REVIEW OF OTHER FEDERAL AID. TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS A. VTrans Review: VTrans will initiate the Section 106 process and identification of historic properties by carrying out the following steps in conformance with the process outlined in the regulations implementing Section 106: 1. Initiate the Section 106 process in accordance with the procedures in 36 CFR § 800.3, including establishing whether there is an undertaking, coordinating with other reviews, planning to involve the public, and identifying and inviting other consulting parties, as appropriate; and 2. Determine the project’s APE, as defined in 36 CFR § 800.16(d); and 3. Review existing information on file at Division for Historic Preservation (including the State Register of Historic Places, NRHP, Vermont Archaeological Inventory [VAI], and survey documentation) concerning the APE; and 4. Assess the likelihood that unidentified historic properties exist in the APE; and 5. Determine the degree of existing disturbance within the APE and determine whether an archaeological or historic architectural survey is needed; and 6. Perform archaeological or historic architectural field reconnaissance and/or intensive surveys, as warranted, in conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation: Identification (1983, as revised in the 48 FR 44716) and SHPO’s “Guidelines for Conducting Archaeology in Vermont.” a. If an archaeological investigation is performed, Archeological Resource Assessment, Phase I Site Identification, and Phase II Site Evaluation reports shall be prepared as appropriate. A VAI site form will be prepared for all identified archaeological sites or districts. Documentation shall be forwarded to SHPO. b. SHPO’s Vermont Architectural Resource Inventory Form (VARI) will be prepared for any property that will be affected by a project and that is found eligible for listing in the NRHP by VTrans or SHPO. Documentation shall be forwarded to SHPO.
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REVIEW OF OTHER FEDERAL AID. TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
A. VTrans Review: VTrans will initiate the Section 106 process and identification of historic properties by carrying out the following steps in conformance with the process outlined in the regulations implementing Section 106:
1. Initiate the Section 106 process in accordance with the procedures in 36 CFR § 800.3, including establishing whether there is an undertaking, coordinating with other reviews, planning to involve the public, and identifying and inviting other consulting parties, as appropriate; and
2. Determine the project’s APE, as defined in 36 CFR § 800.16(d); and
3. Review existing information on file at Division for Historic Preservation (including the State Register of Historic Places, NRHP, Vermont Archaeological Inventory [VAI], and survey documentation) concerning the APE; and
4. Assess the likelihood that unidentified historic properties exist in the APE; and
5. Determine the degree of existing disturbance within the APE and determine whether an archaeological or historic architectural survey is needed; and
6. Perform archaeological or historic architectural field reconnaissance and/or intensive surveys, as warranted, in conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation: Identification (1983, as revised in the 48 FR 44716) and SHPO’s “Guidelines for Conducting Archaeology in Vermont.”
a. If an archaeological investigation is performed, Archeological Resource Assessment, Phase I Site Identification, and Phase II Site Evaluation reports shall be prepared as appropriate. A VAI site form will be prepared for all identified archaeological sites or districts. Documentation shall be forwarded to SHPO.
b. SHPO’s Vermont Architectural Resource Inventory Form (VARI) will be prepared for any property that will be affected by a project and that is found eligible for listing in the NRHP by VTrans or SHPO. Documentation shall be forwarded to SHPO.
B. Eligibility Evaluations and Assessments of Effect
i. If properties not previously evaluated are found to not be NRHP eligible in accordance with 36 CFR § 800.4(c)(2), VTrans will document this work as part of their assessment of effect and forward to SHPO as described in Section VIII. D.
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