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The Salt River Project (SRP) is planning to conduct 5-year vegetation management along their Coronado-Silvering 500 kV transmission line beginning in May 2022. The portion of the transmission right-of-way (ROW) that crosses Tonto National Forest (TNF)’s Tonto Basin and Pleasant Valley Ranger Districts will be subject to vegetation management during this cycle. The entire length of the proposed treatment corridor has been previously surveyed, with the most recent survey conducted by Logan Simpson in 2016 (Cook et al. 2017). Review of the existing data sources, however, reveals numerous discrepancies in site location, site extent, and concordance among Arizona State Museum (ASM) assigned numbers, Forest Service assigned numbers, and other site numbering systems. Thus, the purpose of this project is to reconcile, to the extent possible, those discrepancies and to provide updated spatial data and recommendations. This will allow SRP to determine spans in which vegetation management by hand is needed to preserve cultural resources sites.

In accordance with the provisions of the 2004 Arizona Water Settlement Act, the Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office (PXAO) assisted the San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District (SCIDD) in the preparation of an environmental assessment (EA) prior to the rehabilitation of portions of the San Carlos Irrigation Project, a Bureau of Indian Affairs water delivery system that serves both the Gila River Indian Community and SCIDD. The project area extends along the current and realigned portions of the Florence Canal, from the sediment basin just south of the Ashurst-Hayden Diversion Dam to Picacho Reservoir. In order to comply with stipulations set forth in the EA, all historic properties within the expanded APE must be mitigated prior to construction. At the request of PXAO, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. prepared a historic property treatment plan (treatment plan) to conduct Phase 2 data recovery at AZ U:15:676(ASM), eligibility testing at AZ U:15:861(ASM), Phase 1 data recovery for the new and previously uninvestigated portions of the canal alignment at AZ U:15:124(ASM) and AZ U:15:663(ASM), and Phase 2 data recovery based on previous excavations within the revised APE at AZ U:15:663(ASM). This final report presents the results of these cultural resources investigations.

n accordance with the provisions of the 2004 Arizona Water Settlement Act, the Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office (PXAO) assisted the San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District (SCIDD) in the preparation of an environmental assessment (EA) prior to the rehabilitation of portions of the San Carlos Irrigation Project, a Bureau of Indian Affairs water delivery system that serves both the Gila River Indian Community and SCIDD. The project area extends along the current and realigned portions of the Florence Canal, from the sediment basin just south of the Ashurst-Hayden Diversion Dam to Picacho Reservoir. In order to comply with stipulations set forth in the EA, all historic properties within the expanded APE must be mitigated prior to construction. At the request of PXAO, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. prepared a historic property treatment plan (treatment plan) to conduct Phase 2 data recovery at AZ U:15:676(ASM), eligibility testing at AZ U:15:861(ASM), Phase 1 data recovery for the new and previously uninvestigated portions of the canal alignment at AZ U:15:124(ASM) and AZ U:15:663(ASM), and Phase 2 data recovery based on previous excavations within the revised APE at AZ U:15:663(ASM). This document contains the contact sheets (photos) and photo log associated with these cultural resources investigations.

To meet increased demand for electricity due to growth, SRP plans to construct an approximately 20-mile (mi), double-circuit, 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line including associated tubular steel pole structures that average 110–140 feet (ft) tall (Project). The Project will connect three 230/69kV receiving stations, including the Ball Substation in Gilbert, the Pfister Substation in southeastern Queen Creek, and the Abel Substation east of San Tan Valley. This Project was approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) in 2009, when they issued a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) (Decision No. 71441). AZ U:10:32(ASM)/Sand Dune South (hereafter referred to as AZ U:10:32(ASM)) is a large prehistoric Hohokam village site historically documented as containing a ballcourt and several mound features. The site has since been entirely covered and affected by historic and modern agricultural activity – leaving the status of subsurface cultural deposits unknown – and is presently unevaluated for inclusion in the NRHP and ARHP. This end of fieldwork (EOF) report documents the eight features and two non-features (including two features and one non-feature originally recorded during the Phase I testing) that were recorded as a result of the phased archaeological data recovery conducted by PaleoWest during the course of the Project.

