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This set of drawings from August 16th, 1939 document the floor plans of the kitchen and mess hall at Camp Bullis, Texas, building 32. The blueprint also includes a schedule of openings and an electrical legend. The sponsor for this blueprint is the Office of the Post Quartermaster at Fort Sam Houston, Texas under the supervision of Arthur S. Graham. The blueprint was originally drawn by “H.R.J”, checked by “U.E.R.” and reviewed by J.B. Clearwater. The data measurements used to draw the...

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This set of drawings from August 14th, 1939 document the floor plans of the kitchen and mess hall at Camp Bullis, Texas, building 34. The blueprint also includes a schedule of openings and an electrical legend. The sponsor for this blueprint is the Office of the Post Quartermaster at Fort Sam Houston, Texas under the supervision of Arthur S. Graham. The blueprint was originally drawn by “H.R.J”, checked by “J.L.B.” and reviewed by J.B. Clearwater.

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This set of drawings from August 16th, 1939 document the floor plans of the kitchen and mess hall at Camp Bullis, Texas, building 35. The blueprint also includes a schedule of openings and an electrical legend. The sponsor for this blueprint is the Office of the Post Quartermaster at Fort Sam Houston, Texas under the supervision of Arthur S. Graham. The blueprint was originally drawn by “H.R.J”, checked by “U.E.R” and reviewed by J.B. Clearwater. The data measurements used to draw the blueprint...

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This set of drawings from August 14th, 1939 document the floor plans of the kitchen and mess hall at Camp Bullis, Texas, building 36. The blueprint also includes a schedule of openings and an electrical legend. The sponsor for this blueprint is the Office of the Post Quartermaster at Fort Sam Houston, Texas under the supervision of Arthur S. Graham. The blueprint was originally drawn by “H.R.J”, checked by “J.L.B.” and reviewed by J.B. Clearwater.

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This set of drawings from August 16th, 1939 document the floor plans of the kitchen and mess hall at Camp Bullis, Texas, building 38. The blueprint also includes a schedule of openings and an electrical legend. The sponsor for this blueprint is the Office of the Post Quartermaster at Fort Sam Houston, Texas under the supervision of Arthur S. Graham. The blueprint was originally drawn by “H.R.J”, checked by “U.E.R” and reviewed by J.B. Clearwater. The data measurements used to draw the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert J. Hard.

Text for a slide show on the Lackland Survey by the Center for Archaeological Research, the University of Texas at San Antonio. Includes memorandum enclosing the text to the National Park Service.

DOCUMENT Full-Text M. Todd Cleveland.

NRHP nomination form for the Chapel No. 5, Building 5432 at Lackland AFB.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Edward Salo. Marsha Prior. Michelle Wurtz.

This report provides an inventory and assessment of the Cold War-era (1945-1991) built environment at Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas. Lackland AFB was established as a training facility to support Kelly Field during World War II. After the war, the base remained the primary, Air Force basic training installation and remained so throughout the Cold War. The base has acquired the former Q Area at Lackland Training Annex (Medina Base) and, recently, parts of the former Kelly AFB, including...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ted D. Williams.

The purpose of this plan is to provide an overall guide for the management and maintenance of lands for which the installation is responsible. This plan is to facilitate the military mission of the installation through the conservation, improvement, and maintenance of its natural resources in accordance with sound agronomic principles. The maintenance of improved and intensively improved grounds, such as lawns, drill fields, open areas, athletic fields, and landscape plantings will be...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Al Hester.

This is a class paper on the history of land reform during the New Deal. The author explores the effect of the creation of state and national parks, new farming communities, and forestry demonstration projects. The rural landscape was altered by these reforms and the paper explores the impact of the land reform on rural South Carolina.

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Historic context for the Laughlin Air Force Base and the Lower Pecos area describing the Pale-Indian Period through to the mid 20th century with the creation of the Laughlin Air Force Base.

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Plan View maps of Laughlin AFB.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Edward Salo. Marsha Prior. Joe C. Freeman.

