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The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) Richardson Training Area (RTA) proposed to expand military training exercises beyond the current boundaries of the Geronimo Drop Zone (DZ), in Training Areas 427 and 431. The proposed project qualified as an undertaking under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA; 16 United States Code [USC] Section 470, as amended 1992) as the project included federal lands and federal funds; therefore, an identification-phase cultural resources survey of the project area was planned and completed in 2014. Archaeologist and Principal Investigator Phyllys Callina, M.A., R.P.A., conducted an identification-phase cultural resources survey of the APE to locate and identify any cultural resources that may be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, in accordance with the Secretary of Interior’s Standards and Guidelines (48 Federal Regulation [FR] 44716, as amended and notated), NHPA criteria for site identification (16 USC Section 470, as amended), State of Alaska Office of History and Archaeology (OHA 2003), and Protection of Historic Places regulations (36 Code of Federal Regulation [CFR] 800). This report includes that survey.

The U.S. Air Force proposed to construct an equipment storage building on a 1-acre parcel located northwest of the intersection of Pole Line and Artillery Roads at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Because the proposed project included federal funds and lands, it qualified as an undertaking under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), U.S. Code (USC) Title 54, Section 306108 (54 USC 306108); therefore, an identification-phase cultural resources survey of the project area was planned and completed in 2015 to comply with Section 106 regulations. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, on behalf of the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron, Conservation Section, contracted Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs) to perform a cultural resources survey of the property, designated as the Area of Potential Effect (APE) in this report.

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) proposed a land-swap, as part of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, Section 2851, Land Conveyance program a 220-acre parcel of land, for the property designated as Richardson Training Area (RTA) 419, located on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER). The proposed project qualified as an undertaking under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA; 16 United States Code [USC] Section 470, as amended 1992) as the project included federal lands and federal funds; therefore, an identification-phase cultural resources survey of the project area was planned and completed in 2014. This document details that survey.