PaleoWest, LLC (PaleoWest) is under contract to Salt River Project (SRP) to conduct a Class I literature review for 203.5 acres of private and ASLD land (Project area), and a Class III cultural resource inventory of 191.7 acres of private land (Survey area) in the Cities of Mesa and Queen Creek, within Maricopa County, Arizona (Project). The remaining Project acreage consists of ASLD land, which was previously surveyed by Northland Research, Inc. in 2019. Of the 191.7-acre Survey area, a total of 176.7 acres were archaeologically surveyed during the Project. The unsurveyed areas included fenced-off construction sites and areas of active farming.

SRP Water Rights and Contracts requested that Biological and Cultural Resources (BCRS) inspect a portion of the McMillan Property, in Camp Verde, Yavapai County, to determine if any cultural resources are present and would be impacted by proposed vegetation management aimed at reducing wildfire risks. BCRS staff Daniel Garcia and Nina Grimaldi conducted the inspection on January 13, 2022. As a result of the survey, one archaeological site (McMillan-1, believed to be NA3528 or the Verde Ballcourt Site), one historic in-use structure (the 1871 Woods Ditch), one isolated feature, and one isolated artifact were identified. BCRS recommends that McMillan-1, an Arizona and National Register-eligible archaeological site subject to A.R.S. § 41-841 et seq, be thoroughly documented by a cultural resource consultant, registered with the Arizona State Museum, avoided by all ground-disturbing activity including driving, mechanical vegetation removal, fence repairs, or excavations of any kind, and that SRP not sell or lease this portion of the property for development. The other identified cultural resources are unlikely to be impacted by this project, and no additional consideration of them is necessary.

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) requested North Wind Resource Consulting, LLC (North Wind) conduct a Class III cultural resources resurvey of an approximately 8-mile-long transmission right-of-way along State Route (SR) 87 on Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRP-MIC) land in Maricopa County, Arizona (Figure 1). Emergency repairs and replacements were made to transmission poles within the survey area following a severe monsoon storm, which caused significant damage. The survey was conducted to determine if cultural resources were impacted as a result of the emergency repairs. The survey area consists of the 45.06-acre linear transmission right-of-way along SR 87. Salt River Ordinance 102-86 requires identification and treatment of archaeological resources endangered by proposed construction activities on the SRP-MIC. The project is considered an undertaking requiring compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA, which requires a federal agency to consider the effects of its undertakings on historic properties (cultural resources eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places [NRHP]).

Archaeological test excavations at nine sites and data recovery excavations at three sites in advance of highway realignment project in the Doubtful Canyon section of the SR 260—Payson to Heber project. A previously documented historic highway is also present in the project area. A small supplemental survey of additional right-of-way was conducted, although that work resulted in no newly identified sites.

A portion of a Salt River Project (SRP) buried utility line and associated equipment cabinets were constructed on the northern boundary of the Community without approval from SRP-MIC. As a result of the trespass, SRP contracted with North Wind Resource Consulting, LLC (North Wind) to conduct a Class III cultural resources survey of approximately 40.0 acres of undeveloped land. The survey was conducted to determine if significant cultural resources are within the trespass area. Important cultural resources may include historic or prehistoric archaeological sites or objects, historically or architecturally significant structures, buildings, or landscapes. The survey was done in support of SRP-MIC EPNR Project #22-201-015, in order for SRP to acquire an approximately 600 by 8-foot right-of-way from SRP-MIC. Salt River Ordinance 102-86 requires identification and treatment of archaeological resources endangered by proposed construction activities on the SRP-MIC. The project is considered an undertaking requiring compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA, which requires a federal agency to consider the effects of its undertakings on historic properties (cultural resources eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places [NRHP]).