An inventory and assessment of the Cold War-era (1945–1991) built environment at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, was conducted by Geo-Marine, Inc., in October 2000 to assist the U.S. Air Force, Air Education and Training Command meet the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended through 1992 (16 U.S.C. § 470 et seq.; P.L. 89–665; 80 Stat. 915). The objective of this investigation was to assess Cold War-era buildings and structures at Laughlin for their National...

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History excerpts for the Laughlin Air Force Base

DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan L. Bupp. Evelyn Chandler. Cary Cotterman. Kevin T. Doyle. Kyle M. Guerrero. Valerie M. Hallett. Brenda D. Smith.

The primary purpose of this Legacy Demonstration Project was to inventory all cultural resources within the Buckhorn Springs area (Phase I) and to evaluate those resources for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (Phase II).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan L. Bupp. Evelyn Chandler. Cary Cotterman. Kevin T. Doyle. Kyle M. Guerrero. Valerie M. Hallett. Brenda D. Smith.

The primary purpose of this Legacy Demonstration Project was to inventory all cultural resources within the Buckhorn Springs area (Phase I) and to evaluate those resources for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (Phase II). Volume II includes the Appendices A-I of the report which cover artifact analyses, site records, land chains, NRHP nomination form, and title page.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David D. Earle.

This report presents a history of the settler community of Muroc, California, which was located on what would later become Edwards Air Force Base (AFB). This report chronicles the development of Muroc and places it in the context of a series of critical historiographical themes relating to railroad development, homesteading, and the settlement of the arid West.

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This resource is a transcript for an interview with Dr. John Paul Stapp GS) for the Pancho Barnes Oral History Project funded by the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program for the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base (AFB). In this interview, Dr. Stapp discusses Pancho Barnes and the early days of Edwards Air Force Base.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard G. Chapman. The New Mexico Engineering Research Institute.

The story of the NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Combat Operations Center (COC), the nerve center for the defense of North America during the Cold War. During the Cold War period, from March 1946 to November 1989, the free world faced the threat of a hostile Soviet Union and the specter of global nuclear war. As the Soviet Union developed nuclear weapons, strategic bomber capability, and space delivery systems, the United States and Canada joined forces to defend North America from the threat of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Marcianne Miller. John Terreo.

The objective of this study is to critically examine the Air Force/NASA lifting bodies program and the issues, problems, and implications regarding the cultural resource management of resources associated with it. This resource contains both Volume I and II of the project. In 1993 the Legacy Resources Management Program provided funding to the Air Force for a study of AF/NASA Lifting Body Program. The Air Force tasked Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) to undertake a historical, cultural, and...

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This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter to the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) seeking concurrence for the Western Range Instrumentation Modernization Program. The letter provides information about the project and presents the Area of Potential Effect (APE). The letter seeks SHPO concurrence for 1) the project APE, and 2) that the project finding of no adverse effect to historic properties is appropriate.

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This document is Section 106 transmittal letter to the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for the Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) Low Profile Antenna Construction Project. The letter provides details about the project VAFB Request for SHPO Concurrence for Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) Low Profile Antenna Construction Project. The letter discusses details associated with this high level priority project for the tenant organization of the 148th Space Operations Squadron...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Vandenberg Air Force Base.

This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter from Vandenberg Air Force Base to the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for the Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) Installation of Security Fence Concrete Footing project. The letter provides 1) a description of the project and presents that Area of Potential Effect (APE), and 2) the results of the identification of historic properties. The letter seeks concurrence from the SHPO for 1) a determination that the project will not...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Vandenberg Air Force Base.

This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter from Vandenberg Air Force Base to the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). The letter provides the purpose and a description of the Interim Remediation Project for Site 8C project. It also presents the Area of Potential Effect (APE) and the effort that was expended to identify historic properties. The only property identified is the archaeological site CA-SBA-678. The letter seeks SHPO concurrence for 1) the project APE, 2) the...

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This document is a letter from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) requesting concurrence from the California State Historic Preservation Office for the Point Sal Road Repair Project. Work for the project includes Planned culvert extension between boundaries of CA-SBA-954 and -955 and a retaining wall that could potentially affect CA-SBA-740, but affected area has already been heavily disturbed. All three sites are potentially eligible for listing on NRHP.

