Evaluation of National Register Eligibility. If cultural resources are identified in the project APE, either newly recorded or previously recorded but not evaluated, the HPT Staff, often assisted by a consultant CRP, applies the National Register criteria to these cultural resources. Where the criteria are met and the site retains its integrity; the cultural resource is recommended as eligible for listing in the National Register. Where the criteria are not met or the site no longer retains its integrity; the cultural resource is recommended as not eligible. Where the National Register status is undetermined, the HPT Staff either 1) recommends additional investigations, through testing or other appropriate means, to recover the necessary information to make a recommendation on eligibility, or 2) decides to treat the cultural resource as if it were National Register eligible for the purposes of the project. If only a portion of a cultural resource is within the project APE, the evaluation effort should include the resource as a whole when practicable. If evaluating the entire resource is beyond the scope of the project, and there is insufficient information within the APE to assess the eligibility of the resource, the eligibility of the resource should be described as unevaluated or treated as eligible for the purposes of the project. In making National Register evaluations, the HPT Staff consults with the appropriate participating Tribe or coordinates with the appropriate participating land managing agency, when a project and the cultural resource being evaluated is on land under their respective jurisdictions. The HPT Staff provides the participating Tribe or land managing agency with a recommendation on National Register eligibility for their concurrence. This consultation and coordination may take place informally. See PA Stipulations V and VI for consultation and coordination protocols with Tribes and agencies. Once the landowner is in agreement with the HPT Staff’s recommendation, ADOT consults on a formal eligibility determination (see below). When previously evaluated cultural resources are identified within a project’s APE, the HPT Staff will review the previous evaluations to assess whether they remain valid. This review may require a field visit, which may be made by an on-call consultant on behalf of HPT. If the previous evaluations are not valid, the HPT Staff conducts, or arranges for a consultant to conduct, a formal re-evaluation. The HPT Staff then coordinates or consults with the app...
Evaluation of National Register Eligibility. 1. BLM, in consultation with the SHPO, shall ensure that all cultural resources identified within GWD Project lands are evaluated for eligibility to the National Register prior to the initiation of ground-disturbing activities that may affect those historic properties. Eligibility will be determined in a manner compatible with the Nevada State Protocol.
Evaluation of National Register Eligibility. If historic properties are identified within the APE, the USACE shall determine their eligibility for the NRHP in accordance with the process described in 36 CFR 800.4(c) and criteria established in 36 CFR 60. All draft reports of NRHP site testing or other NRHP investigations shall be submitted to the SHPO and Tribes for review and comment. If SHPO comments are not received by the USACE within 30 days of receipt, the reports or investigations and their recommendations shall be considered adequate and the reports may be finalized. Comments received by the USACE from the SHPO or Tribes shall be addressed in the final report, which shall be provided to all consulting parties. The determinations of significance shall be conducted in consultation with the SHPO and Tribes. Should the USACE and the SHPO agree that a property is or is not eligible, then such consensus shall be deemed conclusive for the purpose of this PA. Should the USACE and the SHPO not agree regarding the eligibility of a property, the USACE shall obtain a determination of eligibility from the Keeper of the National Register pursuant to 36 CFR 63. For historic properties found not eligible for the NRHP, no further protection or consideration of the site will be afforded for compliance purposes.
Evaluation of National Register Eligibility
