Common Learning Portal

Overview

This suite of documents addresses damage assessment and investigations related to ARPA. They were utilized as part of the ARPA for Cultural Resources Professionals training course.

• ARPA 1979 as amended
• 43 CFR 7 Uniform Regulations
• SAA’s Professional Standards for Determining Archaeological Value
• Template for Resource Damage Assessment
• NPS Technical Brief 20: Archeological Resource Damage Assessment, Legal Basis and Methods
• NAGPRA Plan of Action (Recovery and Seizure of NAGPRA Items in an ARPA Case)
• Federal Rules of Evidence
• Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 6e
• USDA: Part 365: Acting as an Expert Witness
• Guidance Document for Characterizing Tribal Cultural Landscapes
• EFMO: Serious Mismanagement Report
• Using ARPA Civil Penalties To Protect Archeological Resources on Public and Indian Lands
• GAO Report to the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate
• ARPA and 106 Vulnerability Assessment
• USFS Draft POA for ARPA and NAGPRA

For FWS Employees: Division of Refuge Law Enforcement – Cultural Resource Monitoring Program (DRLE-CRMP)

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