99-1831. Draft Agreement Between the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the Narragansett Indian Tribe for the Assumption by the Narragansett Tribe of Certain Responsibilities Pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 1999)]
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[Page 4067]
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[FR Doc No: 99-1831]


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ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION


Draft Agreement Between the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation and the Narragansett Indian Tribe for the Assumption by 
the Narragansett Tribe of Certain Responsibilities Pursuant to the 
National Historic Preservation Act

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 470a(d)(5)

AGENCY: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

ACTION: Notice of intent to execute Agreement with the Narragansett 
Indian Tribe.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation intends to 
execute an agreement with the Narragansett Indian Tribe through which 
the Tribe will assume certain responsibilities pursuant to the National 
Historic Preservation Act, including the review of federal undertakings 
under their own, tribal historic preservation regulations instead of 
under the regulations promulgated by the Advisory Council. Through this 
notice, the Advisory Council invites comments from the public regarding 
the draft of said agreement and the Tribe's historic preservation 
regulations, before execution of the agreement.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 26, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the Executive Director, 
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
Suite 809, Washington, D.C. 20004. Fax [phone]. Comments may be 
submitted via e-mail to [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Javier Marques, Assistant General Counsel, Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 809, Washington, D.C. 
20004. [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 101 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, provides that the Advisory 
Council

    may enter into an agreement with an Indian tribe to permit 
undertakings on tribal land to be reviewed under tribal historic 
preservation regulations in place of review under regulations 
promulgated by the Council to govern compliance with section 106, if 
the Council, after consultation with the tribe and appropriate State 
Historic Preservation Officers, determines that the tribal 
preservation regulations will afford historic properties 
consideration equivalent to those afforded by the Council's 
regulations.

16 U.S.C. 470a(d)(5). Section 106 requires Federal agencies to take 
into account the effect of their undertakings on properties included in 
or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places 
and to afford the Council a reasonable opportunity to comment on such 
undertakings.
    In accordance with the provisions of Section 101, the Advisory 
Council and the Narragansett Indian Tribe drafted the Agreement titled 
``Agreement between the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and 
the Narragansett Indian Tribe for the Assumption by the Narragansett 
Tribe of Certain Responsibilities Pursuant to the National Historic 
Preservation Act,'' and related tribal historic preservation 
regulations titled ``Procedures and Rules for the Registration and 
Protection of Tribal Properties.'' Through this agreement, it is the 
intent of the Narragansett Indian Tribe to take charge of the Section 
106 historic preservation review of federal undertakings that affect 
historic resources located in their tribal land, and subject such 
review to the provisions of the Narragansett tribal historic 
preservation regulations.
    You may obtain a copy of the draft agreement and the regulations by 
contacting Javier Marques, Assistant General Counsel, Advisory Council 
on Historic Preservation, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 809, 
Washington, DC 20004; [phone].

    Dated: January 21, 1999.
John M. Fowler,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 99-1831 Filed 1-26-99; 8:45 am]
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