[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 234 (Friday, December 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 78357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26694]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

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Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, 
the National Park Service announces that the Secretary of the Interior 
has established, in the State of Missouri, Ste. Genevieve National 
Historical Park, as a unit of the National Park System.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tokey Boswell, Midwest Regional 
Office, at (402) 661-1534.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 101 of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act of 2018 incorporated by reference Section 7134 of 
S.1460 Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017. This act includes 
specific provisions relating to establishment of Ste. Genevieve 
National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System. To 
establish the historical park, the Secretary must determine that 
sufficient land has been acquired to constitute a manageable park unit; 
and enter into a written agreement providing that land owned by the 
State, the City of Ste. Genevieve, or other entity within the Historic 
District shall be managed consistent with the purposes of the 
establishing legislation.
    The Federal Government now owns, in fee simple title, two historic 
buildings and their associated property. The first property was donated 
by the State of Missouri on March 14, 2019. On January 30, 2020, the 
Society of Colonial Dames in America, Missouri Chapter donated the Jean 
Baptiste-Valle home to add to the site. In July of 2020, the State of 
Missouri signed transfer agreements for multiple parcels of land and 
two buildings within the boundary of the park that total an additional 
10.54 acres. The National Park Service is currently performing the due 
diligence to acquire these properties. There are also four other 
individual properties totaling approximately 1.09 acres with signed 
letters of intent to sell or donate. In total, these parcels constitute 
sufficient lands to constitute a manageable unit of the National Park 
System.
    The Secretary, through the National Park Service, has also entered 
into written agreements on August 31, 2018, with the City of Ste. 
Genevieve, the State of Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Ste. 
Genevieve County, the Foundation for the Restoration of Ste. Genevieve, 
the Society of Colonial Dames in America, Missouri Chapter, and 
Chaumette, Inc., providing that land and properties owned by those 
entities shall be managed consistent with the purposes of the 
establishing legislation.
    On August 26, 2020, the National Park Service entered into a second 
agreement with the City of Ste. Genevieve to operate out of the City's 
existing welcome center.
    On October 30, 2020, the Secretary of the Interior signed a 
Decision Memorandum determining that sufficient lands and agreements 
have 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 ``Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park'' was 
established as a unit of the National Park System, effective October 
30, 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. 2020-26694 Filed 12-3-20; 8:45 am]
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