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1993, 1997 and 1998. A inventory for a staging area was conducted for the Hayden Gore <br />Transmission Line just north of seismic line 9903 near Routt County Road 27 in 1986 by Grand <br />River Institute and several access roads were inventoried in Twentymile Park by Foothills <br />Engineering in 1994. <br />Site density in the project area is generally low with most sites located along drainages <br />and in areas where the ground has been disturbed. There are no previously recorded sites at any <br />of the proposed core hole locations or along any of their associated access roads. Previously <br />recorded sites SRT155 and SRT158 are the only sites within aquarter-mile ofa proposed core <br />hole or access road. Both sites are located more than 500 feet away from the proposed access <br />road to PDS-9904. Two previously recorded sites are located along the proposed seismic lines <br />and several are in close proximity. Historic site SRT113 is located at the east end of seismic line <br />9901. It was recorded in 1978 and recommended to be not eligible to the National Register of <br />Historic Places (NRHP). Prehistoric site SRT160 lies along seismic line 9902. The site was <br />recorded in 1979 during inventory the large block inventory conducted by Grand River Institute <br />and recommended to be eligible to the NRHP. Other sites in the vicinity of the proposed seismic <br />lines include historic site SRT405 and prehistoric sites SRT512, SRT161 and SRT159. Site <br />SRT405 was recorded in 1987 by Goodson and Associates. Site SRT512 was recorded during <br />inventory of access roads by Foothills Engineering in 1994. Sites SRT159 and SRT161 were <br />recorded during the large block inventory conducted by Grand River Institute in 1979. Sites <br />SRT405 and SRT159 have been recommended to be not eligible to the NRHP. Site SRT161 has <br />been recommended to be eligible to the National Register while site SRT512 is unevaluated with <br />respect to the NRHP. None of these sites lie within the current project area. Several isolated <br />finds were recorded near the current project area but none lie within it. <br />STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES <br />Following the mandated policies implementing the National Historic Preservation Act <br />(NHPA [Public Law 89-665]), as amended, this project was inventoried to locate any cultural <br />resources within the area of potential of effect (APE). Any discovered cultural resources were to <br />be evaluated for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (Register). To be eligible <br />for the Register, the resources must retain essential aspects of integrity and meet one or more of <br />the Criteria for Eligibility (36CFR§60.4). For azchaeological resources, eligibility is typically <br />recommended under Criterion d, on the basis of the information potential of surface artifacts and <br />features, and intact subsurface cultural deposits. Historical resources may be evaluated under any <br />of the four Criteria on the basis of information potential or significant historic associations. For <br />the purposes of this project, all eligible and potentially eligible cultural resources were avoided. <br />Based on previous inventories in the area and the location of the project, few cultural <br />resources were expected. Small lithic scatters and open camps were anticipated along drainages <br />and on topographic prominences. Most prehistoric sites are expected to be found in disturbed <br />areas where the ground surface visibility is greater. Isolated finds were considered more likely in <br />