Florida Cultural Resources and How They Relate to Your Public Works Project

Presented by: Brent Handley, MA, RPA

Archaeology Division Director

What are Cultural Resource?

Anything human made or manipulated that is 50 years or older

Archaeological Sites

Historic Structures and Bridges

Historic Cemeteries

Submerged Archaeological Sites

Linear Resource Groups

Florida Archaeological Sites

Are all cultural resources eligible for the National Register of Historic Places?

Criterion A: Properties associated with events that have made a significant contribution to broad patterns of our history;

Criterion B: Properties that are associated with lives of persons significant in our past;

Criterion C: Properties that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; and

Criterion D: Properties that have yielded, or may likely yield, important information in prehistory or history.

Survey requests in response to permit compliance may include:

Reconnaissance Surveys

Cultural Resource Assessment Surveys

Site Evaluations

Data Recovery/Mitigation

Underwater Archaeology

Architectural Analysis/APE

Archaeological and Architectural Investigations

Project Type Agency Legal Authority

Transportation FHWA; FDOT; FTA; US Coast Guard

NHPA; 36 CFR 800; NEPA; Chapters 267 and 373 FL Sta.

Housing HUD; FEMA NHPA; 36 CFR 800; Chapter 267 Fl Sta.

Telecommunication FCC NHPA; NEPA; 36 CFR 800; Chapter 267 Fl Sta.

Military US Air Force; Navy; Marines; and Fl National Guard

NHPA; NEPA; 36 CFR 800; Chapter 267 Fl Sta.

Educational Facilities Fl Department of Education NHPA; NEPA; 36 CFR 800; Chapters 235 and 267 Fl Sta.

Commercial Redevelopment USDA; FEMA; HUD; FDIC; OCC NHPA; 36 CFR 800; NEPA; Chapter 267 Fl Sta.

Energy FERC NHPA; 36 CFR 800; NEPA; Chapter 267 Fl Sta.

Project Type Agency Legal Authority

Industrial Fla. Department of Regulation NHPA; 36 CFR 800; NEPA; Chapters 373 and 404 Fl Sta.; FCMP

Coastal Impacts USACE NHPA; 36 CFR 800; NEPA; Coastal Zone; Chapter 267

Mining DEP Chapters 373 and 267 Fl Sta.

DRI; FQD Florida Department of Community Affairs

Chapters 380.06 and 267; FCMP

Water Management Districts DEP; Five WMD Chapters 373 and 267; FCMP

State Lands DEP Chapters 253, 258, and 267 FL Sta.; FCMP

County/City Ordinances Various local governments Locally triggering chapter 267

Architectural Mitigation

• What is a conservation easement?

• Why do you need a conservation easement?

• Types of easements• Historic Preservation

Easements• Open Space/Scenic Easements

• What should they include?

• Tax Incentives for Easements

• Where to go from here?

Cemetery

Unmarked Burial

• Review process normally occurs after permit application is submitted to review agency.

• DHR (SHPO) generally takes 30 days to review application and make a determination as to whether or not to recommend some level of cultural resource investigation.

• DHR generally takes 30 days to review reports.

• DHR will make a determination prior to application submittal “in anticipation of compiling with state or federal permit action.”

• Delays caused by the occurrence of cultural resources include: scheduling, re-planning for avoidance, and additional work. However, innovated approaches to cultural resource management and early archaeological/historical involvement could have cost and time savings.

• 2005: 1,250

• 2006: 1,174

• 2007: 862

• 2008: 817

• 2009: 526