Salt River Project (SRP) is proposing to construct a new 230kV transmission line in Maricopa County, Arizona (Project). The proposed Project entails the construction of seven miles of new overhead power lines that will follow a previously approved route. The proposed overhead transmission line will require the placement of 56 tubular steel pole structures. The corridor for the proposed Project varies between 100–205 feet (ft) wide. Additionally, a new 230/69kV receiving station will be built in the vicinity of the State Route 24 (SR 24) off-ramp that originates from Arizona Loop 202. Because 22.5 acres of the transmission line corridor, including some pole locations, fall within previously known archaeological sites, SRP contracted PaleoWest, LLC (PaleoWest) to prepare and implement this archaeological Historic Properties Treatment Plan (Plan) to mitigate the potential adverse effects of the ground disturbing activities associated with the pole placement. The four sites crossed by the corridor—AZ U:10:32(ASM), AZ U:10:56(ASM), AZ U:10:224(ASM), and AZ U:10:275(ASM)—are Prehistoric Period Hohokam habitation sites or artifact scatters.

The Scott Project, directed by the Office of Contract Archaeology, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation, was initiated during 1988 in response to the planned construction of a civilian air cargo facility that is to operate jointly with the present Scott Air Force Base. The project area, located in southwestern Illinois in southeastern St. Clair county, encompasses nearly 4,000 acres. The projected expansion area encompasses a range of environmental and physiographic zones extending from the bottomlands of Silver Creek to the adjacent uplands. This area served as a background for a multitude of prehistoric groups for more than 11,000 years.

Report of Phase II archaeological investigations at ten previously recorded historic sites within the Arnold Air Force Base (AAFB) in Coffee and Franklin Counties, Tennessee (Versar Contract F41624-03-8620, Task Order 0027). Testing was conducted at Sites 40CF271, 40CF286, 40CF292, 40CF293, 40FR228, 40FR472, 40FR473, 40FR478, 40FR479, and 40FR480. Phase II archaeological investigations were conducted to identify the presence and extend of archaeological remains and to determine the integrity of features and buried cultural deposits. Based on the results of this Phase II investigation, none of the sites are eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and no further investigations are recommended.

SRP is a community-based, not-for-profit electric power and water utility company serving over 2 million central Arizona residents in the Phoenix metropolitan area and beyond. It maintains and operates (whole or in part) a series of reservoirs and dams, a canal system, and a network of power generation stations. One of its overhead 500-kilovolt (kV) lines connects from SRP’s coal-fired Coronado Generating Station near St. Johns in east-central Arizona to the 60-year-old Cholla Power Plant near Joseph City. The Cholla Power Plant, which began operation in 1962, is a 1.02-gigawatt coal power plant jointly owned by the Arizona Public Service Company (APS) and PacifiCorp. The Coronado–Cholla 500-kV line also interconnects to the APS Sugarloaf 69-kV distribution substation north of Snowflake, Arizona. The dynamic Little Colorado River is constantly changing and can threaten many man-made resources, including roadways, railroads, powerlines, and other infrastructure. At present, the Little Colorado River is precariously close to a series of overhead powerlines connected to the Cholla Power Plant, including the Coronado–Cholla 500-kV transmission line, where the river’s active river channel has been carving out the bank around one of the large lattice towers. To mitigate potential failure of the line that could result from the river’s impacts, SRP proposes to relocate one 500-kV lattice tower (T-238) and install a new 500-kV lattice tower (T-237A) to address the issues of a quickly receding riverbank. Because resource conservation is at the heart of its mission as a utility provider, with an ethical obligation to preserve heritage and cultural resources (SRP 2022a), SRP’s Cultural Resources Program contracted SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to conduct a pedestrian Class III survey to identify any cultural resources that may be impacted by the proposed project.

Salt River Project (SRP) intends to stabilize the west embankment along the South Canal between its intersections with McKellips Road and Gilbert Road, in Mesa (Figure 1). The stabilization project is a Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) mandated project and would involve vegetation removal and the placement of riprap materials along the canal embankment. The project area was previously surveyed for cultural resources (Aguila 1998; Jensen 1998), however the surveys are more than 20 years old and warrant reconsideration per Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Guidance Point 5 (SHPO 2004). As a result of field survey on April 1 and May 17, six abandoned segments of the historic Utah Extension Ditch (AZ U:9:180[ASM]), and an as-yet undocumented precontact archaeological site were identified within the canal right of way. Additionally, The South Canal, Lehi Historic District, Lehi Historic Lateral 3-2.0, and Martineux House were identified as adjacent to, but outside of the project area.

