Simplifying Section 106 review: A proposal for "streamlining" a complex part of environmental impact assessment. (3rd April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nissley, Claudia; King, Thomas F.
• Is Part Of: Environmental practice. Volume 19:Number 2(2017)
• Page Start: 80
• Page End: 83
• Publication Date: 2017-04-03
• Subjects: Cultural impact assessment -- historic property -- Section 106 -- simplify; Environmental management -- Periodicals; Environmental engineering -- Periodicals; Environmental protection -- Periodicals; 333.7068
• DOI: 10.1080/14660466.2017.1309885
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1466-0466

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Compliance with Section 106 of the U.S. National Historic Preservation Act is often and understandably seen as an unduly complicated, expensive, and unproductive part of environmental impact assessment. Past efforts to "streamline" review have often made it more complicated and less effective. We propose a simple amendment to the statute, eliminating reliance on the National Register of Historic Places and clarifying the purposes of review.