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Exhibit 1.3: ABBREVIATIONS
ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (also abbreviated as “Council”)
ADI Area of Direct Impact
AE Adverse Effect
AER Archaeological Evaluation Report
AIRFA American Indian Religious Freedom Act
APE Area of Potential Effects
ARPA Archaeological Resources Protection Act
ASR Archaeological Survey Report
BEPS Built Environment Preservation Services Branch
BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs
BLM Bureau of Land Management
CARIDAP California Archaeological Resource Identification and Data Acquisition Program
CCR California Code of Regulations
CE Categorical Exemption
CEQA California Environmental Quality Act
CCSO Cultural and Community Studies Office
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CHL California Historical Landmark
CHRIS California Historical Resources Inventory System
DEA Division of Environmental Analysis
DEBC District Environmental Branch Chief
DNAC District Native American Coordinator
DPR Department of Parks and Recreation
DRP Data Recovery Plan
EBC Environmental Branch Chief
E.O. Executive Order
EIR/EIS Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Study
ESA Environmentally Sensitive Area
FAE/FNAE Finding of Adverse Effect/Finding of No Adverse Effect
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FOE Finding of Effect
HABS/HAER/HALS Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic Landscapes Survey
HACS History, Architecture, and Community Studies Branch
HRC Heritage Resource Coordinator
HPSR Historic Property Survey Report
HPTP Historic Properties Treatment Plan
HRCR Historical Resources Compliance Report
HRER Historical Resources Evaluation Report
MLD Most Likely Descendent
MOA Memorandum of Agreement
NAC Statewide Native American Coordinator
NAE No Adverse Effect
NAESC No Adverse Effect with Standard Conditions
NAHC Native American Heritage Commission
NAGPRA Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
ND Negative Declaration
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NHL National Historic Landmark
NHPA National Historic Preservation Act
NPS National Park Service
OHP Office of Historic Preservation/State Historic Preservation Officer
PA Programmatic Agreement
PAST Prehistoric Archaeology and Special Technologies Branch
PDT Project Development Team
PI Principal Investigator
PID Project Initiation Document
PQS Professionally Qualified Staff
PRC Public Resources Code (California)
PSR Project Study Report
PSSR Project Scope Summary Report
Section 106
Branch Section 106/PA Coordination Branch
SHPO State Historic Preservation Officer
SHRC State Historical Resources Commission
TCP Traditional Cultural Property
THPO Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
U.S.C. United States Code
USFS United States Forest Service
UTM Universal Transverse Mercator
XPI Extended Phase I (proposal or report)