Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) Cultural Resource Program

The FCRPS Cultural Resource Program (Program) addresses cultural resource compliance for 14 of the FCRPS hydropower projects (Projects) in the Columbia River basin. This interagency program includes three lead federal agencies. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and BPA are the lead federal agencies for 12 of the 14 Projects. BPA and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) are the lead federal agencies for 2 of the 14 projects. Compliance activities funded by the Program include cultural resource identification, evaluation, and mitigation for historic properties affected by the operation of the federal hydropower system.

FCRPS Final Systemwide Programmatic Agreement
The lead federal agencies released the final FCRPS Systemwide Programmatic Agreement (Final PA) for signature by consulting parties in April 2009. The Final PA covers the management of historic properties affected by the multi-purpose operations of fourteen hydropower Projects within the FCRPS. It provides systemwide principles and commitments for the lead federal agencies' compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). A letter was sent to the Advisory Council of Historic Preservation (ACHP) and other consulting parties to the PA, requesting their signature on the Final PA. The previous draft of the PA was released for comment on January 31, 2008. A comment/response spreadsheet on the 1-31-2008 draft PA explains how comments were addressed.

For further information on the Final PA, please contact Kristen Martine, FCRPS Cultural Resource Program Manager, Bonneville Power Administration - KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621; direct telephone number 503-230-5361; toll-free telephone number 1-800-282-3713; fax number 503-230-5699; e-mail address: kdmartine@bpa.gov.

DOCUMENTS:

Final PA April 2009
Signatures to Date (11Kb pdf) (12/17/09)
Letter to ACHP Requesting Signature on Final PA (71Kb pdf) (04/24/09)
Final PA, signed by BPA, Corps, Reclamation, April 2009 (160Kb pdf) (April 2009)
Comment Response Spreadsheet on the Draft PA dated 1-31-2008 (70Kb pdf) (04/24/09)

Draft PA version dated 1-31-2008:
Cover letter distributing the Draft PA dated 1-31-2008 (36Kb pdf) (01/31/08)
Draft PA dated 1-31-2008 (130Kb pdf) (01/31/08)
Comment Response Spreadsheet on the Draft PA dated 10-04-2006 (114Kb pdf) (01/31/08)
Comments received on the Draft PA dated 1-31-2008 (5.6MB pdf)
ACHP 9-2008 Comments on Revised 1-31-2008 SWPA (159Kb pdf) (09/11/08)

Draft PA version dated 10-04-2006:
Cover letter distributing the Draft PA dated 10-16-2006 (2MB pdf) (10/16/06)
Draft PA dated 10-04-2006 (159Kb pdf) (10/04/06)
Comments received on the draft PA dated 10-04-2006 (5MB pdf)

Draft PA version dated 10-21-2005:
Cover Letter distributing the Draft PA dated 10-21-2005 (195Kb pdf) (10/31/05)
Draft PA dated 10-21-2005 (2.3MB pdf) (10/21/05)
Comments received on the Draft PA dated 10-21-2005 (114Kb pdf)