§ 469c-2. — Costs for identification, surveys, evaluation and data recovery with respect to historic properties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC469c-2]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1A--HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS, OBJECTS, AND ANTIQUITIES
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 469c-2. Costs for identification, surveys, evaluation and
data recovery with respect to historic properties
Notwithstanding section 469c(a) of this title, or any other
provision of law to the contrary--
(1) identification, surveys, and evaluation carried out with
respect to historic properties within project areas may be treated
for purposes of any law or rule of law as planning costs of the
project and not as costs of mitigation;
(2) reasonable costs for identification, surveys, evaluation,
and data recovery carried out with respect to historic properties
within project areas may be charged to Federal licensees and
permittees as a condition to the issuance of such license or permit;
and
(3) Federal agencies, with the concurrence of the Secretary and
after notification of the Committee on Natural Resources of the
United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the United States Senate, are authorized to
waive, in appropriate cases, the 1 per centum limitation contained
in section 469c(a) of this title.
(Pub. L. 96-515, title II, Sec. 208, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2997; Pub.
L. 103-437, Sec. 6(d)(28), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4584.)
Amendments
1994--Par. (3). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Natural Resources''
for ``Interior and Insular Affairs'' after ``Committee on''.
Change of Name
Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives treated
as referring to Committee on Resources of House of Representatives by
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21
of Title 2, The Congress.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 43 section 377b.
