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<br />ReClamation initiated the DBJores Archeological Program ,+J:! June 1978 to <br />mitigate adverse effectsG~~f the Dolores Project on$#ese cultural <br />, resources. This work is d;cumented by the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) <br />signed July 24, 1978, by the Colorado State Historic Preservation Otf~cer <br />(SHPO), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and Keclamation in <br />compliance with Section 106 of Public Law 89-665and 30 CFR 8uO. <br /> <br />The proposed road- improvements are outside of the Anasazi Archeo- <br />logical District and are supplemental to the original UOlores Project <br />Plan. Reclamation, therefore, did not initiate a survey, evaluation, and <br />clearence of the areas until the Summer of 19ijl. At that time, Keclama- <br />tion directed its mitigation contractor, the University of Colorado, to <br />conduct a Class III survey of the proposed road improvement sections. The <br />preliminary survey report of CU by Goulding (1982) describes 17 sites and <br />2 isolated finds were found on or near Ormiston Point Road, 10 sites and <br />isolated finds along Glade Road, 1 site along Williams Draw Road, and 24 <br />sites along Lone Dome Road.' Of these, Reclamation, determined that 11 <br />sites at Ormiston Point would be directly impacted, as would 9 sites along <br />the Lone Dome Road. None of the Glade Road or Williams Draw sites would <br />be directly affected. Tables 1-4 show all sites recorded by CU and indi- <br />cate those that would be directly impacted by road improvements. Reclama- <br />tion plans to have CU conduct an additional Class III survey for the pro- <br />posed improvement section of the Dolores-Norwood during 1982. <br /> <br />In accordance with the previously mentioned MOA, 36 CFR 800, and <br />Executive Order 11593, Reclamation consulted with the Colorado SHPO to de- <br />termine site significance and National Register eligibility for the sites <br />listed on Tables 1-4. A plan for avoiding significant sites and a plan <br />for data recovery where avoidance is not possible are also being <br />developed. Similar consultation will be conducted for the Dolores-Norwood <br />Road segment once survey data are available. <br /> <br />Based on the above data, the Colorado SHPO and Forest Service <br />agreed (letters dated March 1 and April 16, 1982) there would be "No <br />Effect" to the Glade.Road sites, since improvements would be made within <br />the previously disturbed road and ditch limits. A "No Adverse Effect by <br />Reason of Recovery" finding has been proposed by Reclamat~on and accepted <br />by the SHPO and the Forest Sevice for the Ormiston Point and Lone Dome <br />Road improvements, and a "No Effect" determination for Williams Uraw Road <br />(letters dated July 1 and July 28,1982) has been accepted by the SHPO and <br />the Forest Service. <br /> <br />G. Mineral Resources <br /> <br />Approximately 172,000 cubic yards of gravel would be excavated <br />from the gravel pits (Ormiston Point, Dolores-Norwood, McPhee Reservoir). <br />Surface disturbance at the three sites would involve about 12 acres at <br />Ormiston Point, 9 acres at Dolores-Norwood, and 18 acres at the McPhee <br />Reservoir Gravel pit. The Ormiston Point gravel pit will De revegetated <br />upon completion of the work. <br /> <br />7 <br />