Consultation (Investigation Type)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

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.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

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.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 Tribal Concurrence Letter between the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) and Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB). The Tribe had previously responded to VSFB with requests for inclusion of inventory of the broadest range of cultural resources within the Area of Potential Effects (APE). At this time, the Tribe concurs that the effort to identify the broadest range of cultural resources is complete.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kenneth Kahn.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

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.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a SYBCI transmittal letter to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians for the Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) Infrastructure Improvements Project. Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) determined that the VTS Infrastructure Improvements Project is an undertaking subject to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and will comply with Section 106 using the implementing regulations [36 CFR Part 800]. With this letter and its attachment...

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This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter to the California State Historic Preservation Office for the SLC-4 East Flame Trench Catchment Area Project. Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) determined that the SLC-4 East Flame Trench Catchment Area Project is an undertaking subject to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and will comply with Section 106 using the implementing regulations [36 CFR Part 800]. With this letter and its...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood.

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)...

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This document is a Section 106 SHPO transmittal letter to the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for the Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) Infrastructure Improvements Project. Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) determined that the VTS Infrastructure Improvements Project is an undertaking subject to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and will comply with Section 106 using the implementing regulations [36 CFR Part 800]. With...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles G. Hansen.

This document is a Section 110 transmittal letter for submitting a determination of eligibility (DOE) to the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). The letter provides an overview of the archaeological work and historic research that has been performed for the site. It further discusses the re-examination of the site by Josh Smallwood in 2022. His additional testing in conjunction with the previous work supported a determination that the site was not eligible under any of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jason M. Aftanas.

This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter to the California State Historic Preservation Office for the Replace 12 kV Switchgear at Switchyard M Project. The letter briefly describes the purpose and activities associated with the project. It discusses the presence of archaeological site CA-SBA-2427 and the result of the effort by the base archaeologist to survey a portion of the project area that was not previously examined for the identification of archaeological resources. The letter...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles G. Hansen.

This document is a transmittal letter that initiates the Section 106 process with the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) regarding the Facility 1810 Sewer System Replacement Project. The letter states that the project is an undertaking subject to Section 106 and provides 1) a brief description of the work and activities associated with the project, 2) explains the effort performed to identify historic properties, 3) a delineation of the Area of Potential Effect (APE), 4) the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jason M. Aftanas.

This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter to the California State Historic Preservation Office for the B7, B10, and K5 Feeder Lines Replacement Project. Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) determined that the B7, B10, and K5 Feeder Lines Replacement Project is an undertaking subject to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and will comply with Section 106 using the implementing regulations [36 CFR Part 800]. With this letter and its...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

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:...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles G. Hansen.

This document is a letter initiating the Section 106 process with the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for the Replace Overhead Transmission B6 Power Line Project. The letter provides a brief justification and description of the undertaking and details the effort to identify historic properties. Specifically the letter 1) delineates the Area of Potential Effect (APE), 2) details the archaeological resources found within 1/4 mile of the project area and more specifically...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a letter initiating Section 106 with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) for the Replace Overhead Transmission B6 Power Line Project. The letter provides a brief justification and description of the undertaking and details the effort to identify historic properties. Specifically the letter 1) delineates the Area of Potential Effect (APE), 2) details the archaeological resources found within 1/4 mile of the project area and more specifically that fall within the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bruce Babbitt.

This letter describes the Department of Interior's (DOI) final determination and resolution of the issues delegated to DOI by the Department of the Army (DOA) in a March 1998 interagency agreement. In this agreement, DOI agreed to make the following two determinations related to the set of human skeletal remains recovered on July 26, 1996, from Columbia Park, land controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), near the city of Kennewick, Benton County, Washington: 1) whether these human...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven R. Hoagland.

Letter from Steven R. Hoagland to Carlos Medrano concerning an archaeological survey of the access road to Building 6920 and a mobile trailer office site. These proposed project areas are located within Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Technical (Tech) Area III, Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo, New Mexico.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Francis McManamon.

This letter, written by Francis P. McManamon, Departmental Consulting Archeologist, to Lt. Colonel Donald Curtis, Jr., United States Army Corps of Engineers-Walla Walla District, provides answers to a set of questions posed regarding aspects of the Kennewick Man case. Col. Curtis asked Dr. McManamon to address these questions because the DCA office was responsible for providing governmentwide expertise on implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karlene B. Leeper.

A report by Karlene Leeper addressing the historic eligibility and the states of buildings 400 and 410 at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska,

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karlene B. Leeper.

A report by Karlene Leeper addressing the historic eligibility and the state of historic site Building 613 at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska,

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kenneth P. Smith.

Report detailing plans to demolish Buildings 603, 605, 615, 617, 619, 625, 3062, and 3063 after being deemed hazardous.