R926-14-7. Process for Nominating a Highway to Be Designated a National Scenic Byway or All-American Road

In addition to state recognition, state scenic byways may be nominated to the National Scenic Byways Program so that they may be recognized as a byway of national significance through designation as a National Scenic Byway or All-American Road.

(1) Local scenic byway committees shall notify the state committee of their intent to apply for National Scenic Byway or All-American Road status and the state committee shall in turn notify the Legislature of this intent.

(2) Local scenic byway committees desiring national designation are required by the National Scenic Byways Program to prepare nomination applications, adhering to the criteria outlined in applicable federal policies.

(a) A corridor management plan for the byway will be required by the NSBP to be prepared before a nomination application will be considered. The required information and criteria to be included in the corridor management plan are outlined in the federal policies.

(b) The NSBP will issue a call for applications, at which time the local scenic byway committee may submit a nomination application as long as the state scenic byway has been approved for consideration in accordance with the requirements of Title 72, Chapter 4.

(3) Local scenic byway committees are to confer with the state committee during the preparation of a corridor management plan and will submit their nomination applications to the committee for review prior to submitting to the NSBP.

(4) The committee will refer all considerations for America's Byways designations to the Legislature for approval, along with the recommendation of the committee. As required in Title 72, Chapter 4, Legislative approval must be obtained before any application for nomination may be submitted to the NSBP.

(5) Upon approval by the NSBP of a National Scenic Byway nomination, the committee shall notify the Utah Office of Tourism, the department and other interested agencies of the new designation and of any differences in alignment or limits as related to existing state scenic byway designations.

(a) The committee will make a request to these agencies that they modify reference of the segment, to reflect the change in scenic byway status, on maps and in materials and website applications identifying scenic byways.

(6) On receiving notification of a change in byway status to National Scenic Byway or All-American Road, the department shall amend Rule 926-13 to update the description of the byway to reflect the approved changes and the date of NSBP approval.