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The SRC meetings may produce 

recommendations to the Secretary of the 

Interior and the Governor for any 

changes in the subsistence hunting 

program or its implementation which 

the commission deems necessary, 

pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 3118. The SRC 

meetings dates may change based on 

inclement weather or exceptional 

circumstances. If a meeting date is 

changed, the Superintendent will issue 

a press release and use local newspapers 

and/or radio stations to announce the 

rescheduled meeting. 

Public Disclosure of Comments: 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. appendix 2. 

Alma Ripps, 

Chief, Office of Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–OIA–DTS–32490; 

PPWODIREI0–PIN00IO15.XI0000] 

U.S. Nomination to the World Heritage 

List: Moravian Church Settlements 

(Historic Moravian Bethlehem District) 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

decision to request that the Historic 

Moravian Bethlehem District in 

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, contribute to 

a serial transnational (multi-country) 

draft nomination of Moravian Church 

Settlements for inclusion on the United 

Nations Educational, Scientific and 

Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World 

Heritage List. The decision is the result 

of consultation with the Federal 

Interagency Panel for World Heritage 

and the review of public comments 

submitted in response to an earlier 

notice. This notice complies with 

applicable World Heritage Program 

regulations. 

ADDRESSES: To request paper copies of 

documents discussed in this notice, 

contact April Brooks, Office of 

International Affairs, National Park 

Service, 1849 C St. NW, Room 2415, 

Washington, DC 20240 (202) 354–1808, 

or sending electronic mail (Email) to: 

april_brooks@nps.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Putnam, 202–354–1809. 

Information on the U.S. World Heritage 

program can be found at https://

www.nps.gov/subjects/international

cooperation/worldheritage.htm. 

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 preservation of 

natural and cultural heritage sites of 

global significance. The World Heritage 

Committee, composed of representatives 

of 21 nations periodically elected as the 

governing body of the World Heritage 

Convention, makes the final decisions 

on which nominations to accept on the 

World Heritage List. There are 1,154 

sites in 167 countries. Currently there 

are 24 World Heritage Sites in the 

United States. U.S. participation and the 

roles of the Department of the Interior 

(Department) and the National Park 

Service (NPS) are authorized by Title IV 

of the Historic Preservation Act 

Amendments of 1980 and conducted in 

accordance with 36 CFR part 73—World 

Heritage Convention. Each State Party to 

the Convention maintains a Tentative 

List, periodically updated, of properties 

that are considered suitable for 

nomination. Only properties on the 

Tentative List are eligible to officially 

prepare nominations that the 

Department may consider for 

submission. The Historic Moravian 

Bethlehem District was included on the 

U.S. Tentative List on April 11, 2017. 

Neither inclusion in the list nor 

inscription as a World Heritage Site 

imposes legal restrictions on owners or 

neighbors of sites, nor does it give the 

United Nations any management 

authority or ownership rights in U.S. 

World Heritage Sites, which continue to 

be subject only to U.S. law. 

The Department’s Assistant Secretary 

for Fish and Wildlife and Parks 

(Assistant Secretary) initiates the 

process to nominate U.S. sites to the 

World Heritage List by publishing a 

notice in the Federal Register seeking 

public comment regarding which 

properties on the U.S. Tentative List 

should be nominated next by the United 

States. The first notice (81 FR 89143, as 

required by 36 CFR 73.7(c)) was 

published on January 11, 2021. 

Following the publication of the first 

notice, the Assistant Secretary convened 

the Federal Interagency Panel to review 

the public comments submitted and 

make a recommendation. The Federal 

Interagency Panel for World Heritage is 

chaired by the Assistant Secretary and 

assists the Department in implementing 

the Convention by making 

recommendations on U.S. World 

Heritage policy, procedures, and 

nominations. If the Panel recommends 

that a property be nominated and the 

recommendation is accepted by the 

Assistant Secretary, a second notice is 

issued. This is the second notice as 

required by 36 CFR 73.7(f) on the 

proposed nomination. 

Decision To Request the Preparation of 

a New U.S. World Heritage Nomination 

The Department received more than 

80 comments in response to the first 

notice, including 63 concerning the 

Historic Moravian Bethlehem District, 

all of which were expressions of support 

from the property owners, elected 

representatives at local, State, and 

Federal levels, individuals, institutions, 

and museums. There were no comments 

against nominating any property. Most 

of the other comments were in support 

of or discussions of other properties, 

including Okefenokee National Wildlife 

Refuge in Georgia. 

The Department considered all 

comments received as well as the advice 

of the Federal Interagency Panel for 

World Heritage, which met on June 15, 

2021. The Panel agreed by consensus to 

recommend authorization at this time 

for the Historic Moravian Bethlehem 

District to contribute as a component to 

a serial transnational nomination of 

Moravian Church Settlements. 

The Department has selected the 

Historic Moravian Bethlehem District as 

a proposed U.S. component of a serial 

transnational nomination of Moravian 

Church Settlements to the World 

Heritage List. With the assistance of the 

Department, including the completion 

of appropriate consultation with Native 

American Tribal governments, the 

owners of property in this district are 

encouraged to contribute to a complete 

nomination, in coordination with other 

participating countries, in accordance 

with 36 CFR part 73 and the nomination 

format required by the World Heritage 

Committee. 

