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

First Amended Programmatic Agreement (PA) by and Among the US General Services Administration (GSA), the Utah State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) Regarding the Expansion of US Court Facilities in Salt Lake City, Utah 

Programmatic Agreement Among the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. General Services Administration, the District of Columbia State Historic Preservation Officer, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the National Parks Service Regarding the Perimeter Security Improvement Project at the Harry S. Truman Building, Washington, D.C. 

This program comment provides the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with an alternative way to comply with its responsibilities under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, 54 U.S.C. 306108, and its implementing regulations, 36 CFR part 800 (Section 106), with regard to the effects of wayside poles and associated infrastructure installed by the nation's freight and passenger railroads to deploy Positive Train Control (PTC) systems on historic properties.

Executive Summary In conjunction with its May 9, 2003, quarterly meeting, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) hosted a second summit meeting of Federal agencies to discuss cultural heritage tourism. As was apparent at the first summit meeting in November 2002, many Federal agencies are already supporting heritage tourism in various ways through their missions and programs.

This report explains how saving energy is a benefit of preserving historic buildings - that it takes less energy to restore old buildings than to replace them. Designed for a general audience, it summarizes research that is described in detail in Assessing the Energy Conservation Benefits of Historic Preservation: Methods and Examples.

This checklist accompanies the ACHP's Section 106 Applicant Toolkit, which provides information and guidance on the Section 106 process to parties who are the recipients of, or are applying for federal licenses, permits, assistance, or approvals. Download the checklist.

The following federal agencies with real property management responsibilities submitted a baseline report on internal regulations, management policies, and operating procedures for compliance with Sections 110 and 111 of NHPA (16 U.S.C. 470h-2 & 470h-3) and subsequent progress reports to the Chairman of the ACHP and to the Secretary of the Interior per Section 3(b) and (c) of EO 13287.

Announcement of U.S. Support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Initiatives to Promote the Government-to-Government Relationship & Improve the Lives of Indigenous Peoples I. Introduction

On March 25, 2004, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation approved technical and administrative amendments to the Army Alternate Procedures. Those Army Alternate Procedures set forth a process that Army installations can follow in order to meet their historic preservation review responsibilities under the National Historic Preservation Act. The main purposes of the amendments are to conform the Alternate Procedures to the Army’s internal reorganization, and clarify its exemption regarding designated surface danger zones.