82_FR_43428 82 FR 43251 - Comments Regarding Listing on the National Register of Historic Places of Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, Liberty Island, New York Harbor

82 FR 43251 - Comments Regarding Listing on the National Register of Historic Places of Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, Liberty Island, New York Harbor

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 177 (September 14, 2017)

Page Range43251-43252
FR Document2017-19571

In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service is publishing New York (NY) and New Jersey (NJ) State Historic Preservation Officers' (SHPOs) comments to the National Park Service Federal Preservation Officer (FPO) as well as responses to SHPOs' comments by the Keeper of the National Register (Keeper) prior to including the property in the National Register (NR).

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NRNHL-24004; PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000]


Comments Regarding Listing on the National Register of Historic 
Places of Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, Liberty Island, New 
York Harbor

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 
1966, the National Park Service is publishing New York (NY) and New 
Jersey (NJ) State Historic Preservation Officers' (SHPOs) comments to 
the National Park Service Federal Preservation Officer (FPO) as well as 
responses to SHPOs' comments by the Keeper of the National Register 
(Keeper) prior to including the property in the National Register (NR).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice includes comments on the NR 
Nomination entitled ``Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World'' 
received by the FPO from the NY SHPO and the NJ SHPO, and the responses 
by the Keeper to these comments.
    NY SHPO: The NY SHPO reviewed the following nomination and 
responded to the FPO within 45 days of receipt of the nomination. The 
NY SHPO objected to the period of significance established for the 
Statue, the period of significance proposed end date of 1957 (instead 
of 1986) for the district as a whole, and the omission of an area of 
landscape architecture and architecture as areas significance for the 
period 1957-1986. The specific comments received by the FPO from the NY 
SHPO are as follows:

    I am writing in response to your request for comments on the 
most recent revised draft for the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the 
World Historic District. Ruth Pierpont has retired and I am the new 
Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer for New York.
    I have reviewed the file and our comments remain the same as 
they were for the two previous drafts. Unfortunately, the New York 
State Historic Preservation Office cannot support a period of 
significance that extends ``in perpetuity'' because we do not 
believe it is possible to evaluate the significance of events that 
have not yet occurred. Absent any theme, place, or time in which to 
place these unknown events, there is no possible context in which to 
evaluate their meaning. This opinion, which I support, is explained 
in more detail in Ruth Pierpont's letter of June 6, 2012.
    We would also like to re-state our support of a period of 
significance for the landscape elements that extends to include the 
1986 alterations for the statue's centennial. The fact that you have 
judged changes related to its centennial as non-contributing after 
extolling the statue's unending significance is among the reasons 
that we feel a period of ``in perpetuity'' is unwise. At the very 
least, it will generate unnecessary confusion in the compliance 
process as each newly-proposed project then automatically becomes 
significant, regardless of its effect on the resource.

    Keeper's Response to NY SHPO Comments: The Statue of Liberty 
(including its pedestal) is a singular (Keeper's emphasis), 
exceptionally significant, individually NR-eligible historic structure. 
The significance of the Statue to the nation is, and will always be, 
both transcendent and perpetual. It is not unprecedented for a property 
with transcendent significance to be listed in the NR with period of 
significance that is ongoing. The NR listing for National Mall Historic 
District in Washington, DC--under Criterion A--is another example. The 
Keeper notes that several properties located in the State of New York, 
including Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto, Richmond County, New York 
(listed in the NR in 2000), and Bohemian Hall and Park, in Queens 
County, New York (listed in the NR in 2001), also have ongoing periods 
of significance because of their recognition as NR-eligible Traditional 
Cultural Properties.
    The nomination as written is for a historic district. The Keeper 
notes that it is a long-established, and common NR program practice for 
an individually eligible or individually listed historic structure 
located within a larger NR-listed historic district to have a different 
period of significance than the district as a whole. Based on all 
relevant documentation and comments received for the nomination, the 
Keeper finds that the proposed end date for the period of significance 
for the district as a whole--1957--is appropriate. The Keeper concurs 
with the assessment stated in section 7, page 28 of the nomination, 
which states: ``Changes made to key elements of the Liberty Island 
Grounds in the mid-1980s and alterations over time to contributing 
buildings and structures preclude the District's eligibility in the 
areas of Landscape Architecture or Architecture.'' On balance, the 
Keeper also finds that the post-1957 changes in the landscape and 
buildings for the district as a whole (Keeper's emphasis), do not 
appear to satisfy the ``exceptional importance'' threshold embodied in 
NR Criterion Exception G for properties that have achieved significance 
within the past fifty years.
    NJ SHPO: The NJ SHPO reviewed the nomination and responded to the 
FPO within 45 days of receipt of the nomination. The NJ SHPO objected 
to the nomination document's failure to recognize the State of New 
Jersey's jurisdictional claim over a portion of Liberty Island and 
other related matters. The specific comments received by the FPO from 
the NJ SHPO are as follows:
    NJ SHPO Comment 1 (Concerning Section 2a): The opening page of the 
Registration Form should indicate that the two states in which this 
district is situated are New York and New Jersey, and that the two 
counties are New York and Hudson.
    Keeper's response to NJ SHPO Comment 1: The Keeper notes that the 
most important function of Section 2a. is to readily identify the 
location of the property in its most common format. In the present 
case, the Keeper has concluded, especially in light of the jurisdiction 
issues raised by the NJ SHPO, that the most appropriate way to achieve 
this purpose is to have Section 2a. of the Nomination Form read as 
follows for the items noted below:

