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~ 4SS6 . Response: Since publication of the Draft Environmental Statement, the Colorado State Historical Society has nominated both Twin Lakes Village and the 1nterlaken Hotel complex at Twin Lakes as historical districts. The environmental statement has been revised to reflect this change in the status of historical points of interest in the Project area. A plan for preservation of these historical districts is being developed in cooperation with State Historic Preservation Officer and the Forest Service. The plan will be developed in accordance with procedures for the protection of historic and cultural proper- ties as set out in 36 CFR 800 by the Bureau of Reclamation and the State Historic Preservation Officer and forwarded to the Advisory Council for Historical Preservation for their review and comment. The Project ~ill continue to consult with the Advisory Council for Historic Preservation and the Colorado State Historic Preservation Officer on the nonrenewable historical resources that may be affected by Project construction. 3. Comment - Where federally-owned or controlled lands would be affected by the proposed action, the environmental statement should reflect the consideration given objects of historical, architectural and archeological signifiance under Section 2(b) of the Executive ,Order 11593 of May IS, 1971, Protection and Enhancement of the Cultural Environment. Response: An inventory of historical objects on all lands acquired or scheduled for acquisition by the Project has been completed with the assistance of the Colorado State Historical Society. Archeo- logical surveys have been or will be completed in the area of all Project features before construction, to locate and evaluate arch- eOiogical resources. . Fryingpan-Arkansas Project construction with the exception of site 5CF7 at the site of the future Otero Po~erplant, will not destroy any important stratified archeological sites. Site SCF7 has been nominated to the National Register. The land on which site SCF7 is located is not federally-owned or controlled at the present time. 4. Comment - The statement documents adequate assessment of impact to archeological and historical remains in the Twin Lakes, Turquoise Lake, Pueblo and Ruedi Reservoirs, North Side Collection System, Mt. Elbert Forebay, Mt. Elbert and Otero Canals, Halfmoon Diversion Dam and Otero Powerplant areas of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. However, the statement incorrectly asserts (p. 111-7) that areas within the South Side Collection System were also surveyed for archeological remains in 1972 by Dr. William Buckles of Southern Colorado State College; the contract for this work, administered by the Midwest Archeological Center, stipulated only survey of the X1-252 .