Mitchell Springs provided the central Montezuma Valley of southwestern Colorado a rare and reliable water source that has been used by ancients for millennia. People began to settle near the springs in the middle of the AD seventh century and by the twelfth century a sprawling watershed-wide community with large-scale architectural and agricultural works had formed. Using a combination of data from surveys and recent excavations, this article explores the ties between the rise of elite groups in the watershed and the use of innovative methods to enhance agricultural production. Food abundance appears to have been the primary engine that drove the formation of these groups whose presence was symbolized by a greathouse and other monumental creations. Excavations have revealed evidence that suggests one such group was tied to the same physical space at the center of the community for at least 400 years. Agricultural production at a scale that is demonstrably greater than what could be generated by a few households or extended households is suggested by repeated feasting at this location, room suites with unusually large storage capacities, and the presence of rooms and features that were created and used principally for the preparation and consecration of food for these events. The earliest architectural footprints of this group consisted of two physically linked but distinctly separate adobe block houses in the early ninth century. Over time, elements of these entities became associated with, or evolved into, a greathouse and tri-wall building that appear to have served similar functions as the earlier houses and features that underlie those buildings. They symbolized success, power, past ancestors, and revered space, and they were enshrined and deliberately protected over the course of centuries.

This report presents a summary of the results of the Blanket Purchase Authority (BPA) 10 project sponsored by the Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) of the Bureau of Land Management and funded under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement. The BPA 10 project included six cultural resource projects, including survey inventories, site evaluations, and excavations.

North Wind conducted a Class III cultural resources survey of 9.3 acres SRP distribution lines within an ASLD parcel leased to Nammo Talley Defense Systems in Maricopa County, Arizona. The survey was requested to address the replacement of 15 distribution line poles and to provide a cultural resource inventory for ongoing monitoring and maintenance of the lines by SRP. The survey resulted in re-locating one previously recorded site (AZ U:10:313[ASM]) within the survey area. Of the 9.3 acres identified by SRP for survey, approximately 1.5 was paved for roads or parking areas and no ground surface could be observed. Thus, the total surveyed area was 7.8 acres. The survey area transects a portion of site AZ U:10:313(ASM), a prehistoric artifact scatter and one pole identified for replacement is within the site boundary. The site was previously recorded by Northland Research, Inc. (NRI), who recommended the site as eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under Criterion D for its research potential (Marshall 2013). The portion of the site within the current survey area is 0.96 acre and the pole replacement will affect an area of 0.06 acre. Monitoring is recommended for the pole replacement and a treatment plan has been prepared for an Arizona State Museum (ASM) monitoring permit (Peters 2021).

The City of Phoenix (COP) Aviation Department has prepared a Comprehensive Asset Management Plan (CAMP) Short Range Development Plan for the Sky Harbor International Airport (Sky Harbor) in Phoenix, Arizona, to guide development at the airport over the next 20 years (herein referred to as the Sky Harbor CAMP Project). The plan proposes improvements to the airfield and the construction of two new Crossfield Taxiways, expansion of the passenger terminal, a grade change of the Union Pacific Railroad within the study area, development of a North Cargo Area, and redevelopment of the South Area. Implementation of the Sky Harbor CAMP Project requires the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Federal Railroad Administration. The FAA must approve the changes to the airport layout and the use of federal funds; the Federal Railroad Administration must approve the use of federal funds. Because federal decisions are needed, the project is subject to compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). The COP Aviation Department is currently preparing an environmental assessment to disclose the potential impacts of the plan for compliance with NEPA. SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) was tasked with identifying historic properties within the APE to assist the FAA and the COP to comply with NEPA and NHPA review responsibilities. Historic property identification for the Sky Harbor CAMP Project was conducted in several stages, including background research, archaeological reconnaissance, and an architectural survey of the built environment. Because the planning period for the Sky Harbor CAMP Project extends to 2030, properties constructed up to 1980 would reach historic age by that time. Therefore, evaluating properties constructed up to 1980 (i.e., pre-1981) considers the 10-year lifespan of the Sky Harbor CAMP Project as a whole.

