[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 36, Volume 3] [Revised as of July 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 36CFR800.1] [Page 83-85] TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY CHAPTER VIII--ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION PART 800_PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES--Table of Contents Subpart A_Purposes and Participants Sec. 800.1 Purposes. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Part Page 800 Protection of historic properties........... 85 801 Historic preservation requirements of the Urban Development Action Grant Program.. 110 805 Procedures for implementation of National Environmental Policy Act................ 123 810 Freedom of Information Act regulations...... 125 811 Employee responsibilities and conduct....... 127 812 Enforcement of nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs or activities conducted by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation........ 127 813-899 [Reserved] [[Page 85]] Subpart A_Purposes and Participants Sec. 800.1 Purposes. 800.2 Participants in the Section 106 process. Subpart B_The Section 106 Process 800.3 Initiation of the section 106 process. 800.4 Identification of historic properties. 800.5 Assessment of adverse effects. 800.6 Resolution of adverse effects. 800.7 Failure to resolve adverse effects. 800.8 Coordination with the National Environmental Policy Act. 800.9 Council review of Section 106 compliance. 800.10 Special requirements for protecting National Historic Landmarks. 800.11 Documentation standards. 800.12 Emergency situations. 800.13 Post-review discoveries. Subpart C_Program Alternatives 800.14 Federal agency program alternatives. 800.15 Tribal, State, and local program alternatives. [Reserved] 800.16 Definitions. Appendix A to Part 800--Criteria for Council involvement in reviewing individual section 106 cases Authority: 16 U.S.C. 470s. Source: 65 FR 77725, Dec. 12, 2000, unless otherwise noted. (a) Purposes of the section 106 process. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act requires Federal agencies to take into account the effects of their undertakings on historic properties and afford the Council a reasonable opportunity to comment on such undertakings. The procedures in this part define how Federal agencies meet these statutory responsibilities. The section 106 process seeks to accommodate historic preservation concerns with the needs of Federal undertakings through consultation among the agency official and other parties with an interest in the effects of the undertaking on historic properties, commencing at the early stages of project planning. The goal of consultation is to identify historic properties potentially affected by the undertaking, assess its effects and seek ways to avoid, minimize or mitigate any adverse effects on historic properties. (b) Relation to other provisions of the act. Section 106 is related to other provisions of the act designed to further the national policy of historic preservation. References to those provisions are included in this part to identify circumstances where they may affect actions taken to meet section 106 requirements. Such provisions may have their own implementing regulations or guidelines and are not intended to be implemented by the procedures in this part except insofar as they relate to the section 106 process. Guidelines, policies, and procedures issued by other agencies, including the Secretary, have been cited in this part for ease of access and are not incorporated by reference. (c) Timing. The agency official must complete the section 106 process ``prior to the approval of the expenditure of any Federal funds on the undertaking or prior to the issuance of any license.'' This does not prohibit agency official from conducting or authorizing nondestructive project planning activities before completing compliance with section 106, provided that such actions do not restrict the subsequent consideration of alternatives to avoid, minimize or mitigate the undertaking's adverse effects on historic properties. The agency official shall ensure that the section 106 process is initiated early in the undertaking's planning, so that a broad range of alternatives may be considered during the planning process for the undertaking.