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Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Guidelines for Archival
Research in Light of the Federal Communications Commission Programmatic
Agreement:
As of March 7, 2005, the new Federal Communication Commission
Programmatic Agreement has taken effect. This requires new procedures
for the use of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (AHPP)
structures survey files. The new Programmatic Agreement requires that
cellular phone tower projects include file searches for resources with
regards to determining a project's visual effect. The files available
for review include the AHPP survey files, National Register nominations,
and Arkansas Register nominations. A list of pending National Register
nominations will be posted in the research area. When assessing direct
effects researchers will have to perform sufficient field and archival
research to make determinations of National Register significance as per
section VI D.2 (page 19) of the Programmatic Agreement. An inventory of
Historic Properties determined eligible for the National Register (NR)
as a result of Section 106 projects is not available. Researchers will
not be required to search all previous 106 reports for NR eligibility
statements on Historic Properties when assessing the visual effect of
their project as per VI D.I (page 17-18) of the FCC PA.
Due to the limited amount of space in our research area, we have
adopted the following guidelines for companies doing research for
cellular phone tower projects:
When using the AHPP files, an appointment must be made with the AHPP
registrar at least 24 hours in advance. When making the appointment,
please provide the names of all USGS quad maps that you anticipate
researching and any known National Register listed properties located
within the project area. The research process will be expedited
significantly if you can provide the AHPP resource numbers for other
properties located within the project area. Research space in our office
is limited, and therefore the number of consultants will be limited to
four at a time, with no more than two from the same organization. All
researchers must comply with the AHPP rules for archival research. Files
are available Tuesday mornings from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and
Thursday afternoons from 12:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. All needed records
must be requested prior to 30 minutes before the closing of research
times. Please note the AHPP office will be closed for official state
holidays. Please contact George McCluskey, Section 106 Review
Coordinator, at (501) 324-9880 to arrange appointments for cell tower
research or with questions regarding Section 106 review.
Please note that the state archeological site files are not
located at the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program archives. The
archeological site files are maintained by the Arkansas Archeological
Survey located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. To access these records
please contact Lela Donat, Registrar of the Arkansas Archeological
Survey, at (479) 575-3556.