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• 6.0 PROJECT IMPACTS AND MANAGEh1ENT RECOt4MENDATIONS This section identifies the nature and severity of impacts by project activities upon those sites judged to be significant and eligi- ble for nomination to the NRHP (See Section 5.0). Recommendations are also made to mitigate adverse and unavoidable impacts. Each project locality is described individually. 6.1 Proposed Coal Mine Area Two sites, recommended as being significant and NRHP eligible (the Uehlein and James Homesteads), are located in this area and may be impacted by mining activities. The preferred treatment for both sites is complete avoidance. This strategy should be possible since both sites are located on the periphery of the coal mine area. Should avoidance prove to be an unfeasible option for one or both of the properties, the site should be treated following a mitigation plan approved by the applicable federal agency and developed in consulta- tion with the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO). Such mitiga- tion might include extensive photographic documentation, archival research, informant interviews and limited archaeological test excava- tions. 6.2 Proposed Rail Spur #1 • The impacts to those cultural resources located within the pro- posed corridor of Rail Spur #1 would probably be extensive during con- struction of the rail line. Eight sites--of which five are recommended here to be significant and NRHP eligible--are located near or within the proposed corridor. Site 5hiF623 lies on a sandstone ledge and hilltop above the corridor and is not likely to be impacted by construction activities. The other four significant sites lie within the corridor and therefcre may be affected adversely by construction. The preferred treatment is avoidance. However, if avoidance is unfeasible, the sites should be treated following a mitigation plan approved by the applicable federal agency and developed in consultation with the SHPO. Such mitiga- tion should initially involve limited test excavations. If testing discovers buried cultural deposits, more extensive excavations should be conducted to gather chronometric and subsistence information. 6.3 Proposed Rail Spur #2 Fourteen sites have previously been recorded within this corri- dor. Three sites (5h1F426, 5MF465, and 5MF745) ~,~ere considered by the original recorders to be significant and potentially NRHP eligible. Should construction be planned along this route, reevaluation of these known sites and their relationship to the proposed centerline, and a search for additional cultural resources, are required. If sites are identified and evaluated as being NRHP eligible, they should be avoided • or treated following an approved mitigation plan. 37