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Lawmakers press Interior on delays in historic preservation NOFOs and National Park operations funding
Summary
Members raised concerns about delayed notices of funding opportunity for historic preservation funds appropriated in a disaster supplemental, National Park Service deferred maintenance, and whether smaller park units could be transferred to states or tribes to free resources for core park operations.
Committee members pressed Secretary Doug Burgum about delays in issuing notices of funding opportunity (NOFO) for disaster supplemental amounts and about proposed cuts to National Park Service operations and deferred maintenance.
Representative Tom Cole and others said the historic preservation NOFO tied to a December disaster supplemental has only slowly produced notices and that some State Historic Preservation Offices—members cited Maine and Ohio—faced staff layoffs because state apportionments and NOFOs were not yet issued. Secretary Burgum said the…
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