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<br />resource survey. Additionally, the quality of the surveys that have been conducted is variable <br />from the standpoint of present-day standards. <br /> <br />Each project alternative is assessed and assigned a subjective rank between I and 10. Variables <br />examincd include quantity of land impacted by an alternative, quantity of the impact area which <br />14i'r'lhas been inventoried for cultural resources, age and completeness of inventories which have <br />. . occurred within each alternative=s area(s), typcs and assessments of sites recorded in each area, <br />adequacy of site recording based on current OAHP recording standards, and the number of <br />National Register sites within impact areas. A high rank represents a high likelihood few or no <br />significant cultural resources will be affected by the proposed alternative. Alternatives with a <br />high rank are likely to have little to no impact on cultural resources either because the alternative <br />will not affect any new areas or because there are few significant sites in the a1ternative=s impact <br />area. A high percentage of impacted areas will have been inventoried using modem techniques <br />in high ranking areas, minimizing the likelihood of unknown significant cultural resources. A <br />low ranking alternative may have had limited or no cultural resource work within areas to be <br />impacted or a large area of impact, a high number of sites, a high number of minimally recorded <br />sites, or a high number of significant sites. <br /> <br />A program of work to complete cultural resources work within each alternative is suggested. The <br />paragraphs below specify the general process involved in cultural resources investigations, which <br />will be required in varying degrees on the selected Water Storage Alternatives to comply with <br />the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended) and other statutes, which will <br />require that all sections of the selected a1ternative(s) not previously subjected to intensive <br />cultural resource survey be inventoried for cultural resources. For areas to be exempt from this <br />requirement, previous inventories need to have been approved by the SHPO. Arcas to be <br />surveyed should include all areas to be effected by the alternative, including areas of direct and <br />indirect effect. <br /> <br />Intensive inventory is not necessary in previously surveyed areas. The Pueblo Reservoir area may <br />be an exception to this general rule, because historic sites were not noted and because the precise <br />areas actually inventoried for prehistoric resources is unknown. In all selected areas, all <br />previously recorded cultural resources that are (1) on or determined eligible for the National <br />Register of Historic Places, (2) assessed as eligible (e.g., by a cultural resources contractor), (3) <br />potentially eligible, or (4) unevaluated, must be resurveyed in order to assess the impacts of the <br />proposed undenaking and to assess (or reassess) National Register eligibility. <br /> <br />All cultural resources within disturbance areas, whether recorded previously or during field <br />investigations for the current project, must ultimately be assessed for National Register <br />eligibility. Significance assessment may include surface inspection, limited subsurface test <br />excavation, literature or land records research, consultation with Indian tribes, or some <br />combination of the above. <br /> <br />Finally, a repon of findings of the Class ill (100%) inventory and site evaluation or reevaluation <br />must be prepared. This report should detail the physical setting of the project, fully describe all <br />cultural resources (both newly recorded and rechecked), evaluate each recorded site according <br /> <br />((Il) <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />Cultural Issues <br /> <br />- <br />