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2025:

COMMENT LETTERS & PRESENTATIONS

Upcoming comment letters NATHPO is drafting:

 

2025:

    • 05-20-25 NATHPO Comment letter on adopting a definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS) that protects watersheds important to Tribal Nations.
    • 03-27-25 NATHPO Comment letter on the interim rule rescinding the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations.

 

2024:

    • 11-25-24 NATHPO Comment letter as part of the Information Collection Review of proposed regulations published on October 25, 2024, to implement the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act (STOP Act).
    • 11-08-24 NATHPO Comment letter regarding regarding the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) proposed National Programmatic Agreement (NPA).
    • 10-01-24 NATHPO Comment letter regarding the National Park Service's (NPS) work on a planning study to outline the significance and fundamental resources and values of the Transcontinental Railroad.
    • 09-25-24 NATHPO comment letter regarding the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's proposed Exemption for Indigenous Knowledge-Informed Activities by Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHOs).
    • 09-23-24 NATHPO comment letter regarding the termination of Section 106 consultation for the Bureau of Land Management's Lava Ridge Wind Project in Idaho.
    • 07-29-24 NATHPO Amicus Brief in support of the Tohono O'odham Nation and the San Carlos Apache Tribe in their lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) for failing to properly consult with the Tribes under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
    • 06-28-24 NATHPO comment letter on the the National Park Service's (NPS) proposal to develop a Section 106 Program Alternative (PA) for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) state and local assistance programs.
    • 06-22-24 NATHPO comment letter regarding how the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Environmental Justice Strategic Plan may impact Tribal Nations in accordance with Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments, and President Biden's "Memorandum on Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to-Nation Relationships."
    • 06-10-24 NATHPO comment letter to the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service's Bear Ears National Monument Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
    • 04-09-24 NARF & NATHPO Joint Memorandum on The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Unlawful Adoption and Use of 33 C.F.R. Part 325, Appendix C, to Fulfill Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.

 

2023:

    • 04-30-23 NATHPO comment letter to NPS on the 2022 Draft Revisions to National Register Bulletin 38: Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Traditional Cultural Properties.

FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS

Per the 1992 amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, federally recognized Tribal governments were able to create and operate Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO) programs by officially entering into agreements with the National Park Service on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior. Among other tasks, THPOs may assume the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) responsibilities on Tribal lands and also receive funds for this purpose from the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), also administered by the National Park Service. The HPF is supported by annual revenues from Outer Continental Shelf oil leases and assists states, local governments, and Indian Tribes with their historic preservation activities nationwide.

NATHPO FY25 Tribal Budget Consultation Comments

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