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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 Report, No. 96-1957, <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 ~ 9321) 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 />