PURPOSE: This rule provides definitions for the following regulations pertaining to the administration of federal Historic Preservation Fund Grants.

1. (1) As used in 10 CSR 90-3.050 through 3.080, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the terms are defined as follows:

   1. (A) Applicant means the entity applying for Historic Preservation Fund Grants and providing the local match;
   2. (B) Certified Local Government refers to a local government (county, city, town, or village) that has been certified by the Missouri State Historic Preservation Officer and the National Park Service as meeting all of the regulations set forth in “Guidelines for Implementation of Certified Local Government Programs in Missouri”;
   3. (C) Department means the Department of Natural Resources;
   4. (D) Fiscal year means the federal fiscal year to which an application pertains and which runs from October 1 to September 30 of each calendar year;
   5. (E) Historic Preservation Fund means federal monies accrued under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended, to support the program of matching grants to the states for historic preservation programs and projects as originally authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, P.L. 89-665, as amended;
   6. (F) Historic Preservation Fund Grant means a grant awarded for the purpose of carrying out eligible preservation activities leading to the identification, evaluation, registration, and protection of significant cultural resources;
   7. (G) Historic Preservation Program is the cultural resource preservation arm of the Department of Natural Resources, Division of State Parks, which is responsible for statelevel administration of the National Historic Preservation Program pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended;
   8. (H) National Park Service or NPS means the agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for the administration of the National Historic Preservation Program, pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, which provides Historic Preservation Fund monies to the states in order to support the state historic preservation offices and to provide passthrough funds to assist local preservation efforts;
   9. (I) Preservation Issues refers to the bimonthly newsletter published by the Historic Preservation Program; and
   10. (J) State historic preservation officer or SHPO refers to the Director of the Department of Natural Resources as designated under section 253.408, RSMo.

AUTHORITY: section 253.035, RSMo Supp. 1993.* Emergency rule filed April 15, 1994, effective April 25, 1994, expired Aug. 13, 1994. Original rule filed April 15, 1994, effective Nov. 30, 1994.

*Original authority: 253.035, RSMo 1961, amended 1967, 1983, 1993, 1995.