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### Kelly, Shaheerah

From: Kelly, Shaheerah Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 2:46 PM To: jgarrison@azstateparks.gov Cc: Kelly, Shaheerah Subject: RE: NHPA Consultation - Arizon a Historic Preservation Office Attachments: MCU NHPA Initiation Letter-AZ actual doc.PDF; MCU NHPA Project Description Summary 09302015.pdf; DCRM 2015-31 Aneth Flare RNRC 09022015.pdf

Dear Mr. Garrison,

It has come to our attention that we mistakenly sent you the NHPA initiation letter addressed to the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department, instead of the letter which was addressed to the Arizona Historic Preservation Office. Aside from who the letters were addressed to, these letters contained essentially same information. Nonetheless, we are resending these materials to you for your review. We are also resending these materials to you by U. S. postal mail.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. EPA requests your concurrence on our determination that no historic properties will be affected by EPA’s undertaking. Please inform us within 30 days if you concur with our proposed determination. If you do not reply within 30 days, EPA will consider the lack of reply to be Arizona State Historic Preservation Office agreement with the determination.
Thank you and feel free to contact me for questions.
************************************ Shaheerah Kelly Permits Office, Air Division (AIR-3) U.S. Environmental Protec tion Agency, Region 9 San Francisco, CA 94105 Phone: 415-947-4156 Fax: 415-947-3579 Email: kelly.shaheerah@epa.gov

From: Kelly, Shaheerah Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 3:04 PM To: jgarrison@azstateparks.gov Cc: dmallory@ResoluteEnergy.com; pflynn@ResoluteEnergy.com; dinetahdoo@yahoo.com; Kelly, Shaheerah <Kelly.Shaheerah@epa.gov> Subject: NHPA Consultation ‐ Arizona Historic Preservation Office
Good afternoon,
Please review the attached documents. Feel free to contact me for questions.
************************************ Shaheerah Kelly Permits Office, Air Division (AIR-3) U.S. Environmental Protec tion Agency, Region 9 San Francisco, CA 94105 Phone: 415-947-4156 Fax: 415-947-3579 Email: kelly.shaheerah@epa.gov**~,1i:.o** sr..qJ: • .:;**~.r "'~.** 

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James GaITison, SHPO Arizona State Parks State Historic Preservation Office 1300 W. Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 REGION IX 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105

September 30, 2015

Subject: National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 Consultation
- McElmo Creek Unit Oil Production Facility, San Juan County, Utah
Dear Mr. Garrison:
In accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHP A) and its implementing regulations, 36 CFR Part 800, we are providing information for your review and concmTence regarding the project refeITed to in the paragraph below

. EPA is the lead federal agency for the issuance of an amended Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) air quality permit in the Navajo Nation Reservation. We have made a finding of "No Historic Properties Affected" for this undertaking pursuant to 36 CFR 800.4(d)(l).
The United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 (EPA) is reviewing an application for the issuance of an amended PSD air quality permit, in accordance with the Clean Air Act and the PSD air quality regulations (40 CFR 52.21), for the gas flare (called the "Main Flare") at the McElmo Creek Unit Oil Production Facility (MCU Facility), an existing oil and gas production operation

. Other than the potential replacement of an existing fan to provide better pollution control at the Main Flare, EPA's is s uance of the amended PSD permit does not authorize any new construction or modification of existing equipment at the MCU Faci l ity. Additionally, EPA is amending the permit to remove certain equipment, and the applicable permit requirements that app l y because this equipment has been shut down and removed from the site

. In consultation with the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department , the area of potential effects (APE) for this project consists of an area within a 2 km (1.2 miles) radius around the Main Flare. Resolute Natural Resources, LLC, contracted with Dinetahd66 Cultural Resources Management (DCRM) to conduct an assessment to identify historic properties within the APE (2 km around the Main Flare). Resolute provided DCRM's final assessment of historic properties to EPA on September 2, 2015 (September 2015 DCRM Report enclosed).Based on all of the information provided and after carefu l review and analysis, EPA has determined that issuance of the amended PSD Permit for the Main Flare will have no effect upon historic properties within the APE.
EPA reque s ts that you review the enclosed Project Description Summary and concur on our determination that no historic properties will be affected by EPA ' s undertaking

. Please inform us within 30 days if you concur with our proposed determination. If you do not reply within this 30 day review period, EPA will consider the lack of reply to be Arizona State Historic Pre s ervation Office agreement with the determination

. . If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Shaheerah Kelly at (415) 947

- 4156. Thank you for your assistance and consideration in this matter.

Enclosures: Sincerely ,

# 6e**os** Chief, Air Permits Office Air Division

1. National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 Consultation, Project Description Summary , McElmo Creek Unit Oil Production Facility , Proposed Amended Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant Deterioration P e rmit , PSD Permit No. NU 05-01; United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9; September 30, 2015 2. An NHPA Ass e ssment of Historic Properties within a 2-Kilometer APE of th e M c Elmo Cr e ek Unit Main Flare in San Juan County , Utah , for Resolute Natural Resourc e s Compan y, LLC; Dinetahd66 Cultural Resources Management ; September 2 , 2015

cc: Patrick Flynn, Resolute Natural Resources Dwight Mallory, Resolute Natural Resources Rena Martin, Dinetahd66 Cultural Resources Management

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### United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9

NHPA Project Description Summary McElmo Creek Unit Oil Production Facility, PSD Permit No. NU 05

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## National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 Consultation Project Description Summary McElmo Creek Unit Oil Production Facility Proposed Amended Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permit PSD Permit No. NU 05
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I NTRODUCTION 

### The United States Environmental Protection Agency , Region 9 (EPA) is acting on a n application for a n amendment to a Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) air quality permit , in accordance with the Clean Air Act and the PSD air qual ity regulations (40 CFR 52.21), for the gas flare (called the “ Main Flare ”) at the McElmo Creek Unit Oil Production Fa cility (MCU Facility or Facility ), an existing oi l and gas production operation. Pursuant to Section 106 of the National Histori c Preservation Act (NHPA) , 54 U.S.C. §100101 et seq

. , and its implementing regulations at 36 CFR Part 800, prior to issuing the permit amendment , EPA is required to take into account the effects of its undertaking (e.g. issuance of a permit amendment ) on historic properties listed in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
Consultation with the State Historic Preservation Officer and/or the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer is required for all undertakings that have the potential to affect historic properties. Section 106 consultations assess whether historic properties exist within an undertaking’s area of potential effect s (APE) and, if so, whether the undertaking will adversely affect such properties. The term “historic properties” means prehistoric or historic districts, sites, buildings, structures, or objects included in, or e ligible for inclusion in, the National Register of Historic Places maintained by t he Department of the Interior. The EPA is the lead feder al agency for this undertaking. As such, EPA must meet its NHPA Section 106 obligations for this project prior to issuing a final permit decision.
D ESCRIPTION OF THE 

### U NDERTAKING 

### EPA’s undertaking , as defined in 36 CFR 800.16(y) and which triggers the application of the NHPA , is the issuance of an amended PSD air quality permit (PSD Permit) for the Main Flare at the MCU Facility

. While the Facility is an existing oil and gas production operation located on the McElmo Creek Unit oilfield in San Juan County, Utah, EPA’s action is focuses on the existing Main Flare , which is used to control pollution from the operation of the MCU Facility

.NHPA Cultural Resources Summary McElmo Creek Unit Oil Production Facility, PSD Permit No. NU 05

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### The MCU Facility is located in Section 31, Township 40 South, Range 25 East within the Four Corners a rea on the Navajo Nation Reservation near the city of Aneth, San Juan County, Utah. (S ee Figure 1

. ) The MCU Facility is also locate d on the McElmo Creek Unit oilfield, which is one of four oilfield units in the greater Aneth oilfield on the Navajo Nation R eservation in southeastern Utah. (S ee Figure 2. ) Figure 1 : Location of McElmo Creek Unit Oil Production Facility

