PURPOSE: This rule provides guidelines for the development of grant priorities for the annual Historic Preservation Fund Grants. (1) The Historic Preservation Program staff shall prepare a preliminary list of grant priorities for the forthcoming federal fiscal year. Priorities shall be developed in accordance with the planning methodology described under the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation, publishedin the Federal Register on September 29, 1983. (2) The Historic Preservation Program staff shall solicit public comment on the proposed grant priorities in the manner outlined below.

1. (A) A press release listing proposed priorities shall be issued by the Department of Natural Resources public information office and distributed statewide.
2. (B) Copies of the preliminary grant priorities shall be mailed to all Certified Local Governments.
3. (C) Copies of the preliminary grant priorities shall be included in the March/April issue of the Historic Preservation Program newsletter, “Preservation Issues”.
4. (3) Historic Preservation Program staff shall prepare a listing of recommended grant priorities, incorporating staff recommendations and public comments, for inclusion in the grant application package. Auth: section 253.035, RSMo (Cum. Supp. 1993).* Emergency rule filed April 15, 1994, effective April 25,1994, expires August 13, 1994. Original rule filed April 15, 1994, effective Nov. 30, 1994. *Original authority 1961, amended 1967, 1983, 1993.