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This document is a letter from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) to the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) requesting concurrence on the following 1) the area of potential effect for the F-15E/EX Beddown Project is adequately delineated, 2) archaeological sites CA-SBA-964, -1130, and -3407 are not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), 3) building 1754 is not eligible for the NRHP, and 4) the undertaking will have no effect on any known historic properties.

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This document is a Section 106 consultation letter from Vandenberg Space Force Baser (VSFB) to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) seeking comments or concerns on the following for the F-15E/EX Beddown Project 1) the area of potential effect (APE) for the F-15E/EX Beddown Project is adequately delineated, 2) archaeological sites CA-SBA-964, -1130, and -3407 are not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), 3) building 1754 is not eligible for the NRHP, and 4) the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter to the California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) for the PG&E Divide Line project to replace 7 poles. The letter 1) provides specific details of the project, 2) delineates the project Area Direct Impact (ADI), 3) conveys that no archaeological resources fall within the ADI and therefore the Area of Potential Effect (APE) is coterminous with the ADI, 4) informs the SHPO that no archaeological or Native American monitors are required...

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This document is a Section 110 transmittal letter from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) to the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) requesting concurrence on the determination on the Francis and Katherine Hall Residential Site (CA-SBA-3530H). VSFB has determined that CA-SBA-3530H is no eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

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This document is a Section 110 transmittal letter from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) to the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) requesting concurrence on their finding of the DeCosta Ranch site (historical component of CA-SBA-658/H) not being eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.

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This document is a Section 110 transmittal letter from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) requestions the California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) for concurrence on the eligibility status for archaeological site CA-SBA-3535/H at Marshallia Ranch. VSFB has determined that CA-SBA-3535/H is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

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This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) to Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) informing VSFB they do not request further consultation on the project unless there is new supplementary literature that reveals additional information, or the scope of work has changed.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a letter to the California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) reopening Section 106 consultation for the B6 Power Line Project. The letter addresses a realignment of ten power poles that will be placed within archaeological site CA-SBA-1565. The letter explains that four of the poles will not be installed northwest of Umbra Road, but rather along the southwestern side. The poles to be installed on the east side of El Rancho Road are being relocated to the western side...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a letter to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) reopening Section 106 consultation for the B6 Power Line Project. The letter addresses a realignment of ten power poles that will be placed within archaeological site CA-SBA-1565. The letter explains that four of the poles will not be installed northwest of Umbra Road, but rather along the southwestern side. The poles to be installed on the east side of El Rancho Road are being relocated to the western side of the...

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VAFB Request for SHPO Concurrence for Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Diverse Communications Project

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daryl G. Atwood.

This document is a subject point paper on the Vandenberg Tracking Station Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) (Atch 1), submitted at the request of HQ SAC in response to an inquiry by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Environment, Safety and Occupational Health), Mr Gary Vest. The subject of this point paper is Historical Preservation compliance for the Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) Wastewater Treatment Plant. This point paper is intended to give background concerning...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daryl G. Atwood.

This document is a letter from the Department of the Air Force to the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) requesting concurrence with a No Adverse Effect Determination for the construction of the Waste Water Treatment Plant at the Vandenberg Tracking Station on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The project will construct a new waste water treatment plant next to an existing one, which it will replace. One...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David A. McPhee.

This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter to the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) regarding the Small ICBM and Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Test Programs at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). The letter briefly describes the undertaking and includes an attached report that discusses the archaeological survey and testing project that was conducted in support of the undertaking. The report ultimately supports the opinion of VAFB that rather evaluating each individual...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Orville G. Robertson.

This document is a letter initiating the Section 106 process with the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) regarding the Removal and Reuse of Aboveground Liquid Oxygen Tank Stored at SLC-10 project. The letter explains that the tank was not originally a part of SLC-10 and therefore does not contribute to the national register eligibility of the National Historic Landmark (NHL). Therefore, the letter seeks SHPO concurrence for that determination that the removal of the tank will...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Gualtieri.

