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OMB Control Number 1024'0038
Expiration Date: October 31, 2017'
National Park Service
Preservation Assistance Programs
State, Tribal, and Local Plans & Grants Division

Accomplishments Under State Law -- Annual Products Report
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Please read .rGuidance

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for Completing the Accomplishment Under State Law -- Annual Products

Report.t' This guidance defines terms, explains what to count'

1.

answers frequently-asked questions, etc

State Resister Prosram

a.

b

During the reporting pefiod, other than your State inventory, did your State
have a list of designated historic properties (such as a State register of
historic places)?

Yesn No!

ooNo,"
please leave question lb's blank empty and
If the answer to question 1a is
o'Yes," during the reporting period, how
proceed to question 2a. If the answer is

many historic properties (i.e., contributing properties) did your State add to
your State register?

2,

Sfate Tax Incentives Prosram

a,

b.

During the reporting period, did your State have a historic preservation tax
inceniives prògrum under State law that could be used to benefit (directly or
indirectly) historic proPerties?

Yes! No!

If the answer to question 2a is "No," please leave question 2b's blank empty and
ooYes,"
during the reporting period,
proceed to question 3a. If the answer is
historic properties did your State assist through the State's historic
preservation tax incentives program?

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State "Bricks and

a.

b.

Mortar" Grants/Loans Program

During the reporting period, did your State have a State government-funded
(i.e., not Federal or matching share-funded) historic preservation grants/loans
program that could be used for rehabilitating/restoring/preserving historic
properties?

If the answer to question 3a is "No,o'please leave question 3b's blank empty
ooYes,"
during the reporting period,
proceed
to question 4a. If the answer is
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historic properties did your State assist through your State-funded
historic preservation grants/loans program?
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and

Yesn No!

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State Resulatorv Review and Compliance Program

a.

b.

During the reporting period, did your State have a State law (or laws) that
protect(s) historic properties through a regulatory review and compliance
p.ocers (e.g., a State-level review of State government undertakings or proposed
changes to historic properties)?

Yes[ Nol

If the answer to question 4a is "No," please leave question 4b's blank empty and
proceed to question 5a. If the answer is "Yes," during the reporting period, how
many historic properties did your State review for compliance with your State's
historic preservation regulatory law(s)?

5.

State Pronertv Acquisition Prosram

a.

b.

During the reporting period, aside from eminent domain, did your State have a
progr¿rm that could be used to acquire (and/or help others to acquire) historic
properties in whole or in part through purchase, donation, or other means?

Yes! No!

If the answer to question 5a is "No," please leave question 5b's blank empty.
You have finished the Annual Report. If the answer is "Yes," during the
reporting period, how many historic properties did your State government
acquire (and/or help others to acquire) in whole or in part through purchase,
donation, or other means?

Notes/Comments:

Thank you for

filling out this form.

Please send it, no later

than

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to:

state, Tribal, and Local Plans & Grants Division Attention: John Renaud
Preservation Assistance Programs
National Park Service
1201 Eye Street NW (Organization Code 2256)
Washington, DC 20005

Alternatively, feel free to send the report to John Renaud by fax at 202-371-1794 or by e-mail at
[email protected]. If you want an electronic (Word) version of this format and accompanying guidance,
plea$ contactlohn by e-mail. If you have any questions, please contact John by telephone at202-354-2066, by
fax, or by e-mail.

will never be too late to provide this report's information. For information
guidance for completing the report.
see
the
language,
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collection

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OMB Control Number 1024-0038
Expiration Date: October 31,2017
National Park Service
Presorvation Assistance Programs
State, Tribal, ¡nd Locnl Plans & Grants Division

GUIDANCE FOR COMPLETING
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
ANNUAL PRODUCTS REPORT FOR STATES
1.

