When completing a Phase One Environmental Site Assessment, especially for development or redevelopment purposes, it is very important to consider the cultural & historic significance of the property. Many of these landmarks are protected by various environmental regulations and acts dating back as far as 1935!
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) posts the following definitions:
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) posts the following definitions:
- Historic and Cultural Properties - Those nonrenewable remains of human activity, occupation, artifacts, ruins, works of art, architecture, and areas of religious significance that were of importance in human events. These resources consist of physical remains, areas where significant human events occurred--even though physical evidence of such events no longer exists and the physical setting immediately surrounding the actual resource. Historic and cultural properties include both prehistoric and historic remains.
- Landmark - A district, site, building, structure or object, in public or private ownership, judged...to possess national significance in American history, archeology, architecture, engineering and culture.
- National Natural Landmark - An area of national significance located within the boundaries of the U.S. or on the Outer Continental Shelf designated by the Secretary of the Interior that contains an outstanding representative example(s) of the nation's natural heritage, including terrestrial communities, aquatic communities, landforms, geological features, habitats of native plant and animal species, or fossil evidence of the development of life on earth. (36 CFR Part 62.2)
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