North Wind conducted a Class III cultural resources survey of 10.15 acres for a Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) pole replacement, and for previously unsurveyed SRP distribution lines in the vicinity of Roosevelt Resort Park/Roosevelt Estates, Gila County, Arizona. The project is located within the Tonto National Forest (TNF) Tonto Basin Ranger District. SRP has identified one pole (Number 104404) that requires replacement. Since distribution lines associated with the poles and others in the vicinity have not been previously surveyed, the survey area was extended beyond the area of potential effect (APE) in anticipation of ground disturbing activities associated with future repairs and maintenance. No new sites were identified within the 50-foot diameter APE for replacement of SRP pole 104404 or within the 50-foot survey corridor for the distribution lines.

Formal notifications from the Joint Base Andrews 316 Mission Support Group (316 MSG) to the several Native American Tribal Leaders inviting them to enter into a Government-to-Government relationship to facilitate collaboration and consultation opportunities regarding the management of archaeological and cultural resources found on lands now owned by Joint Base Andrews. Includes Joint Base Andrews Tribal Consultation Request Forms and the 316 Mission Support Group Cultural Resources Fact Sheet.

ADOT is assisting COT with an MUP extension project in Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. The new MUP provides a connection between Kyrene Road and the Western Canal for pedestrians and cyclists. The MUP is an extension of the ‘Brake’ bicycle boulevard corridor as outlined in the City of Tempe Transportation Master Plan. The ‘Brake’ bicycle boulevard runs from Tempe’s eastern limits bordering Chandler, to its western limits bordering the town of Guadalupe. The purpose of this project was to address the missing link in the MUP along the ‘Brake’ route, creating over seven miles of MUP and providing a safer environment for cyclists and pedestrians.

Salt River Project (SRP) has requested that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) conduct the Verde Reservoirs Sediment Mitigation Study (VRSMS) to evaluate options for restoring the storage capacity lost and to reduce future capacity impacts from the natural sedimentation process within the Horseshoe Reservoir on the lower Verde River northeast of Phoenix. The loss of capacity, coupled with the increase in hydrological variability associated with climate change, creates concerns about the Verde Reservoirs system’s future ability to meet the needs of the beneficiaries of the Salt River Federal Reclamation Project and the City of Phoenix, both of which rely on water stored in Horseshoe Reservoir. The purpose of the VRSMS is to evaluate potential solutions to mitigating current and future sedimentation impacts to the Verde Reservoir system. Options include 1) removing sediment from Horseshoe Reservoir to its original storage capacity and 2) enlarging Bartlett Reservoir, located downstream from Horseshoe Dam, by constructing a new dam immediately downstream from and abutting the current Bartlett Dam.

The project is being done in anticipation of the construction and maintenance of two parallel transmission lines by SRP. As proposed, one is a double circuit 230 kV line with two circuits of 69kV lines underbuilt on the same pole and optical ground wire (OPGW) line running on top of the poles and the second is a double circuit 69kV line with an OPGW running across the top (Grew 2021). In total, the lines will span 8.364 acres of Arizona State Trust lands, near the City of Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. The entirety of the project area has been previously surveyed for cultural resources, with the most recent survey occurring in 2001; however, as these projects are now more than ten years old, ASLD is requesting that a new survey be conducted per Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) guidance. North Wind, on behalf of SRP, conducted a Class III cultural resources survey of 8.364 acres of ASLD-administered land in support of the proposed Huckleberry Mesa transmission line construction project in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. No cultural resources were identified within the project area; thus, North Wind recommends that the undertaking will result in no effect to historic properties. No additional archaeological investigations are recommended.