This document is a letter from the California State Historic Preservation (SHPO) to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) regarding the scope of work associated with archaeological testing conducted in support of the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Facilities project. The letter begins with the SHPO's dissatisfaction with the effort to comply with the Section 106 process. The SHPO specifically criticizes the numerous requests by the Air Force to expedite the Section 106 review, while review on the Air...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Gualtieri.

This document is a letter from the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) regarding the review of the historic preservation plan for the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District prepared in accordance with the programmatic agreement for the Small Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Facilities. The SHPO notes that it did not perform a line-by-line review of the document, but rather examined specific sections and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Walsh.

This document is a letter from Environmental Management at Vandenberg Air Force Base to the Regional Civil Engineer regarding the historic preservation tasks and documents related to the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Facilities project. The letter confirms that AFRCE-BMS and its environmental consultant will prepare the nomination package for the archaeological district at San Antonio Terrace. The letter states that the nomination package will include results of testing and data recovery and will...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Orville G. Robertson.

This document is an internal Air Force (AF) memo to Civil Engineering distributed as part of the ongoing Section 106 consultation regarding the comments pertaining to the draft historic preservation plan (HPP) associated with the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Test Programs. The memo notes that the comments were also submitted to the California State Historic Preservation Office and that the AF is in the process of organizing a meeting among interested parties as part of finalizing the HPP.

DOCUMENT Full-Text William R. Newell.

This document is a Section 106 letter continuing consultation with California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for the Explosive Ordnance Disposal project related to the Rail Garrison project at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). The letter is pursuant to a telephone conversation on 5 May 1988 and provides the archaeological plan for review by the SHPO. The letter indicates that the plan has also been submitted to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. It is also stated the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas F. King.

This document is a letter from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) to Vandenberg Space Force Base (VAFB) regarding the Programmatic Agreement (PA) for the Small Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Project. The letter states that the ACHP has signed off on the PA and explains that it must next be submitted to the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for signature. It then requests that the signed PA be resubmitted to the ACHP for filing as well as the SHPO....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Orville G. Robertson.

This document is a Section 106 letter to the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) continuing consultation for the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison project. The letter includes several attached documents that are being forwarded to the SHPO for review. The letter continues to explain that VAFB plans to allow the project to continue in areas with no archaeological concerns. Areas with archaeological concerns will not proceed until finalization of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Orville G. Robertson.

This document is a Section 106 letter to the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) regarding the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison project at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). The letter includes the developed Programmatic Agreement (PA) for the project that was modified by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Therefore, the letter seeks the signature of the SHPO on the final version of the PA and pursuant to signing to resubmit it to VAFB.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Orville G. Robertson.

This document is a letter continuing Section 106 consultation with the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) regarding the review of final draft of the Historic Preservation Plan (HPP) for the San Antonio Terrace National Register District. The letter states that previous comments from the SHPO, independent reviewers, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and other Air Force reviewers have been incorporated in this version of the HPP. The letter requests that the SHPO...

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This document is a letter from the California State Office of Historic Preservation (SHPO) that continues the Section 105 consultation for the Peacekeeper and Small Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test facilities on San Antonio Terrace. The letter expresses that the SHPO acknowledges that previous review comments have been addressed and meet the provisions of the Memorandum of Agreement. However, the SHPO does suggest that the Air Force review the Historic Preservation Plan in light of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Walter T. Whitman.

This document is a letter from Regional Civil Engineer, Ballistic Missile Support to HQ SAC re Cultural Resources Programmatic Agreement for San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District. Regional Civil Engineer, Ballistic Missile Support, notes that it has participated with VAFB and SHPO in developing a Programmatic Agreement in support of ICBM test activities and the district nomination. The PA is provided for review.

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This document is a memo from HQ SAC to Regional Civil Engineer, Ballistic Missile Support, regarding Cultural Resources Programmatic Agreement (San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rickell D. Knoll.

Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) requests for California State Historic Preservation Office concurrence for the buried communication cable to a mobile support van near Point Pedernales as part of the Space Shuttle construction program. In view of the minor nature of anticipated impacts to buried cultural resources at CA-SBA-212 and CA-SBA-1145, VAFB has recommended 1) construction monitoring at both sites, 2) determination of antiquity of occupation for three loci tests at CA-SBA-212, and 3)...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rickell D. Knoll.

This document is the Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) Transmittal Letter seeking concurrence from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for the Mobile Support Van Skyscreen Project. This letter includes the selected alternative cable route that was chosen for the installation of a buried communication cable in order to serve a mobile support van. The cable would be buried in an existing unpaved roadway. VAFB is seeking concurrence that the proposed mitigation measures are acceptable and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jerry L. Rogers.

This document is a Department of Interior Letter to HQ USAF regarding the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District.

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This document is a Headquarters USAF letter to Headquarters Strategic Air Command (SAC) regarding the Determination of Eligibility for San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District.

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This document is a Headquarters USAF letter to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) regarding the Determination of Eligibility for Historic Register, San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District.

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This document is a Headquarters Strategic Air Command (SAC) Memo for Record regarding the Evaluation of Request for Eligibility Determination, Archaeological Sites, Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) (San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District).

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This document is a Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) Letter to Chambers Consultants and Planners regarding the Discontinuous San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District.

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This document is a Chambers Consultants and Planners Letter to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) regarding the discontinuous San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District.

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This document is a memo to Army Corps of Engineers (COE) from M. Glassow and S. Craig regarding the National Register of Historic Places Update (San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District).

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This document is a Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) Memo for Record re San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District. Memo notes that information requested by Keeper of the National Register has been complied by Chambers Consultants and Planners; material has been reviewed by Cultural Resources Manager - MX; information has been submitted to Environmental Coordinator for review and submission to Keeper.

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This document is a letter, in a memo format, from Headquarters (HQ) Strategic Air Command to HQ USAF (AF) regarding the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District (SATAD). The document consists of two numbered paragraphs. The first mentions a letter requesting a favorable consideration of a proposal to nominate the SATAD and that this proposal has been presented as part of a briefing. The second paragraph reads that the proposal has bas received concurrence from the Vandenberg Air Force...

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This document is a letter to Headquarters Strategic Air Command (SAC) from the United States Air Force (AF) regarding the proposed San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District. The letter consists of five bulleted paragraphs . The first states that the letter is written in response to the 4392 Aerospace Support Group letter of 27 June 1980. The second bullet reads that the AF supports the concept of archaeological districts, however, there is concern how such a resource may place land use...

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This document is a letter continuing discussion related to the Section 106 consultation between Headquarters (HQ) United States Air Force (AF) and HQ Strategic Air Command (SAC) regarding the establishment of the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District (SATAD). The letter consists of two bulleted paragraphs. The first provides concurrence from the AF to the SAC regarding the submission of the draft letter and conditions to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The second paragraph...

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This document is a letter that continues Section 106 consultation between Vandenberg Air Force Base and Headquarters (HQ) Strategic Air Command and SAC and HQ United States Air Force regarding the determination of eligibility for the inclusion of the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District in the National Register of Historic Places (NR). The letter informs the recipients that the attached documentation to the letter must be submitted to the Keeper in order to obtain the determination of...

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This document is a letter continuing Section 106 consultation between Headquarters (HQ) Strategic Air Command to HQ United States Air Force seeking a response for a determination of eligibility for National Register eligibility for the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District. The attached documentation is forwarded for purpose of obtaining eligibility determination for proposed discontiguous archaeological district.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert L. Klingensmith.

