Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73not60

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

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the Secretary learns—either on the Secretary’s own or from a written notice by a qualified scientist, historian, or archaeologist—that a nationally important district, site, building, structure, or object might be irreparably harmed or partly or completely destroyed by any kind of surface mining (including exploration, removal, or production of minerals), the Secretary must tell the person doing the mining. The Secretary must also send a report explaining the finding and the reasons to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and ask the Council for advice on other steps the United States could 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 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60