Minerals Management Service Documentation of Section 106 Finding of Adverse Effect (Revised) Prepared for Submission to Massachusetts Historical Commission Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.6(a)(3) for the Cape Wind Energy Project This report was prepared for the Minerals Management Service (MMS) under contract No. M08-PC-20040 by Ecosystem Management & Associates, Inc. (EM&A). Brandi M. Carrier Jones (EM&A) compiled and edited the report with information provided by the MMS and with contributions from Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. (PAL), National Park Service Determination of Eligibility, as well as by composing original text. Minerals Management Service Documentation of Section 106 Finding of Adverse Effect (Revised) Prepared for Submission to Massachusetts Historical Commission Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.6(a)(3) for the Cape Wind Energy Project Brandi M. Carrier Jones, Compiler and Editor Ecosystem Management & Associates, Inc. REPORT AVAILABILITY Copies of this report can be obtained from the Minerals Management Service at the following addresses: U.S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service 381 Elden Street Herndon VA, 20170 http://www.mms.gov/offshore/AlternativeEnergy/CapeWind.htm CITATION Suggested Citation: MMS (Minerals Management Service). 2010. Documentation of Section 106 Finding of Adverse Effect for the Cape Wind Energy Project (Revised). Prepared by B. M. Carrier Jones, editor, Ecosystem Management & Associates, Inc. Lusby, Maryland. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction......................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 Description of the Undertaking........................................................................................... 2 2.1 Definition of the Area of Potential Effect (APE).................................................... 2 3.0 Efforts to Identify Historic Properties................................................................................. 5 3.1 Onshore Cultural Resources ................................................................................... 5 3.1.1 Onshore Archaeological Resources ............................................................. 5 3.1.2 Above-Ground Historic Resources .............................................................. 5 3.2 Offshore Cultural Resources................................................................................. 28 3.2.1 Offshore Historic Archaeological Resources............................................. 28 3.2.2 Offshore Prehistoric Archaeological Resources ........................................ 29 3.2.3 Offshore Traditional Cultural Resources................................................... 29 4.0 Description of Affected Historic Properties ..................................................................... 31 4.1 Twenty-Eight Above-Ground Historic Properties, Including Two National Historic Landmarks........................................................................................................... 31 4.2 Five Onshore Traditional Cultural Properties....................................................... 31 4.3 Description of Nantucket Sound........................................................................... 32 5.0 Description of the Undertaking’s Effects on Historic Properties ..................................... 36 5.1 Effects to Onshore Historic Properties ................................................................. 36 5.1.1 Archaeological Sites .................................................................................. 36 5.1.2 Above-Ground Historic Resources ............................................................ 36 5.1.3 Onshore Individual Traditional Cultural Properties .................................. 37 5.2 Effects to Offshore Historic Properties................................................................. 37 5.2.1 Effects to Historic Archaeological Resources ........................................... 37 5.2.2 Effects to Prehistoric Archaeological Resources....................................... 37 5.2.3 Seabed of Nantucket Sound....................................................................... 38 5.3 Summary............................................................................................................... 39 6.0 Application of the Criteria of Adverse Effect................................................................... 40 6.1 The Viewshed of Twenty-Eight Above-Ground Historic Properties, Including Two National Historic Landmarks.................................................................................... 41 6.2 The Viewshed of Five Traditional Cultural Properties......................................... 41 6.3 Nantucket Sound................................................................................................... 41 6.4 Actions to Avoid, Minimize, or Mitigate Adverse Effects................................... 41 6.4.1 Visual Resources Mitigation...................................................................... 41 iv 6.3.2 Mitigation of Effects to Offshore Submerged Historic/Archaeological Resources .............................................................................................................. 42 6.3.3 Project Mitigation of Effects to TCPs........................................................ 43 7.0 Summary of Consulting Parties’ and Public Views.......................................................... 45 Appendix A: Copies of Views Provided by Consulting Parties during the Section 106 Process for the Cape Wind Energy Project Appendix B: Copies of Correspondence from MMS during the Section 106 Process for the Cape Wind Energy Project Appendix C: Contact Information for Consulting Parties to the Section 106 Process for the Cape Wind Energy Project Appendix D: Technical Memoranda Between MMS and its Consultants and Determination of Eligibility for Nantucket Sound v LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES Figure Description Page 2.1 Map Depicting Location of Proposed Project Area.............................................................4 3.1 Map Depicting Location of View Points Used in Visual Simulations ................................7 3.2 Map Depicting Location of View Points Used in Visual Simulations ................................8 3.3 Map Depicting Location of View Points Used in Visual Simulations ................................9 3.4 Map Depicting Location of View Points Used in Visual Simulations ..............................10 Table Description Page 4.1 Historic Properties that will be Adversely Affected by the Proposed Undertaking ..........35 vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, SYMBOLS, AND ACRONYMS Term Abbreviation, Symbol, or Acronym Area of Potential Effects............................................................................................................APE Automated Wreck and Obstruction Information System..................................................... AWOIS Before Present ...........................................................................................................................B.P. Draft Environmental Impact Statement ....................................................................................DEIS Ecosystem Management and Associates, Inc. .......................................................................EM&A Electrical Service Platform ........................................................................................................ESP Feet.................................................................................................................................................. ft Finding of Adverse Effect .........................................................................................................FAE Kilometer(s) ................................................................................................................................ km Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Research .........................................MBUAR Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act office ................................................................... MEPA Massachusetts Historical Commission ................................................................................... MHC Meter(s).......................................................................................................................................... m Mile(s)........................................................................................................................................... mi Minerals Management Service ............................................................................................... MMS National Historic Landmark ..................................................................................................... NHL National Historic Preservation Act .........................................................................................NHPA National Register of Historic Places.......................................................................................NRHP Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc..........................................................................................PAL Right of Way............................................................................................................................ ROW State Historic Preservation Officer ........................................................................................ SHPO Traditional Cultural Property....................................................................................................