2010/12/15 Council Agenda Packet

Programmatic Agreement 2 Project No. 2157-188 Washington WHEREAS, the Commission has consulted with the Washington State Historic Preservation Officer (hereinafter, "SHPO") pursuant to 36 C.F.R. section 800.14(b) of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's (Hereinafter, "Council") regulations (36 C.F.R. Part 800), implementing section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f; hereinafter, "section 106"); and WHEREAS, the Licensee has participated in the consultation and has been invited to concur in this Programmatic Agreement; and WHEREAS, the National Forest has agreed to participate in the consultation regarding the Project under the terms of this Programmatic Agreement, and has been invited to concur in the Programmatic Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (hereinafter, "Washington DNR") also manage lands within the Project and has agreed to participate in the consultation regarding the Project under the terms of this Programmatic Agreement, and has been invited to concur in the Programmatic Agreement; and WHEREAS, the City of Everett and Snohomish County (hereinafter, "Municipalities") are also involved with the Project and have agreed to participate in the consultation regarding the Project under the terms of this Programmatic Agreement, and have been invited to concur in the Programmatic Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Project may affect lands important to the Tulalip Tribes, the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, and the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians (hereinafter, "Tribes"), and the Tribes have participated in the consultation and have been invited to concur in this Programmatic Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Commission will require the Licensee to implement the provisions of this Programmatic Agreement as a condition of issuing a new license for the Project; 5