What is the nurnose of this renort?
The data that you provide each year contribute to documenting those achievements of the national historic
preservation partnership that States accomplish under State law. The data that we request all relate to key
progru¡¡ elements for eãch State historic preservation program; i.e., the designation and protection of historic
ând prehistoric properties. This report focuses on State accomplishments under State laws and programs.
We ñave information from other sources concerning State contributions to historic preservation under Federal
law and programs. This report's data provide critical information and documentation for the
Administration's and the Congress' budgetary decision-making process. The results of each year's report are
culently available on spreadsheets. On a long-term basis, we plan to post on the web the results of the
report. In this way, we can share information about your program and achievements with your colleagues
and with the public. We also expect that this information will be useful to you. This information can be

helpful in explaining to your decision-makers some of what you have accomplished for historic
preiervation during the year. We are seeking this information because it is not available anywhere else
on a national basis.
2.

fn the catesories that you ask about. we have done nothing (or verv little). Do vou want
a report with such low numbers?

us to send vou

Your report is valuable to us no maffer how little you have to repoft. The Annual Report only asks five
rtOrr
or " 1 " because 1) one
questions involving numbers. Many States respond to the questions by answering
priorities
for that reporting
preservation
just
historic
getting stafted, 2) they had other
of their programs is
left
to
do in that program
year, 3) the level of public demand was low for the program, 4) there was not much
judgments
of the quality of your program based
ârea, or 5) because of a myriad of other reasons. We make no
upon the numbers that you supply in your annual reports. Don't worry about not having much to report for a
given year. We recognize thatthe categories that we ask about do not cover all of the State Historic
Preservation Offi ce's activities.
Small State Historic Preservation Offices with not much action in the categories that the National Park
Service asks about are just as important as big State Historic Preservation Offices with a lot of action. Each
year, roughly half of the 59 States respond to the annual report. We then extrapolate the fïgures from the
reporting States to produce national estimates for all States. Thus, the more States that report, the more
accurate the projections will be. Given that there are as many States with little activity in the requested
categories as there are States with a lot of activity, it is important that as many States with little activity report
as possible; otherwise our national projections will be too high.

Finally, it is useful to know which kinds of historic preservation programs your State has the legal authority
to carry out. This helps NPS to describe the national historic preservation partnership program as a whole.

3.

Do we have to use the form that I\PS has provided?
care more about the content of the data that you provide than we care about the format in which you
provide it or the medium by which you transmit it to us. As long as NPS can clearly tell which data relates to

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which question on the form and you provide information conesponding to every blank on the form, we are
satisfied. E-mail messages, spread sheets, State report pages, etc. are all acceptable.

If you do choose to report to NPS using a different format, please be explicit about which parts of your
format match with each of the NPS form's questions. Also, please ensure that the guidance for completing
the alternative form is consistent with the guidance in this document.
4.

What defïnitions or snecial instructions do I need to know to pfoperlv comnlete this renort?
ool)esignation" as used in this document means that the State government has officially identifred the property
as historic. Many States have two levels of designation. That is, one level of designation is an evaluation of
significance that carries no consequences (e.g., the State inventory). The other level of designation carries
consequences such as eligibility for benefits or some level of protection. States often refer to this second
level of designation as the "State register," the "State landmarks list," etc.
The "Federal fiscal year'; begins on October 1 and ends the following September 30. For example, FY 2014
lasted from October 1,2013. through September 30,2014.

"Historic Property" means a property that, regardless of government action (i.e., whether it is listed or not),
meets the eligibility criteria for listing in your State register or for listing in the National Register of Historic
Places. A historic property can include archeological as well as above-ground resources. Other properties
are outside the purview of this questionnaire. In some States, this term is equivalent to 'ohistoric resource,"
"historic landmark," or some other similar term.

Anomalies. If you wish to, please feel free to use the "Notes/Comments" section to
explain your answers, paradoxes, or anomalies. For exampleo it would be very unusual for a State's
accomplishments to merit identical, large numbers as the answer for multiple questions. Similarly, if a very
large number is the answer for a question, it would be a good idea to explain the accomplishment in the
ooNotes/Comments" section. Thus, NPS will feel confrdeqt that the large number is not a typo and, more
importantly, such information might merit explicit mention in a StateA.lPS namative report. Also feel free to
ooNotes/Comments" section to identify noteworthy accomplishments even if they are not large.
use the

Noteso Paradoxes, and

ooX",
or
Number Blanks - Numbers Only. For the "how many properties" questions, do not use a check, an
is,
answer
you
not
sure
what
the
correct
If
are
words such as "same as last year," "several," or "unknown."
please make your best estimate.

