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Federal Preservation Officer
Current Cooperative Initiatives Between ACHP and FEMA
Agency and Related Links

Federal Preservation Officer

John V. Ketchum
Historic Preservation and Cultural Resources Program
Federal Emergency Management Agency
500 C Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20472
E-mail: John.Ketchum@dhs.gov

Current Cooperative Initiatives Between ACHP and FEMA

• Model Statewide Programmatic Agreement
• FEMA Gulf Coast Recovery Liaison (Jeff Durbin) through an Interagency Agreement

Agency Links

• Federal Emergency Management Agency home page: www.fema.gov
• FEMA's Historic Preservation Program: http://www.fema.gov/plan/ehp/index.shtm
• FEMA's Environmental & Historic Preservation: http://www.fema.gov/plan/ehp/ehpreview/index.shtm ;
• FEMA's Historic Preservation Information: http://www.fema.gov/plan/ehp/hp/index.shtm 
• FEMA's Environmental & Historic Preservation Guidance for Grant Applicants http://www.fema.gov/plan/ehp/ehp-applicant-help.shtm 
• FEMA's Information to Assist in Historic Preservation Review:  http://www.fema.gov/plan/ehp/ehpreview/hp_info.shtm  
• FEMA's Writing Good Project Descriptions to Expedite Environmental & Historic Preservation Review:  http://www.fema.gov/plan/ehp/ehpreview/projdesc.shtm  
• FEMA's Independent Study Course IS-253: "Coordinating Environmental & Historic Preservation Compliance": http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is253.asp
• FEMA's Mitigation Planning How-To Guide #6: "Integrating Historic Property and Cultural Resource Considerations into Hazard Mitigation Planning" website:  http://www.fema.gov/plan/ehp/hp/fema386-6.shtm 
• FEMA's Historic Preservation Policies and Guidance: http://www.fema.gov/plan/ehp/hp/hppolicies.shtm 
• FEMA's Historic Preservation Programmatic Agreement Policy: http://www.fema.gov/government/grant/pa/9560_3.shtm  
• Sample Executed FEMA Programmatic Agreement: http://www.fema.gov/pdf/government/grant/pa/9560_3a.pdf 

Updated May 27, 2008

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