In a message dated 3/26/2007 12:31:37 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
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They are  technical reports written and largely paid for by private industry, 
and  reviewed by government agencies with jurisdiction over a project."  The  
reports "are available to those who have a legitimate need for the 
information  they contain."  



This is nonsense. The point in time when ARPA, NEPA or some other federal  
law required the undertaking to generate technical reports on  
archaeological/historical resources is the point of public involvement. The  agencies protect 
said resources from vandalism or destruction by restricting  access to 
qualified scholars, but the private parties who pay for the work to be  done cannot 
interfere with public access. Any SHPO employee who genuinely  believes the 
"private industry" owns this information needs legal training on  the meaning of 
public information under the National Records Act.
 
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.



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