LET-683: Section 106 SHPO Consultation Letter for the Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) Infrastructure Improvements Project

Editor(s): Ryan J. Novotny

Year: 2017

Summary

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 this letter and its attachment (Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Adverse Effects in Support of Infrastructure Improvements at the Vandenberg Tracking Station, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California), VAFB initiated consultation with the California State Historic Preservation Office for concurrence on the following determinations: a.) The APE for the Project is adequately delineated, and VAFB has made a reasonable and good faith effort to identify historic properties within the APE; b.) The VTS Complex meets NRHP Criterion A and retains sufficient levels of historical integrity to convey that significance, and as such, is eligible for listing on the NRHP; c.) The proposed undertaking with have no adverse effect on the characteristics of the VTS which qualify it for NRHP eligibility; d.)The proposed undertaking will not impact areas of prehistoric archaeological sites CA-SBA-793 and CA-SBA-917 which possess significance and retain integrity, and thus, qualify these sites for listing on the NRHP; and e.) VAFB will require archaeological and Native American monitoring during excavation associated with the Project in order to reach a determination of no adverse effect, with conditions because of the data potential of the two prehistoric archaeological sites and the possibility of an unanticipated discovery.

Cite this Record

LET-683: Section 106 SHPO Consultation Letter for the Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) Infrastructure Improvements Project. Ryan J. Novotny. 2017 ( tDAR id: 470245) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8470245

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Site Name
CA-SBA-793 • CA-SBA-917 • Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) • Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) Complex

Site Type
Cold War facility • Governmental Structure • Historic Governmental Structure • prehistoric archaeological site • Waste Water Treatment Plant

Investigation Types
Consultation

General
Archaeological Monitoring • conditional no adverse effect • National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) • Native American monitoring • No Adverse Effect • no adverse effect, with conditions • Project Area of Potential Effect (APE) • Section 106

Geographic Keywords
California (State / Territory) • Santa Barbara (County) • Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

Temporal Keywords
Cold War

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1959 to 1991 (period of significance)

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Roscoe Loetzerich; Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)

Landowner(s): Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)

Repository(s): 30 CES/CEVPC Vandenberg Space Force Base

Record Identifiers

Project ID(s): 813-17-036

VAFB Number(s): LET-683

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Contact(s): Roscoe Loetzerich