[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77375-77376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31330]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-APPFL-19524; PPWODESCP1, PMP00SLY05.YP0000]
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Execution of Agreement and Establishment of Park.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces that the Secretary
of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy have entered into an
agreement governing the administration of facilities, land, or
interests in land under the jurisdiction of the Department of Energy
(DOE) that are to be initially included in the Manhattan Project
National Historical Park (Park) and setting out the specific
responsibilities of each of the Secretaries with regard to the Park.
This agreement satisfies the legal requirements to establish the Park.
This new unit of the National Park System is located in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee; Hanford, Washington; and Los Alamos, New Mexico.
DATES: The agreement governing the management of Park was signed by the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy on November 10,
2015. The law directing the establishment of the Park requires that
notice of the establishment of the Park be published in the Federal
Register not later than 30 days after the date on which the agreement
is executed.
ADDRESSES: The Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of the
Interior and the Department of Energy and the associated boundary map
are available for public review on the NPS's Planning, Environment and
Public Comment Web site at: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/MPNHP. A copy
of the boundary map is available on the Web site at: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=482&projectID=57561&documentID=69146.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victor Knox, Associate Director, Park
Planning, Facilities, and Lands by phone at 202-208-3264.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3039 of the Carl Levin and Howard P.
``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
(Pub. L. 113-291) includes specific provisions relating to the
establishment of this unit of the National Park System as follows:
a. Section 3039(d) of Public Law 113-291 requires the Secretary of
the Interior and the Secretary of Energy, not later than one year after
the date of enactment of the act (December 19, 2014), to enter into an
agreement governing the administration of facilities, land, or
interests in land under the DOE's jurisdiction that are to be included
in the Park and setting out the specific responsibilities of each of
the Secretaries with regard to the Park.
b. Section 3039(e)(2) of Public Law 113-291 also requires the
Secretary of the Interior to publish in the Federal Register notice of
the establishment of the Park, including a boundary map, not later than
30 days after the agreement is executed.
Beginning in February 2015 representatives of the Secretary of the
Interior and the Secretary of Energy met to discuss a framework for
managing the Park and to determine which of the eligible areas
identified in the authorizing legislation would be initially included
in the Park. Over the course of several months the agency
representatives visited all three DOE locations, toured the eligible
areas, and met with interested members of the public in each location.
As a result of those discussions, tours, and meetings, the Secretaries
determined that the areas shown on the map published with this notice
would be initially included in the Park. On July 28, 2015, the draft
agreement and a proposed boundary map were posted on the NPS's public
park-planning Web site, and members of the public were allowed 30 days
to comment on them. The agency representatives then analyzed those
comments and modified the draft agreement and the boundary map
accordingly. Although the NPS and DOE recognize the historical
significance of the other eligible areas identified in the authorizing
legislation, those facilities either are not currently safe for
visitation or are needed to support ongoing DOE mission work. They are
therefore not included in the Park at this time; however, the agencies
will periodically reevaluate them to determine if they can be included
in the Park at a later date.
The Secretary of the Interior has determined that the execution of
the agreement satisfies the legal requirements to establish this new
unit of the National Park System. Accordingly, effective on the date of
publication of this notice, the Park is established as a new unit of
the National Park System and is subject to the laws and policies
governing such units.
Authority: Section 3039 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck''
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015,
Public Law 113-291.
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Dated: December 4, 2015.
Peggy O'Dell,
Deputy Director, Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-31330 Filed 12-11-15; 8:45 am]
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