Title 54, National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-102

§100734 Report on Finding or Notification of Potential Damage to Natural and Historical Landmarks

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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must tell the person doing the surface mining and send a report to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation whenever the Secretary, or a qualified scientific, historical, or archaeological authority who notifies the Secretary in writing, finds that a designated national natural or historic landmark may be permanently harmed by surface mining (including exploring for, removing, or producing minerals). The report must ask the Council for advice on actions the United States can take to reduce or stop the harm.

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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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Historical and Revision Notes

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

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102