Title: Programmatic Agreement Between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Central Virginia VA Health Care System and the Virginia State Historic Preservation Officer Regarding a New Health Care Center Greater Fredericksburg, Virginia  

Programmatic Agreement (PA) Among the US General Services Administration, the State Historic Preservation Officers of Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada, and the ACHP Regarding the Preservation, Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Use of Historic Properties and Consideration of Historic Properties in Planning Activities (June 2008 - 2018)

Programmatic Agreement Among the United States General Services Administration, the District of Columbia State Historic Preservation Office, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Capital Planning Commission, the National Park Service, and Trump Old Post Office LLC Regarding the Leasing, Rehabilitation, Ongoing Maintenance, and Stewardship of then Old Post Office and Annex and Associated Transportation Improvements, Washington, D.C.   Amendment #1 to Old Post Office PA Changing Tenant (2023)   

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has developed a Prototype Programmatic Agreement (PPA), in coordination with the ACHP, to create a framework for FEMA in developing agreements to improve and expedite Section 106 compliance for disaster recovery activities.  The ACHP’s Chairman designated the PPA on December 17, 2013 in accordance with 36 CFR Part 800.14(b)(4).

 

Under 36 CFR § 800.14(a), federal agencies may develop their own procedures to implement Section 106, which would substitute for Subpart B of ACHP’s regulations.

Based on interviews with officials from 57 tribes and 21 federal agencies, as well as comments submitted by 100 tribes in 2016 on tribal consultation for infrastructure projects, GAO identified key factors that tribes and agencies believe hinder effective consultation on infrastructure projects. Federal agencies are required, at times, to consult with tribes on infrastructure projects like pipelines that may harm tribal natural and cultural resources.

The Lahaina, Hawaii, wildfires on August 8, 2023, resulted in a devastating loss of life but also caused significant property damage, including to buildings and sites that conveyed the historical significance of the community. On August 10, 2023, President Biden determined that the damage from the wildfires was of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, (42 U.S.C. § 5121 et seq.).