[Federal Register: May 16, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 95)]
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ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Draft Amendment to the Army Alternate Procedures
AGENCY: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
ACTION: Notice of intent to amend the Army Alternate Procedures.
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SUMMARY: The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (``ACHP'')
proposes to amend the Army Alternate Procedures (``AAP'') which were
approved by the ACHP on July 13, 2001. The AAP provide the Army with an
alternate way to comply with the historic preservation review process
mandated by the National Historic Preservation Act. The proposed
amendment will allow the Chairman of the ACHP to approve administrative
and technical amendments to the AAP.
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 16, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this proposed amendment to
Mr. David Berwick, Army Program Manager, Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 809, Washington, DC
20004. Fax (202) 606-8672. You may submit electronic comments to:
dberwick@achp.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Berwick, 202-606-8505.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act requires Federal agencies to consider the effects of
their undertakings on historic properties and provide the ACHP a
reasonable opportunity to comment with regard to such undertakings. The
Council has issued the regulations that set forth the process through
which Federal Agencies comply with these responsibilities. Those
regulations are codified under 36 CFR part 800 (``Section 106
regulations'').
The ACHP can allow agencies to streamline the regular Section 106
review process through alternate procedures authorized pursuant to 36
CFR 800.14(a). Instead of going through each of the steps detailed in
subpart B of the Section 106 regulations, an agency can meet its
Section 106 responsibilities by following an alternate procedure
approved for agency implementation by the ACHP.
On July 13, 2001, the ACHP approved the Alternate Procedures
proposed by the Department of the Army (``Army'') for implementation at
its installations. These procedures allow installation commanders to
elect to follow the AAP or continue to follow the ACHP's Section 106
regulations. As currently written, neither the AAP nor the Section106
regulations provide a process for amending previously approved
alternate procedures without going back to the ACHP membership for
approval.
Both the Army and the ACHP have determined that there may be times
at which the AAP need to be revised to take into account changes
internal to the Army. The proposed amendment would allow administrative
and technical changes to be made to the AAP, and approval of these
changes would be made by the Chairman of the ACHP. Changes allowed
under this amendment would be changes to the AAP of a minor nature that
do not have an effect on the roles of consulting parties in the
process. The amendment would limit changes to those having an effect
solely on the Army. Changes that would affect the role of consulting
parties under the AAP would continue to require the approval of the
full ACHP membership after consultation with consulting parties and the
general public.
You can find a full copy of the present version of the AAP at 67 FR
10138 (March 6, 2002) and on the Internet at http://www.achp.gov/army.html
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Amendment to the Army Alternate Procedures
For the reasons stated above, the ACHP proposes to amend the AAP as
follows:
Add the following subsection to the end of section 7.1 (Council
Review of Army Section 106 Compliance) of the AAP:
(d) Upon request by Headquarters, Department of the Army, the
Council may adopt technical and/or administrative amendments to the
Army Alternate Procedures. Such amendments will take effect upon
approval by the Council's Chairman. The Council shall publish in the
Federal Register a notice of such amendment within 30 days after their
approval. Technical and administrative amendments shall not modify the
role of consulting parties in the Army Alternate Procedures.
Authority: 36 CFR 800.14(A).
Dated: May 12, 2003.
Sharon Conway,
Acting Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 03-12200 Filed 5-15-03; 8:45 am]
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