The MCU Facili ty started operation in the 1950s and was owned by Superior Oil at the time. Mobil Exploration and Producing U.S. Inc. (Mobil) purchased the Facility in 1984. Resolute Natural Resources Company (Resolute), in partnership with Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Co mpany, acquired Mobil’s ownership interest in April 2006 and assumed operation of t he Facility on June 1, 2006. The field operations located on the McElmo Creek Unit oilfield consist of approximately 90 producing wells where petroleum crude oil is recovered from producing strata, brought to theNHPA Cultural Resources Summary McElmo Creek Unit Oil Production Facility, PSD Permit No. NU 05

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### surface to be stored at either a satellite or a tank battery. There are eleven satellites that function as testin g facilities for producing wells and four tank batteries. T he gas compression plant is used to support tertiary recovery of crude oil in the McElmo Creek Unit oilfield , and includes the Main Flare

. EPA’s PSD Permit a ction is to incorporate pollution l i mits, terms, and conditions of a federal Consent Decree ( United States v. Mobil Exploration and Producing U.S. Inc. , Case No. 2:05

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- 319, filed June 8, 2005) for the Main Flare at the MCU Facility’s gas compression plant. These pollution limits, terms, an d conditions include Best Available Control Technology (BACT) emission limitations for nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and volatile organic compounds for the Main Flare

. Figure 2: Oil field U nits in the Aneth Oil Field

(Source: Resolute Natural Resources Company)NHPA Cultural Resources Summary McElmo Creek Unit Oil Production Facility, PSD Permit No. NU 05

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### Additionally, EPA is amending the permit to remove certain equipment, and the applicab le permit requirements that apply because this equipment has been shut down and removed from the site

. Other than the potential replac ement of a n existing fan to provide better pollution control at the Main Flare , EPA’s amendments to the PSD permit do not authorize any new construction or modification of existing equipment at the MCU Facility. On October 15, 2014, EPA issued the amend ed PSD Permit for public comment. A final permit decision will be issued following completion of the Agency’s NHPA Section 106 consultation process. A REA OF 

### P OTENTIAL 

### E FFECTS 

### Since the EPA’s permit action does not authorize any new construction or modification of existing equipment at the MCU Facility , other than potential replacement of a n existing fan at the Main Flare, this action is not expected to result in any new ground disturba nce or change in operations at the MCU Facility. As such, in cons ultation with the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department (NNHPD) , the APE for this project consists of an area within a 2 km (1.2 miles) radius around the Main Flare as shown in Figure 3

. Figure 3: Map of 2 km Area of Potential Effects for MCU Fa cility

H ISTORIC 

### P ROPERTIES 

### & C ULTURAL 

### R ESOURCES WITHIN THE 

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### P OTENTIAL 

### E FFECTS 

### Resolute Natural Resources, LLC , contracted with Dinétahdóó Cultural Resources Management (DCRM) to identify histo ric properties, as defined by the NHPA and its implem enting regulations, within the APE of 2 km of the Main Flare. DCRM’s assessment of historicNHPA Cultural Resources Summary McElmo Creek Unit Oil Production Facility, PSD Permit No. NU 05

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### properties, dated September 2, 2015 (DCRM Report) , is provided as an attachment to this Cultural Resources Report document

. Prior to conducting the fieldwork, DCRM examined records at the NNHPD office in Window Rock, Arizona, to determine whether cultural resources inventories had been performed within the project area. DCRM identified fifty (50) previously recorded archaeological sites within the APE based upon a literature search conducted at the NNHPD records room. These specific sites are described in the DCRM Report. None of these sites were determined to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places maintained by the Department of the Interior. Unde r the NHPA Section 106 and 36 CFR 60.4, cultural resources may be eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places if they are more than 50 years old and “possess integrity of location, design, setting, material, workmanship, feeling, an d association.” Between May 21 , 2015 and June 3, 2015, DCRM conducted fieldwork which consisted of cultural resource assessments of the historic and in

- use properties within the APE. DCRM identified and evaluated thirteen (13) historic structur es and nin e (9) in

- use sites. These specific historic structures and in

- use sites are provided in the DCRM Report. N one of these sites were determined to be in the National Register of Historic Places maintained by the Department of the Interior.
C ONCLUSION 

### Based on the accompanying information and the opinions already offered by the NNHPD regarding this project, EPA has determined that issuance of the amended PSD Permit for the Main Flare will have no effect up on historic properties within the APE.

### A n NHPA Assessment of Historic Properties w ithin a 2

- Kilometer APE of the McElmo Creek Unit Main Flare in San Juan County, Utah, for Resolute Natural Resources Company , LLC

. Report p repared by Rena Martin , Archaeologist

DCRM 201 5

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Navajo Nation Hist oric Preservation Department Permit Number C14021

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September 2 , 2015

Submitted by Rena Martin, Anthropologist/Archaeologist Dinétahdóó Cultural Resources Management P.O. Box 2012 Farmington, New Mexico 87499

Submitted to and Prepared for: Dwight Mallory, Resolute Natural Resources Company , LLC. 1700 Lincoln St., Suite 2800 Denver, CO 80203i 

### Abstract This report is submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department for compliance review a s part of the cultural resources clearance process. The report details the results of the cultural resources inventory conducted in conjunction with the project entitled “ A n NHPA Assessment of Historic Properties w ithin a 2

- Kilometer APE of the McElmo Cree k Unit Main Flare in San Juan County, Utah, for Resolute Natural Resources Inc. ” The project will identify and assess historic properties, as defined by the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and its implementing regulations, within a 2 km area of p otential effect (APE) of the Main Flare located at Resolute Natural Resources Company, LLC’s McElmo Creek Unit Central Facility

. The project area is located in San Juan County , Utah, on Navajo Nation Tribal Trust lands

. The project area is located in Secti on 36 , Township 40 South , Range 24 East ; Sections 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33 , Township 40 South , Range 25 East ; Section 1 , Township 41 South , Ran ge 24 East ; and Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 , Township 41 South, Range 25 East. The project can be found on the Navaj o Canyon, Utah, Provisional Edition 1985 and Aneth, Utah, Provisional Edition 1989 7.5

- minute USGS quadrangle maps. Fifty (5 0 ) previously recorded archaeological site s , thirteen (1 3 ) historic structures, and nine ( 9 ) in

- use sites were identified and evalua ted in conjunction with the project . Archaeological clearance is recommended for the undertaking described herein

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### Contents

Abstract

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Introduction

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Des cription of Undertaking

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Location

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References Cited

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### List of Figures
Figure 1: Map showing project area and fifty previously docume nted archaeological sites (DCRM 2015

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### List of Tables
Table 1. UTM Coordinates, Legal Descriptions, and USGS Maps for the McElmo Creek Unit Main Flare Project.

... 2 Table 2: List of previously documented archaeological sites in the McElmo Creek Unit Main Flare Project Area.

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- Use Site Summary Table and interview results.

