 
Deep Bottom II, Fisher's Hill, Gaines' Mill, Glendale, Kernstown I, 
Malvern Hill, Manassas, Second Mine Run, North Anna, Petersburg, 
Richmond, Spotsylvania Court House, White Oak Road, Wilderness

WEST VIRGINIA

Harpers Ferry, Rich Mountain

Priority II Civil War Battlefields

ARKANSAS

Chalk Bluff, Devil's Backbone, Elkin's Ferry, Marks' Mills, Prairie 
D'an

COLORADO

Sand Creek

GEORGIA

Dalton I, Davis' Cross Road, Griswoldville, Kolb's Farm, Lovejoy's 
Station, New Hope Church, Resaca, Rocky Face Ridge

KENTUCKY

Cynthiana, Munfordville, Richmond

LOUISIANA

Fort De Russy, Irish Bend, LaFourche Crossing, Mansfield, Mansura

MARYLAND

Boonsborough

MISSISSIPPI

Big Black River Bridge, Champion Hill, Grand Gulf, Okolona, Snyder's 
Bluff

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MISSOURI

Carthage, Fredericktown, Lexington, Lone Jack, Newtonia

NEW MEXICO

Valverde

NORTH CAROLINA

Monroe's Cross Roads, Roanoke Island, Wyse Fork

OKLAHOMA

Chustenahlah

SOUTH CAROLINA

Grimball's Landing, Honey Hill

TENNESSEE

Brentwood, Fair Garden, Murfreesborough, Parker's Cross Roads, 
Thompson's Station

TEXAS

Sabine Pass II

VIRGINIA

Aquia Creek, Berryville, Buckland Mills, Cedar Mountain, Cool 
Springs, Cross Keys, Cumberland Church, Dinwiddie Courthouse, 1st 
Deep Bottom, Hampton Roads, Hatcher's Run, Haw's Shop, Lewis' Farm, 
Peebles' Farm, Piedmont, Port Republic, Port Walthall Junction, 
Ream's Station, Rice's Station, Sailor's Creek, Saltville, Suffolk 
(Hill's Point), Sutherland's Station, Swift Creek, Tom's Brook, 
Trevilian Station, Ware Bottom Church, White Oak Swamp

WEST VIRGINIA

Hoke's Run, Smithfield Crossing, Summit Point

    Dated: June 30, 1999.
H. Bryan Mitchell,
Chief, American Battlefield Protection Program.
[FR Doc. 99-17041 Filed 7-2-99; 8:45 am]
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