Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) Acquisition and Development Projects:
(a) The State Historic Preservation Office
will accept written requests for federal grant assistance for acquisition or
development purposes from the owners (or prospective owners for acquisition
projects) of properties which are listed in the National Register of Historic
Places, or which are in the process of nomination to the National Register.
Written guidelines for preparing requests for acquisition or development grant
funds are available from the office on request. The office will keep requests
for grant assistance on file for at least one year from the date of
receipt.
(b) Grant awards will be
made only to owners of properties that are actually listed in the National
Register. If proponents other than owners of record (except for acquisition
projects) wish to request federal grant assistance, the office must be provided
with a letter from the owner of record authorizing the proponent to request
grant money as the owner's representative. The letter must also stipulate who
may actually receive this money.
(c) When selections for project funding have
been made, the office will make a written offer of grant to the property owner
or owner's representative. A grant offer may be for all or part of the amount
requested in the letter of request. To insure that grant funds are spent in
timely fashion, the grant offer may stipulate dates by which certain
information identified in the grant offer must be submitted to the office. If
these deadlines are not met, grant offers may be cancelled by the office
without notice. Proponents should remember that a grant offer is not the award
of a grant.
(d) When the office has
received the necessary information from the project proponent, the office will
make a formal grant application to the federal government in accord with
federal regulations and procedures current at the time. If approved by the
federal government, the office will then notify the proponent that a grant
award has been made. Proponents should remember that the state government
selects projects for grant applications, but the federal government makes
decisions to grant or deny funds.
(2) Survey and Planning Projects: The State
Historic Preservation Office will accept written requests for Survey and
Planning funds from state agencies, local governments, public and private
institutions, and private individuals. Written guidelines to preparing requests
for survey funds are available from the office upon request. The procedure and
guidelines for applying for planning funds is the same as that for Acquisition
and Development projects explained above. The award procedure for Survey and
Planning funds is also the same, except that unlike Acquisition and Development
grants, the award of Survey and Planning grants is made by the state
government.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 390
Stats. Implemented: ORS
358.612 & ORS
358.617