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### Introduction Between May 2 1 and June 3 , 2015, Jeremy Begay, Clifford Werito, Shane Wero, Natasha Ignacio, and Jeffrey Begay, archaeologists wit h Dinétahdóó Cultural Resources Management (DCRM), conducted a field assessment of nine in

- use sites and thirteen historic structures within 2 km of Resolute Natural Resources’ McElmo Creek Unit in San Juan County, Utah. DCRM also conducted a literature se arch in the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department’s records room , which identified fifty previously documented archaeological sites

. Th is work was conducted to fulfill NHPA requirements as requested by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Reg ion 9 , for the undertaking

. This cultural resources inventory was completed under the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department permit number B14288

. Description of Undertaking Resolute Natural Resources, LLC contracted with DCRM to identify historic properties, as defined by the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and its implementing regulations, within a 2 km Area of Potential Effect (APE) of the main flare at the McElmo Creek Unit Oil Production Facility (MCU Facility or Facility).
Pursuan t to Section 106 of the NHPA, and its implementing regulations at 36 CFR Part 800, prior to the approval of the expenditure of any funds on or prior to the issuance of any license for an undertaking, EPA is required to take into account the effects of its undertakings on historic properties. Consultation is required for all undertakings that have the potential to affect historic properties. Section 106 consultations assess whether historic properties exist within an undertaking’s area of potential effect an d, if so, whether the undertaking will adversely affect such properties. The term “historic properties” means prehistoric or historic districts, sites, buildings, structures, or objects included in, or eligible for inclusion in, the National Register of Hi storic Places maintained by the Department of the Interior. EPA’s undertaking triggering the application of the NHPA is the issuance of a federal Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) air quality permit, in accordance with the Clean Air Act and PSD regulations (40 CFR 52.21), for the gas flare (called the “main flare”) at the MCU Facility. While the Facility is an existing oil and gas production operation located on the McElmo Creek Unit oilfield in San Juan County, Utah, our action is only for t he gas flare which is used to destroy natural gas during any upsets of the natural gas gathering system. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 is the lead federal agency for this undertaking. EPA is amending the PSD permit to i ncorporate pollution limits, terms, and conditions of a federal Consent Decree (United States v. Mobil Exploration and Producing U.S. Inc., Case No. 2:05

- CV

- 319, filed June 8, 2005) that specifically applies to the main gas flare at the MCU Facility. These pollution limits, terms, and conditions include Best Available Control Technology (BACT) emission limitations for nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and volatile organic compounds for the main flare at the MCU Facility

. Additionally, EPA is amending the PSD permit to remove and update other applicable requirements in the MCU Facility’s PSD permit due to equipment that has been shut down and2 

### removed from the site. Other than the potential replacement of a fixed speed fan with a variable spe ed fan to provide better pollution control at the already existing main flare, EPA’s action does not authorize any new construction or modification of existing equipment at the MCU Facility. EPA issued the proposed permit for public comment on October 15, 2014. A final permit decision will be issued following completion of the Agency’s Section 106 NHPA consultation. DCRM’s identification of historic properties included a literature search to identify previously recorded cultural resources to determine if they qualified as historic properties under the NHPA (Figure 1) as well as a field assessment of existing Navajo in

- use sites within the APE to determine if any of the structures are eligible for listing as historic properties (Figure 2)

. Location Th e project area is in San Juan County, Utah , on Navajo Nation Trust lands in the Aneth Chapter ( Figure 1 )

. Table 1 provides the UTM coordinates and legal descriptions of the project area

. Table 1
. UTM Coordinates, Legal Descriptions , and USGS Maps for the McElmo Creek Unit Main Flare Project. Designation UTM Coordinates Zone 12 (NAD 83) Legal Descriptions USGS Map Name (7.5’ Quadrangle) Northing Easting 1⁄4 1⁄4 1⁄4 Sec. T R Flare 4125157 0659112 SE SE SE 31 40S 25E Navajo Canyon, U tah, P.E. 1985 * Denotes Unplatted 1⁄4 and Section Data3 Figure 1 : Map showing project area and fifty previously documented archaeological sites (DCRM 2015
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### Existing Data Review Prior to the fieldwork, a records check was conducted at the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department (NNHPD) in Window Rock, Arizona , to determine whether cultural resourc es inventories had been performed within the project area

. The review indicated that numerous large and small project s ha ve been conducted within the project area , with fifty previously identified archaeological site s being recorded

. Table 2 provides the s ite designation, type, and report in which the archaeological site was documented.

Table 2 : List of previously documented archaeological sites in the McElmo Creek Unit Main Flare Project Area.

Designation Site Type NNHPD Report Num ber UT

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- 20 No Record at NNHPD UT

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- 22 Undated Lithic Scatter HPD 95

- 174 UT

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- 42

- 23 Navajo Sweatlodge HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 34 No Record at NNHPD UT

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- 36 Undated Lithic Scatter HPD 85

- 556 UT

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- 37 Multi

- Component Undated Lithic Scatter and Historic Navajo Cairns HPD 85

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UT

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- 40 Undated Lithic Scatter HPD 85

- 556 UT

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- 41 No Record at NNHPD UT

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- 42 No Record at NNHPD UT

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- 48 Archaic Artifact Scatter HPD 98

- 021 UT

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- 50 Undated Lithic Scatter HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 54 No Rec ord at NNHPD UT

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- 57 No Record at NNHPD UT

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- 59 Navajo Sweatlodge HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 104 Multi

- Component Undated Base Camp & Anasazi Activity Area HPD 95

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UT

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- 105 No Record at NNHPD UT

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- 106 No Record at NNHPD UT

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- 42

- 108 Historic Refuse Area HPD 95

- 174 UT

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- 110 Undated Lithic Scatter HPD 95

- 174 UT

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- 42

- 113 Undated Sandstone Alignment HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 114 Historic Hearth HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 42

- 115 Undated Lithic Quarry HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 116 Undated Lithic Scatter HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 117 Multi

- Component Undated Lithic Quarry and Navajo Habitation HPD 88

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UT

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- 118 Undated Lithic Scatter HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 119 Anasazi Activity Area HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 120 Historic Rock Art HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 121 Undated Water Control F eature HPD 95

- 174, HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 122 Navajo Stone Enclosure HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 123 Historic Improvised Spring HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 42

- 124 Undated Stone Enclosure HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 125 Undated Lithic Scatter w/ Features HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 42

- 126 Historic Hearth HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 127 Historic Rock Art HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 128 Historic Corral & Lambing Pen HPD 88

- 021 UT

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- 42

- 284 No Record at NNHPD UT

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- 42

- 381 Undated Activity Area HPD 95

- 174 UT

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- 42

- 382 Undated Activity Area HPD 95

- 1746 UT

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- 42

- 400 No Record at NNHPD UT

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- 42

- 401 Archaic Camp HPD 97

- 470 UT

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- 411 Anasazi Artifact Scatter and Petroglyphs HPD 99

- 339 UT

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- 42

- 412 Anasazi Habitation HPD 99

- 339 UT

- C

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- 413 Historic Navajo Habitation HPD 99

- 339 UT

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- 42

- 414 Undated Artifact Scatter HPD 9 9

- 339 UT

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- 42

- 415 Undated Artifact Scatter HPD 99

- 339 UT

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- 42

- 416 Undated Artifact Scatter HPD 99

- 339 UT

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- 42

- 417 Historic Navajo Habitation HPD 99

- 339 UT

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- 42

- 418 Undated Lithic Scatter HPD 99

- 339 UT

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- SA46161 No Record at NNHPD UT

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### Environmental and Cultural Setting The San Juan River is a braided channel system that serves as the main drainage for the San Juan Basin. Within the San Juan V alley are Navajo communities such as Upper Fruitland, Shiprock, Teec Nos Pos, and Aneth. The large, flat bottomed valley is incising numerous Cenozoic era geologic facies. Large sedimentary and igneous clasts ranging from pebbles to boulders have been deposited in the San River Valley from the nearby San Juan igneous belt to the north . Eons of erosion have created numerous named and unnamed secondary geologic and geographic features such as side tributaries, escarpments, terraces, hills, and floodplains. Surface sediments within the area consist of fine

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- grai ned alluvial, fluvial, colluvial, aeolian, and residual packages of sand, silt, clay, and multi

- lithic sand. The river, which flows year

- round, supports a wide variety of native, cultivated, and foreign plant species. P revalent flora in the area include co ttonwood, tamarisk, Russian olive, elm, cheat, brome, and grama grass, ring muhly, Russian thistle, prickly pear and cholla cacti, snakeweed, rabbit brush, and tansy mustard. The Navajo name for Aneth is Taa’ biich’ iidii, which means “ Just like the devil , ” a name applied to the community’s first Anglo trader because of his business practices. Several land agreements and exchanges le d to the incorporation of the Utah Navajo lands in to the Navajo Reservation. There is extensive oil industry development in th e Aneth area (LSR Innovations 2004). Field Methods Between May 21 and June 3 , 2015, Jeremy Begay, Clifford Werito, Shane Wero, Natasha Ignacio, and J effrey Begay , archaeologists with Dinétahdóó Cultural Resources Management (DCRM) , conducted the cultural r esources assessments of the historic and in

