Historic Preservation Council Proposes Dropping Obsolete Urban Development Grant Rules

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) has proposed removing a set of regulations that governed historic preservation reviews for the Urban Development Action Grant Program. These rules, known as Part 801, were created in the early 1980s to provide an expedited review process for projects funded by HUD’s UDAG program.

Why it matters: This action is primarily administrative housekeeping. It removes regulatory text that has no practical application since the underlying program ended over thirty years ago and was fully closed out recently. There is no change to how historic preservation reviews are conducted for active federal projects; those continue under the standard Section 106 process.

Who it affects

• The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), which will update its code of federal regulations.

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This is a proposed rule from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation published in the Federal Register; check the official document for the comment period and full legal text before relying on this summary.

Agency: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Source: Federal Register — read the official document