Blackwell School National Historic Site, 59771 [2024-16073]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–IMR–BLSC–NPS0037689;
PX.XXIMRC63.00.1–244–PPIMFODA00]
Blackwell School National Historic Site
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As authorized by the
Blackwell School National Historic Site
Act, the National Park Service
announces that the Secretary of the
Interior has established, in the State of
Texas, the Blackwell School National
Historic Site as a unit of the National
Park System.
ADDRESSES: A color version and more
detailed area maps depicting the
boundary are available online at https://
www.nps.gov/blsc/planyourvisit/
maps.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lance Hatten, Deputy Regional Director,
National Park Service, Intermountain
Region at 303–969–2500.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 17, 2022, President Biden
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signed into law the Blackwell School
National Historic Site Act (Pub. L. 117–
206), designating the Blackwell School
in Marfa, Texas, as a unit of the National
Park System. The Blackwell School was
a segregated school constructed in
Marfa, Texas in 1909. The school was
the sole public education institution for
hundreds of Marfa’s Mexican-American
children until its closure in 1965
following the integration of the Marfa
Independent School District (ISD).
Blackwell School serves as a tangible
reminder of the period during which the
doctrine of ‘‘separate but equal’’
dominated education and social
systems, and that de facto segregation of
Mexican-American children was
perpetuated in Texas school districts
through the mid-twentieth century.
The statute provides that Blackwell
School National Historic Site shall be
established as a unit of the National
Park System once the Secretary
determines that a sufficient quantity of
land, or interests in land, has been
acquired to constitute a manageable
park unit.
The National Park Service has
acquired all 0.77 acres within the
proposed historic site boundary,
encompassing the core area of Blackwell
School. On July 17, 2024, the Secretary
of the Interior signed a Decision
Memorandum determining that the
Marfa Independent School District has
entered into a donation agreement with
the National Park Service and that a
sufficient quantity of land, or interests
in land, has been acquired to constitute
a manageable park unit. With the
signing of this Decision Memorandum
by the Secretary and the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
Blackwell School National Historic Site
is established.
Charles F. Sams, III,
Director, National Park Service.
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STATES AND MEXICO
Notice of Availability of the Final
Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact for
Management of Federal Grazing
Leases at the Falcon Dam and
Reservoir, Starr and Zapata Counties,
Texas
United States Section,
International Boundary and Water
Commission, United States and Mexico
(USIBWC).
AGENCY:
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Notice of availability.
The USIBWC hereby gives
notice that the Final Environmental
Assessment (EA) and Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) for
Management of Federal Grazing Leases
at the Falcon Dam and Reservoir, Starr
and Zapata Counties, Texas is available.
ADDRESSES: The electronic version of
the Final EA and FONSI is available at
the USIBWC web page: https://
www.ibwc.gov/reports-studies/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Howe, Cultural Resources
Specialist, USIBWC, El Paso, Texas
79902. Telephone: (915) 832–4767,
email: Mark.Howe@ibwc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
USIBWC is updating or eliminating
active and inactive grazing leases in use
for commercial, residential, or
recreational purposes on federal land in
the Falcon Project (i.e., Falcon Dam and
Reservoir). Rights-of-way for the Falcon
Project totaled 63,192 acres on the U.S.
side of the Falcon Project as of 2000.
This project will assist USIBWC in
determining if grazing leases should be
allowed or discontinued and/or whether
land management alternatives should be
established in lieu of grazing.
The grazing lease program has
continued for areas along the Falcon
Reservoir that were originally ranches
and farms before the land was acquired
by the Federal Government pursuant to
the Water Treaty of 1944 between the
U.S. and Mexico, with construction of
the Falcon Project completed on
October 19, 1953. The grazing lease
program assured those areas not under
water or flooded and owned by the
Federal Government would be
economically used as they were in the
past by the local community. Initially
leases allowed for agricultural uses in
addition to grazing, but agricultural
activities and any clearing of leased
lands were later restricted to reduce
potential impacts on cultural resources
in accordance with National Historic
Preservation Act requirements. Active
leases currently only allow grazing
activities.
Grazing leases, licenses, and permits
consist of any written permit or other
legal document for an individual,
corporation, etc., to use and improve
land owned by the U.S. Government
under the jurisdiction of the USIBWC at
Falcon Reservoir. In the past, 22,270.57
acres of land were under 159 active
grazing leases originally issued in 1956.
As of 2020, there were 117 active
grazing leases with many that are still
held by the descendants of the original
permittees and/or stakeholders.
SUMMARY:
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-IMR-BLSC-NPS0037689; PX.XXIMRC63.00.1-244-PPIMFODA00]
Blackwell School National Historic Site
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As authorized by the Blackwell School National Historic Site
Act, the National Park Service announces that the Secretary of the
Interior has established, in the State of Texas, the Blackwell School
National Historic Site as a unit of the National Park System.
ADDRESSES: A color version and more detailed area maps depicting the
boundary are available online at https://www.nps.gov/blsc/planyourvisit/maps.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lance Hatten, Deputy Regional
Director, National Park Service, Intermountain Region at 303-969-2500.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 17, 2022, President Biden signed
into law the Blackwell School National Historic Site Act (Pub. L. 117-
206), designating the Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas, as a unit of
the National Park System. The Blackwell School was a segregated school
constructed in Marfa, Texas in 1909. The school was the sole public
education institution for hundreds of Marfa's Mexican-American children
until its closure in 1965 following the integration of the Marfa
Independent School District (ISD). Blackwell School serves as a
tangible reminder of the period during which the doctrine of ``separate
but equal'' dominated education and social systems, and that de facto
segregation of Mexican-American children was perpetuated in Texas
school districts through the mid-twentieth century.
The statute provides that Blackwell School National Historic Site
shall be established as a unit of the National Park System once the
Secretary determines that a sufficient quantity of land, or interests
in land, has been acquired to constitute a manageable park unit.
The National Park Service has acquired all 0.77 acres within the
proposed historic site boundary, encompassing the core area of
Blackwell School. On July 17, 2024, the Secretary of the Interior
signed a Decision Memorandum determining that the Marfa Independent
School District has entered into a donation agreement with the National
Park Service and that a sufficient quantity of land, or interests in
land, has been acquired to constitute a manageable park unit. With the
signing of this Decision Memorandum by the Secretary and the
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, Blackwell School
National Historic Site is established.
Charles F. Sams, III,
Director, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-16073 Filed 7-22-24; 8:45 am]
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