R850-60-500. Identifying Historic Properties

1. Following the agency's determination that a proposed trust land use constitutes an undertaking, the agency shall establish the undertaking's area of potential effects. Thereafter, the agency shall collect and review existing information about historic properties that may be located within the area of potential effects. As part of this process, the agency may seek information from the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), Indian tribes, local governments, other state or federal agencies or any other interested parties likely to have knowledge or concerns about cultural resources in the area. The agency may delegate this collection of information to an appropriate person.

2. Based on this review, the agency shall make a reasonable and good faith effort to identify historic properties that might be affected by an undertaking and shall gather sufficient information to evaluate the eligibility of these properties for the National Register.