Florida Administrative Code › 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › 1A - Division of Historical Resources › Chapter 1A-46 - ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL REPORT STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES › Section 1A-46.001 - Standards and Guidelines for Reports

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Purpose. This rule specifies criteria by
				which the Division of Historical Resources (Division) will review reports of
				cultural resource activities on federally assisted, licensed or permitted
				projects; on projects on state owned or controlled property or state assisted,
				licensed, or permitted projects; and on local projects for which the Division
				has review authority.
(2)
				Definitions. The following words and terms shall have the meanings indicated:
(a) "Agency" or "Applicant" means any unit of
				federal, state, county, municipal or other local government; any corporation,
				partnership or other organization, public or private, whether or not for
				profit; or any individual or representative of any of the foregoing proposing
				undertakings.
(b) "Archaeological
				fieldwork" means actions undertaken for the purpose of recovering data about or
				from an archaeological site in order to evaluate and determine National
				Register eligibility; or to document through archaeological excavation the
				archaeological site prior to proposed alteration, damage or
				destruction.
(c) "Archaeological
				site" means the complex of associated physical remains and features contained
				in the ground that evidence past use or modification by people.
(d) "Area of potential effect" means the
				geographic area or areas within which an undertaking may directly or indirectly
				cause changes in character or use of historic resources, if any such properties
				exist.
(e) "Certified Local
				Government" means a local government that has been certified to meet Federal
				and State standards, as set forth in the "Florida Certified Local Government
				Guidelines" (Form HR3E03204-02) herein incorporated by reference, and can
				participate in the nationwide program of financial and technical assistance to
				preserve properties.
(f)
				"Completeness" means the inclusion in the report of archaeological and
				historical activities of all applicable sections of the prescribed content, but
				does not mean that said sections are sufficient in comprehensiveness of data or
				in quality of information provided.
(g) "Days" means calendar days.
(h) "Determination of eligibility" means the
				process of determining whether identified historical resources are deemed
				significant using the criteria for significance established by the National
				Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior for the National Register of
				Historic Places.
(i) "Federal
				undertaking" means a project, activity, or program funded in whole or in part
				under the direct or indirect jurisdiction of a federal agency, including those
				carried out with federal assistance; those requiring a federal permit, license
				or approval; and those subject to state or local regulation administered
				pursuant to a delegation or approval by a federal agency.
(j) "Florida Master Site File" or "FMSF"
				means the record of identified historical resources maintained by the
				Division.
(k) "Historical
				fieldwork" means actions undertaken for the purpose of recovering data about or
				from a building(s) or structure(s) to evaluate and determine eligibility; or to
				document using the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) or Historic
				American Engineering Record (HAER) standards and guidelines prior to proposed
				alteration or destruction.
(l)
				"Historical resource" means a building, structure, site, object or collection
				thereof (a prehistoric or historic district) which is generally at least fifty
				years old of historical, architectural, or archaeological value.
(m) "Historic context" means the
				organizational format that groups information about related historical
				resources based on theme, geographical limits and chronological period. A
				single historic context describes one or more aspects of the historic
				development of an area, considering history, architecture, archaeology,
				engineering and culture, and identifies significant patterns that individual
				historical resources represent. A set of historic contexts is a comprehensive
				summary of all aspects of the history of an area.
(n) "Local undertaking" means a project,
				activity or program subject to the provisions of a local ordinance or
				regulation for which the Division has review authority.
(o) "National Register" means the National
				Register of Historic Places, the list of historical resources significant in
				American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering and culture and
				authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as amended and
				administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park
				Service.
(p) "Principal
				Investigator" means the person or persons responsible for supervising
				archaeological fieldwork and historical fieldwork.
(q) "State undertaking" means a project,
				activity or program in which a state agency of the executive branch has direct
				or indirect jurisdiction; those in which a state agency provides financial
				assistance to a project or entity; and those in which a state agency is
				involved through the issuance of state permits or licenses.
(r) "Sufficiency" means determining whether
				the report meets the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for
				Archeology and Historic Preservation (published in the Federal Register, Vol.
				48, No. 190, pp. 44716-44740, September 29, 1983), herein incorporated by
				reference, with respect to identification, evaluation and
				documentation.