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Final INTEGRATED CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN REVISION FOR SITES AND TRAINING INSTALLATIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FISCAL YEARS 2009–2013 Prepared for Massachusetts Army National Guard 50 Maple Street Milford, MA 01757 Prepared by engineering-environmental Management, Inc. 2751 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 200 Fairfax, VA 22031 703.752.7755 September 2009 Final INTEGRATED CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN REVISION FOR SITE AND TRAINING INSTALLATIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FISCAL YEARS 2009–2013 Massachusetts Army National Guard 50 Maple Street Milford, MA 01757 SEPTEMBER 2009 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Final Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan Revision Massachusetts Army National Guard INTEGRATED CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN REVISION FOR SITES AND TRAINING INSTALLATIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FISCAL YEARS 2009–2013 SIGNATURE PAGE This Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) Update meets the requirements for ICRMPs set forth in Department of Defense Instruction 4715.3 Environmental Conservation Program and Army Regulation 200-1 Environmental Protection and Enhancement. APPROVING OFFICIALS Jeffrey G. Phillips DATE Colonel, US Army Chief, Environmental Programs Division Joseph C. Carter DATE Major General, Massachusetts Army National Guard The Adjutant General Eric N. Andersen DATE Acting Chief, Massachusetts Army National Guard Environmental Programs Division Thomas A. Harrop DATE Lieutenant Colonel, Massachusetts Army National Guard Construction Facilities Management Officer Francis B. Magurn DATE Colonel, Massachusetts Army National Guard Plans Operations Training Officer September 2009 i Final Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan Revision Massachusetts Army National Guard THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ii September 2009 Final Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan Revision Massachusetts Army National Guard Executive Summary The Massachusetts Army National Guard (MAARNG) has been managing cultural resources for several years under a previously developed Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP). This revised ICRMP builds upon the original ICRMP in terms of including those elements identified as significant issues by internal and external stakeholders during the review process for the previous ICRMP, but differs from the previous ICRMP in several respects. First, this ICRMP revision includes the following: The addition of new policies and regulations such as Army Regulation 200-1, Executive Orders (EO) 13287 (Preserve America), EO 13327 (Federal Real Property Asset Management), and EO 13423 (Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management), Department of Defense Instruction 4710.02, the Department of the Army’s Program Comments on Unaccompanied Housing Structures and Ammunition Storage Facilities, and recent amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) New guidance on the National Guard Bureau (NGB) Status Tool for the Environmental Program (STEP) program for project funding and data calls for the Army Environmental Database – Environmental Quality (AEDB-EQ) report, EO 13327, the Planning Resources for Infrastructure Development and Evaluation (PRIDE), the DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings (Unified Facilities Criteria [UFC] 4-010-01), sustainability, and tribal consultation Introduction of new terminology for ARNG infrastructure: virtual installation, training installation, site, lot, and facility A focus on the results of the MAARNG cultural resources program over the past 5 years and how various successes and challenges have informed the goals and projects proposed for the program over the next 5 years. Streamlining of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) such that guidance specific to the responsibilities of the MAARNG Cultural Resources Manager (CRM) is minimized (this guidance is now included in a CRM’s Toolbox in Appendix I of the ICRMP revision) and instructions for non- environmental personnel are emphasized. Flowcharts have been added to each SOP to make them more comprehensible to the nonspecialist. Secondly, this ICRMP revision was developed from a template. The template was developed to standardize ICRMP format and content throughout the country and territories. Elements included within this ICRMP revision include the input provided by internal and external stakeholders during development of the previous ICRMP, additional input from stakeholders obtained through the review process for the ICRMP revision, and information provided by the MAARNG CRM. Internal and external stakeholders who participated in the development of both the original ICRMP and this ICRMP revision include MAARNG and NGB personnel, the state historic preservation office (SHPO), and representatives of American Indian Tribes. Department of Defense Instruction 4715.3 and Army Regulation 200-1, require installations to develop an ICRMP as an internal compliance and management tool that integrates the entirety of the cultural resources program with ongoing mission activities. As a component of the installation master plan, the ICRMP is the MAARNG commander’s decision document for conduct of cultural resources management actions and specific compliance procedures. This ICRMP is an internal ARNG compliance and management plan that integrates the entirety of the state’s cultural resources program requirements with ongoing mission activities. It also allows for ready identification of potential conflicts between the September 2009 iii Final Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan Revision Massachusetts Army National Guard MAARNG mission and cultural resources, and identifies compliance actions necessary to maintain the availability of mission-essential properties and acreage. This ICRMP revision for the MAARNG is designed to support the military mission and assist individual installations in meeting the legal compliance requirements of federal historic preservation laws and regulations in a manner consistent with the sound principles of cultural resources stewardship. This ICRMP revision establishes priorities for the identification and standards for the evaluation of cultural resources within the MAARNG virtual installation, and provides a schedule to accomplish program objectives during a 5-year program. The ICRMP also provides a brief description of the MAARNG virtual installation, an overview of all known cultural resources across all MAARNG sites, the status of inventory and evaluation of resources at each site and training installation, and appropriate compliance and management activities for the next 5 years. The sites and training installations that comprise the MAARNG virtual installation are listed in Chapter 2 and Appendix D. Cultural resources under the stewardship of the MAARNG comprise archaeological sites and artifacts; historic buildings and structures; historic objects; historic landscapes; and Native American properties of traditional, cultural, and religious significance. To date, 101 archaeological sites have been recorded on MAARNG facilities: 69 at Camp Edwards, 26 at Camp Curtis Guild, 2 at the Methuen Readiness Center, 2 at MAARNG Headquarters at Milford, and 1 each at the Brockton and Westfield Readiness Centers. Of these, 43 require further evaluation to determine their eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). In addition, 165 historic buildings and structures on MAARNG installations have been assessed as eligible for listing in the NRHP, either individually or as contributing resources to potential historic districts. The Worcester Armory, home of the Massachusetts National Guard Military Museum and Archives, and the Lynn Armory are listed on the NRHP. No historic landscapes or Native American traditional, religious, or cultural sites on MAARNG facilities have been assessed for eligibility for listing on the NRHP. MAARNG operational and training activities have the potential to impact cultural resources. Management actions proposed by the MAARNG under the original ICRMP to avoid or minimize impacts to cultural resources included: Establishment of an MAARNG cultural resources management program Coordination of cultural resources management with the following: – Training and testing activities – Master planning – National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) impact analyses – Natural resources and endangered species management planning, including Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans and the Integrated Training Area Management program – Facility and operational requirements of the assigned units – Federally recognized Native American Tribes Establishment of funding priorities and program funds for cultural resources compliance and management activities in STEP Development of, as appropriate, programmatic agreements, memoranda of agreement, NAGPRA comprehensive agreements and plans of action, and NRHP nominations, and coordination of such documents with the ARNG and Headquarters, Department of the Army iv September 2009 Final Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan Revision Massachusetts Army National Guard Continuation of consulting relationships with the federally recognized Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head – Aquinnah (WTGH-A) and the Massachusetts Historical Commission Development of databases and geographic information system (GIS) layers summarizing existing data on MAARNG facilities and cultural resources recorded within