Street & number: Liberty Island, New York Harbor
City or town:
State, County:
Vicinity: No
Not For Publication: No
    NJ SHPO Comment 2 (Concerning Section 7, page 6): The narrative 
should explain that while the majority of Liberty Island is situated 
within the State of New York, including the ground upon which the 
Statue stands, the western portion of the island (approximately 3.4 
acres) is ground within New Jersey borders. In 1834, a determination of 
the boundary between New York and New Jersey was the subject of a bi-
state compact, subsequently approved by Congress. Congressional 
approval of this compact acknowledged New Jersey's ownership of the 
submerged lands west of the midline of the Hudson River. In 1857 
Bedloes Island (today's Liberty Island) was carefully surveyed and 
mapped. It was found to be 9.9 acres in size to mean high water, 10.7 
acres in size to mean low water. An additional 183,756 square feet of 
filled land, or approximately 4.22 acres was added to Liberty Island in 
stages between 1901 and 1952.
    In light of the above, the statement that ``the entire island is 
Federally owned'' (Section 7, page 6) should be revised. New Jersey's 
position has historically been that the portion of the island that 
remains within New Jersey's sovereign jurisdiction is also owned by the 
State of New Jersey, as part of its ownership of riparian lands in New

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Jersey. The State of New Jersey has a long history of selling portions 
of its riparian lands at fair market value, to appropriate users, in 
the form of ``riparian grants.'' The National Park Service bought a 
riparian grant from New Jersey in 1904 to legitimize its expansion of 
Ellis Island, but even though New Jersey sought from the 1930s to the 
1950s to reach agreement with the Federal government to convey title 
for the filled portions of Liberty Island, no agreement, and therefore 
no such transfer, was effected. No Federal purchase of the land has 
subsequently been completed. The Federal government has continued to 
use the property without obtaining a riparian grant. That situation has 
not changed. As a result, the State of New Jersey's ownership interest 
in the land artificially filled after 1834 was not extinguished and 
still remains in effect.
    In addition, the further statement that ``the land mass [of Liberty 
Island] is considered part of New York County, New York.'' (Section 7, 
page 6) should also be revised. Only the portion of Liberty Island that 
reflects the island as it existed in 1834 lies within New York County, 
New York. In our previous comments on the earlier draft, we provided a 
map that delineated the area the island's fill, showing that New 
Jersey's territory comprises approximately 3.4 acres of the island's 
14.1 acres. (see attachment)
    New Jersey disagrees with the wording of footnote #5 (Section 7, 
page 6), which has a tendentious effect. The National Park Service has 
every reasonable basis to conclude, as New Jersey holds, that Liberty 
Island is situated in both states, and does not need to claim in this 
footnote that it is not pronouncing upon an issue that Section 2 of the 
document clearly does.
    Your letter cites the 1998 Supreme Court decision in New Jersey v. 
New York, decided in New Jersey's favor (a point not mentioned in 
footnote #5), in which it was held that the portion of Ellis Island 
composed of landfill emplaced subsequent to the Compact of 1834 has 
remained in the territory of New Jersey since the time of that compact. 
With respect to the neighboring Liberty Island, the factual 
circumstances are nearly identical and the same legal reasoning applies 
that formed the basis of the Ellis Island decision. As a result, the 
National Park Service should recognize New Jersey sovereignty over the 
western portion of the island.
    Keeper's response to NJ SHPO Comment 2 (Concerning Section 7, page 
6): The Keeper disagrees with the NJ SHPO's contention that, ``The 
National Park Service has every reasonable basis to conclude, as New 
Jersey holds, that Liberty Island is situated in both states . . .'' 
The Keeper agrees with the NPS assertion that boundary issues between 
states are matters of original jurisdiction with the U.S. Supreme 
Court, and that neither the Keeper nor the National Park Service are 
fitted by expertise or authority to pronounce upon them. Since the 
issue regarding jurisdiction that was raised by the NJ SHPO cannot be 
resolved within the context of this nomination, the Keeper has 
determined that the most appropriate course of action is to ensure 
that, as approved by the Keeper, the paragraph under ``Setting'' on 
page 7-6 reads:

    Liberty Island is located within New York Harbor, one of the 
world's busiest shipping ports. It is accessed by ferries that run 
regularly from landings at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New 
Jersey, and Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York 
City. The island is manifestly flat, with an average elevation of 
about 15 feet (ft) above sea level. The landform is approximately a 
quarter-mile long and about .15-mile wide at its widest point. Two 
significant filling events, conducted on the west side of the island 
by the US Army during the First World War and on the northwestern 
end of the island by the National Park Service in the early 1950s, 
accreted the island to its current 14.1-acre form. Liberty Island is 
surrounded by New Jersey state waters. The Statue in its entirety 
was constructed and remains within the territorial jurisdiction of 
the State of New York. The entire island is administered by the 
National Park Service. The Statue of Liberty is located on the 
southern portion of Liberty Island and is immediately surrounded on 
the east, west, and south sides by grass lawns. Visitors arrive at 
the island's West Pier after a ferry trip from Manhattan or Jersey 
City and usually walk to the Statue on the island's primary 
circulation system, a wide paved system of malls and plazas that 
conveys visitors to the main entrance to the Statue. The malls and 
plazas are lined with linden trees and yew hedges that give the 
setting a park-like feel. A secondary circulation system consisting 
of interior paths and a perimeter promenade offers other views of 
the Statue and New York Harbor from a variety of vantage points. 
Operational facilities such as maintenance buildings and staff 
housing are located primarily in the northwest corner of the island 
and are screened from public view in most directions. (**Note: 
footnote #5 referenced in the NJ SHPOs comments regarding the above 
paragraph has been corrected to read as footnote #6 in the final 
nomination document.)

    Authority:  The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, 54 
U.S.C. 302104 (c)(5)-(6) of; 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60.