- use properties in the project area

. As described below, the previously recorded archaeological sites were not field reassessed. Historic Structure Identification and Inventory Nine currently in

- use sites were vi sited , including interviews with the residents and/or empl o yees regarding the age and cultural importance of structures that are at least 50 years old and that were deemed potentially eligible for protection under Section 106 guidelines.
Thirteen historic structures were identified during the inventory. Interviews with the owners of the historic structures provided information regarding the importance and history of the structure.7 

### Locations of the cultural resources identified during the inventory were rec orded using a hand

held Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) unit. Cultural Resources Findings T hirt een historic structures and nine in

- use sites were documented during the inventory and are described in this section

. An in

- field assessment of the fifty pre viously documented archaeological sites was not conducted. T he information provided in this report was collected during the literature search at the NNHPD records room and reflects the description and assessments made by the earlier recording. Information on thirty

- nine sites was found; the remaining eleven previously identified archaeological sites had no documentation

. Archaeological Sites
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- 22 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: No location information per NNHP D/NDOT guidelines in 1995 UTM (NAD83): No location information per NNHPD/NDOT guidelines in 1995 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Lithic Scatter Site Size: 410m x 480m Site Setting: I n a dr ainage basin below a bench south of Cajon Mesa. Site Description: UT

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- 22 is an undated lithic scatter with no recorded features . It has been recorded twice, once in 1989 and again in 1993 by Navajo Nation Archaeology Department (NNAD) archaeologists. UT

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- 22 is composed of nondiagnostic flaked lithic artifacts. Also, two rock shelters were recorded underneath the sandstone bench. In 1993, one Mc Elmo Black

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- 22 may date to the Archaic.
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- 23 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 40N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4125142, E 0659017 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah Cou nty: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Navajo Sweat Lodge Site Size: 12m x 25m Site Setting: O n a sandstone outcrop along the crest of a ridge finger. Site Description: UT

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- 23 contains the remnants of a Navajo sweat lodge that was originally record ed in 1984 by NNAD archaeologists and revisited in 1988 by NNAD archaeologists. There are no visible structural remains of the sweat lodge ; the site consists of charcoal, ash, fire

cracked rock, a wire brush, and four lithic artifacts. The single feature ( Feature 1 ) measures 2.5m x 1.5m and included fragments of cha rcoal, ash, and fire

- cracked rock. Surrounding feature 1 is a general scatter of fire

- cracked rock measuring 20m x 10m in which a wire brush and four lithic8 

### flakes where also recorded. The presen ce of charcoal in Feature 1 suggested that the site was fairly recent in age. No other features or artifacts were recorded during the inventory. Site: UT

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- 36 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Sec 5, T41S, R25E UTM (NAD 83): Zone 12, N 4124502, E 0660562 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Lithic Scatter Site Size: 150m x 90m Site Setting: A t the edge of a terrace overlooking a large drainage. Site Descripti on: UT

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- 36 is an undated lithic scatter with one recorded feature. Feature 1 is a collapsed hearth with an artifact concentration consisting of flaked and ground stone artifacts with no formalized tools other than a bifacially smoothed , one
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- 36 may have served as a lithic reduction site with a minimal amount of food processing. It may date to the Archaic.
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- 37 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Sec 5, T41S, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 1 2, N 4124952, E 0660112 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Multicomponent Undated Lithic Scatter & historic Navajo cairns Site Size: 110m x 110m Site Setting: A t the edge of a terrace overlooking a l arge drainage. Site Description: UT

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- 37 is a multicomponent undated lithic scatter and historic Navajo cairn site with three features. Feature 1 is a collapsed hearth and has been assigned to the prehistoric component. It consists of a scattering of s andstone blocks intermixed with flaked stone artifacts. Other artifacts attributed to the prehistoric component include flaked and ground stone tools. Features 2 and 3 are included in the historic Navajo component. Both are in the eastern site area. The y a re stacked sandstone slab and block cairns with no other related material nearby

. T he prehistoric component may date to the Archaic.
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- 4 0 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Sec 4 , T4 1 S, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12 , N 4124300 , E 0661190 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Lithic Scatter Site Size: 20m x 10 m Site Setting: UT

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- 4 0 is an undated lithic scatter that was originally recorded in 1985 by Navajo Nation Archaeology Department (NNAD) archaeologists. The 1985 NNAD survey recorded a scattering of flaked lithic artifacts including a scraper tool. No other features or ar tificats were recorded. No diagnostic artifacts were observed, however, sites that contain this sort of artifact assemblage are usually attributed to Archaic groups.
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- 48 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Sec 3 2, T40S, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4125552, E 0659587 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Archaic Artifact Scatter Site Size: 20m x 85m Site Setting: I n a road cut in a stabilized sand dune.
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- 48 is an Archaic artifact scatter that was originally recorded in 1985 by NNAD archaeologists. The site was last visited in 1997 by Complete Archaeological Service Associates (CASA) archaeologists in conjunction with a CO 2 

### pipeline pr oject. The 1985 NNAD survey recorded a scattering of flaked lithic artifacts and several sandstone slab piles that were attributed to the prehistoric Archaic occupation. In the 1997 survey, CASA archaeologists determined that the sandstone piles were remna nts of oil field activity and that the majority of the artifacts recorded by the NNAD archaeologists had since been redeposited by various oil field activities , and that very few artifacts remained in situ. A single broken projectile point base contained c haracteristics attributable to Archaic traditions.
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- 50 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 40N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4125552, E 0660037 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Lithic Scatter Site Size: 130m x 310m Site Setting: I n a field of stabilized sand dune s surrounded by ephemeral arroyos. Site Description: UT

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- 50 is an undated lithic scatter that was originally recorded in 19 85 by NNAD archaeologists and was revisited by NNAD in 1988 in conjunction with a well

- pad survey. The artifact assemblage consisted of 165 chipped stone artifacts , including Brushy Basin chert flakes, cores, retouched nodules, scrap ers, quartzite flakes, and siltstone flakes. No features were observed during the inventory. UT

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- 59 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 41N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4124862, E 065926710 

### Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Navajo Sweat Lodge Site Size: 27m x 24m Site Setting: O n a low

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- 59 is a historic Navajo sweat house that was or iginally recorded in 1985 by NNAD archaeologists and was revisited by NNAD in 1988 in conjunction with a well

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- 59 consists of four features and several historic artifacts. Feature 1 appears to be a sweathouse with a pile of approximately 250 fire

- reddened sandstone fragments that measures 4m in diameter. Feature 2 appears to be the remnants of a r amada with a scattering of artifacts ( 1 food can, 1 hub cap ) and 55 juniper branches in an area measuring 7m x6m. Feature 3 consists of 25 burnt sandstone fragments, ash, and a charcoal pile that measures 3m in diameter. Feature 4 consists of 2 shards of milk glass and approximately 200 fire

- reddened sandstone fragments scattered in an area measuring 12.5m x 8.5m that does not appear to contain su bsurface materials. No other features or artifacts were recorded.
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- 104 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: No location information per NNHPD/NDOT guidelines in 1995 UTM (NAD83): No location information per NNHP D/NDOT guidelines in 1995 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Multi

- component Undated B ase C amp & Anasazi Activity Area Site Size: 125m x 150m Site Setting: O n the west side of an ephemeral south

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- 104 is a heavily damaged multi component undated base camp & Anasazi activity area with no recorded features. The undated prehistoric component is a scatter of undiagnostic flaked and ground stone artifacts. The Anasa zi activity area has several hearths and ceramic sherd s as well as flaked and ground stone artifacts. In 1994, NNAD archaeologists reported that UT

