Executive Summary In conjunction with its regular quarterly meeting, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) hosted a summit meeting of Federal agencies November 14, 2002, to discuss cultural heritage tourism. Many Federal agencies are already supporting heritage tourism in various ways through their missions and programs. This meeting provided an opportunity for comparing notes on these activities, and to begin discussing ways to improve the coordination and consistency of such efforts.

This ACHP report from 1979 contains formulas and models for assessing the potential value of historic preservation in terms of energy conservation. Three case studies examine disparate property types - an early federal housing project, a commercial complex, and a adaptively used carriage house - and the report provides readers with tools for undertaking such analysis. The report documents how rehabilitation of historic buildings can produce significant energy conservation benefits over the life of the buildings.

Introduction: Lease and Exchange of Historic Properties under Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act In 2021, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) developed the Leveraging Federal Historic Buildings Final Report to assess the status of federal outleasing for historic properties and to advance utilization of the nation’s historic federal bui

In order to protect and restore rivers and their adjacent communities, the American Heritage Rivers initiative has three objectives: natural resource and environmental protection, economic revitalization, and historic and cultural preservation.

The ACHP has received a number of inquiries regarding the Section 106 responsibilities of federal agencies with regard to the development of on and off-shore wind farms. We are specifically asked what kinds of federal actions related to the development and operation of wind farms make such projects “undertakings” subject to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and its implementing regulations, “Protection of Historic Properties” (36 CFR 800).

It is vitally important for federal agencies to effectively monitor the expiration dates of Section 106 memoranda of agreement or programmatic agreements (MOAs/PAs). If necessary, this includes coordinating the drafting, commenting, and execution of amendments to the duration stipulation prior to the agreement’s expiration. Once an agreement expires, it cannot be amended, even to extend its duration – quite simply, no agreement to amend exists following expiration.

Memorandum of Agreement for the U.S. Courthouse in Mobile, AL

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Texas State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) regarding the disposal of the Excell Helium Plant in Moore County, TX (2010)

Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Washington Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation Regarding the Jonathan M. Wainwright VA Memorial Medical Center Demolition of Buildings 8, 9, 103 Garages Project

Memorandum of Agreement Among the United Stated General Services Administration, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and the California State Historic Preservation Officer Regarding the Rehabilitation, Seismic Upgrade, and Tenant Improvements of the Federal Office Building, 50 United Nations Plaza, San Francisco, CA