The Painted Desert Inn at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona is one of many landmarks listed on the National Register of Historic Places / Rebecca Latson
In response to more than 3,200 comments received from the public and valued preservation partners, the National Park Service (NPS) announced it is withdrawing its March 2019 proposal to revise regulations governing the listing of properties in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
“After much consideration we have determined that the intention of the proposed revisions would not be beneficial to the historic preservation community and we are withdrawing the proposal,” said NPS Associate Director Joy Beasley, who serves as the Keeper of the National Register for Historic Places. “I am grateful to our active and engaged preservation partners at the federal, state, local, and Tribal levels for working with us throughout this review process.”
After reviewing public comments and listening to the concerns of state and Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, federal Preservation Officers, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and other national historical and archeological associations, the regulations, which are found in Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 60 and 63, will remain unchanged.
A notice regarding the withdrawal will be published in the Federal Register in the coming months. Additional information about the proposed rulemaking process can be found on NPS.gov.
The NRHP is the official list of the nation's historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), the NRHP is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and archeological resources.
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What were the proposed changes?
ec, here is a link that appears to cover the changes. https://www.nps.gov/subjects/historicpreservation/nhparegs2019.htm
It's a little bit hard to figure out, but this runs through a lot of the changes. The concerns were that nominations could be blocked by private property owners. An example would be the nomination of a historic district by a one or more property owners in the proposed district if it's a "majority of the land area". The current rule says that it can be blocked by a "majority" of the property owners. Another issue would be who could nominate places owner or controlled by the federal government. Also that it would require the nomination of both a state agency and a federal agency. It would seem to make it harder to name a place if the state's executive branch or the federal government resists.
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