54 U.S.C. § 100734 — Report on finding or notification of potential damage to natural and historical landmarks
submitted 12 years ago by Pub. L. 113-287 to r/title-54-NATIONAL-PARK-SERVICE-AND-RELATED-PROGRAMS · 159 words · no verdicts yet
If the Secretary learns, on his own or from a scientific, historical, or archeological authority, that surface mining could permanently damage a nationally significant natural or historic landmark, the Secretary must act. The Secretary must notify the person doing the mining and send a report to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. That report asks the Council for advice on alternatives to reduce or stop the harm.
This section applies when the Secretary* finds out — either on the Secretary's own initiative, or through written notice from a qualified scientific, historical, or archeological authority — that a nationally significant district, site, building, structure, or object, one that has been designated as a natural or historic landmark, might be permanently lost or destroyed, in whole or in part, by surface mining activity. This includes exploring for minerals or materials, or removing or producing them.
When this happens, the Secretary must:
- notify the person carrying out the mining activity; and
- send a report on the findings or notification — including the basis for concluding the activity may cause irreparable loss or destruction of the landmark — to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, asking the Council for advice on alternative steps the United States could take to reduce or stop the activity's harm.
When the Secretary* finds on the Secretary’s own motion or on being notified in writing by an appropriate scientific, historical, or archeological authority that a district, site, building, structure, or object that has been found to be nationally significant in illustrating natural history or the history of the United States and that has been designated as a natural or historic landmark may be irreparably lost or destroyed in whole or in part by any surface mining activity, including exploration for or removal or production of minerals or materials, the Secretary shall notify the person conducting the activity and submit a report on the findings or notification, including the basis for the Secretary’s finding that the activity may cause irreparable loss or destruction of a national landmark, to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, with a request for advice of the Council as to alternative measures that may be taken by the United States to mitigate or abate the activity.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3109.)
- 2014Enacted · Pub. L. 113-287 · 128 Stat. 3109
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