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<br />. - <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />. Lack of an acceptable Historic Preservation Plan that lays out an unambiguous . <br />process whereby the Bureau of Reclamation can fulfill its Section 106 <br />responsibilities. <br /> <br />. Lack of a comprehensive Park Service management plan to fulfill the NPS <br />mandate for long-term protection and management of cultural resources <br />within Grand Canyon National Park. <br /> <br />. Lack of sufficient integration and information exchange between the P A <br />program and the AMP, which would allow information from the current <br />interim monitoring and remedial action program to be systematically applied <br />towards a long-term program that would benefit threatened historic properties <br />within the Canyon, as required by both GCPA and the current PA. <br /> <br />Approach: In order to make significant progress in the cultural arena during the <br />next five years, current deficiencies within the existing program must be rectified, as <br />follows: <br /> <br />The agencies responsible for managing the cultural resources in the CRE must <br />clearly define and acknowledge their respective roles for accomplishing the established <br />aims of the GCPA and the PA within the AMP. For example, the National Park Service <br />recognizes its obligations under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act to <br />develop a plan for the "identification, evaluation, and nomination" of historic properties <br />within the areas of its responsibility. The Bureau of Reclamation recognizes and <br />acknowledges its responsibilities under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation <br />Act to evaluate the impacts of its undertakings on historic properties within the area of <br />potential clTects from dam operations and to define a process whereby it can mitigate its <br />adverse effects to meet the requirements ofNHPA. The USGS has a clearly defined and <br />well-established role within the Adaptive Management Program to provide credible, <br />independent, objective scientific information on the effects of dam operations (and <br />related activities authorized by GCPA) and to oversight the acquisition, storage and <br />analysis of data resulting from monitoring and research activities. Currently, in spite of <br />the recognition by the other agencies that GCMRChas a clearly defined role in the AMP, <br />its authority to analyze and integrate information on cultural resources and to evaluate the <br />impacts of the various federal agencies' programs on these resources remains in dispute. <br />Furthermore, the National Park Service continues to monitor National Register historic <br />properties under the Monitoring and Remedial Action Plan of the 1994 Programmatic <br />Agreement, but there has been no adequate attempt as yet to evaluate the utility of the <br />resulting information or use the information gained from this monitoring to develop a <br />more robust program that could prove beneficial to the long-term protection of monitored <br />sites and other threatened properties in the Grand Canyon. Given its established role as <br />the lead science provider to the AMP, and the designated repository for data derived from <br />AMP activities, it seems reasonable for GCMRC to playa leading role in the <br /> <br />USGS SBSC GCMRC Strategic Science Plan - FY 2005-2009 <br />Draft, October 22, 2004 <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />