Fiscal Year 2010 Annual Report
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FISCAL YEAR 2010 ANNUAL REPORT UNDER THE SYSTEMWIDE PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES AFFECTED BY THE MULTIPURPOSE OPERATIONS OF FOURTEEN PROJECTS OF THE FEDERAL COLUMBIA RIVER POWER SYSTEM FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 106 OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT March 31, 2011 Bonneville Power Administration Bureau of Reclamation U.S. Army Corps of Engineers TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES.............................................................................................. iii LIST OF FIGURES............................................................................................ iii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS............................................................................... iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................... vi PURPOSE AND INTRODUCTION.....................................................................1 FCRPS CULTURAL RESOURCE PROGRAM COMPLIANCE WITH THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT ..................................................1 Section 106 NHPA Compliance – Archeological and Historic Sites, and Standing Historic Structures...............................................................................2 Determine the Project-Specific Portion of the Area of Potential Effects.........2 Identify Historic Properties (Inventory)...........................................................4 Evaluate Historic Significance (Evaluation) ...................................................6 Assessment of Effects .................................................................................10 Resolution of Adverse Effects......................................................................10 Curation .......................................................................................................14 Section 106 Compliance - Traditional Cultural Properties and Historic Properties of Religious and Cultural Significance to Indian Tribes ...................18 FCRPS CULTURAL RESOURCE PROGRAM ACTIONS CONTRIBUTING TO COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS...............................................................19 OTHER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES..............................................................22 FCRPS Systemwide PA Compliance ...............................................................22 FY2010 Contract Deliverables and Final Reports........................................22 Reviews Performed Under Attachment 6 of the Systemwide PA.................22 Historic Property Management Plan/Project-Specific PA Review and Revision.......................................................................................................22 Identification of Standards and Processes for Section 106 Compliance for Historic Properties of Religious and Cultural Significance to Indian Tribes..29 Systemwide Research Design.....................................................................30 FCRPS Cultural Resource Program Systemwide Conference.....................30 New PA Signatories.....................................................................................31 Other Program Management Activities.............................................................31 Long Term Program Planning......................................................................31 Other Meetings and Coordination ................................................................31 FY 2010 PROGRAM EXPENDITURES AND OBLIGATED FUNDS ................31 SUMMARY OF FY2010 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FY2011 PLANS AND INITIATIVES.....................................................................................................33 Section 106 NHPA Compliance – Archeological and Historic Sites, and Standing Historic Structures.............................................................................33 Section 106 NHPA Compliance - Traditional Cultural Properties and Historic Properties of Religious and Cultural Significance to Indian Tribes ...................34 Systemwide PA Compliance and Other Management Activities ......................34 Program Obligations and Expenditures............................................................35 FY2011 Direction and Initiatives.......................................................................35 REFERENCES CITED.....................................................................................36 i APPENDICES ..................................................................................................38 APPENDIX A: List of Contributors...................................................................39 APPENDIX B: List of Definitions......................................................................40 APPENDIX C: FCRPS Program Cooperating Groups and Participants..........43 APPENDIX D: List of Historic Property Management Plans............................45 APPENDIX E: Reports and Products Pertaining to Historic Properties of Religious and Cultural Significance to Indian Tribes and Traditional Cultural Properties............................................................................................................ APPENDIX F: List of FY2010 Final Deliverables.............................................69 APPENDIX G: Bonneville Lock and Dam Project............................................74 APPENDIX H: The Dalles Lock and Dam and the Lake Celilo Project............79 APPENDIX I: John Day Lock and Dam and Lake Umatilla Project .................84 APPENDIX J: McNary Lock and Dam and Lake Wallula Project.....................89 APPENDIX K: Ice Harbor Lock and Dam and Lake Sacajawea Project..........92 APPENDIX L: Lower Monumental Lock and Dam and Lake West Project......94 APPENDIX M: Little Goose Lock and Dam and Lake Bryant Project ..............96 APPENDIX N: Lower Granite Lock & Dam & Lower Granite Lake Project ......99 APPENDIX O: Dworshak Dam and Reservoir Project...................................102 APPENDIX P: Chief Joseph Dam and Rufus Woods Lake Project ...............105 APPENDIX Q: Albeni Falls Dam and Pend Orielle Lake Project...................109 APPENDIX R: Libby Dam and Lake Koocanusa Project,..............................115 APPENDIX S: Grand Coulee Dam and Lake Roosevelt Project ...................120 APPENDIX T: Hungry Horse Dam and Reservoir Project .............................130 ii FY2010 Annual Report Under the FCRPS Systemwide Programmatic Agreement for the Management of Historic Properties – March 31, 2011 LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1. Total Project and Area of Potential Effect Acres ...............................3 TABLE 2. Acres Inventoried for Archeological Sites and Historic Structures ....5 TABLE 3. Archeological Sites and Historic Structures Documented .................7 TABLE 4. Determinations of Eligibility Completed for Individual Sites...............8 TABLE 5. Individual, District and Multiple Property Listings ............................11 TABLE 6. FCRPS Funded Work Supporting Determinations of Eligibility .......12 TABLE 7. Sites Monitored ...............................................................................13 TABLE 8. Collections Curated with FCRPS Funds .........................................15 TABLE 9. Activities at FCRPS Dams and Reservoirs that Contributed to ARPA Compliance .....................................................................................20 TABLE 10. NAGPRA Section 3 Actions in FY2010...........................................21 TABLE 11. Routine Activities Under the FCRPS Systemwide PA that do not Require 106 Consultation................................................................23 TABLE 12. Schedule for Revision of Project Historic Property Management Plans and Development of Project-Specific Programmatic Agreements.....................................................................................29 TABLE 13. FCRPS Cultural Resource Program Reclamation Project Expenditures and Corps Project Obligated Funds in FY2010…….32 TABLE 14. FCRPS Cultural Resource Program Administrative Costs Supporting Reclamation and BPA Staff Participation in FY2010.......................33 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1. Chief Joseph Project: Overview of site 45-DO-221 in 1977...........107 FIGURE 2. Chief Joseph Project: Overview at same site in 2010 ...................108 FIGURE 3. Albeni Falls Project: Examples of artifact collection as received. .112 FIGURE 4. Albeni Falls Project: Pestle and mortar base from the collection..112 FIGURE 5. Albeni Falls Project: Example of distribution of the collection’s artifact types. ....................................................................................................113 iii FY2010 Annual Report Under the FCRPS Systemwide Programmatic Agreement for the Management of Historic Properties – March 31, 2011 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ACHP – Advisory Council on Historic Preservation AFD – Albeni Falls Dam Agency – any one of the three FCRPS lead federal agencies under NHPA (BPA, Corps, or Reclamation) AMSL – Above mean sea level ARPA – Archaeological Resources Protection Act ARRA – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act BPA – Bonneville Power Administration CCT – Colville Confederated Tribes (colloquial name for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation) CCT – HAD – Colville Confederated Tribes History/Archeology Department CJD – Chief Joseph Dam Corps - Army Corps of Engineers CRGNSA – Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area CRSC - Cultural Resource Subcommittee of the Joint Operating Committee (1 representative each from BPA, Corps, and Reclamation) CSKT – Confederated Salish