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Integrating Tribal Expertise into Processes to Identify, Evaluate, and Record Cultural Resources NCHRP 25-25, Task 114 2 This project was guided by a technical working group that included: Jody L. Brown California Department of Transportation (Chair) Jeani L. Borchert North Dakota Department of Transportation Rhonda Fair Oklahoma Department of Transportation Heather Mustonen Georgia Department of Transportation Benjamin Rhodd Rosebud Sioux Tribe Haley Rush Cox/McLain Environmental Consulting, Inc. Jason Watkins Ohio Department of Transportation Stephanie Stoermer Federal Highway Administration (Liaison) Melissa A. Savage AASHTO (Liaison) The project was managed by Ann Hartell, NCHRP Senior Program Officer. Project Background NCHRP 25-25, Task 114 3 4 Project Background The research objective of NCHRP 25-25, Task 114 is to understand and detail how tribal perspectives and expertise could and does inform the requirements and intent of the Section 106 process of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) for surface transportation projects, and also early transportation planning (i.e., long- range planning through project programming in Transportation Improvement Plans and State Transportation Improvement Plans). continued 5 Project Background Task 114 focuses on the active participation of tribes in the Section 106 process and the planning process, and how best to incorporate unique tribal expertise and perspectives into: The identification of historic properties [including identification of area of potential effects (APE) and inventory of the APE]; Defining the level of effort to identify historic properties, and evaluating National Register eligibility; The assessment of effects (including making findings of no historic properties affected, no adverse effect, and adverse effect); continued 6 Project Background The resolution of adverse effects, including the monitoring of agency implementation of commitments for resolving adverse effects stipulated in agreement documents; and The development of transportation plans (e.g., long-range plans, corridor studies, project programming). Project Approach NCHRP 25-25, Task 114 7 8 Project Approach For background research, the project team conducted a literature review and also discussed the project objectives with The National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO); The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) Tribal Liaison; The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Federal Preservation Officer (FPO) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s (ACHP’s) FHWA Liaison; The Transportation Research Board (TRB) Tribal Issues in Transportation Committee (ABE80); and The AASHTO Tribal Liaison Community of Practice. continued 9 Project Approach Next, the project team created an online questionnaire for state DOTs, FHWA, and a separate questionnaire for tribes, including: 23 state DOT respondents, 18