This report presents the results of an intensive archaeological survey of 1,257 acres in the vicinity of the Merchant site (LA 43414), a prehistoric pueblo settlement in Lea County of southeastern New Mexico. The survey parcels are on lands administered by the Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) of the Bureau of Land Management and the New Mexico State Land Office. The survey was funded under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement (PBPA) administered by the CFO. The Merchant site was first investigated by the Lea County Archaeological Society between 1959 and 1965 (Leslie 1965) and was the subject of a recent series of investigations under the PBPA program (Miller et al. 2016). The 1,257-acre survey parcel included areas north and south of the Merchant village area and extended around the small playa west of the site. Multiple surveys conducted between 1983 and 2017 had recorded 19 prehistoric sites and one historic site within this survey parcel. A Transect Recording Unit (TRU) survey of the parcel resulted in the redefinition of these sites and their boundaries. A continuous distribution of artifacts and features was identified around the entire margin of the playa and connecting with the Merchant site, leading to the definition of a large site consisting of multiple village and camp localities. Six smaller sites were identified around the periphery of the main site area.

SRP contracted SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to conduct a Class III cultural resources survey along a 15.1-mile-long stretch of the Goldfield-Silver King 230-kilovolt (kV) and Browning to Silver King 500-kV electrical transmission line right-of-way (ROW) in Pinal County, Arizona. The purpose of the survey was to identify cultural resources that are listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) so that SRP can take the necessary measures to avoid or minimize impacts to them during future operations and maintenance activities, and to assist the TNF in its management of cultural resources on the lands that it administers.

This document is a government generated Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Perform Water Distribution System Rehab at Rod & Gun Club Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the water distribution rehab at Rod & Gun Club project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings and determinations for individual resources as presented by the Vandenberg Air Force Base Cultural Resource Manager. The report specifically examines project impacts and/or avoidance strategies for one archaeological site; CA-SBA-579.

The cultural resources Class I Inventory consisted of a records review of the Roosevelt Lake flood control space. This study area falls within a larger area surrounding Roosevelt Lake that was the focus of Reclamation-sponsored cultural resources studies conducted from the mid-1970s through the 1990s as part of the Central Arizona Water Control Study Plan 6 environmental review and prescribed mitigation associated with increasing the height of the dam to its current height. Inventories conducted for Plan 6 resulted in the identification of 693 cultural properties, and the subsequent mitigative archaeological investigation of 139 prehistoric sites and 35 historic-era sites, and HAER documentation of the Roosevelt Dam and the Power Canal and Diversion Dam.

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Archaeological monitoring was conducted of excavations performed for the replacement of seven power poles and associated guy wire anchors located along McKellips, Longmore, and Alma School Roads on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Maricopa County, Arizona.

This document is a government generated Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Repair of the Overhead Distribution Line B1 Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the repair of the overhead distribution line B1 project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings and determinations for individual resources as presented by the Vandenberg Air Force Base Cultural Resource Manager. The report specifically examines project impacts and/or avoidance strategies for fourteen archaeological sites; CA-SBA-592, -703, -2495, -2883, -2884, -2885, -2886, -2890, -2891, -3211, -3224, -3225, -3227, -3575H.

At the request of SRP, North Wind Resource Consulting, LLC (North Wind) conducted a Class III cultural resources survey of 12.49 acres for two distribution lines and access routes on land managed by TNF the in the Mesa and Globe Ranger Districts in Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona. The surveys were requested to address areas where SRP lacks surveys of its facilities and access routes. As a result of routine line inspections, SRP has identified three poles (Numbers 11879, near Apache Junction, as well as 104620 and 104621, in Superior) that require replacement. TNF has determined that cultural resources survey is required prior to pole replacement (Inventory Standards and Accounting Form 2020-12-024, February 2020). Since the distribution lines associated with these poles has not been previously surveyed, the survey area was extended beyond the area of potential effects (APE) for each pole location. Ongoing monitoring and maintenance of these distribution lines requires inventory and assessment of cultural resources.

Archaeological monitoring was conducted of excavations performed for SRP’s installation of a new service line for the Sandra Rodriguez homesite at 1490 N. Dobson Road on the SRPMIC, Maricopa County, Arizona.

