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U.S. Nomination to the World Heritage
List: Okefenokee National Wildlife
Refuge
National Park Service, Interior
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This notice announces the
decision to request that the Okefenokee
National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia
prepare a draft nomination for inclusion
on the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) World Heritage List. The
decision is the result of consultation
with the Federal Interagency Panel for
World Heritage and the review of public
comments submitted in response to an
earlier notice. This notice complies with
applicable World Heritage Program
regulations.
ADDRESSES: To request paper copies of
documents discussed in this notice,
contact April Brooks, Office of
International Affairs, National Park
Service, 1849 C St. NW, Room 2415,
Washington, DC 20240, (202) 354–1808,
or sending electronic mail (Email) to:
april_brooks@nps.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Putnam, 202–354–1809.
Information on the U.S. World Heritage
program can be found at: https://
www.nps.gov/subjects/
internationalcooperation/
worldheritage.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
The World Heritage List is an
international list of cultural and natural
properties nominated by the signatories
to the World Heritage Convention
(1972). The United States was the prime
architect of the Convention, an
international treaty for preservation of
natural and cultural heritage sites of
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global significance. The World Heritage
Committee, composed of representatives
of 21 nations periodically elected as the
governing body of the World Heritage
Convention, makes the final decisions
on which nominations to accept on the
World Heritage List. There are 1,157
sites in 167 countries. Currently there
are 24 World Heritage Sites in the
United States. U.S. participation and the
roles of the Department of the Interior
(Department) and the National Park
Service (NPS) are authorized by title IV
of the Historic Preservation Act
Amendments of 1980 and conducted in
accordance with 36 CFR 73—World
Heritage Convention. Each State Party to
the Convention maintains a Tentative
List, periodically updated, of properties
that are considered suitable for
nomination. Only properties on the
Tentative List are eligible to officially
prepare nominations that the
Department may consider for
submission. Okefenokee National
Wildlife Refuge has been included on
the U.S. Tentative List since 1982.
Neither inclusion in the list nor
inscription as a World Heritage Site
imposes legal restrictions on owners or
neighbors of sites, nor does it give the
United Nations any management
authority or ownership rights in U.S.
World Heritage Sites, which continue to
be subject only to U.S. law.
The Assistant Secretary for Fish and
Wildlife and Parks (Assistant Secretary)
initiates the process to nominate U.S.
sites to the World Heritage List by
publishing a notice in the Federal
Register seeking public comment on
which properties on the U.S. Tentative
List should be nominated next by the
United States. The first notice (88 FR
37270, as required by 36 CFR 73.7(c))
was published on June 7, 2023.
Following the publication of the first
notice, the Assistant Secretary consults
the Federal Interagency Panel for World
Heritage to review the public comments
submitted and make a recommendation.
If the Panel recommends that a property
be nominated and the recommendation
is accepted by the Assistant Secretary, a
second notice is issued. This is the
second notice as required by 36 CFR
73.7(f) on the proposed nomination. The
Panel assists the Department in
implementing the Convention by
making recommendations on U.S.
World Heritage policy, procedures, and
nominations. The Panel is chaired by
the Assistant Secretary.
Decision To Request the Preparation of
a New U.S. World Heritage Nomination
The Department received over 10,300
comments in response to the first notice,
many of them regarding Okefenokee
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National Wildlife Refuge, all of which
were expressions of support from the
property owners, elected representatives
at local, state, and Federal levels,
individuals, institutions, and museums.
There were no comments against
nominating any property, including this
site. Additional comments supported
the nomination of other sites, in
particular sites associated with Civil
Rights Movement history.
The Department considered all
comments received as well as the advice
of the Federal Interagency Panel for
World Heritage.
The Department has selected the
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge as
a proposed U.S. nomination to the
World Heritage List. With the assistance
of the Department, including the
completion of appropriate consultation
with Native American Tribal
governments, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, along with supporting
organizations, is encouraged to develop
a complete nomination, in accordance
with 36 CFR part 73 and the nomination
format required by the World Heritage
Committee.
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge,
Georgia, consists of more than 400,000
acres embracing 92% of the Okefenokee
Swamp, a large hydrologically intact
swamp that is the source of two rivers,
one that flows into the Atlantic and the
other into the Gulf of Mexico. The
Refuge also has extensive and
essentially undisturbed peat deposits.
Okefenokee is one of the world’s
largest naturally driven freshwater
ecosystems with a diversity of habitat
types, including 21 vegetative types.
The Refuge’s fauna is also renowned
worldwide for its diversity of
amphibians and reptiles, mammals,
birds, fishes, and invertebrates and
perhaps as many as 1,000 species of
moths. Unlike many other significant
wetland areas, the swamp is the source
of rivers rather than their recipient, as
in a delta, and therefore is generally
unaffected by most disturbances to
natural hydrology and water flow. The
Refuge’s undisturbed peat beds store
valuable information on environmental
conditions over the past 5,000 years and
are a significant source of information
related to global changes.
