what's new: environmental review
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Bureau for Historic Preservation
What’s New: Environmental Review
July 2012
Bureau for Historic Preservation
Environmental Review Regions: Archaeology
Bureau for Historic Preservation
Statewide Archaeological Sensitivity Mapping
Bureau for Historic Preservation
Old: Request to Initiate Consultation Form
VOID
Bureau for Historic Preservation
Available on PHMC-BHP website (see handout)
New: Project Review Form
Bureau for Historic Preservation
New: ER Response Stamps
PennDOT Management Plan for Historic Metal Truss
BridgesKris Lammi Thompson
PennDOT Cultural Resources Specialist,
Districts 4-0 & 5-0
• Historic Metal Truss Bridges-rapidly diminishing resource
• Bridge Inventory (2001): – 863 total trusses– 303 eligible/listed
• Population today: – 601 total trusses (in BMS)– Loss of 262 (30%)– 47 eligible/listed lost (16%)
Historic Metal Truss Bridge Management Plan
Historic Metal Truss Bridge Management Plan
Gannett Fleming/Transystems Project Team-PennDOT Central
Office, District CRP, FHWA, PHMC, PennDOT Bridge & Highway Units
Protocol for Determining Preservation Potential
Historic Metal Truss Bridge Management Plan
Determining which Bridges to Assess: Protocol for Defining Levels of
Significance Historic Trusses on TYP Historic Districts
Met with PennDOT Districts
What is the incentive for local bridge owners to rehabilitate a historic
bridge?
Met with PennDOT Districts
Fiscal and technical assistance for counties and municipalities?
Alternate Uses?
An off-system answer?
Abandoned Bridges…
Adaptive reuses?
Historic Metal Truss Bridge Management Plan
• Management Plan Document- Draft in July– White Paper• Purpose/Objective• Overview of Approach• National Context• Benefits• Effective Management Plan Practices
– District Meeting Summaries
Historic Metal Truss Bridge Management Plan
• Management Plan Document (Cont’d)– Summary and Results• Research Summary• Coordination• PHMC Historic District Assessments• Levels of Significance for Population• Prioritization for Individual Assessments• Implementation Plan
Historic Metal Truss Bridge Management Plan
• Management Plan Document (Cont’d)• Appendix Items:– Protocol for Defining Levels of Significance– Protocol for Determining Preservation Potential– Database (outline)– District Summary Tables (truss lists)
Local Significance and Bridges• Interagency Funding/Cooperative
Agreement• Bucks/Chester Counties
• Guidelines• Potential Contexts
• Public Outreach/data gathering
Local Significance and Bridges
Completed or In Progress:• Public Meetings held Fall 2011• Background Research Conducted
• Context Development • Comparison with other states
Historic Metal Truss Bridge Management Plan
Questions?: Kara Russell: [email protected] or
Kris Thompson: [email protected]