Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 736 - PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Division 50 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER
Section 736-050-0220 - State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation: Federal Requirements and Purpose

(1) The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, (54 USC § 300101 et seq.) (Act), specifies basic requirements for state historic preservation programs. The requirements and responsibilities listed in the Act are incorporated into federal rule, 36 CFR Part 60 (2020 edition) and 36 CFR Part 61 (2020 edition), which are hereby adopted by reference into OAR 736-050-0230 to OAR 736-050-0270.

(2) The Oregon State Historic Preservation Office must construe OAR 736-050-0230 to OAR 736-050-0270 to effectuate the purposes and implement the provisions of the Act and its implementing rules. The public policy specifically includes affording each owner of private property within the boundary of a building, district, object, site, or structure, as defined in 36 CFR § 60.3(a), (d), (j), (l), and (p) (2020) nominated to the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) a single opportunity to object to listing the property in the National Register regardless of how many properties or what part of one property that person owns as provided in 36 CFR § 60.6(g) (2020).

(3) The Oregon State Historic Preservation Office identifies and nominates properties to the National Register that represent the full breadth of Oregon's history and the contributions of the state's diverse communities.