Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) has decided to decline to comment on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) request for the ACHP to issue a Program Comment to address collocations of wireless equipment on “twilight towers.”

These towers, constructed between March 16, 2001, and March 7, 2005, cannot be documented to have undergone the required review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. FCC proposed following its 2001 Programmatic Agreement for collocations on “twilight towers,” but this proposal did not address the lack of Section 106 review at the time of the original tower construction.

The ACHP is pleased to announce it is now recruiting for the position of Program Analyst/National Park Service (NPS) Liaison (GG-13) within the ACHP’s Office of Federal Agency Programs (OFAP), Washington, D.C. The program analyst will serve as the ACHP’s second liaison to the NPS. While the initial appointment will be for a term of 12 months, the position is likely to continue well beyond 12 months.

Read more and apply here.

On April 3, 2020, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued a blanket extension regarding the review under 36 CFR 800.12 of undertakings responding to COVID-19 emergency and disaster declarations. Two extensions were issued, the second of which was set to expire on September 30, 2020. Considering the likelihood of such declarations remaining in place into the foreseeable near future, and the ongoing need for federal agency responses to them, that extension is now set to expire on December 31, 2020.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) Chairman Aimee Jorjani today administered the oath of office to John G. Finley of New York, swearing him in as a new general public member to a term ending in June 2022. President Donald J. Trump appointed Finley to the ACHP.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (WHI) today recognized the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) for its efforts to connect HBCU architecture students to the field of historic preservation through the Preservation in Practice program.

During the final day of the HBCU Week Virtual Conference, the WHI premiered the ACHP’s video about Preservation in Practice.