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Working with Section 106 ACHP Case Digest
Spring 2005 Nationwide: Development
of an Exemption to Section 106 for the Interstate Highway System Update/Closed
Case: Nationwide:
Development of an Exemption to Section 106 for the Interstate Highway System
Agency: Federal Highway Administration
As
reported in the summer 2004 and winter 2005 Case Digests, the Federal Government
was challenged by the potential historic significance of the entire Interstate
Highway System as its 50th anniversary approaches. The
ACHP worked with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and other groups to
develop an administrative exemption that streamlines the review of FHWAs
projects that may affect the interstate system. |
ACHP
Chairman John L. Nau, III, signs the Interstate Highway exemption, as representatives
from FHWA, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials,
and the ACHP staff look on. (staff photo) | After
publishing in the Federal Register the proposed exemption for the Interstate
Highway System, the ACHP received comments from 33 individuals and organizations,
mostly supportive of the proposed exemption. In February 2005, the ACHP
members approved the final Interstate Highway exemption. In response to the ACHPs
action, FHWA withdrew a proposal for a legislative exemption for Section 106.
For background information on this case, see the summer 2004 and winter 2005 Case
Digests. Staff contact: Carol Legard
Posted August 31, 2005
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