Cultural Resource Protocol Annual Report
In Reply Refer To:
8100 (NV-930) P
United States Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Nevada State Office
P.O. Box 12000 (1340 Financial Boulevard)
Reno, Nevada 89520-0006
http://www.blm.gov/nv
December 30, 2009
EMS TRANSMISSION 12/30/2009
Instruction Memorandum No. NV-2010-012
Expires: 09/30/2012
To: District Managers, Nevada
From: Deputy State Director, Natural Resources, Lands & Planning
Subject: Cultural Resource Protocol Annual Report
DD: 1/29/2010
The procedural State Protocol Agreement between the Bureau of Land Management, Nevada (BLM) and the Nevada State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) calls for an annual report of BLM activities conducted under the protocol. The annual report’s contents are established in Appendix A of the Agreement signed in 1999. It is now time to develop the information for FY 2009 report. Spreadsheets have been included to standardize some required reporting elements.
The SHPO has agreed to use of reporting standards in the 1999 Agreement for the FY09 reporting period. Reporting requirements in the revised and recently signed Agreement, distributed to the field in November 2009, will apply for the FY10 reporting period. Please adjust documentation tracking processes for the current reporting period accordingly.
Specifically, the protocol requires that each District Office provide the State Office with the following specific information:
A. A narrative assessment of the SHPO/BLM relationship and the value of this protocol, including any suggested changes to this document.
B. Copies of NEPA logs by District Office (annotated to show which undertakings were authorized as categorical exemptions including the exemption under which they were authorized).
C. A list of eligible properties, by undertaking and site number, functional site type and the criteria under which the sites are eligible, by District Office; information is to be entered on Part 1 – NRHP ELIG of the attachment and returned to this office in hard copy and in electronic format.
D. A list of properties determined ineligible, by undertaking and site number, further categorized by historic and prehistoric sites, by District Office; information is to be entered on Part 2 – NOT ELIG of the attachment and returned to this office in hard copy and in electronic format. And,
E. A list by District Office of reports, by undertaking and report number, not submitted within the 30 day time limit, and a schedule for their completion and submission; information is to be entered on Part 3 – BACKLOG RPT of the attachment and returned to this office in hard copy and in electronic format.
The State Office will consolidate the information provided by the District Offices and send the report to the SHPO. Therefore each District Office shall gather the above information for FY 2009, in electronic format as much as possible, and send it to Tom Burke, NV-933, by COB January 29, 2010.
If you have any questions please contact Tom Burke at 775-861-6415.
Signed By:
Michael R. Holbert
DSD, Resources, Lands & Planning
Authenticated By:
Ellyn Darrah
Administrative Assistant
Attachment
1- Template Spreadsheet