South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc
CULTURAL RESOURCES REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED RED GATE POWER PLANT AND LATERAL PROJECT, HIDALGO AND STARR COUNTIES, TEXAS INTENSIVE ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY Prepared for South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc by Debra L. Beene, Joseph M. Sanchez, and Timothy B. Griffith Principal Investigators: Brandon S. Young and Timothy B. Griffith AUGUST 2014 CULTURAL RESOURCES REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED RED GATE POWER PLANTAND LATERAL PROJECT HIDALGO AND STARR COUNTIES, TEXAS INTENSIVE ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY By Debra L. Beene, Joseph M. Sanchez, and Timothy B. Griffith Prepared for South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. Principal Investigators: Brandon S. Young and Timothy B. Griffith August 2014 ABSTRACT Between 2012 and 2014, archeologists from Blanton & Associates, Inc., at the request of the South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc., conducted an intensive, non-collection, archeological survey of the proposed Red Gate Power Plant project in Hidalgo and Starr Counties, Texas. The area of potential effect (APE) comprised the 336-acre power plant site property in Hidalgo County, and an 891-acre, 24.5-mile proposed natural gas pipeline right-of-way in Hidalgo and Starr Counties. Investigation of the power plant APE discovered one mid to late twentieth century historic residential complex (41HG238), with an associated corral and minor structures. Based on the recent date of construction, lack of integrity, and paucity of buried material, site 41HG238 is recommended as ineligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NHRP). Investigation of the pipeline APE did not discover any additional archeological resources. In summary, no NHRP-eligible sites were discovered, no artifacts were collected, and curation was unnecessary. CULTURAL RESOURCES REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED RED GATE POWER PLANT AND i LATERAL PROJECT, HIDALGO AND STARR COUNTIES, TEXAS MANAGEMENT SUMMARY PROJECT TITLE: Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed Red Gate Power Plant and Lateral Project, Hidalgo and Starr Counties, Texas.
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