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Review & Compliance

Review & Compliance/Section 106

Although the legal power to protect historic buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts rests primarily with local governments, federal and state laws provide some protection for historic properties affected by projects that involve federal or certain state funds, permits, or licenses. Under these federal and state laws, the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) helps federal and state agencies and applicants identify historic properties listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, evaluate the impacts of proposed projects on them, and avoid or minimize negative impacts. 

Note:  We are now providing comments letters for all our review and compliance programs as PDFs sent via email. Hard copies will only be provided upon request. To facilitate delivery please provide an email address for the intended recipient(s) for all project review submittals.
At this time the SC SHPO still requires project review submittals in hard copy form.

Project Review Processes:

See also: 

Project Review Forms (PDFs)

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Project Review Guidance:

Historic Property Identification and Survey Guidance--

Consulting Parties Guidance--

Agreement and Covenant Guidance--

Resource Types Guidance--

General Guidance--