This handbook guided participants in the Section 106 review process for many years, but has since been superseded by current guidance.

Office of Federal Agency Programs fact sheet in Spanish

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. 

In 2013, the ACHP issued a report, Measuring Economic Impacts of Historic Preservation. Commissioned by the ACHP, with funding assistance from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, the report identifies and analyzes methods for measuring the economic impacts of historic preservation.

We have created this page for new, nonfederal ACHP members. It walks them through the on-boarding process, including all the forms they need to file once they have been appointed to the ACHP, and explains how they may claim a per diem, make travel arrangements, and get a government credit card. If you are a new ACHP member, congratulations! We really appreciate your service … and we apologize for requiring so much paperwork, but it cannot be avoided.

Memorandum of Agreement among the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the Virginia State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) regarding the construction of a United States District Courthouse (District Courthouse) on a block bounded by Broad, Grace, Seventh, and Eighth Streets in the City of Richmond, VA

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the US General Services Administration (GSA) and the Arkansas State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) regarding the leasing of space by the US Attorney's Office in a new building built by a private developer and the demolition of the former Wortz Buscuit Company Factory (2003).