Federal Government's Progress in Implementing a National Archeological and Historic Preservation Program.
Abstract
As of Feb 1984, the Dept. of the Interior, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and other federal agencies had taken actions to respond to 9 to the 16 recommendations GAO made in 1981 to correct problems in the administration and operation of the national archeological and historic preservation program. Implementation of some recommendations and requirements had been suspended because of a dispute between the Office of Management and Budget (and other federal agencies) and the Advisory Council on whether the Council's regulations implementing section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act exceed the Council's statutory authority. Section 106 requires federal agencies to provide the Council a reasonable opportunity to comment on the agencies' proposed projects. The parties are working to resolve the dispute. Interior, which is responsible for approving preservation plans of states wishing to receive federal grants for historic preservation purposes, has developed a Resource Protection Planning Process model approach, which it encourages the states to use to integrate the identification, evaluation, and protection elements of preservation into their land use decisionmaking processes. As of Feb 1984, 24 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico were using or in the process of implementing the model approach.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 30, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA144502
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office