ETC: Introduction to Cultural Resources
December 18 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST

You’ll learn about focusing on regulatory strategies for consideration of our nation’s cultural resources and will be provided with an understanding of what triggers cultural resources studies and how they are performed. Specific resource types and their importance will also be discussed with some interesting examples.
Successful completion of this course and its respective quiz is worth 3 continuing education contact hours.
Featured Speakers
Eric Scuoteguazza
Principal and Corporate Cultural Resources Practice Lead
escuoteguazza@cecinc.com
Eric Scuoteguazza
Mr. Scuoteguazza is a registered professional archaeologist and recognized group manager with 30 years’ experience conducting Phase I, II, and III cultural resources investigations throughout the United States. He has forged close working relationships with state historic agencies and gained valuable knowledge of the internal operating procedures of state and federal regulatory agencies.
He is an expert-level practitioner of compliance procedures under various federal implementation codes.
Exceeding the professional requirements of the United States Secretary of Interior Standards (36 CFR 61), he specializes in the Section 106 compliance process and has served as a Qualified Professional Archaeologist for PennDOT, where he was the regulatory authority for Section 106 requirements on behalf of the PennDOT, as delegated by the Federal Highway Administration. In this capacity, Mr. Scuoteguazza acquired extensive training and experience in the federal historical compliance process and Native American consultation.
Duties include managing a portfolio of hundreds of cultural resources projects, directing archaeological identification, assessments and data recovery investigations, determining National Register eligibility of historic properties, reviewing and preparing consultant scopes, preparing agreement documents, managing open-end contracts, Tribal Consultation, and public outreach and training on Section 106 compliance and Tribal Consultation.