Programmatic Agreement Between the US Department of Agriculture, Pacific Islands Area Natural Resources Conservation Service State Office, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands State Historic Preservation Officer, Regarding Conservation Assistance

Programmatic Agreement Among the Prescott Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Arizona State Historic Preservation Officer, and Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Regarding the Prescott VAMC Campus Wide Construction Program, Yavapai County

 

ACHP Budget Justifcation FY 2020

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 Lahaina, Hawaii, wildfires on August 8, 2023, resulted in a devastating loss of life but also caused significant property damage, including to buildings and sites that conveyed the historical significance of the community. On August 10, 2023, President Biden determined that the damage from the wildfires was of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, (42 U.S.C. § 5121 et seq.).

In 2000, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) adopted a Policy Statement Regarding the Council’s Relationships with Indian Tribes that included a commitment to develop a plan for translating policy into action. This Action Plan on ACHP Native American Initiatives has been prepared in response to that obligation as well as the ACHP Chairman’s commitment to take steps to improve the ACHP’s and other Federal agencies’ interaction and communication with Native peoples.