The Historic Moravian District in 

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, a National 

Historic Landmark, is a mid- and late18th century planned community 

created in conjunction with the larger 

Moravian congregation in Herrnhut, 

Germany. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 

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center of Moravian activities in North 

America. It consists of religious, 

domestic, and industrial components, 

reflecting Moravian principles of urban 

planning and the full scope of Moravian 

community life in a North American 

context. The Moravian settlement of 

Christiansfeld in Denmark was 

inscribed on the World Heritage List in 

2015. The government of the German 

state of Saxony has proposed including 

the Moravian settlement of Herrnhut 

along with Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as 

a ‘‘serial transnational’’ group 

nomination to extend the Danish listing, 

possibly including Moravian 

settlements in other countries as well. 

Next Steps 

A draft World Heritage nomination for 

Moravian Church Settlements that 

includes the Historic Moravian 

Bethlehem District may now be 

prepared, in consultation with the 

National Park Service’s Office of 

International Affairs. The NPS will 

coordinate the review and evaluation of 

the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, portion of 

the draft nomination to ensure it meets 

the requirements of 36 CFR 73, and will 

cooperate with the governments of other 

countries participating in this 

nomination to complete and submit it to 

the World Heritage Committee. 

Following NPS review of a complete 

draft nomination, the Department may 

submit it to the World Heritage Centre 

for technical review by September 30 of 

any year. The Centre will then provide 

comments by November 15 of that year. 

The Federal Interagency Panel for World 

Heritage will review a draft nomination 

following receipt of the Centre’s 

comments and recommend to the 

Department whether the nomination 

should be formally submitted for 

consideration by the World Heritage 

Committee. Submittal to the World 

Heritage Centre by the Department 

through the Department of State can be 

made by February 1 of any year; the 

World Heritage Committee would then 

consider the nomination at its annual 

meeting in the summer of the following 

year, after an evaluation by an official 

Advisory Body to the Committee. 

Authority: 54 U.S.C. 307101; 36 CFR 

part 73. 

Shannon A. Estenoz, 

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and 

Parks. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033204; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Native American Graves Protection 

and Repatriation Review Committee 

Finding Regarding the Cultural 

Affiliation of Human Remains and 

Associated Funerary Objects Removed 

From, and Adjacent to, Moundville 

Archeological Site (1TU500) Located in 

Tuscaloosa County, AL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On November 23, 2021, the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Review Committee (Review 

Committee) found, based on the 

information provided before and during 

its public meeting, that a cultural 

affiliation exists between the presentday Muskogean-speaking Indian Tribes 

and the earlier group connected to 

human remains and funerary objects 

excavated at, and adjacent to, the 

Moundville archeological site (1Tu500), 

in Tuscaloosa County, AL. The 

recommendations, findings, and actions 

in this notice are advisory only and are 

not binding on any person. Pursuant to 

the Native American Graves Protection 

and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA or the 

Act), the Review Committee is 

responsible for reviewing and making 

findings related to the identity or 

cultural affiliation of cultural items. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting transcript 

containing the Review Committee 

proceedings and deliberation for this 

finding are available online at 

www.nps.gov/subjects/nagpra/ 

index.htm or upon an email request to 

the National NAGPRA Program 

(NAGPRA_Info@nps.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melanie O’Brien, Manager and 

Designated Federal Official, National 

NAGPRA Program, 1849 C Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202) 

354–2201, email NAGPRA_Info@

nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Review Committee (Review 

Committee) found that a cultural 

affiliation exists between the presentday Muskogean-speaking Indian Tribes 

and the earlier group connected to 

human remains and funerary objects 

excavated at, and adjacent to, the 

Moundville archeological site (1Tu500), 

in Tuscaloosa County, AL. The 

recommendations, findings, and actions 

in this notice are advisory only and are 

not binding on any person. Pursuant to 

the Native American Graves Protection 

and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA or the 

Act), the Review Committee is 

responsible for reviewing and making 

findings related to the identity or 

cultural affiliation of cultural items. 25 

U.S.C. 3006(c)(3)(A). 

These advisory findings do not 

necessarily represent the views of the 

National Park Service or Secretary of the 

Interior. The National Park Service and 

the Secretary of the Interior have not 

taken a position on these matters. The 

Review Committee established by 

Section 8 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 3006) is 

an advisory body governed by the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. Under 

the Act, upon the request of any affected 

party, the Review Committee is 

responsible for reviewing and making 

findings related to the identity or 

cultural affiliation of cultural items. 25 

U.S.C. 3006(c)(3)(A). 

Background 

Under the Act, ‘‘cultural affiliation’’ 

means that there is a relationship of 

shared group identity that can be 

reasonably traced between a present-day 

Indian Tribe and an identifiable earlier 

group. 25 U.S.C. 3001(2). Cultural 

affiliation of Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

is established by compiling an 

inventory, based on information 

possessed by a museum or Federal 

agency and in consultation with Indian 

Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations. 25 U.S.C. 3003. When 

cultural affiliation is not established in 

an inventory, then, upon request, Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects must be 

expeditiously returned where a 

requesting Indian Tribe or Native 

Hawaiian organization can show 

cultural affiliation by a preponderance 

of the evidence based upon the 

following kinds of relevant information: 

Geographical, kinship, biological, 

archeological, anthropological, 

linguistic, folkloric, oral traditional, 

historical, or other relevant information 

or expert opinion. 25 U.S.C. 3005(a)(4). 

Request for a Finding 

At its November 23, 2021, virtual 

pubic meeting, the Review Committee 

heard a request from the following 

affected parties for a finding of fact: The 

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, The 

Chickasaw Nation, Coushatta Tribe of 

Louisiana, The Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation, Seminole Tribe of Florida 

[previously listed as Seminole Tribe of 

Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 


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