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U.S. Department of Energy POLICY
DOE P 141.1 Washington, D.C.

Approved: 5-2-01

SUBJECT: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

The purpose of this Policy is

to ensure that Department of Energy (DOE) programs, including the National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA), and field elements integrate cultural resources management into their
missions and activities and

to raise the level of awareness and accountability among DOE (including NNSA) contractors
concerning the importance of the Department's cultural resource-related legal and trust
responsibilities.

Preservation and protection of America's cultural heritage are important functions and responsibilities of
the Federal government for properties under its control or jurisdiction. This Policy helps ensure that
DOE maintains a program that reflects the spirit and intent of the legislative mandates.

AUTHORITY

The major laws, regulations, Executive orders, and guidance shaping DOE's responsibility for cultural
resources management are cited in Attachment 1. They include the following:

the National Historic Preservation Act;

the Archeological and Historic Preservation Act;

the Archaeological Resources Protection Act;

the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and all its implementing regulations
and guidelines;

Executive Order 11593, Protection and Enhancement of Cultural Environments;

Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments;

Executive Order 13007, Indian Sacred Sites; and
the following documents issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior:

Archeology and Historic Preservation: Secretary of Interior's Standards and
Guidelines;

The Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Federal Agency Historic
Preservation Programs Pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act; and

The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for
Rehabilitating Historic Buildings.

POLICY

Federal laws relating to cultural resources management require that the Department identify, evaluate,
and manage cultural resources under its control and jurisdiction. Cultural resources include, but are not
limited to, the following broad range of items and locations:

archaeological materials (artifacts) and sites that date to the prehistoric, historic, and ethnohistoric
periods and that are currently located on the ground surface or buried beneath it;

standing structures and/or their component parts that are over 50 years of age and are important
because they represent a major historical theme or era, including the Manhattan Project and the
Cold War era and structures that have an important technological, architectural, or local
significance;

cultural and natural places, select natural resources, and sacred objects that have importance for
American Indians; and

American folklife traditions, and arts.

Cultural resources include "historic properties" as defined in the National Historic Preservation Act,
"archaeological resource" as defined in the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, and "cultural
items" as defined in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

DOE will uphold these laws by preserving, protecting, and perpetuating cultural resources for future
generations in a spirit of stewardship to the extent feasible given the agency's mission and mandates.
To do this, DOE will implement management accountability for compliance with Federal statutes,
Executive orders, treaties, DOE Orders, and implementation guidance. The Department also ensures
that DOE contractors are obligated to implement DOE programs and projects in a manner that is
consistent with this Policy and that reflects this commitment in site management contracts.

Consultation with affected stakeholders is pivotal to maintaining the cultural and historical values
associated with identified cultural resources for future generations and implementing all stewardship
responsibilities. Therefore, DOE will consult with State agencies, other Federal agencies, American
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, ethnic groups or other communities and individuals,
historic preservation interest groups, and additional consulting parties early in the planning process of
the proposed undertaking. DOE also will coordinate that planning with all appropriate parties as
specified by the requirements of applicable statutes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. DOE operations office managers, field office managers, and lead program secretarial officers
(LPSOs), including NNSA, assume primary responsibility for implementing this Policy.
Accordingly, they ensure the following

a. Tribal consultation occurs through a formal, documented, government-to-government
process that is consistent with the DOE American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal
Government Policy (see DOE 1230.2). DOE managers are responsible for implementing a
tribal identification process, ensuring that government-to-government consultations are
established with all appropriate Tribal governments, and requiring that DOE program
managers, including NNSA, and contractor management staff consider the concerns,
comments, or recommendations made by Tribal governments and address these
recommendations when making cultural resource management decisions that are potentially
affected by DOE undertakings.

b. Procedures are developed to provide, and as circumstances warrant improve access by
American Indian Tribes, local historical organizations, and interested persons to cultural
resource sites and districts, as appropriate, consistent with safety, health, national security
and protection and respect for the cultural resources.

