Agency Official Sample Clauses
Agency Official. Agency officials are given decision making authority under the NHPA. They include Regional Foresters, Deputy Regional Foresters, Forest Supervisors, Deputy Forest Supervisors, District Rangers, Deputy District Rangers, and the Chief. The agency official shall:
1. Ensure that Heritage Professionals are engaged in the planning process at the beginning of project development so that historic properties are considered in project planning and design.
2. Invite Tribes, SHPO, and others to participate in group meetings that the Forest Service has already established. If no group is convened, ensure that the SHPO, tribes and other parties are informed and invited to consult as required under 36CFR 800.3.
Agency Official. FS Agency Officials have the authority to make decisions related to Section 106 processes under their jurisdiction. For the purposes of this NPA, the Agency Official is a District Ranger, Forest or Grassland Supervisor, Regional Forester, or any equivalent unit leader. The Agency Official who is at minimum, a Forest Supervisor or equivalent unit leader, must sign the HIP to finalize or issue it. The Agency Official for the Project shall:
1) Make decisions regarding the use of the NPA, considering recommendations made by the FS Heritage Professional.
2) Ensure that FS Heritage Professionals are engaged in the planning process at the beginning of Project consideration and development so that historic properties are considered in Project planning and design. This includes inviting Heritage Professionals to participate in the Project or planning Inter Disciplinary Team (IDT) at the earliest stages of Project consideration.
3) Seek input from HIP consulting parties and FS Heritage Professionals as early as possible in Project development to identify potential CRSOs that the Agency Official may opt to include in the Project design. This includes inviting Heritage Professionals to participate in the Project or planning IDT at the earliest stages of Project consideration. The Agency Official retains sole discretion on whether or not to include CRSOs in a Project design.
Agency Official. As specified in 36 CFR 800.2(a), the Agency Official shall be the Louisville District Commander. The District Commander has approval authority for proposed undertakings and can commit the Federal agency to take appropriate action for a specific undertaking as a result of Section 106 compliance under this PA. The District Commander may delegate the authority to make these commitments to another member of their staff at the District Commander’s discretion.
Agency Official. 1. The ANC Executive Director, as defined by Department of the Army Directive 2010-04, has designated the Chief Engineer of ANC the Agency Official for Section 106 in accordance with 36 C.F.R. § 800.2(a).
2. The Chief Engineer shall ensure that:
a) A staff person designated as the Cultural Resources Manager (hereinafter CRM) who meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards (Archeology and Historic Preservation: Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines [As Amended and Annotated], 48 Fed. Reg. 44716, Sept. 1983 [hereinafter SOI Professional Qualifications]) shall be assigned responsibility for administering the process outlined in this Agreement.
b) all prudent and feasible efforts to conduct undertakings are in accordance with the preservation and maintenance guidelines for historic buildings, landscapes, monuments and memorials in the Sourcebook and be consistent with the Secretary of the Interiors Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings (36 C.F.R. Part 68; hereinafter Standards).
c) the Standards are referenced in all scopes of work for undertakings so that contractors seeking to undertake work on historic architectural properties at ANC shall show past performance in the successful application of the Standards for the treatments required in statements of qualifications for bids and proposals and be pre-qualified based on demonstrated experience in the successful application of the Standards.
d) The provisions of Stipulation VII are included in all ANC operations and contracts involving ground disturbance.
Agency Official. The Line Officer (see Forest Supervisors and District Rangers) who has the authority to commit the agency to action and assumes the responsibilities defined in 36 § CFR Part 800.2(a). The Agency Official is responsible for meeting the requirements of this PA or for complying with Section 106 of the NHPA. The geographic area or areas within which an undertaking may directly or indirectly cause alterations in the character or use of historic properties, if any such properties exist. The area of potential effects is influenced by the scale and nature of an undertaking and may be different for different kinds of effects caused by the undertaking (36 CFR § 800.16(d) and 800.4(a)).
Agency Official. As specified in 36 CFR 800.2(a), the Agency Official shall be the Albuquerque District Commander. The District Commander has approval authority for proposed undertakings and can commit the Federal agency to take appropriate action for a specific undertaking as a result of section 106 compliance under this PA. The District Commander may delegate the authority to make these commitments to another member of his or her staff at his or her discretion.
Agency Official. The Agency Official shall be the Forest Supervisor, Deputy Forest Supervisor, or District Ranger. The Agency Official has approval authority for proposed undertakings and can commit the ANF to take appropriate action for a specific undertaking. ANF Agency Official responsibilities shall align with the Table of Delegated Authorities, Forest Service Manual 2300 (2360.4 – Exhibit 01). The ANF Agency Officials are responsible for official consultation and coordination among the ANF, the SHPO, the ACHP, and other consulting parties.
Agency Official. The Agency Official has approval authority for federal undertakings and can commit the ANF to take appropriate action for a specific undertaking. In the context of this PA, an Agency Official is a Line Officer (Forest Supervisor, Deputy Forest Supervisor, District Ranger, Regional Forester, or the Chief of the Forest Service). The Agency Officials are the decision makers and responsible officials for Section 106 compliance. See Forest Service Handbook (FSH) 2309.12.
Agency Official. The line officer responsible for legal compliance and land management decisions. In practice, the Agency Official is often the same person as the Responsible Official under NEPA, the agency employee who has the authority to make and implement a decision under NEPA on a proposed action. Refer to section 2360.4, exhibit 01 for the Agency Official responsible for specific Heritage Program activities (FSM 2360.5). Area of Potential Effects (APE). The geographic area or areas within which an undertaking may directly or indirectly cause alterations in the character or use of historic properties, if any such properties exist. The area of potential effects is influenced by the scale and nature of an undertaking and may be different for different kinds of effects caused by the undertaking (36 CFR 800.16(d)).
Agency Official. The Agency Official is designated by the NASA Administrator to fulfill the roles specified in 36 CFR § 800.2(a), and is the final decision-maker for the agency with respect to Section 106 and on amendments or disputes arising from the NPA. The Agency Official may delegate its responsibilities under the NPA to a Center Director or to the FPO. Delegated authority is documented in the NASA Procedural Requirement (NPR) for Cultural Resources Management (8510.1).
