LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF
AVAILABILITY OF DRAFT SECTION 106 PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT
AND INVITATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
Notice is hereby given by the City of Wheeling that a Draft Programmatic Agreement (“PA”) has been prepared pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (54 U.S.C. Section 306108), and its implementing regulations at 36 CFR Part 800.
The Draft Programmatic Agreement has been developed among the Cities of Beckley, Charleston, Huntington, Martinsburg, Morgantown, Parkersburg, Vienna, Weirton, and Wheeling and the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office (WV SHPO), and other consulting parties to establish a process for addressing potential effects on historic properties associated with federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program funded projects and activities.
The Draft Programmatic Agreement outlines the procedures that will be followed to identify historic properties, assess effects, resolve adverse effects where necessary, and ensure compliance with Section 106 for activities undertaken as part of federal CDBG-funded projects and activities.
The public is invited to review and provide comments on the Draft Programmatic Agreement. A copy of the document is available for public inspection at:
City’s Economic and
Community Development (ECD) Department City-County Building, Room 302 1500 Chapline Street Wheeling,
WV 26003
The Ohio County
Public Library
52 Sixteenth Street Wheeling, WV 26003
Additionally, the document is available for review on the City’s website: www.wheelingwv.gov.
Written comments will be accepted until 4 p.m., prevailing time, on June 12, 2026. Comments may be submitted by mail or email to: Ms. Nancy Prager, Director of the City’s Economic and Community (ECD) Department, City-County Building, 1500 Chapline Street, Wheeling, WV 26003, at (304)234-3701, or to [email protected]
For persons who may have a hearing impediment, please call “7-1-1” or go online at www.west virginiarelay. com for the TTY/TTD relay
All comments received by the close of the comment period will be considered prior to finalization and execution of the Programmatic Agreement.
INT-May 13, 2026