[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 26559]
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[FR Doc No: 03-12200]


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ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION


Draft Amendment to the Army Alternate Procedures

AGENCY: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

ACTION: Notice of intent to amend the Army Alternate Procedures.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (``ACHP'') 
proposes to amend the Army Alternate Procedures (``AAP'') which were 
approved by the ACHP on July 13, 2001. The AAP provide the Army with an 
alternate way to comply with the historic preservation review process 
mandated by the National Historic Preservation Act. The proposed 
amendment will allow the Chairman of the ACHP to approve administrative 
and technical amendments to the AAP.

DATES: Submit comments on or before June 16, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this proposed amendment to 
Mr. David Berwick, Army Program Manager, Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 809, Washington, DC 
20004. Fax (202) 606-8672. You may submit electronic comments to: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Berwick, 202-606-8505.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act requires Federal agencies to consider the effects of 
their undertakings on historic properties and provide the ACHP a 
reasonable opportunity to comment with regard to such undertakings. The 
Council has issued the regulations that set forth the process through 
which Federal Agencies comply with these responsibilities. Those 
regulations are codified under 36 CFR part 800 (``Section 106 
regulations'').
    The ACHP can allow agencies to streamline the regular Section 106 
review process through alternate procedures authorized pursuant to 36 
CFR 800.14(a). Instead of going through each of the steps detailed in 
subpart B of the Section 106 regulations, an agency can meet its 
Section 106 responsibilities by following an alternate procedure 
approved for agency implementation by the ACHP.
    On July 13, 2001, the ACHP approved the Alternate Procedures 
proposed by the Department of the Army (``Army'') for implementation at 
its installations. These procedures allow installation commanders to 
elect to follow the AAP or continue to follow the ACHP's Section 106 
regulations. As currently written, neither the AAP nor the Section106 
regulations provide a process for amending previously approved 
alternate procedures without going back to the ACHP membership for 
approval.
    Both the Army and the ACHP have determined that there may be times 
at which the AAP need to be revised to take into account changes 
internal to the Army. The proposed amendment would allow administrative 
and technical changes to be made to the AAP, and approval of these 
changes would be made by the Chairman of the ACHP. Changes allowed 
under this amendment would be changes to the AAP of a minor nature that 
do not have an effect on the roles of consulting parties in the 
process. The amendment would limit changes to those having an effect 
solely on the Army. Changes that would affect the role of consulting 
parties under the AAP would continue to require the approval of the 
full ACHP membership after consultation with consulting parties and the 
general public.
    You can find a full copy of the present version of the AAP at 67 FR 
10138 (March 6, 2002) and on the Internet at http://www.achp.gov/army.html.

Amendment to the Army Alternate Procedures

    For the reasons stated above, the ACHP proposes to amend the AAP as 
follows:
    Add the following subsection to the end of section 7.1 (Council 
Review of Army Section 106 Compliance) of the AAP:
    (d) Upon request by Headquarters, Department of the Army, the 
Council may adopt technical and/or administrative amendments to the 
Army Alternate Procedures. Such amendments will take effect upon 
approval by the Council's Chairman. The Council shall publish in the 
Federal Register a notice of such amendment within 30 days after their 
approval. Technical and administrative amendments shall not modify the 
role of consulting parties in the Army Alternate Procedures.

    Authority: 36 CFR 800.14(A).

    Dated: May 12, 2003.
Sharon Conway,
Acting Executive Director.
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