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to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Doug Jacobs, Deputy Associate Regional 

Director for Lands, Resources, and 

Planning at (202) 619–7025. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Based 

upon new policies adopted since 

Hurricane Katrina, the USACE has 

deemed the 17th Street temporary 

barrier unreliable and decertified the 

levee. FEMA is responsible for issuing 

floodplain maps. FEMA proposes to 

treat the 17th Street closure as though 

it does not exist, putting a large portion 

of the monumental core and downtown 

Washington, DC, within the 100-year 

flood zone. 

If the map is published as FEMA 

proposes, the buildings located within 

this zone would be required to buy 

additional flood insurance and/or make 

costly upgrades to comply with building 

standards for facilities within a 100-year 

floodplain. In addition, projects that are 

currently in development would need to 

be revised and could be delayed in 

order to comply with these building 

codes. At the request of the District of 

Columbia (District), FEMA has agreed to 

delay the final issuance of the new 

floodplain mapping until November 

2009 to allow the District and other 

affected federal agencies time to design 

and implement an interim solution that 

will reliably stop the 100-year flood at 

17th Street. 

Due to the compressed deadline, the 

National Park Service has been working 

in collaboration with the District, 

USACE, the State Historic Preservation 

Officer, and the staffs of the National 

Capital Planning Commission and the 

Commission of Fine Arts to develop an 

appropriate range of alternatives. The 

EA evaluates five alternatives, all of 

which incorporate a permanent 

structure from Overlook Terrace in 

Constitution Gardens to the west side of 

17th Street and another permanent 

structure on the east side of 17th Street 

which extends into the natural rise of 

the Washington Monument Grounds. 

The intervening space across 17th Street 

will have footings designed to receive a 

temporary post and panel closure 

system that would be deployed only 

during a major flood event. The 

permanent structures on either side of 

17th Street will be a combination of 

earthen berms and concrete walls/ 

embankments which will be clad in 

stone during a subsequent phase of the 

project. Alternative 1 has been 

identified as the preferred alternative 

and has been fully coordinated with the 

National Mall Plan which is currently 

under development by the National Park 

Service. 

The alternative selected in the EA will 

be further developed into preliminary 

and final designs which will be subject 

to additional review by the National 

Park Service, the National Capital 

Planning Commission and the 

Commission of Fine Arts. 

Dated: January 15, 2009. 

Margaret O’Dell, 

Regional Director, National Capital Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–2049 Filed 1–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–JK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Boston Harbor Islands National 

Recreation Area Advisory Council; 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service, Boston Harbor 

Islands National Recreation Area. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

meeting of the Boston Harbor Islands 

National Recreation Area Advisory 

Council will be held on Wednesday, 

March 4, 2009, at 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 

New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, 

Boston, MA. 

This will be the annual meeting of the 

Council. The agenda will include a 

presentation on park stewardship, 

membership review and election of 

officers, park update and public 

comment. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public. Any person may file with the 

Superintendent a written statement 

concerning the matters to be discussed. 

Persons who wish to file a written 

statement at the meeting or who want 

further information concerning the 

meeting may contact Superintendent 

Bruce Jacobson at (617) 223–8667. 

DATES: March 4, 2009 at 6 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: New England Aquarium, 

Central Wharf, Boston, MA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent Bruce Jacobson, (617) 

223–8667. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Council was appointed by the 

Director of National Park Service 

pursuant to Public Law 104–333. The 28 

members represent business, 

educational/cultural, community and 

environmental entities; municipalities 

surrounding Boston Harbor; Boston 

Harbor advocates; and Native American 

interests. The purpose of the Council is 

to advise and make recommendations to 

the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership 

with respect to the development and 

implementation of a management plan 

and the operations of the Boston Harbor 

Islands NRA. 

Dated: January 9, 2009. 

Bruce Jacobson, 

Superintendent, Boston Harbor Islands NRA. 

[FR Doc. E9–2045 Filed 1–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of a meeting for Denali 

National Park Subsistence Resource 

Commission. 

SUMMARY: The Denali National Park 

Subsistence Resource Commission 

(SRC) will meet to develop and continue 

work on National Park Service (NPS) 

subsistence hunting program 

recommendations and other related 

subsistence management issues. This 

meeting is open to the public and will 

have time allocated for public 

testimony. The public is welcome to 

present written or oral comments to the 

SRC. This meeting will be recorded and 

meeting minutes will be available upon 

request from the park superintendent for 

public inspection approximately six 

weeks after each meeting. The NPS 

subsistence resource commission 

program is authorized under Title VIII, 

Section 808 of the Alaska National 

Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public 

Law 96–487, to operate in accordance 

with the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Craver, Subsistence Manager, Tel. 

(907) 683–9544, Address: Denali 

National Park and Preserve, P.O. Box 9, 

Denali National Park, AK 99755 or 

Clarence Summers, Subsistence 

Coordinator, Tel. (907) 644–3603. 

Proposed Meeting Date: The SRC 

meeting will be held on Friday, 

February 27, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Location: Denali Dome Home Bed and 

Breakfast, Healy, AK. 

The proposed SRC meeting agenda 

includes the following: 

1. Call to Order by Chair 

2. Roll Call and Confirmation of 

Quorum 

3. Superintendent’s Welcome and 

Introductions 

4. Approval of Minutes from Last 

Commission Meeting 

5. Additions and Corrections to Draft 

Agenda 

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6. Public and Other Agency Comments 

7. Old Business 

8. New Business 

a. Regional Office Update 

b. State Game Board Actions on 

NCPA’s Proposals 

c. Wildlife Regulatory Timeline for 

Federal Subsistence Board Actions 

d. Project Updates 

e. Denali’s Subsistence Management 

Plan 

f. Response to letter from the Public 

9. NPS Reports and Updates 

a. Ranger Division Update 

b. Resource Management Program 

Update Fish and Wildlife Updates 

10. Public and Other Agency Comments 

11. Set Time and Place of next Denali 

SRC Meeting 

12. Adjournment 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SRC 

meeting location and date may need to 

be changed based on weather or local 

circumstances. If meeting date and 

location are changed, a notice will be 

published in local newspapers and 

announced on local radio stations prior 

to the meeting date. The meeting may 

end early if all business is completed. 

