2025-01-15 PL-INT-2022-001460 Historic Bridge Draft PA on Minor Bridge Repairs - Request Comments

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40 WHEREAS, the responsibilities of the Hawai`i State Historic Preservation Officer(SHPO)under 41 Section 106 are to advise, assist, review, and consult with Federal agencies as they carry out their 42 historic preservation responsibilities and to respond to Federal agencies' requests within a 43 specified period of time and therefore is a Signatory to this Agreement; and 44 WHEREAS, the FHWA and the USACE have determined that certain types of Hawai`i Historic 45 Bridge Program projects (as defined in Stipulation I below) classified as "undertakings" in 36 46 C.F.R. § 800.16(y), may have an effect upon properties included in or eligible for inclusion in the 47 National Register of Historic Places (NRNP); and 48 WHEREAS, the FHWA and USACE have consulted with the Advisory Council on Historic 49 Preservation(ACHP)pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 800.14(b)and the ACHP has agreed to be a Signatory 50 to this PA; andWHEREAS, the FHWA and USACE recognize that NHOs may attach religious 51 and cultural significance to historic properties within the State of Hawai`i, and pursuant to 36 52 C.F.R. § 800.2 (c)(2)(ii)(E), have invited NHOs and other organizations with an interest in historic 53 preservation (Attachment 2) to attend public information sessions and consult on this Agreement 54 and have invited them to be Concurring Parties to this agreement; and 55 WHEREAS, pursuant to the consultation conducted under 36 C.F.R. § 800.14(b), the FHWA and 56 USACE, HDOT, the Counties, SHPO, and ACHP in agreement with the Concurring Parties, have 57 developed this Agreement in order to establish an efficient and effective program alternative for 58 taking into account effects of the Hawai`i Historic Bridge Program projects and for affording the 59 ACHP, SHPO and Concurring Parties a reasonable opportunity to comment on undertakings 60 covered by this Agreement; and 61 WHEREAS,HDOT and SHPD would like to streamline by combining federal and state processes 62 wherever possible, the HDOT intends to use the historic properties identification, consultation 63 efforts and documentation as described in this Agreement to comply with HRS Section 6E; and 64 WHEREAS, a Letter of Understanding between the HDOT and SHPO (Attachment 3) states that 65 compliance with this Agreement satisfies HDOT's and the Counties' responsibilities under 66 Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 6E; and 67 WHEREAS, the FHWA, USACE,HDOT,the Counties, and SHPO agree that the Historic Bridge 68 List (Attachment 1) is a statewide inventory of currently listed, eligible and potentially eligible 69 historic bridges under 36 C.F.R. § 800.4. The Historic Bridge List is comprised of the 2024 State 70 Historic Bridge Inventory and Evaluation Update which evaluated 323 State and County Bridges, 71 including 100 priority bridges from the 2013 inventory that were re-evaluated and had their 72 integrity assessments updated, and 223 potentially altered or previously unevaluated bridges, 73 including those built between 1969-1975, and any bridges evaluated in the 2013 Hawaii State 74 Historic Bridge Inventory and Evaluation that were not re-evaluated in 2024. These Inventories 75 form the basis of data used to reach consensus on the statewide identification of historic bridges at 76 the time of this Agreement; and 77 NOW, THEREFORE, the FHWA, USACE, HDOT, the Counties, SHPO, and ACHP (hereafter 78 Signatories) agree that Hawai`i Historic Bridge Projects shall be implemented in accordance with DRAFT FINAL Programmatic Agreement for the Hawai'i Historic Bridge Program 2 January 2, 2025