    Dated: August 14, 2017.
J. Paul Loether,
Chief, NR of Historic Places/National Historic Landmarks Program and 
Keeper, NR of Historic Places.
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                                                    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                              fact that you have judged changes related to          within 45 days of receipt of the
                                                                                                            its centennial as non-contributing after              nomination. The NJ SHPO objected to
                                                    National Park Service                                   extolling the statue’s unending significance is       the nomination document’s failure to
                                                                                                            among the reasons that we feel a period of            recognize the State of New Jersey’s
                                                    [NPS–WASO–NRNHL–24004;                                  ‘‘in perpetuity’’ is unwise. At the very least,
                                                    PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000]                           it will generate unnecessary confusion in the
                                                                                                                                                                  jurisdictional claim over a portion of
                                                                                                            compliance process as each newly-proposed             Liberty Island and other related matters.
                                                    Comments Regarding Listing on the                       project then automatically becomes                    The specific comments received by the
                                                    National Register of Historic Places of                 significant, regardless of its effect on the          FPO from the NJ SHPO are as follows:
                                                    Statue of Liberty Enlightening the                      resource.                                                NJ SHPO Comment 1 (Concerning
                                                    World, Liberty Island, New York Harbor                     Keeper’s Response to NY SHPO                       Section 2a): The opening page of the
                                                                                                            Comments: The Statue of Liberty                       Registration Form should indicate that
                                                    AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
                                                                                                            (including its pedestal) is a singular                the two states in which this district is
                                                    ACTION: Notice.                                                                                               situated are New York and New Jersey,
                                                                                                            (Keeper’s emphasis), exceptionally
                                                    SUMMARY:    In accordance with the                      significant, individually NR-eligible                 and that the two counties are New York
                                                    National Historic Preservation Act of                   historic structure. The significance of               and Hudson.
                                                    1966, the National Park Service is                      the Statue to the nation is, and will                    Keeper’s response to NJ SHPO
                                                    publishing New York (NY) and New                        always be, both transcendent and                      Comment 1: The Keeper notes that the
                                                    Jersey (NJ) State Historic Preservation                 perpetual. It is not unprecedented for a              most important function of Section 2a.
                                                    Officers’ (SHPOs) comments to the                       property with transcendent significance               is to readily identify the location of the
                                                    National Park Service Federal                           to be listed in the NR with period of                 property in its most common format. In
                                                    Preservation Officer (FPO) as well as                   significance that is ongoing. The NR                  the present case, the Keeper has
                                                    responses to SHPOs’ comments by the                     listing for National Mall Historic District           concluded, especially in light of the
                                                    Keeper of the National Register (Keeper)                in Washington, DC—under Criterion                     jurisdiction issues raised by the NJ
                                                    prior to including the property in the                  A—is another example. The Keeper                      SHPO, that the most appropriate way to
                                                    National Register (NR).                                 notes that several properties located in              achieve this purpose is to have Section
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This                         the State of New York, including Our                  2a. of the Nomination Form read as
                                                    notice includes comments on the NR                      Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto,                          follows for the items noted below:
                                                    Nomination entitled ‘‘Statue of Liberty                 Richmond County, New York (listed in                  Street & number: Liberty Island, New
                                                    Enlightening the World’’ received by the                the NR in 2000), and Bohemian Hall and                   York Harbor
                                                    FPO from the NY SHPO and the NJ                         Park, in Queens County, New York                      City or town:
                                                    SHPO, and the responses by the Keeper                   (listed in the NR in 2001), also have                 State, County:
                                                    to these comments.                                      ongoing periods of significance because               Vicinity: No
                                                      NY SHPO: The NY SHPO reviewed                         of their recognition as NR-eligible                   Not For Publication: No
                                                    the following nomination and                            Traditional Cultural Properties.                         NJ SHPO Comment 2 (Concerning
                                                    responded to the FPO within 45 days of                     The nomination as written is for a                 Section 7, page 6): The narrative should
                                                    receipt of the nomination. The NY                       historic district. The Keeper notes that              explain that while the majority of
                                                    SHPO objected to the period of                          it is a long-established, and common NR               Liberty Island is situated within the
                                                    significance established for the Statue,                program practice for an individually                  State of New York, including the ground
                                                    the period of significance proposed end                 eligible or individually listed historic              upon which the Statue stands, the
                                                    date of 1957 (instead of 1986) for the                  structure located within a larger NR-                 western portion of the island
                                                    district as a whole, and the omission of                listed historic district to have a different          (approximately 3.4 acres) is ground
                                                    an area of landscape architecture and                   period of significance than the district              within New Jersey borders. In 1834, a
                                                    architecture as areas significance for the              as a whole. Based on all relevant                     determination of the boundary between
                                                    period 1957–1986. The specific                          documentation and comments received                   New York and New Jersey was the
                                                    comments received by the FPO from the                   for the nomination, the Keeper finds                  subject of a bi-state compact,
                                                    NY SHPO are as follows:                                 that the proposed end date for the                    subsequently approved by Congress.
                                                       I am writing in response to your request for         period of significance for the district as            Congressional approval of this compact
                                                    comments on the most recent revised draft               a whole—1957—is appropriate. The                      acknowledged New Jersey’s ownership
                                                    for the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the              Keeper concurs with the assessment                    of the submerged lands west of the
                                                    World Historic District. Ruth Pierpont has              stated in section 7, page 28 of the                   midline of the Hudson River. In 1857
                                                    retired and I am the new Deputy State                   nomination, which states: ‘‘Changes                   Bedloes Island (today’s Liberty Island)
                                                    Historic Preservation Officer for New York.             made to key elements of the Liberty                   was carefully surveyed and mapped. It
                                                       I have reviewed the file and our comments            Island Grounds in the mid-1980s and                   was found to be 9.9 acres in size to
                                                    remain the same as they were for the two                                                                      mean high water, 10.7 acres in size to
                                                                                                            alterations over time to contributing
                                                    previous drafts. Unfortunately, the New York
                                                    State Historic Preservation Office cannot               buildings and structures preclude the                 mean low water. An additional 183,756
                                                    support a period of significance that extends           District’s eligibility in the areas of                square feet of filled land, or
                                                    ‘‘in perpetuity’’ because we do not believe it          Landscape Architecture or                             approximately 4.22 acres was added to
                                                    is possible to evaluate the significance of             Architecture.’’ On balance, the Keeper                Liberty Island in stages between 1901
                                                    events that have not yet occurred. Absent any           also finds that the post-1957 changes in              and 1952.
                                                    theme, place, or time in which to place these
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                                                                                                            the landscape and buildings for the                      In light of the above, the statement
                                                    unknown events, there is no possible context            district as a whole (Keeper’s emphasis),              that ‘‘the entire island is Federally
                                                    in which to evaluate their meaning. This                do not appear to satisfy the ‘‘exceptional            owned’’ (Section 7, page 6) should be
                                                    opinion, which I support, is explained in                                                                     revised. New Jersey’s position has
                                                    more detail in Ruth Pierpont’s letter of June
                                                                                                            importance’’ threshold embodied in NR
                                                    6, 2012.                                                Criterion Exception G for properties that             historically been that the portion of the
                                                       We would also like to re-state our support           have achieved significance within the                 island that remains within New Jersey’s
                                                    of a period of significance for the landscape           past fifty years.                                     sovereign jurisdiction is also owned by
                                                    elements that extends to include the 1986                  NJ SHPO: The NJ SHPO reviewed the                  the State of New Jersey, as part of its
                                                    alterations for the statue’s centennial. The            nomination and responded to the FPO                   ownership of riparian lands in New


