Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) (Geographic Keyword)
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This document is a transmittal letter for the Section 106 consultation with the California State Historic Preservation Office for the Space Launch Complex-Three East Conversion, Vulcan Centaur Program, Vandenberg AFB. The letter 1) synthesizes the project activities, 2) briefly discusses the resources considered as part of the cultural resource analysis of the project, and 3) seeks concurrence for the project area of potential effect; the determination that although no sites fall within the...
LET-568: SHPO Transmittal Letter for Facility 8337 Paint Booth Removal (2020)
This document is a Section 106 SHPO Transmittal Letter for the Facility 8337 Paint Booth Removal Project. The purpose of this project is the renovation of Facility 8337 to remove paint booths and accommodate the remodel of the building for administrative office space. Vandenberg Air Force Base seeks concurrence from the State Historic Preservation Office that 1) the Area of Potential Effect (APE) is adequately delineated, 2) Facility 8337 does not meet National Register of Historic Places...
LET-609: Section 106 SHPO Transmittal Letter for the Demolition of Four ICBM Launch Facilities in support of the SMART Program (2012)
This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter to the California State Historic Preservation Office for the Demolition of Four Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Launch Facilities in support of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (SMART) program. The letter briefly explains the purpose of the project and seeks concurrence for 1) the project Area of Potential Effect, 2) that proposed mitigation measures are sufficient, and 3) the project findings detailed in Chapter 6 of a...
LET-613: Section 106 SHPO Transmittal Letter for the Facility 15501 Renovation Project (813-20-021) (2020)
This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter initiating consultation with the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for the Facility 15501 Renovation Project. The letter seeks concurrence from the SHPO for 1) the delineation of the project Area of Potential Impact, 2) the determination that Facility 15501 is not eligible for the National Register, 3) the determination that the undertaking will have no impact on any known historic properties, and lastly, 4) that the project...
LET-619: Section 106 SHPO Consultation Letter for Hot Shots/Wildland Fire Team Training Center Renovation (2017)
This document is a Section 106 correspondence letter to the California State Historic Preservation Office for the Hot Shots/Wildland Fire Team Training Center Renovation project. This letter addresses the following four questions: 1) Is the district eligible? 2) If the district is eligible, does Building 860/861 contribute to the district? 3 ) Is Building 860/861 individually eligible for the National Register of Historic Places? and 4) What are the undertaking’s effects on the district? This...
LET-620: Section 106 SHPO General Correspondence for Hot Shots/Wildland Fire Team Training Center Renovation (813-17-028) (2017)
This document is a Section 106 SHPO General Correspondence for Hot Shots/Wildland Fire Team Training Center Renovation. This purpose of this letter is to seek concurrence for the 18 sites that make up the Arguello Boulevard Streetscape. Vandenberg Air Force Base determined that none of the 18 sites meet the National Register of Historic Places criteria, and are therefore not eligible.
LET-625: US Army Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) II Test Program Tribal Transmittal Letter (2021)
The document is a Section 106 tribal transmittal letter for the US Army Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) II Test Program. The letter initiates Section 106 with the Tribe and 1) seeks comment for the project's Area of Potential Effect, 2) indicates four archaeological historic properties that have been previously determined not eligible for the National Register, and lastly, 3) the determination that the project is not an adverse effect to historic properties.
LET-626: SHPO Transmittal Letter for the US Army Extended Range Cannon Artillery II Test Program (2021)
This document is a Section 106 State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Transmittal Letter for the US Army Range Extended Range Cannon Artillery II Test Program. The project involves the implementation of the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA II) Test Program on the northern part of Vandenberg Space Force Base. ERCA II is a multi-element, multi-phase test program of the Army’s next generation artillery systems. Major components of the artillery system include the cannon, gun mount,...
LET-635: Section 106 GBSD Tribal Consultation Letter (2021)
This document is a Section 106 Tribal Continued Consultation Letter concerning the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Test Program. This letter initiates consultation with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians regarding proposed activities associated with the GBSD Test Program at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB). The United States Air Force is preparing an Environmental Assessment/Overseas Environmental Assessment (EA/OEA) under the National Environmental Policy Act. The Tribe will...
LET-636: Section 106 Continued Tribal Consult Letter for the GBSD Program (2021)
This document is a Section 106 continued consultation letter with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians concerning the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Test Program. This letter is a response to the tribal comments that were sent back to Cultural Resources in response to the consultation with the United States Space Force regarding the Environmental Assessment for the GBSD Test Program. This letter includes a couple of the comments from the Tribe concerned the GBSD Test Program Project,...
LET-637: Section 106 Continued Tribal Consultation Letter on the GBSD Test Program (2021)
This document is a Section 106 Tribal Continued Consultation Letter concerning the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Test Program (GBSD). This letter is a response to the tribal comments that were sent back to Cultural Resources in response to the consultation with the United States Space Force regarding the Environmental Assessment for the GBSD Test Program.
LET-638: Section 106 Continued Tribal Consultation Letter for GBSD Test Program (2021)
This document is a Section 106 Tribal Continued Consultation Letter concerning the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Test Program (GBSD). This letter is a response to the tribal comments that were sent back to Cultural Resources in response to the consultation with the United States Space Force regarding the Environmental Assessment for the GBSD Test Program. This letter was sent with an attachment, a report documenting traditional cultural properties, cultural landscapes, and sacred sites within...
LET-640: Section 106 Tribal Consultation Letter for GBSD (2021)
This document is a Section 106 Tribal Consultation Letter between the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) and Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) concerning the Ground Based Strategic Defense (GBSD) Program. VAFB is responding to the tribe’s concerns expressed in the letter dated March 18th, 2021. Responses within the letter correspond with the same order and numbering as the comments previously offered by the Tribe.
