FIRST 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 (2009) March 31, 2010 Bonneville Power Administration Bureau of Reclamation U.S. Army Corps of Engineers TABLE OF CONTENTS PURPOSE ............................................................................................................1 BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................1 The FCRPS Cultural Resource Program (1997 – 2009) ...................................1 Program Funding Commitment .........................................................................3 Cultural Resource Management Before 1997 ...................................................3 Synopsis of Major Cultural Resource Management Activities........................3 FCRPS CULTURAL RESOURCES PROGRAM STATUS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 1997-2009.......................................................................5 Section 106 NHPA Compliance.........................................................................5 Determination of Whether a Federal Action Constitutes an “undertaking” Under NHPA..................................................................................................5 Identification of Historic Properties ................................................................5 Determine the Area of Potential Effects.......................................................5 Identify Historic Properties (Inventory).......................................................10 Archaeological/Historic Site Survey .........................................................10 Archaeological/Historic Site Documentation ............................................11 Traditional Cultural Inventory...................................................................11 Evaluate Historic Significance (Evaluation)................................................14 Assessment of Effects ...............................................................................17 Resolution of Adverse Effects....................................................................17 Stabilization, Data Recovery, and Public Education ................................18 Curation ...................................................................................................18 Consultation, Communication, and Coordination ............................................22 ARPA and NAGPRA ...........................................................................................22 MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES..............................................................................22 FCRPS Documents and Agreements that Guide Program Implementation ....23 Historic Property Management Plans ..............................................................24 Program Expenditures: 1997-2009..................................................................25 CONCLUSIONS..................................................................................................26 Identify Historic Properties (Inventory) ............................................................26 Evaluation and Assessment of Project Effects ................................................26 Resolution of Adverse Effects .........................................................................26 Summary.........................................................................................................27 REFERENCES CITED........................................................................................29 APPENDICES.....................................................................................................31 APPENDIX A...................................................................................................33 APPENDIX B...................................................................................................35 APPENDIX C...................................................................................................37 APPENDIX D...................................................................................................57 APPENDIX E...................................................................................................81 APPENDIX F.................................................................................................101 APPENDIX G ................................................................................................107 APPENDIX H.................................................................................................119 APPENDIX I ..................................................................................................125 APPENDIX J .................................................................................................131 APPENDIX K.................................................................................................137 APPENDIX L .................................................................................................141 APPENDIX M ................................................................................................155 APPENDIX N.................................................................................................173 APPENDIX O ................................................................................................193 APPENDIX P.................................................................................................223 First Annual Report Under the FCRPS Systemwide Programmatic Agreement for the Management of Historic Properties – March 31, 2010 PURPOSE This is the First 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 (Systemwide PA). The report summarizes actions and planning efforts undertaken by Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) under the Systemwide PA in support of Federal agency compliance. The reporting period begins in 1997, when the agencies first provided joint funding from power revenues and appropriated funds for cultural resource management activities at the 14 Federal Columbia River Power System (FCPRS) Projects. For this specific report, the reporting period ends September 30, 2009. The First Annual Report presents baseline data against which future progress of the joint FCRPS Cultural Resource Program (Program) will be measured, and documents Agency efforts to satisfy the terms of the Systemwide PA. In future years, the reporting period will be the fiscal year from October 1 to September 30. Annual reports will be distributed to consulting parties to the Systemwide PA. Annual reporting requirements are detailed in Section VIII of the Systemwide PA. This First Annual Report presents summary information in narrative and tabular form, and contains highlights of selected compliance work completed at individual projects in appendices that follow the main report body. BPA, Reclamation, and the Corps (Agencies) will continue to add information about compliance accomplishments in future years as more information becomes available. BACKGROUND The FCRPS Cultural Resource Program (1997 – 2009) The FCRPS Cultural Resource Program is jointly administered by BPA, Reclamation, and the Corps. The Program enables the three Agencies to coordinate Program cultural resources management compliance actions at 14 hydroelectric projects (Projects) in the Columbia and Snake River basins of the Pacific Northwest Region (Figure 1). Agency relationships within the FCRPS and individual Agency responsibilities for compliance with cultural resource management laws and policies are detailed in the FCPRS Cultural Resource Handbook (2005) and are not reiterated here. Briefly, Reclamation operates and maintains two Projects, and the Corps operates and maintains 12 of the 14 FCRPS Projects. BPA markets power generated by the 14 Projects. The Agencies share responsibility for addressing impacts to historic properties caused by Project operations and maintenance. The undertaking covered by this Systemwide PA is the operation and maintenance of the 14 Columbia and Snake River Federal hydropower dams of the FCRPS for all of their multiple authorized purposes. The undertaking includes all construction (routine and non-routine) and operation and maintenance activities required for current and future operation of the FCRPS (Systemwide PA Attachment 5). The following non-exclusive list contains examples of activities and programs that are not covered under the terms of the Systemwide PA because, for instance, they are covered by another Programmatic Agreement, are not part of the undertaking, or the Lead Federal Agencies comply through individual Section 106 reviews: Page 1 of 235 First Annual Report Under the FCRPS Systemwide Programmatic Agreement for the Management of Historic Properties – March 31, 2010 FIGURE 1 Location of the 14 Federal Columbia River Power System Hydroelectric Projects. Page 2 of 235 First Annual Report Under the FCRPS Systemwide Programmatic Agreement for the Management of Historic Properties – March 31, 2010 • Canals, ditches, and laterals and facilities (other than facilities at Grand Coulee Dam) that are