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                                                    Jersey. The State of New Jersey has a                   Park Service has every reasonable basis                  Dated: August 14, 2017.
                                                    long history of selling portions of its                 to conclude, as New Jersey holds, that                J. Paul Loether,
                                                    riparian lands at fair market value, to                 Liberty Island is situated in both states             Chief, NR of Historic Places/National Historic
                                                    appropriate users, in the form of                       . . .’’ The Keeper agrees with the NPS                Landmarks Program and Keeper, NR of
                                                    ‘‘riparian grants.’’ The National Park                  assertion that boundary issues between                Historic Places.
                                                    Service bought a riparian grant from                    states are matters of original jurisdiction           [FR Doc. 2017–19571 Filed 9–13–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    New Jersey in 1904 to legitimize its                    with the U.S. Supreme Court, and that                 BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
                                                    expansion of Ellis Island, but even                     neither the Keeper nor the National Park
                                                    though New Jersey sought from the                       Service are fitted by expertise or
                                                    1930s to the 1950s to reach agreement                   authority to pronounce upon them.                     INTERNATIONAL TRADE
                                                    with the Federal government to convey                   Since the issue regarding jurisdiction                COMMISSION
                                                    title for the filled portions of Liberty                that was raised by the NJ SHPO cannot
                                                    Island, no agreement, and therefore no                                                                        [Investigation No. 337–TA–1055]
                                                                                                            be resolved within the context of this
                                                    such transfer, was effected. No Federal                 nomination, the Keeper has determined
                                                    purchase of the land has subsequently                                                                         Certain Mirrors With Internal
                                                                                                            that the most appropriate course of                   Illumination and Components Thereof;
                                                    been completed. The Federal
                                                                                                            action is to ensure that, as approved by
                                                    government has continued to use the                                                                             Supplemental Notice of Commission
                                                                                                            the Keeper, the paragraph under
                                                    property without obtaining a riparian                                                                         Determination Not To Review an Initial
                                                    grant. That situation has not changed.                  ‘‘Setting’’ on page 7–6 reads:
                                                                                                                                                                  Determination Finding the Sole
                                                    As a result, the State of New Jersey’s                     Liberty Island is located within New York          Remaining Respondent in Default;
                                                    ownership interest in the land                          Harbor, one of the world’s busiest shipping           Request for Written Submissions on
                                                    artificially filled after 1834 was not                  ports. It is accessed by ferries that run             Remedy, the Public Interest, and
                                                    extinguished and still remains in effect.               regularly from landings at Liberty State Park         Bonding
                                                       In addition, the further statement that              in Jersey City, New Jersey, and Battery Park          AGENCY: U.S. International Trade
                                                    ‘‘the land mass [of Liberty Island] is                  at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York            Commission.
                                                    considered part of New York County,                     City. The island is manifestly flat, with an
                                                                                                                                                                  ACTION: Notice.
                                                    New York.’’ (Section 7, page 6) should                  average elevation of about 15 feet (ft) above
                                                    also be revised. Only the portion of                    sea level. The landform is approximately a            SUMMARY:   Notice is hereby given that
                                                    Liberty Island that reflects the island as              quarter-mile long and about .15-mile wide at          the U.S. International Trade
                                                    it existed in 1834 lies within New York                 its widest point. Two significant filling             Commission has determined not to
                                                    County, New York. In our previous                       events, conducted on the west side of the             review an initial determination (‘‘ID’’)
                                                    comments on the earlier draft, we                       island by the US Army during the First                (Order No. 10) finding the sole
                                                    provided a map that delineated the area                 World War and on the northwestern end of              remaining respondent in default. The
                                                    the island’s fill, showing that New                     the island by the National Park Service in the        Commission requests written