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- 104 had been heavily damaged when heavy vehicles had been used to remove soil in the site area for use elsewhere. These activities had severely disturbed and even destroyed several of the hearths. Nevertheless, the NNAD archaeologists believed that UT

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- 104 may contain subsurface cultural deposits in the undamaged areas. Site: UT

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- 108 USGS Map Refer ence: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: No location information per NNHPD/NDOT guidelines in 1995 UTM (NAD83): No location information per NNHPD/NDOT guidelines in 1995 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Historic Refuse Area Site Size: 9m x 13m Site Setting: I n a relatively flat area bisected by a pipeline.11 

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- 108 is a historic refuse area with no recorded features. It was recorded in 1988 by NNAD archaeologists in conjunction with a pipeline survey. The site is composed of trash presumed to have be en discarded by the employees who constructed the pipeline in the 1960s. The artifact assemblage consists of metal cans, broken ceramic mugs, and several glass soda bottl es. Site: UT

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- 110 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: No location information per NNHPD/NDOT guidelines in 1995 UTM (NAD83): No location information per NNHPD/NDOT guidelines in 1995 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust Stat e: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Lithic Scatter Site Size: 100m x 60m Site Setting: O n the west slope of a ridge east of Allen Canyon. Site Description: UT

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- 110 was an undated lithic scatter originally recorded in 1988 by NNAD archaeologists. It was composed of flaked lithic artifacts, none of which were diagnostic. UT

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- 110 was revisited in 1994 by NNAD archaeologists , who determined that the site had been destroyed by pipeline activities in the immediate area. No trac e of cultural materials was observed in the site area or nearby

. At least two pipelines had been constructed in the site area since it was first recorded in 1988.
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- 113 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted , 40N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4126122, E 0659067 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Sandstone Alignment Site Size: 4m x 3m Site Setting: O n level terrain on top of a terrace.
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- 113 is an undated sandstone alignment that was originally recorded in 1988 by NNAD archaeologists in conjunction with a well

- pad survey. The artifact assemblage consists of a single chert flake and a stacked sandstone wall alignment that m easures 1.70m x 0 .60m. The flake may be from a lithic procurement site (UT

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- 115) located 130m to the north. No other artifacts or features were recorded.
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- 114 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 40N , R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4126142, E 0659097 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Historic Hearth12 

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- 114 is a historic hearth that was originally recorded in 1988 by NNAD archaeologists in conjunction with a well

- pad survey. It consists of one feature and ashy soil, charcoal, burnt paper , and a piece of metal. Feature 1 appears to be the remains of a single

episode hearth. It may be associated with herding activities. No other artifacts or features were recorded or observed.
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- 115 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 40N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4126302, E 0659127 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Lithic Quarry Site Size: 70m x 57m Site Setting: O n level to gently rolling terrain on top of a terrace. Site Description: UT

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- 11 5 is an undated lithic quarry that was originally recorded in 1988 by NNAD archaeologists in conjunction with a well

- pad survey. The artifact assemblage consists of chipped stone artifacts and cores in an area measuring 80m in diameter. None of the artifac ts are diagnostic. An in

- use feature in the southeastern portion of the site is a small dump adjacent to a corral that is part of an IUS. No other artifacts or features were recorded or observed.
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- 116 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 40N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4126252, E 0658947 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Lithic Scatter Site Size: 60m x 32m Site Setting: On level to rollin g terrain on top of a terrace. Site Description: UT

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- 116 is an undated lithic scatter with one feature that was originally recorded in 1988 by NNAD archaeologists in conjunction with a well

- pad survey. Feature 1 consists of four upright sandstone slab s aligned in an “L” that measures 1.50m x 0 .90m. The function of the feature is unknown. S outhwest of Feature 1 is a lithic concentration measuring 75 square meters. The site appears to be a specialized activity area associated with lithic reduction. The a ffiliation of the site cannot be determined , although it is almost certainly prehistoric. No other artifacts or features were recorded or observed.
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- 117 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 40N, R25E13 

### UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4125662, E 0659897 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Multi

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- 117 is a multicomponent prehistoric lithic procurement area and a historic Navajo habitation. The prehistoric component consists of concentrations 1 through 10 and fi ve possible quarry areas (Features 19 through 22 and 28). The concentrations range from 0.75 meters squared to 3 , 200 square meters. Feature 1 is a corral constructed of stacked sandstone slab s incorporated into a southeast

- facing sandstone ledge with an ov erhang ; it measures 18m x 12m. Feature 24 appears to be the remains of a dugout incorporated into the lower slope of a dune ; it measures 3m in diameter. Feature 25 is a shallo w depression which measures 4.5 m in diameter. At the margins of the depression ar e two upright sandstone slabs, six unmodified rectangular sandstone rocks, splinters of wood, and a short piece of wood with three nails ; this feature may be the remains of a h ogan whose materials have been salvaged. Feature 26 is a concentration of small unshaped pieces of sandstone covering an area 8.4m in diameter. Feature 27 consists of three upright sandstone slabs and two unmodified sandstone blocks ; the feature measures 4.8m in diameter. Feature 2 is a concentration of ash, charcoal, a coffee pot lid , a slide

- on lid, 2 clear glass fragments, a shoe sole, a sheep rib bone, and several pieces of fire

reddened sandstone in an area measuring 1m x 2m. Feature 3 is a sandstone hogan with an interior diameter of 3.50m. Feature 4 is a hogan base ; no dimension s are given for this mostly dismantled feature . Feature 5 is an ash pile measuring 3m x 4m with charcoal and burnt sandstone fragments. Feature 6 is a hogan ring measuring 3m in diameter. Feature 7 is a sandstone corral measuring 18m x 26m ; associated arti facts include 2 slide

- on lids and 1 sheepherder’s shaker can with wire handle. Feature 8 is a sandstone enclosure measuring 2.90m x 2.20m. Feature 9 consists of an ash pile that measures1m x 1.50m. Feature 10 is an ash pile with historic artifacts ; it meas ures 1.60m in diameter. Feature 10 may be associated with Feature 11 , a sandstone hogan outline that measures 2.30m in diameter. Feature 12 is a sandstone enclosure of unknown function; it measures 1m x 2m. Feature 13 is an ash pile that measures 1.50m in diameter and contains a single sandstone mano fragment. Feature 32 is a sandstone h ogan outline measuring 3.50m in diameter. Feature 14 is a cairn measuring 100cm x 75cm ; this feature is of relatively recent in origin. Feature 15 is a cairn that measures 7 0cm x 35cm. Feature 16 is also a cairn , measuring 70cm x 35cm. Feature 17 is a cairn that measures 37cm x 34cm. Feature 18 is a collapsed cairn ; no measurements were provided . Feature 30 is a cairn measuring 30cm x 30cm. Feature 29 is a sandstone enclosure in a natural crevice ; it measures 1.50m x 0.90m . Feature 13 is a short sandstone alignment that is 1.02m long. No other features or artifacts were recorded at the site.
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- 118 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 40N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4125835, E 0661672 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth14 

### Site Type: Undated Lithic scatter Site Size: 45m x 25m Site Setting: O n level terrain on top of a high terrace. Site Description: UT

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- 118 consists of sparse lithic concentrations with no features. Concentration 1 measures approximately 80 square meters. Concentration 2 covers 144 square meters. The site may be a chipping station. No other artifacts were recorded . It may date to the Archaic.
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- 119 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 41N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4124452, E 0658197 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: An eth Site Type: Anasazi Activity Area Site Size: 45m x 25m Site Setting: O n top of a knoll. Site Description: UT

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- 119 consists of a sparse sherd and lithic scatter with 1 feature. Feature 1 consists of ashy soil with fewer than 10 small burnt sandstone fragments . It appear s to be a hearth that measures approximately 50cm in diameter. The artifact assemblage includes Brushy Basin c hert flakes, 2 Mancos C orrugated sherd s, 3 Deadman’s Black

