Section 312IAC20-4-7. Evaluation of a historic site

   In evaluating whether a site is a historic site, the division shall take into account what is important to the:

(1) general;

(2) archaeological;

(3) agricultural;

(4) economic;

(5) social;

(6) political;

(7) architectural;

(8) industrial; or

(9) cultural;

history of Indiana. In evaluating impacts on a historic site, the division shall also consider adjacent property that is necessary for the preservation or restoration of the site. To assist in an evaluation, reference shall be made to the definitions of a "site" or a "district" set forth by the National Park Service (36 CFR 60.3 (July 1, 2009)) and to the definitions for "historic designed landscape" and "historic vernacular landscape" in "The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural Landscapes" (U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, D.C., 1996, page five (5)). (Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 20-4-7; filed Dec 10, 2010, 10:40 a.m.: 20110105-IR-312100042FRA; readopted filed Sep 19, 2013, 10:16 a.m.: 20131016-IR-312130184RFA)