                                                    Jersey’s territory comprises                            early 1950s, accreted the island to its current       submissions, under the schedule set
                                                    approximately 3.4 acres of the island’s                 14.1-acre form. Liberty Island is surrounded          forth below, on remedy, public interest,
                                                    14.1 acres. (see attachment)                            by New Jersey state waters. The Statue in its         and bonding.
                                                       New Jersey disagrees with the                        entirety was constructed and remains within
                                                                                                                                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    wording of footnote #5 (Section 7, page                 the territorial jurisdiction of the State of New
                                                    6), which has a tendentious effect. The                 York. The entire island is administered by            Clint Gerdine, Office of the General
                                                    National Park Service has every                         the National Park Service. The Statue of              Counsel, U.S. International Trade
                                                    reasonable basis to conclude, as New                    Liberty is located on the southern portion of         Commission, 500 E Street SW.,
                                                    Jersey holds, that Liberty Island is                    Liberty Island and is immediately                     Washington, DC 20436, telephone 202–
                                                    situated in both states, and does not                   surrounded on the east, west, and south sides         708–2310. Copies of non-confidential
                                                    need to claim in this footnote that it is               by grass lawns. Visitors arrive at the island’s       documents filed in connection with this
                                                    not pronouncing upon an issue that                      West Pier after a ferry trip from Manhattan           investigation are or will be available for
                                                    Section 2 of the document clearly does.                 or Jersey City and usually walk to the Statue         inspection during official business
                                                       Your letter cites the 1998 Supreme                   on the island’s primary circulation system, a         hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the
                                                    Court decision in New Jersey v. New                     wide paved system of malls and plazas that            Office of the Secretary, U.S.
                                                    York, decided in New Jersey’s favor (a                  conveys visitors to the main entrance to the          International Trade Commission, 500 E
                                                    point not mentioned in footnote #5), in                 Statue. The malls and plazas are lined with           Street SW., Washington, DC 20436,
                                                    which it was held that the portion of                   linden trees and yew hedges that give the             telephone 202–205–2000. General
                                                    Ellis Island composed of landfill                       setting a park-like feel. A secondary                 information concerning the Commission
                                                    emplaced subsequent to the Compact of                   circulation system consisting of interior             may also be obtained by accessing its
                                                    1834 has remained in the territory of                   paths and a perimeter promenade offers other          Internet server (https://www.usitc.gov).
                                                    New Jersey since the time of that                       views of the Statue and New York Harbor               The public record for this investigation
                                                    compact. With respect to the                            from a variety of vantage points. Operational         may be viewed on the Commission’s
                                                    neighboring Liberty Island, the factual                 facilities such as maintenance buildings and          electronic docket (EDIS) at https://
                                                    circumstances are nearly identical and                  staff housing are located primarily in the            edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired
                                                    the same legal reasoning applies that                   northwest corner of the island and are                persons are advised that information on
                                                                                                            screened from public view in most                     this matter can be obtained by
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                                                    formed the basis of the Ellis Island
                                                    decision. As a result, the National Park                directions. (**NOTE: footnote #5 referenced in        contacting the Commission’s TDD
                                                    Service should recognize New Jersey                     the NJ SHPOs comments regarding the above             terminal on 202–205–1810.
                                                    sovereignty over the western portion of                 paragraph has been corrected to read as               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                    the island.                                             footnote #6 in the final nomination                   Commission instituted this investigation
                                                       Keeper’s response to NJ SHPO                         document.)                                            on May 8, 2017, based on a complaint
                                                    Comment 2 (Concerning Section 7, page                      Authority: The National Historic                   filed by Electric Mirror, LLC of Everett,
                                                    6): The Keeper disagrees with the NJ                    Preservation Act of 1966, 54 U.S.C. 302104            Washington (‘‘Electric Mirror’’) and
                                                    SHPO’s contention that, ‘‘The National                  (c)(5)–(6) of; 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60.               Kelvin 42 LLC of Pensacola, Florida


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GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
FR Citation82 FR 43251 

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