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Chapter Seven - Conclusions
Pages 33-35

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... Use of these agreements reduces project costs and review time, allows greater flexibility in Section 106 compliance, focuses Section 106 compliance on substantive issues and site types, and results in predictable project and preservation outcomes. It should be noted, however, that creating and maintaining these agreements takes both time and a strong commitment from agency staff, including upper management.
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From page 34...
... The last item listed requires an initiative that is beyond the capabilities of a single state DOT, as would the creation of a national archaeological data/document repository. The effective practices described in this report, however, can be used to create needed state historic contexts, testing protocols, and state-specific repositories or clearinghouses.
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... These include reducing or eliminating conflict among agencies, improving relations and trust between agencies and tribes, meeting project schedules and objectives, reducing public opposition to transportation projects, and producing tangible public benefits of transportation-funded archaeological investigations. These and other qualitative benefits are all desirable outcomes and justify the continued use and expansion of practices that streamline project delivery and improve stewardship of our nation's archaeological heritage.
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Key Terms

  • historic preservation
  • transportation projects
  • historic contexts
  • synthesis study
  • archaeological sites

  • cultural resource
  • preservation compliance
  • contextual information
  • tangible public
  • resource data

  • state dot
  • state historic
  • survey responses
  • dot noted
  • eastern states

  • agency staff
  • creative mitigation
  • predictive modeling
  • include transportation
  • national register

  • electronic cultural
  • century archaeological
  • innovative practices
  • tive practices
  • survey questionnaires

  • survey findings
  • fhwa division
  • streamlining project
  • business practices
  • conducting archaeological


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