Number Blanks - When to Complete/Relationship to "Yes" and "No" Boxes. If your State offered the
program during the reporting period, please fill in each blank for questions lb,2b,3b,4b, and 5b with a
number. Insert'00" if the subject matter applies, but there was no activity during the last completed Federal
fiscal year.

If the subject matter does not apply to your State government's historic preservation programs (i.e., you
answered 'oNo" to the "did you have the program" question, leave the related "historic properties" question's
blank empty. For example, you should leave the blank empty for question 2b if your government does not
have a State government preservation tax incentives program and you answered "No" for question 2a.
Generally, for every State program for which you entered a "No" in question la,2a,3a,4a, or 5a, we would
ooYes"
for any
expect to see an empty blank in question 7b,2b,3b,4b, or 5b. Conversely, if you entered a
"did you have a program" question, we would expect to see a number in the corresponding "how many
properties" question

"Program" means the legal authorization/authority (created by legislation or by administrative action) to
conduct a series of activities. As long as the authorization/authority exists, the program exists regardless of
whether or not the authorization/authority has been exercised during the reporting period..

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.,protection,, as used in this document means that because of government action, a historic property retains
those elements that make the property historic.

,.yes' and .,Nott Boxes. For question s la,2a,3a,4a, and 5a, please mark or circle the o'Yes" or o'No" box as
o'Yes," even if the
appropriate. If the program existed at any time during the reporting period, please answer
p.ågrå- no longer ãxisted by September 30tr''
5.

to
We don't use the same terminoloey that appears on the form and in this Euidânce. Do we have
change how we refer to thinss?
and
That decision is your choice. A national repoft needs to use national terms that follow Federal statutes
you
know
is
that
we
ask
you.
All
to
sense
make
that
terms
use
you
shouldpolicy. For youi own purposes,
iro* you, teims relate io tire natiônal terms because we won't understand the relationship. Therefore, for this
,"port please make the conversion from your terminology to the national terminology.

6.

The fiscal vear in our State does not match the Federal Fiscal Year.

\ilhat should I do in DreDarins

this report?
Our first preference is that you convert your fiscal year's results to the Federal fiscal year. This is because we
u.. p.rpu.ing a report for Federal decision makers about accomplishments during a given fiscal year.

If our first preference is not readily achievable for you, please pro-rate/estimate your fiscal year's results

for-

year is
conversion to the Federal fiscal year. An estimate of what was accomplished during the Federal fiscal
better than no response at all. Fãr example, if your government's Fiscal Yeat 2014 began on July 1,2073,
of nine
and ended on June 30,z}l4,your resulti convefted to the FederalFY 2014 would be a combination
FY
your
State's
(or
percent)
of
25
month,s (or 75 percent) of you State's FY 2014 results plus three months
make
an
report,
2015 resilts. If your FY 2015 (in this example) is not yet over when you prepare this
estimate now and send us an update later

if

needed.

Ifneither our first not our second preferences are readily achievable for you, provide the results in accordance
with your fiscal year. We would rather have data that is partially from the wrong fiscal year than have no
response at all.
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How do I report on historic properties whose protection is not carried out or monitored bv mY office?

you don't have to. For the purposes of this inquiry, report only on those historic properties whose
designation or protection has involved your office in some way; e.g., through review, approval, project
administration, covenant or easement oversight, etc. or for which your office has the datä.
8.

W" don't have anvthins called a ,'State resister." but we do have other lists of historic Droperties
t tñose? Should I count the nronerties in the State inventorv?
properties?
Should I include State-owned
Do not report on the State inventory. That is a Federal requirement and you already provide us information
on the inventory.
Do report on other lists created under State law as long as you can count the number of historic properties.
We are asking for information on the designation of a property or properties as "historic." Usually, but not
protection
always, when-a historic property is added io a State register, the property receives some level of
government
benefits.
under State law and/or becomes eligible for some sort of State

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With regard to State-owned properties, you should count them only if they are subject to State historic
preservation laws/policies. For the purposes of this report, ownership of the property does not matter'
9.

