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September 9, 2015 PACIFICORP Lassen Substation Project Cultural Resource Survey DRAFT REPORT Siskiyou County, California LEGAL DESCRIPTION: T40N, R4W, SECTIONS 9, 16, 17, AND 21 USGS QUADRANGLE: CITY OF MT. SHASTA, CA. PROJECT NUMBER: 136412 PROJECT CONTACT: Michael Dice EMAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 714-507-2700 POWER ENGINEERS, INC. Lassen Substation Project – Cultural Resource Survey Cultural Resource Survey DRAFT REPORT PacifiCorp Lassen Substation Project Siskiyou County, California PREPARED FOR: PACIFICORP PREPARED BY: MICHAEL DICE 714-507-2700 [email protected] POWER ENGINEERS, INC. Lassen Substation Project – Cultural Resource Survey CONFIDENTIAL This report contains information on the nature and location of prehistoric and historic cultural resources. Under California Office of Historic Preservation guidelines as well as several laws and regulations, the locations of cultural resource sites are considered confidential and cannot be released to the public. 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Lassen Substation Project – Cultural Resource Survey TABLE OF CONTENTS MANAGEMENT S UMMARY............................................................................................................ 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................... 1 2.1 LOCATION ............................................................................................................................... 5 3.0 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ......................................................................................... 11 3.1 NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT ........................................................................... 11 3.2 CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL PLACES .................................................................. 12 3.3 CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION HISTORIC PRESERVATION REQUIREMENTS .... 12 3.4 IMPACTS TO NATIVE AMERICAN HUMAN REMAINS ............................................................. 13 4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING ........................................................................................... 14 5.0 CULTURAL SETTING ......................................................................................................... 15 5.1 PREHISTORY ......................................................................................................................... 15 5.1.1 Early Horizon (9000 B.C. to 2000 B.C.) ...................................................................... 15 5.1.2 Middle Horizon (2000 B.C. to 800 A.D.) ..................................................................... 15 5.1.3 Late Horizon (1000 B.C. to A.D. 1000) ....................................................................... 16 5.2 ETHNOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................................... 17 5.2.1 Shastan .......................................................................................................................... 17 5.3 HISTORY ............................................................................................................................... 17 6.0 METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS .................................................................................... 20 6.1 NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA INFORMATION CENTER LITERATURE REVIEW ............................ 20 6.2 NATIVE AMERICAN CONSULTATION .................................................................................... 23 6.3 REVIEW OF HISTORICAL MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT GENERAL LAND OFFICE DATABASE ................................................................................................. 24 6.4 CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY AND RESULTS .................................................................. 25 6.4.1 Site #JM-H-1 ................................................................................................................ 25 6.4.2 JM-ISO ......................................................................................................................... 29 7.0 IMPACTS ASSESSMENT .................................................................................................... 31 8.0 SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ....................................................................... 33 9.0 REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................... 34 ANA 130-227 (PER 02) PACIFICORP (09/16/2015) 136412 YU PAGE iii POWER ENGINEERS, INC. Lassen Substation Project – Cultural Resource Survey FIGURES FIGURE 1 PROJECT VICINITY .............................................................................................................. 3 FIGURE 2 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP ............................................................................................................ 7 FIGURE 3 PROJECT AREA .................................................................................................................... 9 TABLES TABLE 1 PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED CULTURAL RESOURCES LOCATED WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE PROJECT AREA .................................................................................................................. 20 TABLE 2 CULTURAL RESOURCE STUDIES WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE PROJECT AREA ................... 21 APPENDICES APPENDIX A PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN DURING THE SURVEY APPENDIX B NATIVE AMERICAN CONSULTATION APPENDIX C CONFIDENTIAL DPR523 FORM SETS APPENDIX D RESUMES ANA 130-227 (PER 02) PACIFICORP (09/16/2015) 136412 YU PAGE iv POWER ENGINEERS, INC. Lassen Substation Project – Cultural Resource Survey ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ACSR aluminum conductor steel reinforced BLM U.S. Bureau of Land Management CCR California Code of Regulations CEQA California Environmental Quality Act CPUC California Public Utilities Commission CRHR California Register of Historical Resources ESA Endangered Species Act GLO General Land Office I-5 Interstate 5 kcmil thousand circular mil kV kilovolt MLD Most Likely Descendant MVA megavolt ampere NAHC Native American Heritage Commission National Register National Register of Historic Places NEIC the Northeast California Information Center NHPA National Historic Preservation Act NPS National Park Service OHP Office of Historic Preservation PEA Proponent’s Environmental Assessment POWER POWER Engineers, Inc. PRC Public Resources Code Project Lassen Substation Project ROW right-of-way USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USGS U.S. Geological Survey ANA 130-227 (PER 02) PACIFICORP (09/16/2015) 136412 YU PAGE v POWER ENGINEERS, INC. Lassen Substation Project – Cultural Resource Survey THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ANA 130-227 (PER 02) PACIFICORP (09/16/2015) 136412 YU PAGE vi POWER ENGINEERS, INC. Lassen Substation Project – Cultural Resource Survey MANAGEMENT SUMMARY At the request of PacifiCorp, POWER Engineers, Inc. (POWER) has conducted a cultural resource survey for its proposed Lassen Substation Project (Project) in Siskiyou County, California. This survey was conducted to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act and is in support of both a Proponent’s Environmental Assessment and a Mitigated Negative Declaration to be prepared by the California Public Utility Commission. The purpose of the survey is to identify whether cultural resources are present in the Project area, if those resources will be directly impacted by construction, and whether such resources are considered eligible for the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR). PacifiCorp proposes to remove the existing Mt. Shasta Substation located at 404 S. Old Stage Road and replace it with a new station, to be called Lassen Substation, upgrade a 69 kilovolt transmission known as Line 2; upgrade several distribution lines with larger conductors; and underground approximately 1,200 feet of cable to increase capacity of an existing underground distribution line. The proposed location for the new Lassen Substation is 504 S. Old Stage Road, which is approximately 275 feet (84 meters) east of the current Mt. Shasta Substation site. In addition, 36 existing wood poles (Pole 13/47 through Pole 5/49) that carry Line 2 will be rebuilt, upgraded, and routed into the new Lassen Substation. The substation portion of the Project is located in unincorporated Siskiyou County, while certain elements of the transmission line work will occur in the County and in the City of Mt. Shasta. Both the existing Mt. Shasta substation and proposed Lassen substation locations are west of Interstate 5 (I- 5), while portions of the transmission and distribution line upgrades will take place east of I-5. The Project is located in Township 40 North, Range 4 East, portions of Sections 9, 16, 17, and 21 as shown on the United States Geological Survey City of Mt. Shasta, CA 7.5’ topographic map. In July 2015, POWER updated the 2011 cultural resource literature search conducted by the Northeast Information Center in Chico, California. The search identified 19 recorded cultural resources within one-half mile of the Project area. None of the resources are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (National Register)