Next Steps
A draft World Heritage nomination for
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
may now be prepared, in consultation
with the National Park Service’s Office
of International Affairs. The NPS will
coordinate the review and evaluation of
the draft nomination to ensure it meets
the requirements of 36 CFR 73, and will
cooperate with the U.S. Fish and
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Wildlife Service and other partners.
Following NPS review of a complete
draft nomination, the Department may
submit it to the World Heritage Centre
for technical review by September 30 of
any year. The Centre will then provide
comments by November 15 of that year.
The Federal Interagency Panel for World
Heritage will review a draft nomination
following receipt of the Centre’s
comments and recommend to the
Department whether the nomination
should be formally submitted for
consideration by the World Heritage
Committee. Submittal to the World
Heritage Centre by the Department
through the Department of State can be
made by February 1 of any year (prior
to 2026, at which time a new procedure
of the World Heritage Committee will
take effect); the World Heritage
Committee would then consider the
nomination at its annual meeting in the
summer of the following year, after an
evaluation by an official Advisory Body
to the Committee.
Authority: 54 U.S.C. 307101; 36 CFR
part 73.
Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks.
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National Register of Historic Places;
Notification of Pending Nominations
and Related Actions
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
The National Park Service is
soliciting electronic comments on the
significance of properties nominated
before August 26, 2023, for listing or
related actions in the National Register
of Historic Places.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
electronically by October 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments are encouraged
to be submitted electronically to
National_Register_Submissions@
nps.gov with the subject line ‘‘Public
Comment on <property or proposed
district name, (County) Stategt;.’’ If you
have no access to email, you may send
them via U.S. Postal Service and all
other carriers to the National Register of
Historic Places, National Park Service,
1849 C Street NW, MS 7228,
Washington, DC 20240.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sherry A. Frear, Chief, National Register
of Historic Places/National Historic
Landmarks Program, 1849 C Street NW,
MS 7228, Washington, DC 20240,
sherry_frear@nps.gov, 202–913–3763.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
properties listed in this notice are being
considered for listing or related actions
in the National Register of Historic
Places. Nominations for their
consideration were received by the
National Park Service before August 26,
2023. Pursuant to Section 60.13 of 36
CFR part 60, comments are being
accepted concerning the significance of
the nominated properties under the
National Register criteria for evaluation.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Nominations submitted by State or
Tribal Historic Preservation Officers
Key: State, County, Property Name,
Multiple Name (if applicable), Address/
Boundary, City, Vicinity, Reference
Number.
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Woodbury County
Dick’s Diner, 723 West 7th St., Sioux City,
SG100009407
KANSAS
Bourbon County
A.B. Paine Photo Supply Co., 523 South
Main St., Fort Scott, SG100009415
Cowley County
Spring Creek Stone Arch Bridge (Masonry
Arch Bridges of Kansas TR), Located in
West Creswell Township, 2.5 mi. west of
Arkansas City on 262nd Rd., Arkansas City
vicinity, MP100009416
Douglas County
Sowers-Crawford Farms Historic District
(Agriculture-Related Resources of Kansas
MPS), 624 and 646 North 100 Rd.,
Overbrook vicinity, MP100009424
Finney County
The J.H. Stevens-C.L. Thompson Block
Historic District, 401–409 North Main,
Garden City, SG100009417
Trego County
Keraus Hardware Store, 121 North Main St.,
WaKeeney, SG100009418
Wyandotte County
Immanuel Baptist Church, 1335 Quindaro
Blvd., Kansas City, SG100009419
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-OIA-DTS-36352; PPWODIREI0-PIN00IO15.XI0000]
U.S. Nomination to the World Heritage List: Okefenokee National
Wildlife Refuge
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the decision to request that the
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia prepare a draft
nomination for inclusion on the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List. The decision is
the result of consultation with the Federal Interagency Panel for World
Heritage and the review of public comments submitted in response to an
earlier notice. This notice complies with applicable World Heritage
Program regulations.
ADDRESSES: To request paper copies of documents discussed in this
notice, contact April Brooks, Office of International Affairs, National
Park Service, 1849 C St. NW, Room 2415, Washington, DC 20240, (202)
354-1808, or sending electronic mail (Email) to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Putnam, 202-354-1809.
