VAFB-2021-34: Letter Report: Results of Archaeological Surface and Subsurface Survey in Support of the Proposed Building 1810 Septic System Replacement, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

Summary

This document is a letter report for the Proposed Building 1810 Septic System Replacement project on Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The report provides a brief description of the project and describes that it will require excavation within an approximately 2,500-square-foot (210-square-meter) area to a depth of approximately 3 feet (1 meter) in order to remove the existing 1,000-gallon septic tank and sewer leach field and install a new 3,000-gallon septic tank and leach field. The work is required to support current Building 1810 activities and because the existing tank needs to be replaced due to age. The Project area is partially within the previously recorded boundaries of prehistoric archaeological site CA-SBA-1060. The excavation of 10 shovel test pits yielded on 2 units that included some archaeological material. The report concludes that the project could have adverse effects near those units and recommends that project activities be limited to non-subsurface disturbance by a distance of 5 meters. The report also calls for the monitoring of all ground disturbing activity by an archaeological and Native American monitor during project execution.

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• Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) - Cultural Resource Report

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Contact(s): Roscoe Loetzerich

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