CA-SBA-1853 (Site Name Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard N. Cote.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

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.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles Hansen.

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,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles M. Hodges. Clayton G. Lebow.

This document is a report that presents the results of an archaeological investigation for the North Vandenberg, Lions Head, and CITS Fiber-Optic Cable Systems Project on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Limited testing at 12 archaeological sites within the project area found no intact cultural deposits, although artifacts were found at 6 of the sites in disturbed contexts. More extensive testing was carried out at CA-SBA-3036 to evaluate the site for the National Register of Historic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Beniamino Volta. Michael Connolly. Daniel Leonard. Daniel Leard.

This document is a report on the Archaeological Investigations in Support of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Test Program. The purpose of this project is to modernize the United States’ land-based nuclear arsenal and eventually replace the nation’s current Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system. A portion of development and testing of the new system, named Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), would take place in California at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Nocerino. Clayton G. Lebow. Douglas Harro. Joyce Gerber. Adrian Whitaker. Ann M. Munns. Victoria Eisenhart.

This document is a Section 106 Archaeological Investigation Report Supporting Compliance for the Army Extended Range Cannon Artillery II (ERCA) Project. The ERCA II Project proposes to fire 77 test launches from the existing decommissioned Launch Facility 05 (LF-05), a former Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test launch silo. The Project would also involve storage at Launch Facility 25 (LF-25) and Building 1824, also on Vandenberg SFB. Based on information provided by the U.S. Army...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 historic property inventory report for the Army Extended Range Cannon Artillery II Test Program. The project involves the implementation of the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA II) Test Program on the norther 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, artillery projectile, and propelling...