EP 1130-2-540
15 Nov 96
project (such as a large navigation system) may be treated as a single project for this purpose, at
the discretion of the District Commander. The Letter Report should build upon and expand the
information included in the district wide priority plan, and present a clear and defensible plan of
action for each project, including implementation schedules and gross estimated funding
requirements by project and year. The Letter Report may be updated and revised, as required by
the District Commander to reflect changing project activities and priorities, work accomplished,
or other circumstances. Draft Letter Reports should be coordinated with appropriate SHPO(S)
for review and comment. Final Letter Reports will be approved by the District Commander, RCS
exempt: AR 335-15, paragraph 5-2i.
e. Corps projects with limited or no real estate interests. Previous paragraphs refer
primarily to operational projects with large government landholdings, particularly reservoir
projects that are managed and operated by the Corps or leased to and managed by other Federal,
state or local agencies. Other Corps projects may require no or only limited post construction
historic property activities, unless conditions change or new work is proposed such as under
Section 1135.
(1) Navigation projects. No post construction investigations are required unless the
Corps retains lands, easements, structures, or there are impacts to historic properties attributable
to Corps operations. Where the Corps owns locks, dams, other structures and appurtenances, as
well as adjacent lands, these properties should be subjected to cultural resources investigations.
New disposal areas should be investigated in accordance with 33 CFR Part 336.
(2) Local Flood Protection Projects. When local sponsors furnish lands, easements, and
rights-of-way, or disposal areas for construction, and retain land ownership and project
maintenance after construction is completed, no post construction investigations are required.
(3) Beach Erosion Control, Beach Nourishment. These projects are subject to the
provisions of ER 1105-2-100 during the planning and construction periods. The Corps has no
responsibility or authority to conduct cultural resource investigations unless it retains a real estate
interest or unless there exist project induced impacts to historic properties.
f. Historic Properties Management Plan.
(1) General. Each Corps District should develop a Historic Properties Management Plan
(HPMP) for each operational project under its jurisdiction and control and incorporate it into the
project OMP. The purpose of this document(s) is to provide a comprehensive program to direct
the historic preservation activities and objectives at each project, and to effectively manage and
protect each historic property. The HPM element will work in close coordination with other
district elements, project and field managers, SHPOs, and the interested public to ensure an
integrated approach to the management of all project resources. Periodically, it may be necessary
to update the HPMP by integrating new data collected through subsequent investigations. This,
too, is intended to be a dynamic, "working" document, which may go through several or many
iterations as circumstances and Operational Management Plans (OMP) change and evolve.
(2) Required Elements. Minimally, each HPMP should include the following elements
and/or activities:
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