---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 312508"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "312508"
heading: "Costs for identification, surveys, evaluation, and data recovery with respect to historic property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/312508"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division B — Organizations and Programs"
  - "Subdivision 3 — Administered by Other Than National Park Service"
  - "Chapter 3125 — Preservation of Historical and Archeological Data"
---

# §312508. Costs for identification, surveys, evaluation, and data recovery with respect to historic property


Notwithstanding [section 312507(a) of this title](/usc/54/312507.md?p=a) or any other provision of law—

- (1) identification, surveys, and evaluation carried out with respect to [historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3) within project areas may be treated for purposes of any law or rule of law as planning costs of the project and not as costs of mitigation;
- (2) reasonable costs for identification, surveys, evaluation, and data recovery carried out with respect to [historic property](/usc/54/308901.md?p=3) within project areas may be charged to Federal licensees and permittees as a condition to the issuance of the license or permit; and
- (3) Federal agencies, with the concurrence of the [Secretary](/usc/54/308101.md?p=1) and after notification of the [Committee](/usc/54/305501.md?p=2) on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the [Committee](/usc/54/305501.md?p=2) on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, may waive, in appropriate cases, the 1 percent limitation under [section 312507(a) of this title](/usc/54/312507.md?p=a).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3256.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 312508 | 16 U.S.C. 469c–2. | Pub. L. 96–515, title II, § 208, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2997; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(d)(28), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4584. |