This document is a contractor generated Section 106 and 110 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the MTRS-2 Dock Station Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the MTRS-2 Dock Station project as a single Section 106 and 100 compliance report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings and determinations for individual resources as presented by the Vandenberg Air Force Base Cultural Resource Manager. The report specifically examines project impacts and/or avoidance strategies for one archaeological site; CA-SBA-793.

The City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department (PRD) manages the Arizona Horse Lovers Park facility located within the Reach 11 Recreation Area, owned by the Bureau of Reclamation, in Maricopa County, Arizona. Unauthorized blading associated with vegetation clearing at Horse Lovers Park resulted in surface disturbance within the boundaries of AZ U:5:357(ASM), a prehistoric artifact scatter with features that has been recommended eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under Criterion D. Consequently, the PRD requested a Class III survey and damage assessment of AZ U:5:357(ASM) to assess impacts to the cultural resources and reassess the site’s NRHP eligibility relative to previous determinations.

The COT, in conjunction with the ADOT and FHWA, is planning to construct a multi-use path (MUP) and implement streetscape improvements along 8th Street between Rural Road and McClintock Drive in Tempe. The APE consists of one mile of the existing 8th Street right-of-way measuring 73.0 ft to 90.5 ft wide. This includes the COT-owned property on the north side of 8th Street from Rural Road to Dorsey Lane (a former railroad ROW measuring 33 feet wide by 2,640 feet long), and a SRVWUA 1911 north-south oriented easement midway between Rural Road and Dorsey Lane. The 8th Street MUP APE was previously surveyed and found to include two archaeological sites (AZ U:9:165[ASM] and AZ U:9:298[ASM]) and two in-use historic structures (US Route 80/Bankhead Highway/Old 8th Street and Tempe-Hayden Canal System) (AMEC 2018). Additionally, three previously mapped alignments of prehistoric Canal System 1 are projected to intersect the APE. Preparation of a historic property treatment plan (HPTP; Ferland 2018) and implementation of Phase I data testing was recommended to assess the presence and preservation of the following cultural resources and any associated human remains within the APE.

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This contractor generated letter report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Water Distribution System Rehabilitation Project at the Rod and Gun Club. The purpose of the letter is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Water Distribution System Rehabilitation Project at the Rod and Gun Club as a single Section 106 report. To support Section 106 compliance requirements, the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, Installation Management Flight, Environmental Section, Environmental Assets (30 CES/CEIEA) at Vandenberg AFB retained Applied Earth Works, Inc. to conduct a background investigation of nearby archeological sites within a 100-meter buffer of the Project; conduct an archaeological surface and subsurface survey of the proposed replacement water main line, valve, and hydrant locations; and prepare a letter report documenting the effort and the results. The report specifically examines project impacts and/or avoidance strategies for one archaeological site; CA-SBA-579.

The City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department (PRD) manages the Arizona Horse Lovers Park facility located within the Reach 11 Recreation Area, owned by the Bureau of Reclamation, in Maricopa County, Arizona. Unauthorized blading associated with vegetation clearing at Horse Lovers Park resulted in surface disturbance within the boundaries of AZ U:5:357(ASM), a prehistoric artifact scatter with features that has been recommended eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under Criterion D. Consequently, the PRD requested a Class III survey and damage assessment of AZ U:5:357(ASM) to assess impacts to the cultural resources and reassess the site’s NRHP eligibility relative to previous determinations.

SRP uses FR 80 to access Horse Mesa Dam and associated facilities in eastern Maricopa County, Arizona. Also known as Horse Mesa Dam Road, FR 80 traverses rugged terrain between its point of origin at SR 88 and its terminus at the dam on the Salt River. The road requires periodic maintenance for its sustainable and safe use, and SRP intends to implement future road improvement projects in coordination with TNF. SRP contracted SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to conduct a Class III cultural resources survey along a 4.3-mile-long stretch of FR 80, between SR 88 and the point where the road enters lands withdrawn from the TNF for use by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (i.e., Reclamation-withdrawn lands). The purpose of the survey was to identify cultural resources that are listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) so that SRP can take the necessary measures to avoid or minimize impacts to them during future operations and maintenance activities on or along FR 80, and to assist the TNF in its management of cultural resources on the lands that it administers.