Is there a relationship between the State Register questions and the other questions in this report?

Yes. If your State has a State Review and Compliance program, a State tax incentives program, and/or a
State "bricks and mofiar" grants/loans program, it most likely also has the legal authority to create/modify
listings in a State Register, even if no State designation has taken place for a while. This relationship is due
to the fact that most States have a mechanism through which historic properties are made eligible for State
benefits and/or made subject to State restrictions.
Because of the consequences under State law that often attend being added to a State register, in the multiyear, cumulative baseline context, a State will always have more historic properties in its State inventory than
it has on its State register. The annual additions to each will vary.

10. How should I count hÍstoric

districts?

Do not count a district as a single property, Count the total number of buildings, structures, sites, or objects
that contribute to the significance of the district. If you do not know the number of contributing properties,
please provide your best estimate of the number. NPS takes this position because historic preservation
decisions tend to affect individual properties within a district rather than the district as a whole.

11. Last vear. due to demolition (or other reasons). we had to remove some nroperties from our State

resister. Do vou want us to adiust our annual fisures for the State resistgr to reflect those losses?

Just report the number of historic properties newly added to.your State register. We don't want to have
your successes obscured by your losses. However, if you have readily available an estimate of the number of
properties removed during the reporting year, feel free to give us that information in'the notes/comments
section. In such a situation, it would also be helpful to provide updated cumulative baseline figures in the
following year. For example, the impact of properties demolished during FY 2014 would be reflected in
adjusted cumulative baseline figures in the FY 2013 multi-year cumulative Baseline Questionnaire.

No.

12,

For some of our State nrograms. the main purpose is not historic presewation. but the proqrams
protect historic properties as an incidental consequence. Housins nrosrams are a sood example.
Should I count historic nroperties that are nrotected bv those nrosrams?
Yes. As long as historic properties are protected and your office is involved or has the data, count the
properties protected by those programs.

13.

Some historic properties are protected more than once (e.s.. tax benefits achieved and permits
reviewed). Should I count a nropertv onlv once or each time that it is reviewed. receives a srant. etc.?

Count a property each tirne that it is reviewed, receives a grarú, etc. This approach gives you credit for all the
protection that you give to a historic property, not just the initial instance. Note that for this reporting you do
not have to know what happened to each historic property. What you need to know for this report are total
figures for each category; i.e., the total number of properties listed, receiving tax benefits, etc.

14,

There are some State laws that require local sovernment lesislative action (e.9.. nassins an ordinance)
for the law to eo into effect. This sometimes occurs with resard to Tax Incentives and sometimes with
resard other programs. Would this situation count as a local or a State prosram for the nurposes of
this renort?
It depends. See the analysis below

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properties. The
The Situation. There is a State law that provides direct and/or indirect protection to historic
properties,
b) helps them to
their
of
signifrcance
historic
for
the
St"t. l"* *wards historic property owners
the
")
to
maintain
the
owners
requires
c)
and/or
correct p.o|l"ro, threatening ìhe properties' significance,
government
local
of
degree
The State law requires some
properties for a specified peiiod óf
authority. The State law might also require lauthotize some level of
legal
State
the
to
implerneni
þajicipation
particiþation by thè State Historic Preservation Offîce (SHPO) to implement the law.

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law
The Ouestion. The National park Service (NPS) asks States to report on accomplishments under State
on
report
to
SHPO)
the
through
or
Certified Local Governments (CLGs) (either directly
"rkr
"rd
under local law. Should a State law/program that requires local action for the protection of
accomplishments
historiò properties be reporled in the state Report, the cLG Report, or both?
purposes and principles. Some of the purposes for and principles behind the State and CLG reports
answer the question.

will help

a.

Both the State and the CLG reports are designed to help measure the success of the national historic
preservation partnership. As official partners, both States and CLGs carry out historic preservation
give
activities that are not paid for by Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) and matching funds' We want to
full credit to the histoiic preservation work that our partners do and avoid (where possible) the underreporting of accomplishments.

b.

