ENVIRONMENTAL FINAL GOVERNING STANDARDS ITALY

ITALY - 12 Historic & Cultural Resources
C12.2.10.1. A person with a Degree of a National Restoration School.
C12.2.10.2. A person with a Degree of a Regional Restoration School and two years of
experience in the restoration field.
C12.2.10.3. A person with 8 years of experience in the restoration field.
C12.3. CRITERIA
C12.3.1. U.S. Installation Commanders shall take into account the effect of any action on
any property listed on the World Heritage List or on Italy’s equivalent of the National Register of
Historic Places for purposes of avoiding or mitigating any adverse effects.
C12.3.2. Installations shall have access to the World Heritage List and the Italian
equivalent of the National Register of Historic Places (http://www.beniculturali.it/mibac
/opencms/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/MenuPrincipale/LuoghiDellaCultura/Ricerca/index.html).
C12.3.3. U.S. Installation Commanders shall ensure that personnel performing historic or
cultural resource functions have the requisite expertise in world, national, and local history and
culture. This may be in-house, contract, or through consultation with another agency.
Government personnel directing such functions must have training in historic or cultural resource
management. Restoration activities shall only be conducted by a qualified restoration
professional.
C12.3.4. Installations shall, after coordination with the Italian Base Commander, prepare,
maintain, and implement a cultural resources management plan that contains information needed
to make appropriate decisions about cultural and historic resources identified on the installation
inventory, and for mitigation of any adverse effects.
C12.3.5. Installations shall, after coordination with the Italian Base Commander, and if
financially and otherwise practical:
C12.3.5.1. Inventory historic and cultural resources in areas under DoD control. An
inventory shall be developed from a records search and visual survey. Cultural resources
indicated in Table 12.1 shall also be considered.
C12.3.5.2. Establish measures sufficient to protect known historic or cultural resources
until appropriate mitigation or preservation can be completed.
C12.3.5.3. Establish measures sufficient to protect known archeological resources until
appropriate mitigation or preservation can be completed.
C12.3.6. U.S. Installation Commanders shall establish measures to prevent DoD personnel
from disturbing, transferring, removing, transporting or relocating historic or cultural resources
without obtaining a permit through the Italian Base Commander (see Chapter 1 for process).
C12.3.7. U.S. Installation Commanders shall ensure that planning for major actions
includes consideration of possible effects on historic or cultural resources.
September 2012 Italy FGS 12-3
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