SHPO-CON-3: Re: Section 106 Consultation for Infrastructure Improvements, North Base, Vandenberg Tracking Station, Vandenberg Air Force Base

Author(s): Julianne Polanco

Year: 2017

Summary

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 initiate a series of infrastructure improvements at the Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) in Vandenberg's AFB's North Base area. This letter is in response to the transmittal letter of May 16, 2017, initially opening consultation for the project. The letter briefly reiterates information provided in the initial transmittal letter from Vandenberg AFB in support of the USAF's conditional no adverse effect determination, including project activities associated with the project and the cultural resource effort that was performed in support of the Section 106 process. The letter also includes SHPO's comments in response to USAF's transmittal letter and project determination and are as follows: 1) the APE appears sufficient to take the undertaking's effects on historic properties into account; 2) the SHPO is unable to concur with the USAF's eligibility determination for the VTS (see letter), but recommends that the VTS complex be considered NRHP eligible for the purposes of this undertaking only; 3) the SHPO recommends the USAF evaluate the VTS complex as a potential historic district in accordance with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act, using NRHP criteria and submit the evaluation for the SHPO's comment and concurrence; and 4) the SHPO agrees with the monitoring conditions imposed by the USAF and SYBCI and, inclusive of the assumption of eligibility for the VTS complex, concurs with USAF's finding of no adverse effect with cond

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SHPO-CON-3: Re: Section 106 Consultation for Infrastructure Improvements, North Base, Vandenberg Tracking Station, Vandenberg Air Force Base. Julianne Polanco. 2017 ( tDAR id: 470252) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8470252

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Keywords

Culture
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians

Site Name
CA-SBA-793 • CA-SBA-917 • Satellite Control Historic District • Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) • Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) Complex • Vandenberg Tracking Station Historic District

Site Type
Air Force Satellite Control Network • Governmental Structure • Historic District • remote tracking stations

Investigation Types
Consultation • Reconnaissance / Survey • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Monitoring • National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) • Section 106

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

Temporal Keywords
Cold War-era

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): SHPO-CON-3

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Contact(s): Roscoe Loetzerich