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- 120 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 41N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4124452, E 0658197 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Tr ust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Historic Rock Art Site Size: 1m x 1m Site Setting: A t the base of a low sandstone ledge. Site Description: UT

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- 120 consists of two incised rock art panels. Panel 1 measures 3.50cm long and has what appears to be an “I” followed by an “E” followed by two parallel lines. Panel 2 measures 5.30cm long and contains a single (Yei?) figure made of triangles which form the head, body, and hands. The site is not considered not to have any subsurface cultural deposits. No other petroglyphs, artifacts, or features were recorded.
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- 121 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: No location information per NNHPD/NDOT guidelines in 1995 UTM (NAD83): No location informa tion per NNHPD/NDOT guidelines in 199515 

### Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Water Control Feature Site Size: 9m x 7m Site Setting: O n top of a sandstone outcrop on the west side of an ephemeral drainage. Site Description: UT

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- 121 is an undated water

- control feature. Feature 1 is a dry

- laid sandstone wall constructed in a small basin on top of a sandstone bedrock outcrop. Feature 1 was constructed to contain water in a shallow basin in the b edrock. No diagnostic artifacts were observed in the immediate area so the age of the feature is unknown. No other features or artifacts were recorded.
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- 122 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 40N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4125382, E 0659307 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Stone enclosure Site Size: 5m x 5m Site Setting: O n a steep, south

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- 122 consists of a stone enclosure. Feature 1 is a sandstone wall that encloses a space between two large boulders ; it measures 1.50m x 0.95m. T he site appears to have functioned as a lambing pen . No other features or artifacts were recorded.
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- 123 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 40N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4125092, E 0659027 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San J uan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Historic Improved Spring Site Size: 44m x 24m Site Setting: A t the head of a small southwest

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- 123 i s an improved spring site with thr ee features : a spring house, pump platform, stacked rock trail, and a sparse trash scatter that was not given a feature number

. Feature 1 is a semicircular spring house measuring 8m in diameter ; in front of Feature 1 is a sandstone alignment measuring 5m l ong. Feature 2 is a concrete slab with a n unattached cast

iron hand pump ; the slab measures 1.70m x 1.50m. Feature 3 is a trail that extends from the top of the sandstone ledge down the side of the canyon ; it is 19m long and 2m wide. The site is a historic improvement of a natural feature. No other features or artifacts were recorded.16 

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- 124 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 40N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4125192, E 0659287 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated s tone enclosure Site Size: 19m x 14m Site Setting: O n a ridge at the head of a tributary to Allen Canyon. Site Description: UT

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- 124 consists of two sandstone enclosures. Feature 1 is a stacked stone and stick enclosure formed between a crack in a large sandstone boulder ; the feature measures 1.50m x 0 .50m. Feature 2 is a sandstone wall that encloses an 0.45m x 1.50m area . The features are probably lambing pens or caches associated with herding activities. No other features or artifacts were recorded.
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- 125 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 41N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4124902, E 0659367 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust Sta te: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Lithic S catter with F eatures. Site Size: 85m x 45m Site Setting: I n the deflation basin of a sand dune. Site Description: UT

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- 125 consists of two features and a lithic scatter. Feature 1 measures 1.40m x 1m and consists of the burnt sandstone remains of a collapsed hearth. Feature 2 is a pile of fire

- reddened sandstone measuring 1.50m x1.20m , also indicating a collapsed hearth. A lithic scatter north of Feature 1 represents a chipped stone reduction area of unknown size . No other features or artifacts were recorded.
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- 126 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 41N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4124882, E 0659037 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Tr ust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Historic Hearth Site Size: 10m x 20m Site Setting: A t the base of a cliff. Site Description: UT

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- 126 consists of a single feature and a scatter of historic arti facts. Feature 1 is a scatte r of charcoal that measures 4m x 1.20m. The charcoal extends downstream to the west. Artifacts included a coffee can, Styrofoam cups, a base f rom a plastic cup, and 5 ax

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- 127 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 41N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4124942, E 0659007 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Historic Rock Art Site Size: 11m x 7m S ite Setting: O n a pinnacle and cliff face above a tributary to Allen Canyon. Site Description: UT

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- 127 consists of 4 rock art panels ; no features or measurements were provided . The rock art panels appear to be quite recent. No other features or artifa cts were recorded.
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- 128 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 40N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4125082, E 0659157 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Typ e: Historic Corral and lambing pen Site Size: 85m x 23m Site Setting: A t the head of a tributary to Allen Canyon. Site Description: UT

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- 128 consists of 5 features and a sparse artifact scatter. Feature 1 is a sandstone enclosure that measures 2m x 0.9 0m. Feature 2 is sandstone enclosure in a small break in the cliff face ; it measures 2.40m in diameter. Feature 3 is a sandstone wall measuring 4.30m. Feature 4 is a sandstone wall measuring 2.70m. Feature 5 is sandstone wall that runs 21m to a wall corner and then extends another 9m. Features 3, 4, and 5 are segments of a sandstone corral. No measurements or details on the historic artifact scatter were noted. No other features or artifacts were recorded.
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- 381 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyo n, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: No location information per NNHPD/NDOT guidelines in 1995 UTM (NAD83): No location information per NNHPD/NDOT guidelines in 1995 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Activity Area Site Size: 10m x 55m Site Setting: I n a road cut and a deflated sand dune. Site Description: UT

- C

- 42

- 381 is an undated activity area with no recorded features. UT

- C

- 42

- 381 is composed of artifacts in a road cut and on the slope of a sand dune. The assemblage includes flaked stone artifacts, four pieces of tabular sandstone, and one quartz river cobble.18 

### When it was recorded in 1995, an ash lens was also observed in the road cut. UT

- C

- 42

- 381 may date to the Archaic occupation

. Site: UT

- C

- 42

- 382 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: No location information per NNHPD/NDOT guidelines in 1995 UTM (NAD83): No location information per NNHPD/NDOT guidelines in 1995 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah Cou nty: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Activity Area Site Size: 60m x 45m Site Setting: O n a deflating sand dune. Site Description: UT

- C

- 42

- 382 is an undated activity area with no recorded features. The scattered artifacts consist of flaked and ground stone and two clusters of fire

- cracked rock. S ubsurface cultural deposits may occur in the western area of the site in the undisturbed sand dune. No diagnostic artifacts were observed , although other sites containing assemblages of this type have b ee n attributed to Archaic groups.
Site: UT

- C

- 42

- 401 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Sec 30, T40S, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4127220, E 0658740 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Archaic Camp Site Size: 52m x 42m Site Setting: O n a stabilized sand dune below Cajon Mesa. Site Description: UT

- C

- 42

- 401 is an Archaic camp with no recorded features. The flaked lithic artifacts at the site are a rhyolite tool, a cobble chopp er, ten flakes, and a scatter of fire

- cracked sandstone fragments. UT

- C

- 42

- 401 was originally recorded in 1997 by Complete Archaeological Service Associates (CASA) archaeologists in conjunction with a CO 2 

### pipeline survey. CASA archaeologists reported that the site was impacted by the installation of a pipeline prior to 1997 and that the construction activities likely altered the location of the materials. A dditional cultural materials may occur in the areas furthest from the pipeline.
Site: UT

- C

- 42

- 4 11 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 41N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4124572, E 0660477 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Artifact Scatter and P etroglyphs Site Size: 82m x 31m Site Setting: On and below a south

- facing rocky point.19 

### Site Description: UT

- C

- 42

- 411 consists of 1 f eature, an artifact scatter, and petroglyphs. Feature 1 is a rubble pile measuring 2m in diameter that represents a small room. No me asurements or descriptions of the petroglyphs or artifact scatter are given. No other features or artifacts were recorded.
Site: UT

- C

- 42

- 412 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 41N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4124 882, E 0659787 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Anasazi Habitation Site Size: 76m x 40m Site Setting: U nder a sandstone ledge on a slope. Site Description: UT

