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Kelly, Shaheerah

From: Dwight Mallory <Dmallory@resoluteenergy.com>

Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 3:14 PM

To: Kelly, Shaheerah

Cc: Patrick Flynn

Subject: FW: RE: The McElmo Flare Project

Attachments: 2nd SOW.docx; 2015 Resolute Site ReA.pdf

Shaheerah, 

I know you said we could go ahead with the NHPA compliance assessment based on the previous emails, but I 

wanted to pass this along now that I have a more formal scope of work and cost estimate. 

Please have your NHPA expert make sure this is going to work before we head down the wrong path again. 

Dwight E. Mallory 

Environmental/Regulatory Manager 

Resolute Energy Corporation 

1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2800 

Denver, CO 80203 

Direct: 303-573-4886 X 1165 

From: Saanii [mailto:dinetahdoo@yahoo.com] 

Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 3:02 PM 

To: Dwight Mallory 

Subject: Re: RE: The McElmo Flare Project 

Dwight, 

Attached is a revised SOW and a cost estimate for the reassessment and evaluations of the 52 previously 

recorded sites and 5-7 Navajo residential areas. Please note that the 52 archaeological sites seem have been 

recorded since the mid 1980s so we know the sites will have to totally re-recorded because of weathering ans 

such. Also most of these sites were recorded before we had GPS units. Site size and locational information will 

most likely change. 

We will wait on your review. Rena 

Dinetahdoo Cultural Resources Management, LLC 

P.O. Box 2012, Farmington NM 87499 

10076 US Hwy 371, S of Farmington, NM 

Phone (505) 960-9478Fax (505) 960-9749 

Email dinetahdoo@yahoo.com 

Website: www.dinetahdoo.com

From: Dwight Mallory <Dmallory@resoluteenergy.com> 

To: Saanii <dinetahdoo@yahoo.com> 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 6:23 PM 

Subject: RE: RE: The McElmo Flare Project 

That sounds good. 

Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone 

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From: Saanii <dinetahdoo@yahoo.com> 

Date:04/21/2015 1:47 PM (GMT-07:00) 

To: Dwight Mallory <Dmallory@resoluteenergy.com> 

Cc: 

Subject: Re: RE: The McElmo Flare Project 

Hi Dwight, 

The staff found 52 previously recorded sites on the maps at NNHPD. We are working on the SOW revision and 

cost estimate for this project. 

Rena 

Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

From:"Dwight Mallory" <Dmallory@resoluteenergy.com> 

Date:Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 2:49 PM 

Subject:RE: The McElmo Flare Project 

I do need to get a cost estimate before you start.

Dwight E. Mallory

Environmental/Regulatory Manager

Resolute Energy Corporation

1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2800

Denver, CO 80203

Direct: 303-573-4886 X 1165

From: Saanii [mailto:dinetahdoo@yahoo.com] 

Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 2:28 PM 

To: Dwight Mallory 

Subject: Re: The McElmo Flare Project

Good afternoon Dwight, 

When do you want us to start on this phase of work? We only looked at one map in Window Rock and did not 

look at the second map but I am sure there are under 30 sites previously recorded that we would revisit. We also 

have to pull any of the site forms/maps from the NNHPD files for update and/or reassessment/evaluations. 

DCRM staff members travel to Window each week to search records and copy all of the known site forms near 

and in project areas. We can complete this process as soon as you give us notice to proceed. 
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Thanks, Rena 

Dinetahdoo Cultural Resources Management, LLC 

P.O. Box 2012, Farmington NM 87499 

10076 US Hwy 371, S of Farmington, NM 

Phone (505) 960-9478Fax (505) 960-9749 

Email dinetahdoo@yahoo.com 

Website: www.dinetahdoo.com

From: Dwight Mallory <Dmallory@resoluteenergy.com> 

To: 'Saanii' <dinetahdoo@yahoo.com> 

Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 11:53 AM 

Subject: RE: The McElmo Flare Project

Rena,

I have received approval from EPA to move forward with the scope of work as outlined in the attached email. 

Dwight E. Mallory

Environmental/Regulatory Manager

Resolute Energy Corporation

1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2800

Denver, CO 80203

Direct: 303-573-4886 X 1165

From: Saanii [mailto:dinetahdoo@yahoo.com] 

Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 11:54 AM 

To: Dwight Mallory 

Subject: Re: The McElmo Flare Project

Good morning Dwight, 

While we were in Window Rock last week, the staff took a look at the USGS map that overs the McElmo Flare 

project and counted a minimum of 21 previously inventoried archaeological sites in the new 2 mile radius 

project area, and goggle earth shows at least 8 in-use homes too. So we have some idea how much work to 

expect when Resolute, USEPA and the NN agree to the next step of work for the flare. 

We can do a cost estimate when everyone is in agreement perhaps, we are done? 

Rena Martin 

Dinetahdoo Cultural Resources Management, LLC 

P.O. Box 2012, Farmington NM 87499 

10076 US Hwy 371, S of Farmington, NM 

Phone (505) 960-9478Fax (505) 960-9749 

Email dinetahdoo@yahoo.com 

Website: www.dinetahdoo.com
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Mr. Begay,

I am following up on our conversation this afternoon to confirm that the scope of work outlined in the email below will 

satisfy NNHPD’s consultation requirements with respect to the MCU PSD permit amendment.

Please respond to let me know if this is a correct interpretation of what needs to be done. 

Dwight E. Mallory

Environmental/Regulatory Manager

Resolute Energy Corporation

1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2800

Denver, CO 80203

Direct: 303-573-4886 X 1165

From: Dwight Mallory 

Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:51 AM 

To: 'timothy_begay@yahoo.com' 

Cc: Patrick Flynn; 'Saanii'; Kelly, Shaheerah 

Subject: FW: NHPA Compliance / Area of Potential Effects for MCU Project 

Mr. Begay,

I wanted to follow up our conversation on Tuesday regarding NHPA compliance and Tribal Consultation for the MCU 

PSD permit amendment. I am copying Shaheerah Kelley at EPA Region 9, as well as Rena Martin at Dinetahdoo Cultural 

Resources Management, LLC (DCRM) to help make sure we are on the same page regarding what needs to be done to 

satisfy the NHPA compliance requirements for this undertaking. I invite either of them to respond with questions or 

comments in case I have overlooked any details. 

When we spoke, you agreed that a pedestrian survey of the APE won’t be necessary since there is not any land clearing or 

other surface disturbing work being done as part of the PSD permit amendment. Based on our conversation, I am 

proposing the scope of work outlined below to complete the NHPA/Tribal Consultation assessment. 

1) Review NNHPD files and identify previously recorded sites within the APE that qualify as historic properties 

as defined in 36 CFR Part 800;

2) Review residential home sites within the APE and determine if any of these sites qualify as historic properties 

as defined in 36 CFR Part 800; 

3) Assess the potential for adverse effects to each historic property identified within the APE, including visual, 

atmospheric or audible effects, that may diminish the integrity or use of the historic property; 

4) Assess options for avoiding, minimizing or mitigating adverse effects on identified historic properties;

5) Prepare an assessment report in accordance with Navajo Nation and 36 CFR Part 800 Rules and Regulations. 

The report will include:

a. A description of the undertaking,

b. A description and map of the APE, 
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c. A list or table of historic properties within the APE;

d. A list or table of potential adverse effects and measures available for avoiding, minimizing or 

mitigating the adverse effects.

Please let me know if this is a correct interpretation of what we discussed or if there are other requirements. Once you 

have confirmed that we are headed in the right direction, I will direct DCRM to begin. 

Thank you.

Dwight E. Mallory

Environmental/Regulatory Manager

Resolute Energy Corporation

1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2800

Denver, CO 80203

Direct: 303-573-4886 X 1165

From: Kelly, Shaheerah [mailto:Kelly.Shaheerah@epa.gov] 

Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 2:47 PM 

To: Dwight Mallory 

Cc: Patrick Flynn 

Subject: RE: NHPA Compliance / Area of Potential Effects for MCU Project 

Dwight,

I am providing the contact info below for the THPO we worked with (since there are other staff in the HPO):

Timothy Begay

928-871-7152

Timothy_begay@yahoo.com

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Shaheerah Kelly

Permits Office, Air Division (AIR-3)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Phone: 415-947-4156 

Fax: 415-947-3579 

Email: kelly.shaheerah@epa.gov

From: Dwight Mallory [mailto:Dmallory@resoluteenergy.com] 

Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 1:44 PM 

To: Kelly, Shaheerah 

Cc: Patrick Flynn 

Subject: RE: NHPA Compliance / Area of Potential Effects for MCU Project 

Thank you Shaheerah.

I have asked Rena Martin to put together a revised scope of work for completing the inventory and will get you a copy 

before they start the field work. As you can see from the attached map, the 2 km APE will be entirely of the Navajo 

Reservation, within the Aneth Chapter. 

Dwight E. Mallory
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Environmental/Regulatory Manager

Resolute Energy Corporation

1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2800

Denver, CO 80203

Direct: 303-573-4886 X 1165

From: Kelly, Shaheerah [mailto:Kelly.Shaheerah@epa.gov] 

Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 7:25 AM 

To: Dwight Mallory 

Cc: Patrick Flynn; Kelly, Shaheerah 

Subject: NHPA Compliance / Area of Potential Effects for MCU Project 

Dwight,

EPA spoke to the THPO yesterday concerning the area of potential effects (APE) for the MCU Main Flare. The EPA and 

THPO agreed that the APE for this project should be a 2 km (1.2 mi) radius around the Main Flare. The THPO 

recommended that the assessment of historic properties within the APE also identify residential homes and determine 

whether these homes are historic properties as defined in 36 CFR Part 800. In general, the assessment must include the 

information delineated in 36 CFR 800.4 and 800.5 (e.g. identify the APE and the historic properties potentially affected 

by the undertaking; if there are historic properties, assess the undertaking’s effects on these properties including any 

visual, atmospheric or audible elements that diminish the integrity of historic properties within the APE, and, if needed, 

seek ways to avoid, minimize or mitigate any adverse effects on historic properties).

Please contact me if you have any questions.

************************************ 

Shaheerah Kelly

Permits Office, Air Division (AIR-3)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Phone: 415-947-4156 

Fax: 415-947-3579 

Email: kelly.shaheerah@epa.gov

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A Reassessment of 52 Previously Recorded Cultural Resources 

Located Within 2-Kilometers of Resolute Natural Resources Company’s 

McElmo Creek Unit Central Facility “Flare.”

Goal

This project will consist of completing relocations and reassessments of 52 previously recorded 

archaeological sites and completing visitations to the residential areas to determine if any of the 

structures in the residential areas are or can be defined as historic properties. As per the Navajo Nation 

Historic Preservation Department, the sites will be reassessed with the use of the Navajo Nation 

Archaeology Department Site Survey and Management Update Forms. Some 52 archaeological sites and 

possibly 5 or 7 Navajo In-use sites are located in the 2 kilometer area surrounding the “flare” stack 

located at the Resolute Natural Resources McElmo Creek Unit Central Facility. The goal is to determine 

if the “flare” is potentially affecting any of the previously recorded historic properties including visual, 

atmospheric or audible elements that diminish the integrity of the historic properties, and to make 

recommendations to avoid, minimize or mitigate any adverse effects on historic properties. 

Scope of Work

A literature search will be completed for the 52 previously recorded archaeological sites recorded within 

2 kilometers of the “flare” at the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department. Dinétahdóó Cultural 

Resources Management (DCRM) will meet the general requirements of Section 106 of the National 

Preservation Act (NHPA) and the Navajo Nation Cultural Resources Protection Act (NNCRPA) to 

determine if the 20 year old burning “Flare” will have impacts to any of the previously recorded sites in 

the 2-kilometer diameter area. 

DCRM will complete the following tasks:

A. Pre-field and Field Tasks

1. Obtain a project Permit Number from the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation 

Department’s (NNHPD) Cultural Resources Compliance Section, 

2. Complete an extensive literature search in the NNHPD’s Cultural Resources Compliance 

Program and Traditional Culture Programs in Window Rock. 

3. Conduct consultations with the Aneth Chapter regarding this phase of work. 

4. Make a good faith effort to locate each of the 52 previously recorded sites in field using a 

hand-held GPS and site literature.

5. Using the original site forms, record and document the changes of the site on the “up-date 

forms” and complete new site maps as needed.

6. On a site by site basis, evaluate the condition of the relocated site’s integrity and document 

any visual or atmospheric or auditory elements impact to the site’s eligibility to the NHPA.

7. As needed, make management recommendations for each of the sites.

8. Update all locational information for the relocated sites and plot the sites on 7.5’ USGS 

Maps. 

9. Conduct visitations with families living within the Area of Potential Effect area to 

determine if any of their residential structures are eligible as historic properties. 

10. Maintain ethnographic field notes that will be turned into NNHPD upon the completion of 

work. 

B. Reporting

1. Prepare a cultural resources inventory findings report in accordance with Navajo Nation 

and CFR Rules and Regulations. The report will include

 A description of the undertaking, complete with project and site maps.

 Descriptions of all previously identified archaeological sites, including project 

maps, any new updates and originals complete with evaluations of significance, 

and site management recommendations.
2. Submit to Resolute Natural Resources Company, Inc and/or the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 9 a draft copy(ies) of completed report for review and, 

3. Submit a final report for compliance review to NNHPD on behalf of Resolute Natural 

Resources Company, Inc. to obtain a Cultural Resources Compliance Form. 

Professional Staff

All of DCRM’s Senior Archaeologists/Anthropologists who will be completing this Scope of 

Work have extensive professional and technical skills and are capable of completing several 

types of services, including completing the literature search of the NNHPD files, completing, 

cultural resources inventories, site reassessment and evaluation, monitoring and completing 

ethnographic studies as required. 

Timeframe

A. Pre-field and Field Tasks

1. Project Permit Number will be obtained from the NNHPD’s CRCP upon Notice to Proceed 

(NTP) from Resolute Natural Resources. 

2. Literature Search will begin as soon as we have a project permit and we have

NTP from Resolute Natural Resources Company, LLC. This task is expected to last 2 days.

3. The Aneth Chapter will be notified of the project prior to any fieldwork. 

4. Field work to relocate and reassess and evaluate sites within the 2 km area.

5. Visitation with the families living within the APF. 

6. Tasks 3, 4 and 5 are expected to last three to four weeks (or less).

Total weeks: 3 to 4 Weeks to complete Part A, several of these tasks will be completed 

simultaneously. Two 2-person crews will be used to relocate and reassess the cultural sites. 

Up to 4 sites could be reassessed a day. One full day maybe required for the reassessment of 

two large archaeological sites. 

B. Report Preparation

1. Report preparation will be on-going with staff updating site information. This task will take 

3 to 4 weeks dependent on the amount of data we gather. The report will be prepared 

following the NNHPD guidelines.

2. Review of Report by US EPA and Resolute Natural Resources Company, 1 week,

3. Submission of Report to NNHPD for compliance review immediately. 

Compliance Review normally takes about 45 Days.

Total weeks: 3 to 4 Weeks to complete Part B.

6 to 8 Weeks is estimated for this project. 
Estimate

Date

4/22/2015

Estimate #

2015-22

Name / Address

Resolute Natural Resources

 c/o: Dwight E. Mallory, Envrio/Reg Man

1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2800

Denver, Colorado 80203

Dinetahdoo CRM

P.O. Box 2012

Farmington, NM 87499

Project

Ahe'hee, Rena Martin Total

Description Qty Cost Total

* Resolute Natural Resources McElmo Creek Flare 2-mile Radius

 52 Previously Recorded Sites/7 In-use Sites

Admin. 20 40.00 800.00

Editing 28 45.00 1,260.00

Literature & Map Search 24 55.00 1,320.00

Fieldwork: relocating sites, completing updates/analysis 380 55.00 20,900.00

Report/Map Production 160 55.00 8,800.00

Honoraria 7 50.00 350.00

Hand-held GPS Daily Use 18 20.00 360.00

Mileage for Non-tribal 4,800 0.659 3,163.20

Photocopying: $200.00 per X-Lg proj. (75 pgs or more) 1 200.00 200.00

Tele/Fax/Postage: $100.00 per Lg proj. (29-74 pgs) 1 100.00 100.00

Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Fee 578.90 578.90

Navajo Nation Tax @ 0.05% 1,654.00 1,654.00

$39,486.10