[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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