Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended, FRA developed a Programmatic Agreement for the Project in consultation with the Texas Historical Commission (THC), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, United States Army Corps of Engineers, TCRR, and other Consulting Parties. 

The Programmatic Agreement establishes the process that governs FRA’s compliance with Section 106 after approval of the Project because FRA will not be able to fully determine effects to historic properties prior to issuing a Record of Decision. FRA has provided Consulting Parties with an opportunity to review and comment on the draft Programmatic Agreement prior to the release of the Final EIS.

FRA is also providing the public an opportunity to review the Programmatic Agreement, appended to the Final EIS as Appendix L and also at the link below:

• Programmatic Agreement