Cultural Resource. A cultural resource is an object or definite location of human activity, occupation, use, or significance identifiable through field inventory, historical documentation, or oral evidence. Cultural resources are prehistoric, historic, archaeological, or architectural sites, structures, buildings, places, or objects and locations of traditional cultural or religious importance to specified social and/or culture groups. Cultural resources include the entire spectrum of objects and places, from artifacts to cultural landscapes, without regard to eligibility for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR).
Cultural Resource. A definite location of human activity, occupation, or use identifiable through field inventory (survey), historical documentation, or oral evidence. The term includes archaeological, historic, or architectural sites, structures, or places with important public and scientific uses, and may include definite locations (sites or places) of traditional cultural or religious importance to specified social and/or cultural groups (Cf. “traditional cultural property”; see “definite location”). Cultural resources are concrete, material places and things that are located, classified, ranked, and managed through the system of identifying, protecting, and utilizing for public benefit described in the BLM Manual. They may be but are not necessarily eligible for the NRHP. (See “historic property.”)
Cultural Resource. Any tangible or observable evidence of past human activity, regardless of significance, found in direct association with a geographic location, including tangible properties possessing intangible traditional cultural values. Cultural Resource Management Plan (CRMP): CRMPs are developed to help meet the requirements under Section 106 of the NHPA. These plans provide detailed procedures and requirements to be implemented to resolve adverse effects to historic properties.
Cultural Resource. Identification in the APE 13 3.1.1 Archaeological and Historic Resources 13 3.1.2 Ethnographic Resources 19 3.2 Determinations of Eligibility 21 3.2.1 Evaluation Criteria 21 3.2.2 Integrity Aspects 22 3.2.3 Making Recommendations of Eligibility 23 3.3 Effects Assessments 24 3.4 Artifact Curation Standards and Protocols 24 4. Avoidance, Minimization, and Mitigation Procedures 25 4.1 Avoidance and Minimization Measures 25
Cultural Resource. Identification in the APE The implementing regulations for Section 106 require federal agencies to identify historic properties within the APE that may be affected by their undertakings through a “reasonable and good faith effort.” The federal agency must consider certain factors “in making the effort both reasonable in terms of intensity and scale, and carried out in good faith through its development and execution” (ACHP 2011), these factors include: • Considering past planning, research, and studies; • Considering the magnitude and nature of the undertaking and the degree of federal involvement; • Considering the nature and extent of potential effects on historic properties; and • Considering the likely nature and location of historic properties within the APE. The reasonable and good faith inventory effort for the Project will consider three broad resource categories: historic, ethnographic (including traditional cultural properties [TCPs]), and archaeological resources. Inventory methods for these resource types vary but will be consistent with the Secretary of the Interior (SOI) Standards for Identification (NPS 1983).
Cultural Resource. 1012 Evaluation. Report prepared under contract to URS Corporation Anchorage, Alaska for 1013 the U.S. Forest Service, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Cultural Resource. Any location of human activity, occupation, or use identifiable through field inventory, historical documentation, or oral evidence. The term includes archaeological, historic, or architectural sites, landscapes, buildings, structures, objects, and places that possess historic and/or cultural significance as well as places with important public and scientific uses, and may include definite locations (sites or places) of traditional cultural or religious importance to specified social and/or cultural groups. Cultural resources may be but are not necessarily eligible for the NRHP; these properties have not been evaluated for NRHP eligibility. Cultural Resource Consultant/Contractor (CRC) – A qualified and permitted professional consultant in cultural resources (archaeologist, historian, ethnographer, historic architect, architectural historian, or anthropologist) who is responsible for implementing cultural resource inventories and who prepares cultural resource documents, reports, analysis, records, and professional literature. CRCs must meet the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards and hold appropriate permits from land managing agencies. Cultural Resource Inventory (from H-8100-1) – Class I – Existing data inventory: Large-scale review of known cultural resource data Class II – Sampling field inventory: Sample oriented field inventory Class III – Intensive field survey: A complete surface inventory of a specific area involving a systematic field examination of an area to gather information regarding the number, location, condition, distribution, and significance of cultural resources present, typically requiring a systematic pedestrian review of an area with transect intervals that shall not exceed 50 feet (15 meters). Decommissioning – The action in which the transmission line(s) and/or related facilities such as substations are taken out of commission (cease to operate) and are physically dismantled Discovery – A previously unknown cultural resource identified in the APE during construction, subsequent to the Class III Inventory. Effects are alterations to the characteristics of a historic property qualifying it for inclusion in or eligibility for the NRHP – Direct effects are caused by the Undertaking and occur at the same time and place. Indirect effects are also caused by the Undertaking and are effects that may be visual, atmospheric, or audible that could diminish the integrity of the properties. Cumulative effects are t...
Cultural Resource. Districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant in history, architecture, archaeology, engineering and culture (36 CFR 60.1), including artifacts, records, remains, and properties of traditional religious and cultural importance to an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization (36 CFR § 800.16(l)(l)). Emergency maintenance activities – defined as hazardous materials spills or situations of unplanned or unscheduled power outages or imminent outages that potentially threaten human life and property. Historic property – any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in or eligible for inclusion in, the NRHP maintained by the Secretary of the Interior (36 CFR § Invited signatory: is a party that has a responsibility under the terms of the PA and has been invited to sign giving them the authority to amend or terminate the PA. The refusal of any party invited to sign the PA, other than the Signatories, does not invalidate the PA. Isolate (Isolated Occurrence or Isolated Find) – is a cultural manifestation that does not meet the definition of a site as defined by the respective land managing agency, SHPO or tribe. Literature review – a literature or records search of existing archaeological/historic site records. Maintenance activities – Routine activities conducted to maintain WAPA’s transmission power system, as listed in Appendix C. Minor Construction – refers to maintenance activities limited in scope and typically involving additions to existing facilities. For example, the installation of a water or electrical conduit at substation facility, the addition of security equipment, or the addition of an “inset” structure/pole, in which WAPA adds a new pole between two existing poles, Non-exempt maintenance activity – An activity that requires dirt (ground) movement, and includes digging/excavation, pole replacement, access road blading, ground leveling (excludes ground disturbance within the fenced area of an existing substation above ground matt or fill), vegetation/danger tree removal within ROW/easement using masticators or other heavy equipment, and maintaining and repairing historic buildings or structures greater than 50 years old (with the exception of using in-kind materials). Pedestrian survey –a professionally conducted, intensive survey of the land to identify cultural resources and historic properties. Signatory – is a party that has a responsibility under the terms of the PA and has the sole au...
Cultural Resource. Locations of human activity, occupation, or usage that contain 22 materials, structures, or landscapes that were used, built, or modified by people.
Cultural Resource any tangible or observable evidence of past human activity under Caltrans’ jurisdiction, regardless of historical significance, found in direct association with a geographic location, including tangible properties possessing intangible traditional cultural values.