- C

- 42

- 412 consists of the remains of 3 rooms and lithic scatter. Room s 1 and 2 each measure 2m x 2m. Room 3 is 4m x 5m. No measurement or description of the artifact scatter is given. The site is probably a seasonal Anasazi habitation of Pueblo II age. No other features or artifacts were recor ded.
Site: UT

- C

- 42

- 413 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 41N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4124782, E 0659247 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Historic Navajo Habitation Site Size: 42m x 23m Site Setting: O n top of a small sandstone ledge at the base of a steep , boulder

- strewn slope. Site Description: UT

- C

- 42

- 413 consists of 3 features. Feature 1 is a sandstone hogan ring which measures 3m in diameter. F eature 2 is a series of rock alignments ; no measurements or estimated function was recorded . Feature 3 is a 40cm diameter semicircular outline of stacked sandstone fragments. No other features or artifacts were recorded.
Site: UT

- C

- 42

- 414 USGS Map Refere nce: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 41N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4124782, E 0660477 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Artifact scatter Site Size: 144m x 96m Sit e Setting: O n top of a small sandstone mesa.20 

### Site Description: UT

- C

- 42

- 414 consists of 3 artifact concentrations. No measurements are given. This site may be related to nearby UT

- C

- 42

- 41 4 . A 60m space with no flaked lithic artifacts and a vertical drop

- of f warranted separation of the 2 sites. The site may have intact subsurface deposits and/or features. No diagnostic artifacts were observed , although other sites containing assemblages of this type have been attributed to Archaic groups.
Site: UT

- C

- 42

- 415 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 40N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4126452, E 0659337 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Artifact scatter Site Size: 50m x 28m Site Setting: O n rolling terrain o n the northwest slope of a sand dune. Site Description: UT

- C

- 42

- 415 consists of an artifact concentration with no associated features. T he size of the artifact concentration is not recorded . The artifacts are p rimarily exposed in a two

- track road. A few scattered flakes occur outside of the roadbed. The fact that the vast majority of the flakes are exposed in the road cut suggests intact subsurface cultural deposits and/or features could be present. No other fea tures or artifacts were recorded. No diagnostic artifacts were observed , although other sites containing assemblages of this type have been attributed to Archaic groups.
Site: UT

- C

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- 416 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 40N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4125422, E 0660197 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Artifact scatter Site Size: 138m x 54m Site Setting: B etween two sand dun es and along the top of the eastern most sand dune. Site Description: UT

- C

- 42

- 416 contains two discrete flake concentrations. Locus A is the smaller of the two. Locus B contains the vast majority of the flakes. No measurements are given. S everal areas of low

- density scattered sandstone fragments on the site are also conspicuous. I ntact subsurface cultural deposits and/or features are likely present. UT

- C

- 42

- 416 may be associated with the Site UT

- C

- 42

- 50 located to the north. No other features or artifacts were recorded. No diag nostic artifacts were observed , although other sites containing assemblages of this type have been attributed to Archaic groups.
Site: UT

- C

- 42

- 417 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 40N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4125662, E 065989721 

### Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Historic Navajo habitation Site Size: 52m x 60m Site Setting: N ear the lower end of a talus slope along a cliff face. Site Description: UT

- C

- 4 2

- 417 consists of a historic Navajo habitation with 4 features. Feature 1 is a stacked sandstone h ogan ring with deteriorated axe

- cut log fragments ; it measures 2.4m in diameter. Feature 2 is a 2m x 1m sandstone enclosure. Feature 3 is a rock pile south of a small boulder and may be a burial. Feature 4 is a stacked sandstone enclosure formed around several small boulders but there is no indication of its size. Ethnographic consultations were unable to produce any information regarding the site. UT

- C

- 42 417 has been highly disturbed by a bulldozer cut right through the middle of the site. No other features or artifacts were recorded.
Site: UT

- C

- 42

- 418 USGS Map Reference: Navajo Canyon, Utah, P.E. 1985 Legal Location: Platted, 40N, R25E UTM (NAD83): Zone 12, N 4125802, E 0659137 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Aneth Site Type: Undated Lithic scatter Site Size: 82m x 64m Site Setting: Near a small butte. Site Description: UT

- C

- 42

- 418 consists of 1 artifact concentrat ion, 1 feature, and 1 possible feature. Feature 1 is a 1.5m circular outline of collapsed sandstone. No indication of the size of the artifact concentration is mentioned in the report. A possible feature is an incomplete oval outline of rocks west of Featu re 1. The site has some potential for intact subsurface cultural deposits and/or features. No diagnostic artifacts were observed , although other sites containing assemblages of this type have been attributed to Archaic groups.
Site: UT

- C

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- 163 USGS Map R eference: Aneth, Utah, P.E. 1989 Legal Location: No location information per NNHPD/NDOT guidelines in 1995 UTM (NAD83): No location information per NNHPD/NDOT guidelines in 1995 Land Status: Navajo Tribal Trust State: Utah County: San Juan Chapter: Ane th Site Type: Historic Navajo Corral Site Size: 65m x 43m Site Setting: A t the head of an ephemeral drainage on a west

- facing terrace below a ridge. Site Description: UT

- C

- 55

- 163 is a historic Navajo corral and lambing pen recorded in 1993 by NNAD archaeo logists in conjunction with a road survey. Many of the corral walls incorporated sandstone boulders. Two crushed metal cans were observed within the corral , which was dated to 1909 by ethnographic interviews. The lambing pen is south of the main corral and was22 

### constructed using dry laid sandstone blocks and slabs. No other features or artifacts were recorded.

In
- Use Sites During the survey, nine 

### in

- use sites (IUS s ) were identified and recorded

. F ive are Navajo extended family communities and four are Resol ute Natural Resources facilities. Also, in accordance with Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department policies, the project archaeologists interviewed several Navajo residents about any traditional cultural properties or unmarked burials in the area. T he interviews were conducted in English and Navajo. A brief description of the identified IUSs and the interview results can be found in Table 3.

Table 3 : In
- Use Site Summary Table and interview results.

In
- Use Site # and Client Na me Summary of Structures Contact Person Interview Data and Occupation Dates IUS #1

- Anna B. Oldman & Emma Benally family - One Modern Yellow House (2000)

- One Modern/Stone House (1950 s)

- One Stone House (1950 s)

- One Hogan (1980 s)

- One Pink House (1950 s)

- On e House (Ruin) (1950s)

- One Ceremonial Hogan (1990s)

- One Modern Blue House (1980s)

- Corral #1 (197 0s )

- Corral #2 (197 0s )

- Sweathouse #1 Anna B. Oldman Emma Benally Leslie Oldman Ms. Oldman identified 4 historic structures and 4 traditionally used structur es . The family has been living here since the 194 0s

.

IUS #2

- Dora Todacheenie and Harold Benally family - One shed (195 0s )

- One Blue House (195 0s )

- One Brown House (195 0s )

- One Garage (198 0s )

- One Gray House (195 0s )

- One Modern White House (198 0s )

- Corral #3 (197 0s )

- Corral #4 (197 0s ) Dora Todacheenie Clara Todacheenie June Benally Harold Benally Desirae Todacheenie Mrs. Dora Todacheenie identified 4 historic s tructures . Mr. Harold Benally identified 2 traditionally used structures . The family has been livi ng here since the 194 0s

.

IUS #3

- Flora Todacheenie Family - One mobile home (198 0s )

- One blue hogan (198 0s )

- One modern house under construction. (2014)

- Sweathouse #2 (200 0s ) Florence Todacheenie No Historic properties, TCP s, or Burials. Family has been l iving here since the 198 0s

.

IUS #4

- Betty Ann

- One mobile home Betty Ann Norton No Historic properties,23 Norton family (199 0s )

- One Modern House (198 0s )

- One Hogan (198 0s ) TCP s, or Burials. Family has been living here since the 198 0s

.