This document is a Section 106 consultation letter from the Headquarter United States Air Force to the acting Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places. The letter requests that the Keeper provide a response to the determination of eligibility that was previously submitted for the proposed discontiguous San Antonio Terrace Archeological District.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 Transmittal Letter for the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) about the San Antonio Creek Restoration. The project proposed willow pole planting and container planting of riparian plants within a 12-acre field along the south side of San Antonio Creek as mitigation in support of the San Antonio Road West Bridge Maintenance Project. Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) seek concurrence from the SHPO office that 1) VAFB delineated the Area of Potential Effects...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) Transmittal Letter for the San Antonio Creek Restoration Project. The project proposed willow pole planting and container planting of riparian plants within a 12-acre field along the south side of San Antonio Creek as mitigation in support of the San Antonio Road West Bridge Maintenance Project. This letter is the initiation of Vandenberg Air Force Base for consultation with the SYBCI on finding no cultural resources...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 State Historic Preservation Office Transmittal Letter for Remediating Contaminated Groundwater at site SD015. The project involved remediating groundwater that is contaminated trichloreothene (TCE) in the vicinity of three former missile testing launch facilities on North Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). The remedy involves 1) groundwater biological treatment, 2) recirculation and the granular activated carbon treatment water from the source area, mid-plume, and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne. George Sundstrom.

This document is a memo Concerning the Unauthorized Trenching in the Vicinity of Archaeological Site CA-SBA-1866. The deviation adversely impacted Archaeological Site CA-SBA-1866, as evidenced by the presence of cultural material consisting of shell and flakes in the trench back fill. The construction crew deviated from the staked route of the cable trench by taking a ‘short cut’ through the corner of the Archaeological Site, CA-SBA-1866. The damage inflicted was relatively minor.

DOCUMENT Full-Text 30 CES/CEIEA, Vandenberg Air Force Base.

This document is a Section 106 Letter for the North Base Commercial Duct Project. The purpose of this project is to install a 4-inch communication duct running from Building 15501 to a manhole located near the southeast corner of the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 135. There are two proposed routes; Option 1, and Option 2, to connect the end points of the duct. Option 1 will require approximately 3,650 feet of trenching and the installation of 7 new handholes. Option 2 is shorter running...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) for demolition of buildings 960 and 970. The purpose of the project is to demolish Buildings 960 and 970, because they are vacant and no longer in use. United States Air Force Policy requires the removal of facilities that are no longer in use, or else they will continue to degrade and become a liability. The northeastern part of site CA-SBA-246 extends into the Area of Potential Effects (APE)....

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This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter to the California State Historic Preservation Office regarding the Enhanced Use Lease for the Vandenberg Dunes Golf Course and supporting services on the northern half of the base. The letter 1) defines the project Area of Potential Effect (APE), 2) discusses 21 cultural resources that will be affected by the undertaking, 4) seeks SHPO concurrence for no adverse effect determinations for CA-SBA-594, -1026, -1029, -1027, -1030, -1709, -1019,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a letter transferring ownership of a fossil fish from Vandenberg Air Force Base to the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. The fossil is an impression on an approximately 9 x 9 x 3-inch block of white chalky shale from Monterey shale formation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Benjamin Roope.

This document is a Section 106 SHPO Transmittal Letter for the Gaseous Nitrous (GN2) Tie-in, Vegetation Clearing, and Grading Project. The purpose of the Project is to install temporary storage tanks and utilize pump units to transfer GN2 from these tanks to an existing above ground tie-in riser that connects to a pipeline that runs to Space Launch Complex 6. The base archaeologist, in consultation with the project engineer, established the Area of Direct Impact (ADI) based on the maximum...

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This document is a Section 106 consultation letter from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California (VAFB) to the California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) seeking concurrence for a Section 306108 finding of no adverse effect to historic properties for the Vault Project by Fire Station 3 (Project) proposed by American Waters. The Project constitutes a federal undertaking pursuant to 36CFR800.3 and is subject to Section 306108 of the National Historic Preservation Act. With this letter...

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This letter initiates Section 106 consultation with the SYBCI for the IRP Site SD024 Soil Excavations and Building 11193 Demolition Project. The letter seeks comments for any tribal comment or concerns associated with this project.

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The document is a Section 106 transmittal letter from the Department of the Air Force at the Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California to the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) to request SHPO concurrence with VAFB's determination of No Adverse Effect for construction of the Distinguished Visitor Quarters (DVQ) Rear Parking Lot Project to be located at the Marshallia Ranch on VAFB in Santa Barbara County. VAFB also requests SHPO concurrence with a determination of eligiblity for the...