Dated: December 23, 2008. 

Sue E. Masica, 

Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–2040 Filed 1–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–PF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Submission of U.S. Nominations to the 

World Heritage List 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service. 

ACTION: Notice of Decision To Submit 

Nominations to the World Heritage List. 

SUMMARY: This notice constitutes the 

official publication of the decision to 

submit nominations to the World 

Heritage List for Papahanaumokuakea 

Marine National Monument, Hawaii, 

and Mount Vernon, Virginia, and serves 

as the Third Notice referred to in Sec. 

73.7(j) of the World Heritage Program 

regulations (36 CFR part 73). 

The nominations are being submitted 

through the Department of State for 

consideration by the World Heritage 

Committee, which will likely occur at 

the Committee’s 34th annual session in 

mid-2010. 

These two properties have been 

selected from the U.S. World Heritage 

Tentative List. The Tentative List 

consists of properties that appear to 

qualify for World Heritage status and 

which may be considered for 

nomination by the United States to the 

World Heritage List. The current U.S. 

Tentative List was transmitted to the 

UNESCO World Heritage Centre on 

January 24, 2008. 

The new U.S. Tentative List appeared 

in a Federal Register notice on March 

19, 2008 (73 FR 14835–14838, March 

19, 2008) with a request for public 

comment on possible initial 

nominations from the 14 sites on the 

U.S. Tentative List, particularly for the 

two sites named above. 

The comments received and the 

Department of the Interior’s responses to 

them as well as the Department’s 

decision to request preparation of these 

two nominations appeared in a 

subsequent Federal Register Notice 

published on July 8, 2008 (73 FR 39036– 

39039, July 8, 2008). The Department 

considered public comments received 

during the comment period as well as 

the advice of the Federal Interagency 

Panel for World Heritage in making the 

decisions to submit the two U.S. World 

Heritage nominations. Both properties 

meet the legal prerequisites for 

nomination by the United States to the 

World Heritage List. They appear to 

meet one or more of the World Heritage 

criteria and all owners of the two sites 

support the nomination of these 

nationally significant properties to the 

World Heritage List. 

Papahanaumokuakea Marine National 

Monument was selected for nomination 

in part because it would, as a marine 

site and a mixed cultural and natural 

site in the Pacific, fill conspicuous gaps 

in the U.S. portfolio of World Heritage 

Sites. Similar gaps likewise exist in the 

World Heritage List as a whole, wherein 

few marine, Pacific, or mixed sites are 

listed. The State of Hawaii, the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service and the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, the three co-stewards of 

the Monument, are strongly supportive 

of the nomination. 

George Washington’s Mount Vernon 

likewise would fill a gap in the U.S. 

cultural site list and on the World 

Heritage List as a whole. It is an 

outstanding example of a type of 

colonial cultural landscape that was tied 

to the plantation economy based on 

slavery that prevailed in the American 

South during the colonial and early 

Federal periods. It is also the primary 

illustration of the early historic 

preservation movement in the United 

States. The Mount Vernon Ladies 

Association, the owner, strongly 

supports the property’s nomination. 

DATES: The World Heritage Committee 

will likely consider the nominations at 

its 34th annual session in mid-2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Morris, 202–354–1803 or 

Jonathan Putnam, 202–354–1809. For 

summary information on the U.S. 

Tentative List and how it was 

developed, please see the March 19, 

2008, Federal Register notice (73 FR 

14835–14838, March 19, 2008). 

Complete information about U.S. 

participation in the World Heritage 

Program and the process used to 

develop the Tentative List is posted on 

the Office of International Affairs Web 

site at: http://www.nps.gov/oia/topics/

worldheritage/tentativelist.htm. 

To request paper copies of documents 

discussed in this notice, please contact 

April Brooks, Office of International 

Affairs, National Park Service, 1201 Eye 

Street, NW., (0050) Washington, DC 

20005. E-mail: April_Brooks@nps.gov. 

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 the preservation 

of natural and cultural heritage sites of 

global significance proposed by 

President Richard M. Nixon in 1972, 

and the U.S. was the first nation to ratify 

it. In 2005, the United States was 

elected to a fourth term on the World 

Heritage Committee and will serve until 

2009. The Committee, composed of 

representatives of 21 nations elected as 

the governing body of the World 

Heritage Convention, makes the final 

decisions on which nominations to 

accept on the World Heritage List at its 

annual meeting each summer. 

There are 878 sites in 145 of the 185 

signatory countries. Currently there are 

20 World Heritage Sites in the United 

States already listed. 

U.S. participation and the roles of the 

Department of the Interior and the 

National Park Service are authorized by 

Title IV of the Historic Preservation Act 

Amendments of 1980 and conducted in 

accordance with 36 CFR 73—World 

Heritage Convention. The Department of 

the Interior has the lead role for the U.S. 

Government in the implementation of 

the Convention; the National Park 

Service serves as the principal technical 

agency within the Department for World 

Heritage matters and manages all or 

parts of 17 of the 20 U.S. World Heritage 

Sites currently listed. 

A Tentative List is a national list of 

natural and cultural properties 

appearing to meet the World Heritage 

Committee’s eligibility criteria for 

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