Nepa Section 106

Federal agencies are encouraged to coordinate compliance with section 106 and the procedures in this part with any steps taken to meet the requirements of.

Nepa section 106. The advisory council on historic preservation s achp s section 106 of the national historic preservation act nhpa regulations 36 cfr 800 prescribes the following for the consideration of historic properties under national environmental policy act nepa. Completing section 106 of the national historic preservation act. The agency official should make every effort to coordinate its section 106 review with its overall environmental assessment per its established nepa procedures.

Substituting nepa for section 106 review 36 cfr section 800 8 c of the nhpa section 106 regulations allows use of the nepa process for section 106 purposes under this subsection an agency can use the nepa process and the documents it produces to comply with section 106 in lieu of the procedures set forth in secs. If the shpo has not responded to the initiation letter after thirty days then the applicant must submit a shpo finding letter the finding letter consists of the determination of how the project could impact historic properties this determination is recommended by the cultural resource professional or the agency the shpo then has thirty days to evaluate the finding letter. This handbook provides advice on coordinating nepa and section 106 compliance procedures to improve environmental reviews.

306108 by congress ushered in a new approach to federal project planning. The environmental review process initiated with the passage of the 1966 national historic preservation act nhpa p l. Section 101 of nepa sets forth a national policy to use all practicable means and measures including financial and technical assistance in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony and fulfill the social economic and other requirements of present and future generations of.

Ceq and the advisory council on historic preservation achp issued a new handbook nepa and nhpa. Handbook for integrating nepa and section 106 reviews. Section 106 of the national historic preservation act nhpa requires federal agencies to take into account the effects of their undertakings on historic properties and provide the advisory council on historic preservation achp reasonable opportunity to comment on those undertakings.

Nhpa was signed into law in 1966 and section 106 of the nhpa requires federal agencies to take into account the effect of undertakings they carry out license approve or fund on historic properties and provide the advisory. The national historic preservation act nhpa and the national environmental policy act nepa are two separate laws which require federal agencies to stop look and listen before making decisions that impact historic properties and the human environment. Nepa nhpa section 106 handbook the council on environmental quality ceq issued two handbooks that align the national environmental policy act nepa process with other review processes.