The staff of the division and the committee shall review and award grants based on the following criteria:

1. A. the demonstrated degree of physical damage or deterioration of the cultural property and demonstrable threats to the stability of the property;
2. B. special status of the cultural property, including whether the property is listed on the national, state, or a local register of historic places and the rarity or uniqueness for the property ;
3. C. suitability of the property for interpretation;
4. D. compliance of the proposed grant project with applicable professional standards for interpretation, preservation, or stabilization;
5. E. comprehensiveness of the interpretation, restoration, preservation, stabilization or protection plan;
6. F. availability of matching funds;
7. G. availability of appropriate professional expertise for overseeing a restoration, interpretation, preservation, stabilization, or protection program for a cultural property;

8. H. viable provisions for long-term preservation, protection and management of the grant-assisted cultural property, including provisions that the property shall be preserved and protected for no less than 10 years

   [11/23/94; 4.10.13.10 NMAC - Rn, 4 NMAC 10.13.10, 1/1/08]