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REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND GUIDANCE - Guidance

The following documents or web sites can also be used for guidance on compliance issues.

   
Section 106: The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's guidance is available on the agency's web site.
Section 110:
National Register Bulletin #15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, National Park Service, Interagency Resources Division, Washington, DC, 1991. Explains how National Register criteria are applied in evaluating the wide range of properties that may be significant in local, state, and national history.
National Register Bulletins #16A and 16B: Guidelines for Completing National Register of Historic Places Forms. National Park Service, Interagency Resources Division, Washington, DC, 1986. Describes how to complete National Register forms, multiple property registration forms, and continuation sheets.
National Register Bulletin #18: How to Evaluate and Nominate Designed Historic Landscapes. National Park Service, Preservation Assistance Division, Washington, DC, 1989. Guide to identification, evaluation, and nomination of designed historic landscapes to the National Register.
National Register Bulletin #30: Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Rural Historic Landscapes. National Park Service, Interagency Resources Division, Washington, DC, 1989. Defines rural historic landscape, describe characteristics, and suggests practical methods for survey and research. Examines how to apply National Register criteria, evaluate significance and integrity, and draw boundaries for rural properties.
National Register Bulletin #32: Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Properties Associated with Significant Persons. National Park Service, Interagency Resources Division, Washington, DC, 1989. Provides assistance in determining whether or not a property meets National Register eligibility standards under Criterion B as "associated with the lives of persons significant in our past."
National Register Bulletin #39: Researching a Historic Property. National Park Service, Interagency Resources Division, Washington, DC, 1991. Introduces beginners to basic sources and techniques for collecting data to nominate properties to the National Register.
Working with Section 106, Identification of Historic Properties: A Decision Making Guide for Managers. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and National Park Service, September 1988. Guide answers questions on how to carry out a program of identification and what approaches to use. Describes identification principles, how to design and identification effort, and how to report and preserve identification results.
Working with Section 106, The Section 110 Guidelines: Annotated Guidelines for Federal Agency Responsibilities under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and National Park Service, November 1989. Annotated text of §110 guidelines as published in February 1988 Federal Register. Notes identify sections and cross-references to other publications.

 

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