[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR60.14]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 60_NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  60.14  Changes and revisions to properties listed in the National 
Register.

    (a) Boundary changes. (1) A boundary alteration shall be considered 
as a new property nomination. All forms, criteria and procedures used in 
nominating a property to the National Register must be used. In the case 
of boundary enlargements only those owners in the newly nominated as yet 
unlisted area need be notified and will be counted in determining 
whether a majority of private owners object to listing. In the case of a 
diminution of a boundary, owners shall be notified as specified in Sec.  
60.15 concerning removing properties from the National Register. A 
professionally justified recommendation by the State Historic 
Preservation

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Officer, Federal Preservation Officer, or person or local government 
where there is no approved State Historic Preservation Program shall be 
presented to NPS. During this process, the property is not taken off the 
National Register. If the Keeper or his or her designee finds the 
recommendation in accordance with the National Register criteria for 
evaluation, the change will be accepted. If the boundary change is not 
accepted, the old boundaries will remain. Boundary revisions may be 
appealed as provided for in Sec. Sec.  60.12 and 60.15.
    (2) Four justifications exist for altering a boundary: Professional 
error in the initial nomination, loss of historic integrity, recognition 
of additional significance, additional research documenting that a 
larger or smaller area should be listed. No enlargement of a boundary 
should be recommended unless the additional area possesses previously 
unrecognized significance in American history, architecture, archeology, 
engineering or culture. No diminution of a boundary should be 
recommended unless the properties being removed do not meet the National 
Register criteria for evaluation. Any proposal to alter a boundary has 
to be documented in detail including photographing the historic 
resources falling between the existing boundary and the other proposed 
boundary.
    (b) Relocating properties listed in the National Register. (1) 
Properties listed in the National Register should be moved only when 
there is no feasible alternative for preservation. When a property is 
moved, every effort should be made to reestablish its historic 
orientation, immediate setting, and general environment.
    (2) If it is proposed that a property listed in the National 
Register be moved and the State Historic Preservation Officer, Federal 
agency for a property under Federal ownership or control, or person or 
local government where there is no approved State Historic Preservation 
Program, wishes the property to remain in the National Register during 
and after the move, the State Historic Preservation Officer or Federal 
Preservation Officer having ownership or control or person or local 
government where there is no approved State Historic Preservation 
Program, shall submit documentation to NPS prior to the move. The 
documentation shall discuss:
    (i) The reasons for the move;
    (ii) The effect on the property's historical integrity;
    (iii) The new setting and general environment of the proposed site, 
including evidence that the proposed site does not possess historical or 
archeological significance that would be adversely affected by the 
intrusion of the property; and
    (iv) Photographs showing the proposed location.
    (3) Any such proposal with respect to the new location shall follow 
the required notification procedures, shall be approved by the State 
Review Board if it is a State nomination and shall continue to follow 
normal review procedures. The Keeper shall also follow the required 
notification procedures for nominations. The Keeper shall respond to a 
properly documented request within 45 days of receipt from the State 
Historic Preservation Officer or Federal Preservation Officer, or within 
90 days of receipt from a person or local government where there is no 
approved State Historic Preservation Program, concerning whether or not 
the move is approved. Once the property is moved, the State Historic 
Preservation Officer, Federal Preservation Officer, or person or local 
government where there is no approved State Historic Preservation 
Program shall submit to the Keeper for review:
    (i) A letter notifying him or her of the date the property was 
moved;
    (ii) Photographs of the property on its new site; and
    (iii) Revised maps, including a U.S.G.S. map,
    (iv) Acreage, and
    (v) Verbal boundary description.

The Keeper shall respond to a properly documented submittal within 45 
days of receipt with the final decision on whether the property will 
remain in the National Register. If the Keeper approves the move, the 
property will remain in the National Register during and after the move 
unless the integrity of the property is in some unforeseen manner 
destroyed. If the Keeper does not approve the move, the property

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will be automatically deleted from the National Register when moved. In 
cases of properties removed from the National Register, if the State, 
Federal agency, or person or local government where there is no approved 
State Historic Preservation Program has neglected to obtain prior 
approval for the move or has evidence that previously unrecognized 
significance exists, or has accrued, the State, Federal agency, person 
or local government may resubmit a nomination for the property.
    (4) In the event that a property is moved, deletion from the 
National Register will be automatic unless the above procedures are 
followed prior to the move. If the property has already been moved, it 
is the responsibility of the State, Federal agency or person or local 
government which nominated the property to notify the National Park 
Service. Assuming that the State, Federal agency or person or local 
government wishes to have the structure reentered in the National 
Register, it must be nominated again on new forms which should discuss:
    (i) The reasons for the move;
    (ii) The effect on the property's historical integrity, and
    (iii) The new setting and general environment, including evidence 
that the new site does not possess historical or archeological 
significance that would be adversely affected by intrusion of the 
property.

In addition, new photographs, acreage, verbal boundary description and a 
U.S.G.S. map showing the structure at its new location must be sent 
along with the revised nomination. Any such nomination submitted by a 
State must be approved by the State Review Board.
    (5) Properties moved in a manner consistent with the comments of the 
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, in accord with its procedures 
(36 CFR part 800), are granted as exception to Sec.  60.12(b). Moving of 
properties in accord with the Advisory Council's procedures should be 
dealt with individually in each memorandum of agreement. In such cases, 
the State Historic Preservation Officer or the Federal Preservation 
Officer, for properties under Federal ownership or control, shall notify 
the Keeper of the new location after the move including new 
documentation as described above.