Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73

§100734 Report on finding or notification of potential damage to natural and historical landmarks

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - National Park System › Chapter CHAPTER 1007— - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - MINING ACTIVITY WITHIN SYSTEM UNITS › § 100734

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the Secretary learns on their own or gets a written report from a qualified scientist, historian, or archaeologist that a nationally important natural or historic landmark (like a site, building, or object) could be irreparably harmed by surface mining, including exploration or removal of minerals, the Secretary must notify the person doing the mining. The Secretary must also send a report to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation explaining why the landmark is at risk and ask the Council for advice on other actions the United States can take to lessen or stop the damage.

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Title 54, §100734

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When the Secretary finds on the Secretary’s own motion or on being notified in writing by an appropriate scientific, historical, or archeological authority that a district, site, building, structure, or object that has been found to be nationally significant in illustrating natural history or the history of the United States and that has been designated as a natural or historic landmark may be irreparably lost or destroyed in whole or in part by any surface mining activity, including exploration for or removal or production of minerals or materials, the Secretary shall notify the person conducting the activity and submit a report on the findings or notification, including the basis for the Secretary’s finding that the activity may cause irreparable loss or destruction of a national landmark, to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, with a request for advice of the Council as to alternative measures that may be taken by the United States to mitigate or abate the activity.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10073416 U.S.C. 1908(a).Pub. L. 94–429, § 9(a), Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1343.

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54 U.S.C. § 100734

Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73