AST Facilities - Environmental Reviews - Arecibo Observatory
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about this Section 106 Process - English | Spanish
- Initiate Section 106 Process
- NSF Letter to Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), July 5, 2016.
- SHPO Response to NSF Letter, August 8, 2016.
- Identify Historic Properties & Assess Effects
- State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Letter, October 19, 2016.
- Historic Properties Assessment of Effects Report, October 2016.
- Transcript of Consulting Parties Meeting, November 17, 2016.
- SHPO Response to NSF Letter, December 12, 2016.
- NSF Email to ACHP, December 15, 2016.
- Resolve Adverse Effects
- NSF Letter to ACHP, April 28, 2016.
- Consulting Parties meeting minutes, June 21, 2016.
- Draft Programmatic Agreement, June 23, 2017 - English. | Spanish.
- Draft Programmatic Agreement Attachments, June 23, 2017 - English. | Spanish.
- Transcript of Consulting Parties-Historic Preservation Public Meeting, July 6, 2017.
- Transcript of Consulting Parties Meeting, Teleconference, July 13, 2017.
- Revised Draft Programmatic Agreement, August 17, 2017 - English. | Spanish.
- Revised Draft Programmatic Agreement Attachments, August 17, 2017 - English. | Spanish.
- English (Programmatic Agreement + Attachments).
- Spanish (Programmatic Agreement).
- Spanish (Attachments).
- 2017 Programmatic Agreement Implementation
- 2023 Programmatic Agreement Implementation
- Historic Property Survey Report, September 2018.
- National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (Arecibo Observatory) Nomination for Listing on the National Register of Historic Places (updated in 2020 per Stipulation I.A.3 of the Programmatic Agreement).
- 2024 update [pending].