07 NCAC 04R .0101. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The Archaeology and Historic Preservation Section has general responsibility for operating programs to identify, evaluate, preserve, protect, and enhance all properties, sites, and resources of historic, architectural, or archaeological significance throughout the State of North Carolina, and to:

(1)           conduct a statewide survey of historic, architectural, and archaeological properties, sites, and structures;

(2)           prepare nominations to the National Register of Historic Places;

(3)           conduct a review of federal and state projects and all other planning activities for conservation and management of historic, architectural, and archaeological resources;

(4)           conduct field and technical services for the preservation, stabilization, and restoration of historic properties and for the stabilization, excavation, or salvage of archaeological resources, as appropriate;

(5)           conduct a program of public education to develop, distribute, and disseminate throughout North Carolina technical and procedural information, and state and federal laws;

(6)           conduct an underwater archaeology program;

(7)           conduct historical research for each of the foregoing purposes; and

(8)           review construction projects at the state‑owned historic sites which may affect historic, architectural, or archaeological resources.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 150B‑10;

Eff. February 1, 1985;

Amended Eff. June 1, 1989.