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erty owners, and the Sammis organization. The question of how much land, if any, should be set aside to commemorate the world’s largest cavalry battle on the site is at the center of the dispute.
The NPS’s own administrative review determines what land and which landmarks make National Landmark status. Less restrictive designations include a listing on the National Register of Historic Places, or, .as with Brandy Station, being deemed eligible to make the national register.
Rep. Allen’s bill would provide for a public hearing process and would make a majority vote by the county board of supervisors necessary for eligibility status. His bill only applies to properties larger than five acres.
Rep. Allen said some landowners have run into problems with the socalled 106 review, which requires a NPS study any time a federal action involves a NPS-“eligible” property. Anyone who wants a VA loan, or an FmHA mortgage, will have to go through the 106 review if their land falls into the area of “eligible” land at Brandy Station.
“If Brandy Station were not in my district, believe me, I would not get into this battle,” said Rep. Allen.
“I’m not doing this for Mr. Sammis,’’ said Rep. Allen. “The folks that matter to me are the people in Culpeper and Fauquier who are kind of innocent bystanders in the Sammis Development.
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