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,:..; <br />~;„ <br />t:: <br />-,..:. <br />economic activities in the region have been agriculture (especially fruit orchards), ranching, and coal <br />mining. <br />,;:i, <br />:::~ STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES <br />Following state and federal policies and regulations implementing Section 106 of the National <br />li;;; Historic Preservation Act (Public Law 89-665) as amended, this project area was inventoried to <br />4:: identify any cultural resources within the APE of the proposed project. Any discovered cultural <br />resources were to be evaluated for eligibility to the Register under the Criteria for Eligibility (36 CFR <br />~'` §60.4 a-d). Register eligibility is evaluated in terms of the integrity of the resource, and: (a) its <br />~'`. association with significant events, or patterns in history or prehistory; (b) its association with the <br />specific contributions of individuals significant in our past; (c) its engineering, artistic, or <br />h.,. architectural values; or (d) its information potential for important research questions in history or <br />prehistory. <br />t ` Prehistoric resources are most often evaluated under Criterion d, for their potential to yield <br />I' <br />information important in prehistory. Significant information potential in a prehistoric site requires <br />that the site contain intact cultural deposits or discrete activity areas that can he securely associated <br />with a temporal period or discrete cultural group. The potential for intact deposits or <br />cultural/temporal associations may be inferred from surface evidence of cultural features or <br />undisturbed Holocene deposits, and the presence of temporally or culturally diagnostic artifacts. <br />Historic resources may be evaluated under any of the Criteria. However, in the absence of struchiraf <br />~::: <br />features or documented association with significant historic events or the important contributions of <br />`` persons significant in history, historical resources more than 50 years old are evaluated under <br />f ": essentially the same criteria as prehistoric resources. <br />c _. <br />.. Based on information available from file searches and previous research experience in the area, <br />"' Gre stone antici ated that rehistoric and historic cultural resources would be scarce. The surve <br />Ir;~ Y P P Y <br />areas were located in rugged terrain and at a considerable distance from reliable sources of water. <br />~, <br />METHODS <br />~' <br />~~ The Class III cultural resource inventory of the prbposed gob vent/de-gas borehole sites was <br />conducted by pedestrian survey, however, the thick oak and brushy undergrowth impeded the ability <br />j;' to effectively use systematic transects. Typically all level to moderately sloping terrain within a 300 <br />I'= to 400 foot radius of the proposed location was inspected. Pazallel pedestrian transects at I ~ to 20 <br />meter intervals were used in open meadow areas, and sinuous transects to achieve a comparable <br />,`"' level of coverage were used in wooded and brushy areas. On steep, heavily wooded slopes, coverage <br />~:.. <br />' was less systematic. Special attention was given to aeeas of enhanced subsurface visibility such as <br />erosion cuts, road ditches, anthills, and the backdirt of animal burrows. Surface visibility and <br />weather were adequate for the discovery, documentation, and evaluation of cultural resources, but <br />` visibility ranged from f00°io in open meadows to less than 20% in areas ofdense brush. Figures 2 <br />through 8 at the end of the report are typical photographs of the survey areas. <br />i <br />i,: <br />Wtsttlk De-gas Vend (210-73)July.d°c q <br />i,. . <br />L <br />