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<br />• The Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act (AHPA) of 1974, <br />which amended the Reservoir Salvage Act of 1960, provides agencies with <br />definite authority to engage in types of impact-mitigation when it is deemed <br />that their activities will damage or destroy historic properties. This act <br />does not protect properties as physical entities, but aims to preserve data. <br />A property's significance lies upon ite capacity to yield useful information. <br />This act also provides the Secretary of the Interior with the duty of <br />coordinating the entire national program of archaeological and historical <br />data recovery. <br />The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 requires all <br />Federal landholding agencies to manage lands in a manner that will protect <br />environmental resources, including archaeological values. The Act calla for <br />a systematic inventory of all Public lands and their resources. Multiple <br />uses of all resources, including "scientific and historic values," on Federal <br />lands in the best interest of present and future needs of the American people <br />is a major theme of the Act. <br />• Federal rules and regulations are formulated in order to establish <br />a specific, workable system through which the intent of the statutes can be <br />accomplished. These regulations are published in the Federal Register, are <br />incorporated into the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and have the force <br />of law. Culturally pertinent regulations and a synopsis of their contents <br />are: <br />36 CFR 60. This rule establishes the responsibilities of the State <br />Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), SHPO staffs, and review boards and <br />describes the survey and planning process that each state must under- <br />take. <br />36 CFR 63. Under terms of EO 11593 and the amended Section 106 of <br />NHPA, the Federal agency must provide the Secretary of the Interior with <br />sufficient data for him/her to make a determination of eligibility of a <br />site for the NRHP. This regulation provides the methods to be used for <br />• making this determination and the standards for the conduct of cultural <br />resource surveys. <br />B_z solence services divlslon <br />