The partnership work carried out outside of the HPF grant program is not reported on a national basis
uny*h.r" else. Therefore, the answer to the question must be one that does not lose the ability to get
for the protection made possible by such a hybrid State law.

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c.

NpS asks only for inforrnation that is (or should be) readily available. No record-keeping should be done
solely for the purposes of these two NPS reports.

d.

Although the unit of measure for both the State and the CLG reports is the number of historic properties,
what wã are really counting is the number of times a historic property is prote-cted. For example, if
during the reporting period a historic property both is awarded a Certificate of Appropfateness and a
local iax incéntiveJhat situation .ountr ás "two" (one in the Design Review category and one in the local
tax incentives category). Thus, if the answer to the question is to count the properties protected in both
the State and CLG reports, that would not be double counting.

e.

Often in historic preservation, there is not a clear division of responsibility for the result of an owner of a
historic property ieceiving a local benefit/protection under a State authorizationlmandate. For example,
to obtain u io"ui protection, a sign-off on étigiuitity could be required from both the SHPO and the CLG
Commission

f.

Nationwide (and sornetime within a single State) there can be a great deal of variability in the role of the
State and the local historic preservation offices in the implementation of such a State hybrid law. It
would be overly cumbersome and nearly impossible for NPS to try to describe and provide an answer to
every possible iact pattern. Consequently, it makes sense to provide the range of possible answers and
the óriieria that should be applied in ariving at the appropriate answer for the particular situation.

The Answer. In the case of a hybrid law -- that is, a State law requiring some measure of local government
p"rtrcip"ti* to confer a historið preservation benefit -- depending upon the situation, it could be appropriate
io rrport the resultant number of historic properties protected just in the CLG Report, just in the State Report,
or in both reports. Apply the criteria below to help determine the appropriate response in a given situation'

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The Criteria.
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)

V/hose tax coffers are affected? For example, in a tax incentive situation, if the owner of a historic
property receives only a local tax benefit, then it could be appropriate to report the protection in the CLG
report.

2) Does the local government

have any options in whether or not (or how) to take advantage of the State
is mandatory and thus is acting solely as an agent
law? For example,
program as a State program.
the
to
treat
the State government, it could be reasonable

if local government participation

of

3) Which level of government is best able to keep track of the number

of historic properties that take
advantage of the property tax incentive? If only the SHPO or only the CLG has easy access to the
information, that is where the program should be reported. One of the principles behind the NPS reports
is that we are asking only for information that is (or should be) readily available. No record-keeping
should be done solely for the pllrposes of these two NPS reports. The flip side of this criterion is that
SHPO and/or CLG possession of the data is a good rationale to include the data in the State and/or CLG
Report. We don't want to miss out on the data altogether.

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4)

Which level of government has to review the application to determine the property's eligibility to take
advantage of the historic preservation benefît? A reasonable argument could be made that whichever
level of government's historic preservation office makes the final decision regarding a historic property's
eligibility for the benefit should get credit for the protection. On the other hand, if both the State and
CLG historic preservation bodies are involved in the process, an equally good argument could be made
that the final protection/benefit would not take place without the participation of both the State and the
CLG and therefore the number of historic properties protected should be reported in both the State and
the CLG repofts.

5)

Other criteria? Depending upon the particular situation, there may be other criteria that would aid in the
decision of whether to report the number of historic properties protected in the State Report, the CLG
Report, or both.

Our historic preservation financial assistance programs (srants. loans. etc.) are not funded everv vear.
Should I renort on the historic nronerties protected bv the proeram?
It is helpful to think of this question in terms of legal authorization for funding being separate from the actual
provision of funds.
Answer "Yes" to question 3a and report on the number of properties in the "grants/loans" blank (question
3b), if the State statute authorizing the financial assistance was still in effect during some portion of the
reporting year. If the authorizing-statute was not in effect at all during the reportin gyear, and your State
ooNo"
to question 3a and leave question 3b's blank
requires an authorizing statute for grant programs, ans\ryer
empty.
statute was involved in the financial assistance program, answer "Yeso'to question 3a and
question 3b's blank with the number of newly protected properties if the financial assistance program was
in effect during the reporting year. Otherwise, leave the blank empty.