c. Responsible DOE, including NNSA, managers will develop, fully implement, and
periodically review the cultural resources management plan at all DOE facilities and
Government-owned, contractor-operated facilities as needed. Each plan must strive to
appropriately reflect local concerns. These plans should be consistent with the
Environmental Guidelines for Development of Cultural Resource Management Plans
(DOE/EH-051, August 1995). Development of these plans will be coordinated with the
National Environmental Policy Act documentation, as appropriate.

d. Responsible DOE, including NNSA, managers will develop cultural resource management
strategies to implement the above plan for specific undertakings. Development of these
strategies begins at the local level and incorporates the viewpoint of concerned Federal,
Tribal, State, and local governments; historical organizations; and additional consulting
parties. These strategies must be

documented and integrated into the Department's final management decisions
regarding all undertakings potentially affecting cultural resources,
reflected in site management contracts, and
adhered to through appropriate management measures.

e. Efforts related to compliance with cultural resources laws, regulations, and guidance will
include planning and budgeting appropriate levels of effort and funding for the management
of cultural resources. LPSOs and cognizant secretarial officers(CSOs) will carry out these
efforts for the sites or facilities for which they have landlord responsibilities. These efforts
should integrate cultural resource concerns into program and project planning in a timely
fashion to protect cultural resources and avoid unnecessary delays, conflicts, and costs in
project implementation. These efforts should include a process for verifying compliance
with all applicable requirements.

f. When cultural resources professionals are utilized, they will meet the qualification standards
set forth in Archeology and Historic Preservation: Secretary of the Interior's
Standards and Guidelines. Cultural resources professionals may be useful to the
Department in working on cultural resources issues and ensuring compliance with Federal
cultural resources management laws, regulations, and guidance.

2. The Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health and the Director of the Office of
Management and Administration, in coordination with the Administrator for Nuclear Security,
with respect to the NNSA, are responsible for developing and coordinating cultural resource
management and historic preservation guidance and Secretarial policy. This includes policy and
guidance concerning the analysis of new laws or regulations or the identification of major historic
themes that have broad DOE impact or interest and will be periodically reviewed and updated as
appropriate. All policies and guidance concerning the analysis of new laws or regulations will be
prepared in consultation with the Office of General Counsel.

3. The Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, in coordination with the
Administrator for Nuclear Security, with respect to NNSA, is responsible for providing guidance
and Secretarial policy concerning the Department's relationships with American Indian and
Alaska Native governments and related public interest groups.

SPENCER ABRAHAM
Secretary of Energy

REFERENCES

1. Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 (43 U.S.C. 2101).

2. American Folklife Preservation Act of 1976 (20 U.S.C. 2101).

3. American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 1966).

4. Antiquities Act of 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431).

5. Archeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 469).

6. Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470).

7. Archeology and Historic Preservation: Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines (48
FR 44716).

8. Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments (Executive Order 13175, dated
11-6-00).

9. Curation of Federally Owned and Administered Archeological Collections (36 CFR Part 79).

10. DOE 1230.2, American Indian Tribal Government Policy, dated 4-8-92.

11. Determinations of Eligibility for Inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (36 CFR Part
63).

12. Government-to-Government Relations with Native Americans Tribal Governments (Executive
Memorandum, dated 4-29-94).

13. Historic Sites Act of 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461).

14. Indian Sacred Sites (Executive Order 13007, dated 5-24-96).

15. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321).

16. National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470).

17. National Register of Historic Places (36 CFR 60).

18. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (25 U.S.C. 3001).

19. Protection of Archaeological Resources (43 CFR Part 7).

20. Protection and Enhancement of the Cultural Environment (Executive Order 11593, dated 5-13-
71).

21. Protection of Historic Properties (36 CFR Part 800).

22. Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 2000bb).

23. Reservoir Salvage Act of 1960 (16 U.S.C. 469).

24. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Federal Agency Historic
Preservation Programs Pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act (63 FR 20495).