Nationwide Programmatic Agreement for Review Under the National Historic Preservation Act

In this document, we adopt revisions to the Federal Communications Commission's ("Commission") rules to implement a Nationwide Programmatic Agreement ("Nationwide Agreement") that will tailor and streamline procedures for review of certain Commission undertakings for communications facilities under section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 ("NHPA"). The Nationwide Agreement will tailor the section 106 review in the communications context in order to improve compliance and streamline the review process for construction of towers and other Commission undertakings, while at the same time advancing and preserving the goal of the NHPA to protect historic properties, including historic properties to which federally recognized Indian tribes, including Alaska Native Villages, and Native Hawaiian Organizations ("NHOs") attach religious and cultural significance.