If no authorizing

fill

For the purposes ofthe local historic preservation grant or loan blank, count a historic property if
rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, etc. work (a.k.a. "bricks and mortar") is involved. Report elsewhere
(e.g., under Acquisition) those propefties that your local grants or loans assisted in other ways (e.g., to help a
nonprofit organization purchase a preseruation easement).

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16.

We administer some srants from the Federal Government and our staff helns CLGs with some locallY-

funded nrosrams when they need our exnertise. Similarlv. in some Federal financial assistance
nrosrams. the Federal funds are lesally transformed into State funds. How should I treat these
situations in completins the report?
Count only properties protected through grants supported by funds coming from State government sources'
Do not counl giants from Federal (or matching) funds administered by State or local agencies (e.g., Historic
Preservation Èund grants). Do not count locally-funded programs for which you provide technical assistance.
These are counted elsewhere. However, if the funds are from State sources, count the benefiting historic
properties on this form. See question 13 above for additional guidance in related situations'

Similarly, count in this report those few Federal programs that award funds to States and for which, as a
matter of Federal law, those funds legally become transformed from Federal to State funds.

17.

Manl' of our historÍc preservation accomplishments are achieved throush the financial sunnort of the
non-profit orsanizations such as the National Trust's Main Street prosram.
ffi
Should we include these achievements in our reportins on the number of historic nroperties that we
protect through grants or loans?

No. Although we recognize that a large percentage of current historic preservation would not take place
without the financial support of non-profît organizations and the private sector, this report focuses on the
achievements of State government historic preservation programs. However, action by one of these
organizations does not prevent the counting of a property/protection if it simultaneously receives a State
government benefit. One example would be a simultaneous Main Street and State register historic district
designation.

18.

What should I count in the

oostate

Regulatorv Review and Comnliance Prosram" blanl$?

For the purposes of the "State Regulatory Review and Compliance Program" blank, include only activities
for which State law provided historic preservation protection in a regulatory setting; e.g., through a review or
permitting process. Do not count (in these blanks) historic properties that State laws have protected through
financial incentives (e.g., tax laws) or financial assistance (e.g., grants programs). Report that information
elsewhere in the report

19.

Sometimes we review/approve requests for demolition or make other decisions/recommendations that
do not result in the nrotection of nroperties. These reviews are a lesitimate nart of our workload.
Should we count these for qucstion 4b?
are likely to result in a historic
property's destiuction or loss of significance, don't include them in this report. We are trying to get an
estimate of the number of historic property reviews where preservation is a likely result. If it is difficult to
separate your regulatory reviews by result, don't worry -- just give us your total figures.

No. If it is easy for you to separate those reviews/recommendations that

20.

What does r¡Acquisition" include? What about eminent domain? Doesn't everv seneral-purpose unit
of government have this nower?
Acquisition refers to any legally-binding, title-related interest in the historic property that the State
government has obtained (or has helped others to obtain) thereby making the property subject to State historic
preservation laws and policies. The interest in the property's title could be anything ranging from fee simple
absolute to an easement. With the exception of eminent domain, the method of acquisition is not important
here.

Do not include eminent domain in your answer to question 5a. Because every State government has the
power of eminent domain, to include it in answering question 5a would obscure the presence or absence of

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other kinds of acquisition prograrns. For answering question 5b, include in your count any historic property
that has come into State government ownership (even through eminent domain) as long as State government
ownership made the historic property subject to State historic preservation laws/policies.

21,

\ilhere do I report publications. brochures. public education. Site interpretation. historic nreservation
nlans. historic nlaques and markers. and our other historic nrdservation accomnlishments?
These are not part of this repoft. While important, for purposes of this report we have limited the products to
those that more directly affect individual historic properties. This reduces the burden in gathering and

reporting this data. However, you may include your other accomplishments as part of your End-of-Year
Report or, if you wish, send tl,e information directly to us by use of the "Notes/Comments" section.

