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

Two-Year Extension to the Programmatic Agreement Among the Bureau of Land Management, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers Regarding the Manner in Which the BLM Will Meet Its Responsibilities Under the National Historic Preservation Act

Programmatic Agreement Among the United States General Services Administration, the United States Department of Agriculture, the District of Columbia State Historic Preservation Office, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Regarding the Interior Modernization of the USDA South Building, Washington, D.C. 

First Amendment to Programmatic Agreement Among the Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Leestown Division Station 596, the Kentucky State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Regarding Routine Management Activities at the Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Leestown Division, Fayette County, Kentucky

This program comment exempts undertakings that may affect historic rail properties within rail rights-of-way from Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The program comment adopts a two-pronged approach: an activities-based approach and a property-based approach.

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).