The City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department (PRD) manages the Arizona Horse Lovers Park facility located within the Reach 11 Recreation Area, owned by the Bureau of Reclamation, in Maricopa County, Arizona. Unauthorized blading associated with vegetation clearing at Horse Lovers Park resulted in surface disturbance within the boundaries of AZ U:5:357(ASM), a prehistoric artifact scatter with features that has been recommended eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under Criterion D. Consequently, the PRD requested a Class III survey and damage assessment of AZ U:5:357(ASM) to assess impacts to the cultural resources and reassess the site’s NRHP eligibility relative to previous determinations.

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This government generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Replace the 12 kV Switchgear at Switchyard M Project. The purpose of this document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Replace 12 kV Switchgear at Switchyard M project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings and determinations for individual resources as presented by the Vandenberg Air Force Base Cultural Resource Manager. The report specifically examines project impacts and/or avoidance strategies for two archaeological sites; CA-SBA-1940, -2427, and one built environment resource; Building 727.

Public outreach and education booklet describing the results of documentation and interpretation of 21 prehistoric and historic rock art sites in southeastern New Mexico

The Tonto National Forest (TNF) is currently conducting National Environmental Policy Act analysis of the proposed Resolution Copper Project (the project) located near Superior, Pinal County, Arizona. As part of this analysis, the TNF has identified several alternative areas proposed for potential development into tailings storage facilities (TSFs). WestLand Resources, Inc. (WestLand), was contracted by Resolution Copper to conduct a cultural resources inventory of TSF Alternative 5 – Peg Leg Well (the survey area) to identify historic properties that may be impacted by the project.

This document is a Section 106 letter from the California State Historic Preservation Office for the Replace 12kV Switchgear at Switchyard M Project. The letter reiterates the information provided in the transmittal letter from Vandenberg Air Force Base. It provides concurrence for 1) the delineation of the project area of potential effect, and 2) the project finding of no adverse effect to historic properties with conditions. The conditions that will be required during project execution will be the presence of an archaeological and Native American monitor during ground disturbing activity and the erection of temporary exclusionary fencing around archaeological site CA-SBA-2427.

Site form for 3PU1074. Site 3PU1074 consists of a surface scatter of historic artifacts on a hilltop, covering an area approximately 70 meters (230 feet) by 45 meters (148 feet). All artifacts were fragmentary and none contained makers marks or strongly diagnostic morphologies. No evidence of historic features was observed at the site. The area has been heavily impacted by construction grading and very little soil was apparent at the surface. This historic artifact scatter site is recommended not eligible for inclusion to the NRHP under any criteria.

Logan Simpson completed a Class III cultural resources survey for the Meridian Road Improvements Project located in the Town of Queen Creek along the boundary between Pinal and Maricopa Counties, Arizona. The Town of Queen Creek is planning to construct the half-street improvements (west side) along two noncontiguous segments of Meridian Road. The North Segment is a 1.0-mile road alignment between Queen Creek Road and Germann Road. As part of the North Segment construction, Queen Creek Road will be widened for 0.25 miles east and west of the intersection with Meridian Road. The South Segment is a 0.87-mile road alignment between Riggs/Combs Road and north of Queen Creek Wash. In the South Segment, the Queen Creek Wash crossing (15-barrel cast in place box culverts) and a 30-foot temporary asphalt road from Riggs/Combs Road to north of Queen Creek Wash will be installed as a traffic reliever prior to the construction of the ½ street improvements. Approximately 2,000 feet of a 12-inch Town-owned water line will also be installed with the traffic reliever activities. Features associated with the ultimate improvements for both segments include new pavement, pavement marking and signage, traffic signals, street lighting, utility relocations, drainage channels/basins, and landscaping. The intended right of way (ROW) for the improvements along Meridian Road and Queen Creek Road is 140 feet wide (42.6 meters) and includes a series of eight retention basins on the ROW periphery within the southern portion of the project area, making the total area of the current road improvements project 42.5 acres (17 hectares) in total.