22.

Whv do vou have scparate questions for the number of 66desisnated" and 6'protected" historic
properties throushout this report? Why not iust ask for the number of pronerties in our State
inventory? In that wav. with one question. vou could account for all historic pronerties that have been
desisnated and nrotected. All of our State Resister nronerties are included on our State inventorv. All
of our nroperties that have been ttprotected" in one wav or another are also t'designatedtt properties.
Reporting separately on "designated" historic properties and "protected" propefties better represents the
historic preservation work that you do. Each time the State government designates a property or (for
example) provides financial assistance to a property, that action adds to the protection inherent in being part
of your State inventory. We wish to give you full credit.
Also, this is the kind of infonnation that citizens in your State and your colleagues in other State governments
want to know. States that are considering creating new historic preservation programs/legal authorities want
to know who else has the progralns so those wheels don't have to be re-invented.

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The questions that you ask relate primarily to workload. Wouldnrt it be better to ask how manv of our
historic nronertics are still in eood condition? In the final analvsis. preservins our irrenlaceable
resources Ís the true test of our success as historic preservationists.

If funding and staffing were no object, we would want both workload information and data on the condition
of historic resources. One of the airns of this report is to make use of readily-available information rather
than to create a new workload in gathering and tracking data. For most States, data on the condition of
historic and prehistoric properties are not readily available. Another purpose of this report is to gauge the
contribution that States make to historic preservation. In assessing a property's condition, without asking the
property owner it is difficult to distinguish which parts (if any) of a property's good condition are due to local,
State, and/or Federal historic preservation program efforts. State Historic Preservation Office workload data
on the other hand usually are readily available, readily assignable to State efforts, and can be used to draw
reasonable inferences about the condition ofproperties.

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What should I do if my offïce missed a report or we discover that we made a mistake in an earlier
renort?
Because of the long-term uses for this information, it will never be too late to provide this report's
information. We hope that you take advantage of opportunities to update the information that we have about

your program. You have a choice as to how to accomplish this. You may either provide/conect the earlier
report or you may prepare a new multi-year cumulative baseline report for a more recent year. For example,
if your office has not responded to any of the questionnaires or reports since FY 2010, you would have the
following options. Your first option is to prepare and send us a FY 2010 multi-year cumulative baseline
response plus an annual report for FY 201l, FY 20l2,FY 2013, and FY 2014. You can use this year's forms
by changing the dates. Your second option is to provide questionnaire answers and baseline data through FY
2013 plus the annual report for FY 2014. Other combinations of baseline questionnaires and annual reports
are possible.

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The National Park Service hæ sought frorn OMB clearance for the collection of information æsociated with the implementation of 36 CFR 61, "Procedures for
State, Tribal, and Local Government Historic Preservation Programs." OMB has given its clearance (OMB Control Number 1024-0038) for this set of
information collections. NPS and OMB carried out clearance procedures pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as amended, (44 U.S.C. 3507 çl
ggq.) and the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) procedures (5 CFR 1320). This OMB Approval (which expires on October 31,2017) speciñcally
covers the Annual Reports for States.
NPS oollects the information as part ofthe process for reviewing the procedures and programs of State, Tribal, and local govemments participating in the
national historio preservation program and the Historic Preservation Fund grant program. The information will be used to evaluate those programs and
procedures for consistency with 54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq. (commonly known æ the National Historic Preservation Act) and compliance with government-wide
grant requirements. Note that a Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it
ãisplays a cunently valid OMB control number. NPS provides no assurance of confidentiality to respondents with the exception of some location information
conceming some properties included in government historic preservation property inventories. Pursuant to 54 U.S.C. 307l03 (commonly known as Section
304 ofthe Nationàl Historic Preservation Act), release of information is tightly controlled when such release could have the potential of damaging those
qualities that make a property historic.
The public reporting burden for the collection ofthis information is estimated to average 2.25 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searohing existing data sources, gathering the data needcd, and cömpleting and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Chief, State, Tribal, and Local Plans &
Grants Division (Org. Code 2256), National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street NW, Washington, DC 20005