Programmatic Agreement between the US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service New York State Office, and the New York State Historic Preservation Officer, Regarding Conservation Assistance

Programmatic Agreement Regarding Conservation Assistance Between the US Department of Agriculture Wyoming Natural Resources Conservation Service State Office, and the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office

State-Based Programmatic Agreement Between the US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service California State Office, and the California State Historic Preservation Officer, Regarding Conservation Assistance

On May 31, 2002, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation approved a Program Comment that facilitates the Army’s compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act with regard to its management of its inventory of Capehart and Wherry Era family housing and associated structures and landscape features.

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 Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has approved an exemption that relieves the General Services Administration from historic preservation review requirements under the National Historic Preservation Act for specified routine operations and maintenance. The exemption was approved on January 13, 2023, and was published in the Federal Register on January 23, 2023.