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17 <br /> a) Inventory, evaluate, and where appropriate, nominate to <br /> the NRHP all significant cultural resources under <br /> agency ownership or control (Section 110 (a) (2) ) . <br /> b) Prior to agency approval of activities, a project' s <br /> impact on eligible or potentially eligible properties <br /> must be considered. The Advisory Council on Historic <br /> Preservation (ACHP) must be allowed a reasonable <br /> opportunity to comment on the proposed project (Section <br /> 106) . <br /> c) A data recovery program on eligible or listed <br /> archaeological properties must be completed prior to <br /> damage or destruction (Section 110 (b) ) , as reported by <br /> the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, <br /> 96th Congress, 2nd session, House Rep , No. 96-1457, <br /> p. 136-37. <br /> In January, 1967, the Secretary of the Interior sent letters to <br /> all governors to obtain the mandated participation of the states <br /> in the NRHP program. The Secretary requested that each state <br /> determine and designate a representative with responsibility for <br /> preparing surveys, receiving grants, and working with the <br /> Department of the Interior in developing and implementing the <br /> programs required by law. The role of the states and the duties <br /> and responsibilities of the designated official (SHPO) were first <br /> published in the February 1969 Federal Register. <br /> The 1969 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (P.L. 91-190; <br /> 83 Stat. 851; 42 = 4321) required that all environmental <br /> aspects, including important historic properties, be considered <br /> during the planning of federal action and as part of the process <br /> and review of environmental impact statements. In 1971, <br /> President Richard Nixon signed Executive Order 11593, "Protection <br /> and Enhancement of the Cultural Environment. " This Order <br /> directed federal agencies, with the advice of the Secretary of <br /> Interior in cooperation with SHPO's, to locate, inventory, and <br /> nominate to the Secretary of the Interior all sites, buildings, <br /> districts, and objects under their jurisdiction or control that <br /> appear to qualify for listing on the NRHP. In addition to <br />