Attachment 4: CA IDP PixleyRecirc

United States Department of the Interior

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Margo Schwadron, Regional Historic Preservation Officer Region 1 and Region 8 Branch of Cultural Resources
20555 SW Gerda Lane
Sherwood, Oregon 97140
Phone: (512) 757-6363 fax: (503) 625-4887
Email: [email protected]
In Reply Refer to: FWS/R1/R8

Procedures for Inadvertent Archaeological Discoveries
Pixley National Wildlife Refuge Unit 1 Recirculation Pump and Pipeline Project, Tulare County, California Purpose: To outline procedures for the inadvertent discovery of human remains or significant cultural resources if discovered during implementation of the Subject Project. Project: Pixley NWR staff propose to install a diesel-powered pump station at the northwest corner of Unit 1, which is the lowest topographical point of the wetlands. The pump would be sited at the top of the levee. A 12or 15-inch polyvinyl chloride pipeline from the pump station would be A) buried approximately 3 to 4 feet deep down to existing grade along the base of an existing levee to avoid excavating into native soil, or B) excavated 3 to 4 feet deep below grade into native soil. The new pipeline would be tied into an existing buried 15-inch pipeline, permitting the Refuge to use existing water infrastructure for distribution. Access to and from the project location will be using existing gravel and levee roads. Authorities that may be applicable:
State – California Environmental Quality Act CEQA); California Administrative Code, Title 14, Section 4307; California Code of Regulations, Section 1427; California Health and Safety Code, Section 7050.5; California Public Resources Code, Section 5097.9.
Federal – Antiquities Act of 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431-433) (on federal lands) Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974 [(16 U.S.C. § 469-469c) AHPA]; National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended [(16 U.S.C. § 470 et seq.) NHPA]; Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, as amended [(16 U.S.C. § 470aa-470mm) ARPA] (on federal or tribal lands)
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 [(25 U.S.C. 3001-3013) NAGPRA] (on federal or tribal lands)
Procedures: The following procedures for handling inadvertent archaeological discoveries shall be adopted for all phases and aspects of work carried out by any contractor on the Project. USFWS project staff shall communicate these procedures to contractors prior to project implementation, whose superintendent shall then