[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 43CFR7.21]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

PART 7_PROTECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_Uniform Regulations

 

Sec.  7.21  Surveys and schedules.



    (a) The Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and Defense and 

the Chairman of the Board of the Tennessee Valley Authority will develop 

plans for surveying lands under each



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agency's control to determine the nature and extent of archaeological 

resources pursuant to section 14(a) of the Act. Such activities should 

be consistent with Federal agency planning policies and other historic 

preservation program responsibilities required by 16 U.S.C. 470 et seq. 

Survey plans prepared under this section will be designed to comply with 

the purpose of the Act regarding the protection of archaeological 

resources.

    (b) The Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and Defense and 

the Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority will prepare schedules 

for surveying lands under each agency's control that are likely to 

contain the most scientifically valuable archaeological resources 

pursuant to section 14(b) of the Act. Such schedules will be developed 

based on objectives and information identified in survey plans described 

in paragraph (a) of this section and implemented systematically to cover 

areas where the most scientifically valuable archaeological resources 

are likely to exist.

    (c) Guidance for the activities undertaken as part of paragraphs (a) 

through (b) of this section is provided by the Secretary of the 

Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic 

Preservation.

    (d) Other Federal land managing agencies are encouraged to develop 

plans for surveying lands under their jurisdictions and prepare 

schedules for surveying to improve protection and management of 

archaeological resources.

    (e) The Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and Defense and 

the Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority will develop a system for 

documenting and reporting suspected violations of the various provisions 

of the Act. This system will reference a set of procedures for use by 

officers, employees, or agents of Federal agencies to assist them in 

recognizing violations, documenting relevant evidence, and reporting 

assembled information to the appropriate authorities. Methods employed 

to document and report such violations should be compatible with 

existing agency reporting systems for documenting violations of other 

appropriate Federal statutes and regulations. Summary information to be 

included in the Secretary's comprehensive report will be based upon the 

system developed by each Federal land manager for documenting suspected 

violations.



[60 FR 5260, 5261, Jan. 26, 1995]