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framework for formulating these

alternatives, the park’s purposes and

significance will first be identified.

Based upon purpose, significance, and

strategies identified, the GMP will

identify and analyze programs, actions,

and support facilities needed for

implementation.

Public Information

Earlier in the scoping process a series

of public forums was announced and

conducted. Additional public open

house/workshops are scheduled for fall

1997, which will be publicized through

mailings, press releases, park

information media, and public notices

(details will be available upon request

via the contact listed below). A record

of all information obtained through

these sessions will be maintained

during the entire EIS process. Also, a

series of newsletters will be distributed

throughout.

Comments

All interested individuals,

organizations, agencies, or entities that

may be affected by the proposed plan

are encouraged to share comments about

issues or concerns which should be

addressed during the EIS process.

Written comments concerning the GMP/

EIS should be postmarked no later than

sixty (60) days from the publication date

of this notice. All comments, or

inquiries regarding public forums,

should be addressed to: Planning Team

Captain, National Park Service, Denver

Service Center, 12795 West Alameda

Parkway, Denver, Colorado 80225–0287

or via telephone at (303) 969–2280.

Decision

The draft EIS and plan are anticipated

to be available for public review during

summer, 1998. The final EIS and plan

are expected to be completed one year

later. A complete Record of Decision is

to be executed no sooner than thirty

days after the release of the final EIS.

The responsible officials are John

Reynolds, Regional Director, Pacific

West Regional Office, National Park

Service; Michael Tollefson,

Superintendent, Sequoia and Kings

Canyon National Parks.

Dated: October 8, 1997.

Patricia L. Neubacher,

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Subsistence Resource Commission;

Notice of a Meeting

ACTION: Subsistence Resource

Commission (SRC) meeting.

SUMMARY: The Superintendent of

Aniakchak National Monument and the

Chairperson of the Subsistence Resource

Commission for Aniakchak National

Monument announce a forthcoming

meeting of the Aniakchak National

Monument Subsistence Resource

Commission.

The following agenda items will be

discussed:

(1) Call to order. (Chairman)

(2) SRC Roll call; confirmation of

quorum. (Chairman)

(3) Welcome and introductions (Public,

agency staff, others).

(4) Review and adopt agenda. (SRC)

(5) Review and adopt minutes from the

February 1997 meeting.

(6) Review commission’s role and

purpose.

(7) Status of commission membership.

(8) Old business:

a. Recommendation to designate

Ivanof Bay and Perryville as

resident zone communities.

b. Status of Board of Game and

Federal Subsistence Board

proposals to close Unit 9E to nonsubsistence/sport taking of moose

and caribou.

c. NPS Unit 9E moose and caribou

population surveys.

d. Aniakchak National Monument and

Preserve visitor use report for 1997.

e. Status of Aniakchak National

Preserve Hunting Guide prospectus.

f. Status of NPS subsistence program

document/SRC chair briefing

session.

g. Review and approve final

subsistence hunting program

recommendations.

(9) New business:

a. Federal Subsistence Program

update.

b. Public and agency comments.

(10) SRC work session (draft proposals,

letters, hunting program

recommendations).

(11) Set time and place of next SRC

meeting.

(12) Adjournment.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 1:00

p.m. on Thursday, November 13, 1997

and conclude at approximately 7:00

p.m. The meeting will reconvene at 8:00

a.m. on Friday, November 14, 1997 and

adjourn at approximately 1:00 p.m.

LOCATION: The meeting will be held at

the Chignik Lake School in Chignik

Lake, Alaska.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill

Pierce, Superintendent, or Karen C.

Gustin, Unit Manager, Aniakchak

National Monument, P.O. Box 7, King

Salmon, Alaska 99613. Phone (907)

246–3305.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Subsistence Resource Commissions are

authorized under Title VIII, Section 808,

of the Alaska National Interest Lands

Conservation Act, Pub. L. 96–487, and

operate in accordance with the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committees Act.

Marcia Blaszak,

Acting Regional Director, Alaska Region.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Meeting of Federal Interagency Panel

on World Heritage

AGENCY: National Park Service, U.S.

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting of panel.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in

accordance with the Federal Advisory

Committees Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86

Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App. I), of a meeting

of the Federal Interagency Panel on

World Heritage. It is expected that the

following agenda items will be

discussed:

Results of 21st Meeting of the World Heritage

Bureau

Results of the General Assembly of States

Parties to the World Heritage Convention

Agenda for and United States Representation

at the 21st Meeting of the World Heritage

Committee

Report on Legislative Proposals potentially

affecting U.S. World Heritage Program

Public Information Activities, including new

National Park Service World Heritage

Leaflet

U.S. World Heritage Nomination Process for

1998

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Monday, November 3, 1997. The

meeting will begin at 2:00 pm and end

by approximately 5 pm. The meeting is

open to the public. It is expected that 10

persons will be able to attend the

meeting in addition to the Panel

members.

LOCATION: The meeting will be held at

the Main Interior Building, 1849 C St.,

NW, Washington, DC., in Room 3121.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon J. Cleary, Chief, Office of

International Affairs, or James H.

