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Environmental and Cultural Resource Compliance

FSA is actively developing its historic preservation (cultural resources) program. Focus is on creatively meeting the requirements of the law and regulations while also attempting to streamline day-to-day compliance. FSA fulfills its historic preservation responsibilities through section 106 and section 110.

Section 106

Section 106 is an important tool used by Federal agencies, including FSA, to determine if the agency's actions might adversely impact a historic property. FSA takes cultural resources and historic properties into account prior to approving any application or contract. FSA's handbook, 1-EQ, provides detailed guidance for state and county offices on how to apply the section 106 review and consultation process.

As part of its historic preservation review, FSA identified important resources requiring protection. To fulfill this need, FSA has transferred several inventory properties to other federal and state agencies for long term preservation.

Memorandums of Agreement

To resolve potential adverse effects on historic properties, FSA has entered into several MOAs with SHPOs and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Two examples:

1) MOA with MS SHPO and ACHP to protect the viewshed of the Siege of Corinth National Historic Landmark

2) MOA with CO SHPO for the transfer of a property with numerous archaeological sites to the Bureau of Land Management.

Section 110

Section 110 is the proactive part of the NHPA regulations. It directs agencies to develop comprehensive, practical preservation programs. In addition, section 110(k) prohibits agencies, such as FSA, from providing assistance to any applicant who has purposely, damaged a historic property in order to avoid section 106 review.

Tribal

Consulting with tribes is an important component of the historic preservation program. FSA working to improve the way it consults with federally recognized Indian tribes. Consultation with tribes takes place at the state and National level.

National Office Contact:

Bennett Horter

Federal Preservation Officer

Farm Service Agency

U.S. Department of Agriculture

1400 Independence Ave., SW

Mail Stop 0513

Washington, DC 20250

202-690-1164

Cultural Resources - Related Links

National Register and National Register Database Search Engine

http://www.cr.nps.gov/places.htm

http://www.nr.nps.gov/

National Historic Landmarks

http://www.nps.gov/history/nhl/

http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/

Historic Preservation Laws, Regulations and Guidelines

http://www.nps.gov/history/laws.htm

ACHP

http://www.achp.gov/

http://www.achp.gov/regs-rev04.pdf

Preserve America EO 13287

http://www.preserveamerica.gov/EO.html

Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Archaeology

http://www.cr.nps.gov/local-law/arch_stnds_0.htm

Executive Order 13007, Sacred Sites

http://www.cr.nps.gov/local-law/eo13007.htm

National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers

http://www.ncshpo.org/

National Trust for Historic Preservation

http://www.nationaltrust.org/

National Preservation Institute

http://www.npi.org/

American Cultural Resources Association

http://www.acra-crm.org/

National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers

http://www.nathpo.org/

Historic Preservation Learning Portal

http://www.historicpreservation.gov

Federal Preservation Institute

http://fpi.historicpreservation.gov/

National Association of State Archaeologists

http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/nasa/

Public Benefits of Archeology - NPS Report

http://www.cr.nps.gov/archeology/public/benefits/index.htm

Tribal - Related Links

National Park Service (NPS) Native American Graves Protection Act Program

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/

NPS Native American Graves Protection Act Searchable Database

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/ONLINEDB/INDEX.HTM

Native American-Federal Agency Consultation on Cultural Resources

http://www.nsula.edu/fpi/

NPS Tribal Historic Preservation Officer List

http://www.nathpo.org/map.html

Census Bureau American Indian and Alaska Native Populations Database

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/indian.html

National Museum of the American Indian

http://www.nmai.si.edu/

Department of the Interior Tribal Leaders Directory (pdf)

http://library.doi.gov/internet/triballeaders9.pdf

EO 13175, Consultation with Indian Tribes (pdf)

http://www.eh.doe.gov/oepa/rules/65/65fr67250.pdf


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