Public Involvement for the National Historic Preservation Act Section 106
NHPA is a U.S. law that requires federal agencies to identify and consider potential effects of their actions on historic properties and seek ways to avoid, minimize, or mitigate any adverse effects. By definition, historic properties may include archaeological sites, sacred and religious sites, submerged historic resources, traditional cultural places, or historic buildings, structures, or objects.
The Navy and Coast Guard’s outreach efforts support consultation under Section 106 of the NHPA and its implementing regulations, as members of the public, stakeholders, and federally recognized tribes are invited to provide comments about potential effects on historic in-water properties during established comment periods or seek to participate as a consulting party.
Public involvement is an important part of the NHPA Section 106 process. The Navy and Coast Guard encourage the public, stakeholders, and federally recognized tribes to help identify historic in-water properties within the proposed area of potential effects and share information regarding the identification of, or potential effects on, historic in-water properties by providing a written comment during designated comment periods. You may submit a comment electronically via the project website or via mail to the address provided on the Comments Page.
For information about the NHPA Section 106 consultation process, or if you are interested in becoming a consulting party, please provide your name, organization, and email address on the Consulting Party Information Request Form.