Environmental and Historic Preservation Technical Assistance

The following are resources to assist in meeting the Environmental and Historic Preservation compliance requirements with HRSA funding opportunities and the Health Center Loan Guarantee Program.

National Environmental Policy Act

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires every federal agency to follow a specific planning process to ensure that agency decision-makers and applicants have considered and the general public is fully informed about, with the opportunity to comment on, the environmental consequences of a federally funded action. This review and consultation process is used to evaluate the impact a project and its alternatives may have on the environment. The review process required by NEPA is usually the vehicle through which HRSA addresses other environmental laws and regulations.

It should be noted that compliance with other individual laws such as Floodplain Management, Wetlands, the National Historic Preservation Act, Endangered Species Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response and Liability Act, among other federal, state and locally required laws, may still be required.

National Historic Preservation Act

The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) requires federal agencies to take into account the effects of their undertakings on historic properties. Federal agencies must consult with parties who have an interest in the effects of the undertaking in order to identify the affected historic properties, assess the effect of the undertaking on historic properties, and seek ways to avoid, minimize, or treat any adverse effects on historic properties.

HRSA complies with NHPA and its implementing regulations in 36 CFR Part 800, by following standard regulatory procedures, commonly referred to as the Section 106 Process. Historic properties include districts, buildings, structures, objects, landscapes, archaeological sites, and traditional cultural properties that are included in, or eligible for inclusion in, the National Register of Historic Places. These properties are not just old buildings or well-known historic sites, but places important in local, state, or national history. The National Register of Historic Places is a list of recognized historic properties. However, this list is not complete, and states may have additional properties with historic significance.

Environmental and Historic Preservation compliance

• Environmental and Historic Preservation FAQs (PDF - 16 KB)
• Specific Project Type Environmental and Historic Preservation Requirements (PDF - 25 KB)

Historic preservation

• Historic Preservation Fact Sheet (PDF - 2 MB)

HRSA NHPA Section 106 delegation

• Notice of Delegation of Authority – Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program (PDF - 100 KB)
• Notice of Delegation of Authority – Health Infrastructure Investment Program FY15 – FY16 (PDF - 101 KB)
• Notice of Delegation of Authority – Hurricane Response and Recovery Efforts (CARE) FY18 (PDF - 101 KB)
• Notice of Delegation of Authority – School-Based Health Center Capital Program FY 19 (PDF - 100 KB)
• Notice of Delegation of Authority – Oral Health Infrastructure FY 19 (PDF - 100 KB)
• Notice of Authority – Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) FY20
• Notice of Authority – Expanded Capacity for Coronavirus (COVID-19) Testing (ECT) FY 20
• Notice of Authority – Capital Assistance for Disaster Response and Recovery Efforts (CADRE) FY20
• Notice of Authority – FY21 American Rescue Plan Act Funding for Health Centers – (H8F)
• Notice of Authority – FY21 Health Center Program Service Expansion: School Based Service Sites (SBSS)
• Notice of Authority – FY21 American Rescue Plan Act – Funding for Native Hawaiian Health Care (ARP-NH, H2C)
• Notice of Authority – FY21 American Rescue Plan Act – Funding for Look-A-Likes (ARP-LAL, L2C)
• Notice of Authority – HRSA FY21 American Rescue Plan – Health Center Construction and Capital Improvements (ARP-Capital, C8E)
• Notice of Authority – FY22 Congressionally Directed Spending: Construction Projects (CDS) (PDF - 169 KB)
• Notice of Authority – FY23 Congressionally Directed Spending: Construction Projects (CDS) (PDF - 169 KB)
• Notice of Authority – FY23 Capital Assistance for Hurricane Response and Recover Efforts (CARE) Projects (PDF - 169 KB)
• Notice of Authority – FY23 Health Center Program School Based Service Expansion (SBSE) (PDF - 169 KB)
  
   

Environmental compliance

• National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Fact Sheet (PDF - 34 KB)
• Executive Order 11988 Floodplain Management Fact Sheet (PDF - 2 MB)
• Coastal Zone Management Act Fact Sheet (PDF - 1 MB)
• Farmland Protection Act, Prime Soils and AD 1006 Review Fact Sheet (PDF - 913 KB)
• Environmental and Information Documentation (EID) Checklist (PDF - 512 KB)

References

• Programmatic Environmental Assessment: Renovation, Expansion, New Construction, and Improvements to Existing Medical Center Facilities (Nationwide) (PDF - 382 KB)
• Programmatic Environmental Assessment: Finding of No Significant Impact (PDF - 41 KB)
• Code of Federal Regulations Title 40 (Protection of the Environment) Part 1500 Purpose, Policy, and Mandate
• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

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