[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 73293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25343]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

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Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As authorized by the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, 
Management, and Recreation Act, the National Park Service announces 
that the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) has established, in the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument as 
a unit of the National Park System.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Cucurullo, Deputy Regional 
Director, National Park Service, South Atlantic Gulf Regional Office at 
(404) 507-5611.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2302 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. 
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, Public Law 116-9, 
includes a specific provision relating to establishment of this unit of 
the National Park System. To establish the national monument, the 
Secretary must determine that a sufficient quantity of land, or 
interests in land, has been acquired to constitute a manageable park 
unit and must publish notice of the establishment of the national 
monument in the Federal Register.
    Fought on January 19, 1862, the Battle of Mill Springs is 
considered one of the earliest major victories for the Union Army on 
the field of battle during the Civil War. The National Park Service 
acquired by general warranty deed the fee simple interests in the 
approximately one-acre Zollicoffer Park on March 6, 2020. Zollicoffer 
Park is located within the center of the core battlefield area and 
includes the area of direct engagement between Union and Confederate 
forces during the Battle of Mill Springs. The National Park Service 
acquired by general warranty deed the fee simple interests in an 
approximately 17-acre parcel that includes the Mill Springs Visitor 
Center/Museum and adjacent parking area on March 24, 2020. The Visitor 
Center/Museum is currently open to the public and includes artifacts 
found on the battlefield, interpretive displays, a library, 
administrative offices, gift shop, and theater room. It is also at this 
location that visitors begin their visit to Mill Springs Battlefield by 
following a self-guided automobile tour throughout the battlefield 
landscape.
    On September 22, 2020, the Secretary of the Interior signed a 
Decision Memorandum determining that a sufficient quantity of land, or 
interests in land, had been acquired to constitute a manageable park 
unit. With the signing of this Decision Memorandum by the Secretary, 
the site to be known as the ``Mill Springs Battlefield National 
Monument'' was established as a unit of the National Park System, 
effective September 22, 2020, and is subject to all laws, regulations, 
and policies pertaining to such units.

Margaret Everson,
Counselor to the Secretary, Exercising the Delegated Authority of the 
Director, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-25343 Filed 11-16-20; 8:45 am]
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