LET-641: Tribal Continued Comments Letter for GBSD Project (2021)
This document is a Section 106 Consultation Letter between the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) and Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB). In a previous letter dated from 18 March, 2021, the Tribe provided comments that pointed to a shortcoming in an inventory of the broadest range of cultural resources within the Area of Potential Effects (APE). In response, VSFB expanded their inventory effort to include: traditional cultural properties, cultural landscapes, sacred sites, and...
LET-643: SYBCI Comments Letter for GBSD Test Program (2021)
This document is a Section 106 Official Tribal Comment Letter from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians regarding the Ground Based Strategic Defense (GBSD) Test Program. The Tribe requests 1) review of the Native America Grave Protect and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Plan of Action for the GBSD Test Program, 2) inclusion as a signatory on the NAGPRA Plan of Action for the GBSD Test Program, 3) and concurrent development of the NAGPRA Plan of Action for the GBSD Test Program and the Memorandum of...
LET-644: SHPO Transmittal Letter for the American Water Grubbing and Vegetation Removal Behind Building 856 (2021)
This document is a Section 106 letter initiating consultation with the California State Historic Preservation Office regarding the American Water Grubbing and Vegetation Removal Project. The letter provides details about the project and seeks 1) concurrence for the delineation of the project Area of Potential Effect, 2) that assuming archaeological sites CA-SBA-923 and CA-SBA-3107H are eligible for the National Register of Historic Places is appropriate for the undertaking, 3) that the project...
LET-645: SYBCI Section 106 Transmittal Letter for the American Water Grubbing and Vegetation Removal Behind Building 856 Project (2022)
This document is a Section 106 letter initiating consultation with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians regarding the American Water Grubbing and Vegetation Removal behind Building 856 Project. The purpose of the letter is to solicit comment pertaining to any concerns the Tribe may have related to the impacts of the project on the archaeological resources CA-SBA-923 and CA-SBA-3107H.
LET-646: Section 106 SHPO Continuing Consultation for Remediating Contaminated Groundwater at Site SD015 Project (2022)
This document is a Section 106 letter to the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) in regard to the Remediating Contaminated Groundwater at Site SD015 project. This letter addresses the United States Air Force's proposal to add two additional temporary monitoring wells that are outside of the original area of potential effects (APE) for the project. This letter is provided for the purposes of revising USAF’s Section 106 finding for the proposed supplemental action from no historic...
LET-658: Section 110 SHPO Transmittal Letter for the Re-evaluation of the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Test Site (2020)
This document is a Section 110 SHPO Transmittal Letter for the Re-evaluation of the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison (PKRG) Site. The PKRG Test Site was never completed, and never served its intended purpose. A re-evaluation of the site, including documents of the U.S. Armed Service Committee and the U.S. Department of Transportation are now available to the public which shed light on the flaws with the project. This re-evaluation has determined that the previous National Register of Historic Places...
LET-667: Section 106 Transmittal Letter to the SYBCI for the Facility 1810 Sewer System Replacement Project (2022)
This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) regarding the Facility 1810 Sewer System Replacement Project. The letter introduces the project and 1) provides a brief description of the work to be performed, 2) identifies and provides pertinent information about the two resources identified, archaeological site CA-SBA-1060 and Facility 1810, within the project Area of Potential Effect, and lastly, 3)...
LET-715: SYBCI Transmittal Letter for the B7, B10, and K5 Feeder Lines Replacement Project (2017)
This document is a SYBCI transmittal letter to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians for the B7, B10, and K5 Feeder Lines Replacement Project (Project). Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) determined that the Project was an undertaking subject to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and would comply with Section 106 using the implementing regulations [36 CFR Part 800]. With this letter and its attachment (Identification of Historic Properties:...
LET-718: Letter from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History seeking permission to collect driftwood for construction of a Chumash tomol (1975)
This document is a letter from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History requesting permission to gather and collect driftwood for the purpose of constructing a traditional Chumash canoe.
LET-989: SYBCI Section 106 Transmittal Letter for the Outdoor Recreation Cabins Project (813-17-033) (2017)
This document is a letter initiating Section 106 consultation with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (Tribe) regarding the Outdoor Recreation Cabins Project (Project). Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) determined that the Project constitutes an undertaking subject to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended. With this letter and the accompanying report, VAFB is initiating consultation with the Tribe regarding eligibility determinations...
SHPO-CON-221: SHPO Concurrence Letter for Removal and Replacement of Existing 400 Feet Tall Radio Tower (2015)
This document is a SHPO Concurrence Letter for Removal and Replacement of Existing 400 Feet Tall Radio Tower. The existing tower will be dismantled in 20 feet sections and the existing concrete guy wire anchors will be abandoned in place. The new tower will be constructed within an approximately 30 feet radius of the existing tower base. A records search revealed two archaeological sites, CA-SBA-0788 and CA-SBA-1073. The project delineated an Area of Potential Effects (APE), and CA-SBA-0788, is...
SHPO-CON-230: Re: Section 106 Consultation for Infrastructure Improvements, North Base, Vandenberg Tracking Station, Vandenberg Air Force Base (2017)
This document is a Section 106 letter from the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to Vandenberg Air Force Base (Vandenberg AFB) regarding the United States Air Force's (USAF) proposal to upgrade electrical feeder lines B7 and B10 in Vandenberg's north base area and feeder line K5 on Vandenberg's south base. This letter is in response to the transmittal letter of July 25, 2017, initially opening consultation for the project. The letter briefly reiterates information provided in...