Information on the U.S. World Heritage program can be found at: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/internationalcooperation/worldheritage.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The World Heritage List is an international list of cultural and
natural properties nominated by the signatories to the World Heritage
Convention (1972). The United States was the prime architect of the
Convention, an international treaty for preservation of natural and
cultural heritage sites of global significance. The World Heritage
Committee, composed of representatives of 21 nations periodically
elected as the governing body of the World Heritage Convention, makes
the final decisions on which nominations to accept on the World
Heritage List. There are 1,157 sites in 167 countries. Currently there
are 24 World Heritage Sites in the United States. U.S. participation
and the roles of the Department of the Interior (Department) and the
National Park Service (NPS) are authorized by title IV of the Historic
Preservation Act Amendments of 1980 and conducted in accordance with 36
CFR 73--World Heritage Convention. Each State Party to the Convention
maintains a Tentative List, periodically updated, of properties that
are considered suitable for nomination. Only properties on the
Tentative List are eligible to officially prepare nominations that the
Department may consider for submission. Okefenokee National Wildlife
Refuge has been included on the U.S. Tentative List since 1982. Neither
inclusion in the list nor inscription as a World Heritage Site imposes
legal restrictions on owners or neighbors of sites, nor does it give
the United Nations any management authority or ownership rights in U.S.
World Heritage Sites, which continue to be subject only to U.S. law.
The Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks (Assistant
Secretary) initiates the process to nominate U.S. sites to the World
Heritage List by publishing a notice in the Federal Register seeking
public comment on which properties on the U.S. Tentative List should be
nominated next by the United States. The first notice (88 FR 37270, as
required by 36 CFR 73.7(c)) was published on June 7, 2023. Following
the publication of the first notice, the Assistant Secretary consults
the Federal Interagency Panel for World Heritage to review the public
comments submitted and make a recommendation. If the Panel recommends
that a property be nominated and the recommendation is accepted by the
Assistant Secretary, a second notice is issued. This is the second
notice as required by 36 CFR 73.7(f) on the proposed nomination. The
Panel assists the Department in implementing the Convention by making
recommendations on U.S. World Heritage policy, procedures, and
nominations. The Panel is chaired by the Assistant Secretary.
Decision To Request the Preparation of a New U.S. World Heritage
Nomination
The Department received over 10,300 comments in response to the
first notice, many of them regarding Okefenokee
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National Wildlife Refuge, all of which were expressions of support from
the property owners, elected representatives at local, state, and
Federal levels, individuals, institutions, and museums. There were no
comments against nominating any property, including this site.
Additional comments supported the nomination of other sites, in
particular sites associated with Civil Rights Movement history.
The Department considered all comments received as well as the
advice of the Federal Interagency Panel for World Heritage.
The Department has selected the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
as a proposed U.S. nomination to the World Heritage List. With the
assistance of the Department, including the completion of appropriate
consultation with Native American Tribal governments, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, along with supporting organizations, is encouraged to
develop a complete nomination, in accordance with 36 CFR part 73 and
the nomination format required by the World Heritage Committee.
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, consists of more than
400,000 acres embracing 92% of the Okefenokee Swamp, a large
hydrologically intact swamp that is the source of two rivers, one that
flows into the Atlantic and the other into the Gulf of Mexico. The
Refuge also has extensive and essentially undisturbed peat deposits.
Okefenokee is one of the world's largest naturally driven
freshwater ecosystems with a diversity of habitat types, including 21
vegetative types. The Refuge's fauna is also renowned worldwide for its
diversity of amphibians and reptiles, mammals, birds, fishes, and
invertebrates and perhaps as many as 1,000 species of moths. Unlike
many other significant wetland areas, the swamp is the source of rivers
rather than their recipient, as in a delta, and therefore is generally
unaffected by most disturbances to natural hydrology and water flow.
The Refuge's undisturbed peat beds store valuable information on
environmental conditions over the past 5,000 years and are a
significant source of information related to global changes.
Next Steps
A draft World Heritage nomination for Okefenokee National Wildlife
Refuge may now be prepared, in consultation with the National Park
Service's Office of International Affairs. The NPS will coordinate the
review and evaluation of the draft nomination to ensure it meets the
requirements of 36 CFR 73, and will cooperate with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and other partners. Following NPS review of a complete
draft nomination, the Department may submit it to the World Heritage
Centre for technical review by September 30 of any year. The Centre
will then provide comments by November 15 of that year. The Federal
Interagency Panel for World Heritage will review a draft nomination
following receipt of the Centre's comments and recommend to the
Department whether the nomination should be formally submitted for
consideration by the World Heritage Committee. Submittal to the World
Heritage Centre by the Department through the Department of State can
be made by February 1 of any year (prior to 2026, at which time a new
procedure of the World Heritage Committee will take effect); the World
Heritage Committee would then consider the nomination at its annual
meeting in the summer of the following year, after an evaluation by an
official Advisory Body to the Committee.
Authority: 54 U.S.C. 307101; 36 CFR part 73.
Shannon A. Estenoz,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
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