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<br />nn1 f:'1 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />maintenance of the new DWCD water distribution system, and from the change from dryland <br />farming agriculture to irrigation. <br /> <br />Since there is as yet no final design for the Carriage Contract facilities, Reclamation proposes <br />that the following ground disturbing activities have the potential to affect cultural resources: <br /> <br />a. construction of the DWCD water distribution system, <br />b. construction, if needed, of any drainage system by the DWCD to carry excess water away <br />from the fields, <br />c. test hole drilling by the DWCD for design data collection, <br />d. construction of power lines by the OWeD to pumping plants or other DWCD facilities, <br />e. construction and use of access roads for the OWeD construction or operations, <br />,f. use of staging areas/temporary use areas by the DWCD, <br />g. use of borrow areas and materials source areas by the DWCD for construction, <br />, h. other as yet unidentified kinds of ground disturbance by the DWCD associated with the <br />development of Carriage Contract features, and <br />i. new irrigation-related activities on private fields to be irrigated (that increase the depth of the <br />present plow zone, disturb uncultivated lands, or involve new land leveling), to the extent that <br />these activities have the potential to affect cultural resources. <br />(Areas a-h are referred to as areas of the DWCD construction) <br /> <br />Because the OWeD water line/drain locations, the lands to be farmed/land leveled, and other <br />potential disturbances have not been identified exactly, Reclamation cannot identify the exact <br />undertaking area of potential effect at this time. However, Reclamation conferred with the <br />eolorado State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the Advisory Council on Historic <br />'Preservation (ACHP) on February 12,2001, on how best to meet its lead Federal agency <br />responsibilities for cultural resources compliance. At that conference, the parties agreed that <br />Reclamation can meet its obligations by adhering to the terms of the 1978 Memorandum of <br />Agreement (MOA) for cultural resources compliance on the Dolores Project. Use of the MOA ' <br />insures consistency in data gathering and processing, as well as the evaluation of cultural <br />resources. It also will allow the Carriage Contract to proceed in an expeditious manner. The <br />agreement on the use of the MOA is conditional. <br /> <br />The conditions agreed upon by Reclamation, the SHPO, and the AeHP at the meeting are as <br />follows: <br /> <br />l. Areas of proposed construction by the DWCD for laterals, pump stations, DWCD access <br />roads, power lines, and other DWCD features will be inventoried for cultural resources. Any <br />sites identified will be evaluated for significance and potential effects. Where there will be <br />effects, treatment measures will be developed and implemented. Because of flexibility in <br />pipeline design, avoidance may be possible for many sites. Attachment B contains background <br />information on cultural resources and information on how the significance of sites is determined. <br /> <br />16 <br />