Properties Exempt from Evaluation. Attachment 4 to this Agreement lists the properties that the signatories agree shall be exempt from evaluation provided the Caltrans PQS in the appropriate discipline determines all terms and conditions in Attachment 4 are satisfactorily met. All other identified properties shall be evaluated in accordance with Stipulation VIII.C.2.
Properties Exempt from Evaluation. Section 106 regulations require a "reasonable and good faith effort" to identify historic properties (36 CFR § 800.4[b][1]). The procedures in this attachment enable Caltrans PQS to concentrate their efforts on properties that have the potential to be historic properties by identifying categories of properties that have no potential to be a historic property. Properties should be evaluated only if Caltrans PQS or appropriately qualified consultants reasonably determine that the property has potential for historic significance. Evidence of such potential consists of associations with significant historic events or individuals (Criterion A or B); engineering, artistic, design, or aesthetic values (Criterion C); information value (Criterion D); the presence of tribal or community concerns; or inclusion as a potential contributing element within a larger property requiring evaluation, such as a historic district. This attachment defines categories of properties that do not warrant evaluation pursuant to Stipulation VIII. C.1 of this Agreement. Exempted properties may be documented, if documentation is warranted, at a level commensurate with the nature of the property [e.g., Primary Record form, Location Map, Memo, or Caltrans Cultural Resources Database (CCRD)]. ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES (PREHISTORIC AND HISTORICAL) Only Caltrans PQS or consultants who meet the Caltrans Archaeological Qualification Standards (Attachment 1) for Co-Principal Investigator and above are authorized to determine that the archaeological property types or features listed below may be exempted from evaluation. Professional judgment should be used as to the level of identification and recordation. This exemption process does not include archaeological sites or other cultural remains or features that may qualify as contributing elements of districts. • Isolated prehistoric finds consisting of fewer than three items per 100 square meters • Isolated historic finds consisting of fewer than three artifacts per 100 square meters (e.g., several fragments from a single glass bottle are one artifact) • Refuse scatters less than 50 years old (scatters containing no material that can be dated with certainty as older than 50 years old) • Features less than 50 years old (those known to be less than 50 years old through map research, inscribed dates, etc.) • Isolated refuse dumps and scatters over 50 years old that lack specific associations • Isolated mining prospect pits • Placer mining features wi...
