Idaho National Laboratory Cultural Resource Management Plan

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DIRECTIVES
Cultural resource management direction and guidance specific to DOE is set forth in departmental
policy, orders, and memoranda, as well as directives from individual field offices. DOE also issues
periodic cultural resource management information briefs, including the following topics: NHPA, State
and Tribal historic preservation officers, management of cultural resources at DOE facilities, managing
cultural resources that may contain residual radioactive material, historic preservation and the DOE
historian, ARPA, NAGPRA, consultation with Native Americans, and the Freedom of Information Act
and confidentiality of cultural resources.
* “Department of Energy Management of Cultural Resources,”
2001 (DOE P 141.1)
The purpose of this policy is to ensure that DOE maintains a program that reflects the spirit and intent
of cultural resource legal mandates. Two specific goals are outlined:
1. To ensure that DOE programs and field elements integrate cultural resources management into their
missions and activities
2. To raise the level of awareness within DOE concerning the importance of the Department’s cultural
resource-related legal and trust responsibilities.
* “Environmental Protection Program,” 2003 (DOE O 450.1)
This order provides direction to all DOE elements and contractors that are responsible for the
management and operation of departmental facilities. It requires the implementation of sound stewardship
practices that are protective of the air, water, land, and cultural resources impacted by DOE operations.
These practices must be incorporated into an EMS that is part of an overarching ISMS that meets or
exceeds compliance with applicable resource protection laws, regulations, and DOE requirements.
* “American Indian Policy,” 1992, as revised through 2006
(DOE O 1230.2)
This order provides direction to all departmental officials, staff, and contractors regarding fulfillment
of trust obligations and other responsibilities arising from departmental actions that may potentially
impact American Indian and Alaska Native traditional, cultural, and religious values and practices;
natural or cultural resources; and treaty and other federally recognized and reserved rights.
* “Management of Cultural Resources on the INEL,” October 12, 1990
(DOE-ID Management Directive)
This directive from A. A. Pitrolo, manager, DOE-ID, represents DOE-ID’s response to the DOE
memorandum, “Management of Cultural Resources at Department of Energy Facilities.” The Idahospecific
memorandum initiates development and implementation of an INL cultural resource management
plan and commits to rigorous compliance with cultural resource legislation.
STATE OF IDAHO
On the INL site, as on other federal lands, federal statutes supersede existing state legislation
pertaining to cultural resources. However, both sets of statues are complementary and state acts have
corollaries at the federal level.
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