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tural Resources Preservat~.on in Colorado g <br />3. Colora o Revised Statutes (1973) 2~-65.1-101 to <br />24-65, -502, 24-32-111, 24-65-104(3)(2), and 24-65- <br />106; a d 29-20-101 to 29-20-107 an~ 30-28-121 en- <br />acted n 1974 authorizes the Society to assist city <br />and county governments in identifying, designating, <br />and ad~inistering structures and sues of historical <br />and archaeological significance to ated within their <br />juris ctions as matters of statew$de interest. <br />4. Colorao Revised Statutes (1973) 2 -80.1-101 to 24- <br />80.1-1~8 and 39-1-104, enacted in 975 authorizes <br />the Society to expand and maintain~`a State Register <br />of His~oric properties and to establish the ways and ,\ <br />means y which sites ]„yited, in the register are to <br />be rokected from state a"u~Firor`iz~ec! o~~uncied projects, <br />w is w ul not be beneficial to ti;em, ~,•• <br />~3, <br />i <br />Federal legislation enacted by Congress al~o establishes the <br />means by which significant Colorado cultural resources can be iden- <br />tified and protected from federally funded and uthorized projects, <br />and authorizes the Mate, acting through the So~iety, to initiate <br />and participate in procedures designated to mit~gate project effects <br />destructive to they`; this legislation includes:~ <br />1. 16 U,Si".C 470a, the National Historic Preservation Act <br />which established the National RegKister of Historic <br />place and the federal responsibilaities incident to it; <br />a 4 <br />2. 42 U, Sc. C, 4231 et seq „ the Natior~l Environmental <br />Policy; Act, which established a concern of the federal <br />gover ent for the protection and enhancement of the <br />nation's natural, cultural, and s~ial resources. <br />3. 16 U,~,C. 469-469c, the Reservoir salvage Act, which <br />both protects and, if necessary ar~d desirable, funds <br />the s~lvage of significant cultur 1 resources in the <br />event7they might be destroyed by roposed development, <br />R R <br />s <br />Additional legislation is being passed in~a number of Colorado <br />cities and counties which permits people to better regulate their <br />a a <br />0 <br />own immediate surroundings. Local preservation ordinances are in <br />this way supported ;by the federal and state legislation, However, <br />4 8 <br />an effective presesvation program in the state really begins with <br />k ~ <br />the implementation7of both the federal legislar~ion and that of <br />F <br />the state, the lat8er of which includes enabli~g authorization <br />for the enactment 4~f local preservation legislation in Colorado. <br />o a <br />