Charleton, International Cooperation

Specialist, Office of International
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Affairs, National Park Service,

Washington, DC 20240. Phone (202)

565–1280; fax 202–565–1290; e-mail:

james—charleton @ nps.gov.

ADDRESSES: Written comments or

recommendations should be sent to the

Director, National Park Service, U.S.

Department of the Interior, P.O. Box

37127, Washington, D.C. 20240.

Attention: World Heritage Convention0050.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Convention Concerning Protection of

the World Cultural and Natural

Heritage, now ratified by the United

States and 149 other countries, has

established a system of international

cooperation through which cultural and

natural properties of outstanding

universal value to humanity may be

recognized and protected.

The Convention seeks to put into

place an orderly approach for

coordinated and consistent heritage

resource protection and enhancement

throughout the world.

Participating nations voluntarily

identify and nominate their most

important natural wonders and cultural

treasures for inclusion on the World

Heritage List, which currently includes

506 cultural, natural, and mixed

properties. The World Heritage

Committee judges all nominations

against established criteria.

Under the Convention, each

participating Nation assumes

responsibility for taking appropriate

legal, scientific, technical,

administrative, and financial measures

necessary for the identification,

protection, 2 conservation, and

rehabilitation of World Heritage

properties situated within its borders.

By the terms of the Convention, each

nation explicitly retains full sovereignty

over and complete ownership, legal

authority and management

responsibility for its World Heritage

Sites. In the United States, for example,

only United States law applies to the

sites.

The World Heritage Committee,

composed of 21 countries elected by the

signatories to the Convention, reviews

proposals to add new sites to the List

once each year. The United States now

serves on the Committee and has twice

served as its Chair. The Committee

administers the World Heritage Fund,

which assists countries in participating

in World Heritage activities related to

the preservation of listed properties,

particularly those on a List of World

Heritage in Danger maintained by the

Committee.

The United States has placed 20 sites

on the List. Among them are Monticello

and the Taos Pueblo, nominated with

their owners’ full support. National

Parks are included in 17 World Heritage

Sites—among which are the Grand

Canyon, Independence Hall, Mammoth

Cave, and Everglades. Two sites in the

United States are on the List of World

Heritage in Danger—Everglades and

Yellowstone National Parks.

No United States nominations to the

World Heritage List are pending. The

Panel will review the process for

possible U.S. nominations in calendar

1998 that might lead to consideration of

sites for inscription in the World

Heritage List at the World Heritage

Committee meeting scheduled for the

end of calendar 1999.

In the United States, the Department

of the Interior is responsible for

directing and coordinating U.S.

participation in the World Heritage

Convention. The Department

implements its responsibilities under

the Convention in accordance with the

statutory mandate contained in Title IV

of the National Historic Preservation Act

Amendments of 1980 (P.L. 96–515; 16

U.S.C. 470a–1, a–2). On May 27, 1982,

the Interior Department published in the

Federal Register the policies and

procedures which it uses to carry out

this legislative mandate (47 FR 23392,

36 CFR 73). The rules contain additional

information on the Convention and its

implementation in the United States,

and identify the specific requirements

that U.S. properties must satisfy before

they can be nominated for World

Heritage status, i.e., the property must

have previously been determined to be

of national significance, its owner must

concur in writing to its nomination, and

its nomination must include evidence of

such legal protections as may be

necessary to ensure preservation of the

property and its environment.

The program regulations; the criteria

which cultural, natural, and mixed

properties must satisfy for World

Heritage status; the properties on the

Indicative Inventory of Potential Future

U.S. World Heritage nominations; and a

list of the 20 U.S. properties inscribed

on the World Heritage List as of the date

of this notice are available upon request

from the National Park Service.

The Federal Interagency Panel for

World Heritage 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 for Fish and

Wildlife and Parks, and currently

includes representatives from the Office

of the Assistant Secretary for Fish and

Wildlife and Parks, the National Park

Service, the Bureau of Land

Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey

within the Department of the Interior;

the President’s Council on

Environmental Quality; the Smithsonian

Institution; the Advisory Council on

Historic Preservation; the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, Department of

Commerce; the U.S. Forest Service,

Department of Agriculture; the U.S.

Information Agency; and the

Department of State.

Dated: October 7, 1997.

Sharon J. Cleary,

Chief, Office of International Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

National Register of Historic Places;

Notification of Pending Nominations

Nominations for the following

properties being considered for listing

in the National Register were received

by the National Park Service before

October 18, 1997. Pursuant to section

60.13 of 36 CFR part 60 written

comments concerning the significance

of these properties under the National

Register criteria for evaluation may be

forwarded to the National Register,

National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127,

Washington, D.C. 20013–7127. Written

comments should be submitted by

November 12, 1997.

Carol D. Shull,

Keeper of the National Register.

Colorado

Dolores County

Ansel Hall Ruin (Great Pueblo Period of

the McElmo Drainage Unit MPS),

Address Restricted, Cahone vicinity,

97001418

Mesa County

Phillips, Harry and Lilly, House, 798 N.

Mesa St., Fruita, 97001419

Florida

Polk County

Frostproof High School, Old, 111 W.

First St., Frostproof, 97001420

Georgia

Cherokee County

Canton Wholesale Company Building,

15 Main St., Canton, 97001421