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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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles Hansen.

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...

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This transmittal letter initiates the Section 106 consultation with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. The letter briefly explains the scope of the project and discusses the archaeological work performed at CA-SBA-1145/H. It seeks tribal comment regarding the project and its impact to resources of concern to the tribe.

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This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter from the 30th Space Wing (30 SW) of the United States Space Force (USSF) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) to continue consultation for the proposed Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Test Program that would develop and test a new ICBM system to modernize the United States land-based nuclear arsenal for the purposes of replacing the nation's existing Minuteman II ICBM system. 30 SW...

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This document is a Section 106 letter that continues consultation with both the California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) regarding the proposed Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Test Program (OHP reference #USAF_2021_0122_001). This letter is in response to SHPO's request for additional information for review in letter dated 25 March 2021. In fulfillment of the request for additional information, the United States Air...

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This document is a letter initiating Section 106 consultation with the California State Historic Preservation Office for the Umbra Road and Tod Road Conduit Repair Project. The letter seeks SHPO concurrence for 1) the delineation of the project Area of Potential Effect, 2) a determination of no adverse effect for archaeological sites CA-SBA-706, -1070/1071, and -3002, 3) a determination that the site CA-SBA-1778 is not a historic property, and 4) the project finding of no adverse effect for...

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This document is a letter initiating Section 106 consultation with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) for the Umbra Road and Tod Road Conduit Repair Project. The letter seeks SYBCI comment for 1) the delineation of the project Area of Potential Effect, 2) a determination of no adverse effect for archaeological sites CA-SBA-706, -1070/1071, and -3002, 3) a determination that the site CA-SBA-1778 is not a historic property, and 4) the project finding of no adverse effect for the...

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This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter from the 30th Space Wing of the United States Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) to the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) regarding the proposed D1 Circuit Electric Line Replacement Project. The letter provides a brief description of the project and seeks concurrence for 1) the project area of potential effect (APE); and 2) numerous determinations of eligibility of National Register (NR) eligible for archaeological...

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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...

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This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter initiating consultation with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) regarding impacts to cultural resources of Tribal concern included as part of the "Demolition of Four ICBM Launch Facilities in Support of the New START" project (Project). The 30th Space Wing of the United States Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), in cooperation with Air Force Global Strike Command, proposes to render four intercontinental ballistic missile...

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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...

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This document is a letter providing the California State Historic Preservation Office's (SHPO) comments on the Phase IV information provided to the SHPO by the United States Air Force (USAF) regarding the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Test Program. The letter summarizes the information provided by USAF and provides comments on the information submitted. After reviewing the information provided, the SHPO has no concerns or comments about built environment resources for Phase IV. For...

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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...

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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.

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This document is a letter continuing Section 106 consultation with the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) project. The letter provides comment from the SHPO addressing the answers provided to SHPO by the Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) Cultural Resource Manager regarding Phase IV of the project. While the letter also reiterates previous comments for phases I-III, the specific comment for Phase IV reads, "After reviewing the...

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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.

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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,...

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This document is a Section 106 letter re-opening consultation with the California State Historic Preservation Office in regard to the D1 Circuit Electric Line Replacement Project (Project). Recent changes in the design of the route required VSFB to re-open Section 106 consultation for the Project. The original transmittal letter initiating Section 106 for the Project also included several Determinations of Eligibility (DOE) that were not addressed in the SHPO response. The intent of this letter...

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This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter to the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for the Mobile Telemetry Receiving Station (MTRS)-2 Dock Station Improvements Project. The letter seeks concurrence from the SHPO for 1) the delineation of the project area of potential effect (APE), 2) the determination that the project will not have an adverse effect on CA-SBA-793, and 3) the project finding of no adverse effect to historic properties.

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This document is a Section 106 transmittal letter initiating consultation for the TP-01 Improvements Supporting Future Ballistic Missile Test Launches Project with the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). The letter introduces the project and mentions the associated activities including establishing and maintaining a firebreak; replacing the security perimeter fence; minor repairs to the surface of the concrete pad; and installation of a new heating, ventilation, and air...

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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...