IUS#5

- Emma Begay, Lo uise Tapaha, and Kee Tapaha Family - One Modern House (198 0s )

- One Modular Home (200 0s ) Emma Begay Crystal Tapaha Louise Tapaha Kee Tapaha No Historic properties, TCP s, or Burials. Family has been living here since the 198 0s

. IUS#6

- Resolute Equipment Area Resolute Equipment Holding Area Resolute Personnel No Historic properties, TCP s, or Burials. IUS #7

- Resolute Offices and McElmo Flare Resolute Offices and McElmo Flare Resolute Personnel No Historic properties, TCP s, or Burials. Facilities installed in t he 19 8 0s

. IUS #8

- Resolute Oil & Gas Pad with Storage Tanks Resolute Oil & G as Pad with Storage Tanks Resolute Personnel No Historic properties, TCP s, or Burials.
IUS#9

- Resolu te Equipment Area Resolute Equipment Storage Area Resolute Personnel No Histori c properties, TCP s, or Burials. 

### Historic Structures Thirteen structures were identified as being historic and eligible for listing as historic properties according to the NHPA. DCRM archaeologists, through ethnographic interviews, obtained information re garding the structures and their importance to the residents to whom they belong. Information regarding the thirteen historically significant structures can be found below.24 

### Structures recorded in IUS 1
Modern/Historic House (Structure 1 )

. This home was constructed by Big John and Curley John in the early 195 0s . The original home was constructed from shaped sandstone that was quarried f rom a nearby sandstone source. A n addition was added to the home in the 198 0s . The home is still in

- use and is occupied by the Anna B. Oldman family.

Pink Historic House (Structure 2)
. The home was constructed by Big John in the late 195 0s

. Modern materials were used to construct the home. The house is L

- shaped and has a cement porch on the north side. T he home is presently unoccupied and is slowly deteriorating.25 

### Stone Historic House (Structure 3)

. The home was originally constructed in the late 192 0s by Curley John and Big John. The materials for the home were quarried from a sandstone source nearb y and transported by a wheelbarrow. The home is currently unoccupied.

Historic House (Ruin) (Structure 4)
. The home was originally built in the 193 0s by Big John and Tom Skeezie. As with the other stone structures, the materials were quarried from a nearby sandstone source and transported by wheelbarrow ; only the north wall and half of the east wall are still standing. Some fruit trees are still growing on the north side. T he home is unoccupied.26 

### Structures R ecorded in IUS 2
Historic Shed (Struct ure 5 )
. This shed was built in the late 195 0s by Harry Todacheenie. The shed was primarily used for storing tools and equipment for the Todacheenie family. T he shed is still in use.

Historic Home (Desirae Todacheenie) (Structure 6 )
. This home belongs to Desirae Todacheenie and was originally built in the late 195 0s by Harry Todacheenie and Harold Benally. The original home was smaller, but recent additions have increased the size of the home. The home is currently occupied by Ms. Desirae Todacheenie.27 

### Historic Home (June Benally) (Structure 7 )
. This home was originally built in the late 195 0s by Harry Todacheenie and Harold Benally. The home features a stone wall and fenced yard. A nother addition is being planned. Currently, the home is under const ruction and is occupied by Ms. June Benally.

Historic Home (Dora Todacheenie) (Structure 8 )
. This home was originally constructed in the late 195 0s by Harry Todacheenie and Harold Benally. This home features a stone wall and there are recent additions to the home. The home is currently occupied by Ms. Dora Todacheenie and Ms. Clara Todacheenie.28 

### Traditional Cultural Properties Although the identification of Traditional Cultural Properties was not an objective of the current undertaking, interviews with Navajo residents occupying the in

- use residential sites provided data about four areas of traditional and cultural concern. These four Traditional Cultural Properties (TCPs) are two natural springs and two offering areas. Information gathered by the D CRM ethnographic inquiry for the four TCPs can be found in Confidential Appendix B.
Sweathouse #1 (Structure 5). This in

- use sweathouse is used by the Anna B. Oldman family. The Plains

- style sweathouse is made from tamarisk shafts bent over to make a dome that can be covered by a tarp or hides. In the middle of the sweathouse is a hollow pit where the heated rocks are placed. Near the sweathouse is a storage shelter and a cache of volcanic rocks for heating. The sweathouse is located on a ledge that overlo oks the western horizon. The sweathouse is still in use by the Oldman family. No photographs were taken.
Corral #1 and Corral #2 (Structures 6 & 7). These corrals are located at IUS #1 and belong to the Anna B. Oldman family and the Emma Benally family. B oth corrals have been blessed and are currently in use.
Corral #3 and Corral #4 (Structures 12 & 13) . These in

- use corrals belong to the Todacheenie family. These corrals were first constructed in the late 1950s. The corrals have been blessed and contain birth cords from Harold Benally’s two sons. The corrals are made from scrap pieces of lumber and iron re bar. Evaluation of Significance All cultural resources identified and recorded are evaluated for significance under certain federal statutes for the p reservation and management of these resources. This process is intended to ensure that cultural resources are not inadvertently destroyed, and to ensure that local communities are involved in the decision

- making process.
The National Historic Preservation Act Under the Section 106 process of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA; 36 CFR 60.4), cultural resources may be eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places if they are more than 50 years old and “possess integrity of loc ation, design, setting, material, workmanship, feeling, and association.” One or more of the following criteria (a

- d) must be applicable:

a. associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or b. associated with the lives of a person significant in our past; or c. embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and d istinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or d. has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.29 

### As defined in 36 CFR 60.4, cemeteries, birthplaces, or graves of historical figures; proper ties owned by religious institutions or used for religious purposes; structures that have been moved from their original locations; reconstructed historical buildings; properties primarily commemorative in nature; and properties that have achieved signific ance within the past 50 years are not ordinarily considered eligible for the National Register. However, such properties may qualify if they are integral parts of districts that do meet the eligibility criteria.

Table 4 : NHP A Eval uation of Documented Cultural Resources in the McElmo Unit Main Flare Project Area. Cultural Resource No. Description Evaluation UT

- C

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- 22 (Previously Recorded) Lithic Scatter NRHP Not Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does not retain integrity 3. Does not meet criteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 23 (Previously Recorded) Navajo Sweatlodge NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Retains integrity of location, setting, association, design, and feeling. 3. Meets criterion d UT

- C

- 42

- 36 (Previously Recorded) Li thic Scatter NRHP Not Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does not retain integrity 3. Does not meet criteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 37 (Previously Recorded) Multi

- Component Undated Lithic Scatter and Navajo Habitation NRHP Not Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does not retain integrity 3. Does not meet criteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 39 (Previously Recorded) Undated Lithic Scatter NRHP Not Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does not retain integrity 3. Does not meet criteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 40 (Previously Recorded) Undate d Lithic Scatter NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Retains integrity of location, setting, and materials. 3. Meets criterion d UT

- C

- 42

- 48 (Previously Recorded) Archaic Artifact Scatter NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain i ntegrity of location, materials, and setting. 3. Meets criterion d. UT

- C

- 42

- 50 (Previously Recorded) Undated Lithic Scatter NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Retains integrity of feeling, association, materials, setting, and workmanship 3. Mee ts criterion d30 Cultural Resource No. Description Evaluation UT

- C

- 42

- 56 (Previously Recorded) Lithic Scatter NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, and materials. 3. Meets criterion d. UT

- C

- 42

- 59 (Previously Recorded) Navajo Sweatlodge NRHP Is Elig ible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Retains integrity of location. 3. Meets criterion d UT

- C

- 42

- 104 (Previously Recorded) Anasazi Activity Area NRHP Not Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does not retain integrity 3. Does not meet criteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 108 (Previously Recorded) Historic Artifact Scatter NRHP Not Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does not retain integrity 3. Does not meet criteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 110 (Previously Recorded) Lithic Scatter NRHP Not Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does not retain integrity 3. Does not meet criteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 113 (Previously Recorded) Sandstone Alignment with Lithic Scatter NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, design, workmanship, feeling, and association. 3. Does not meet criteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 114 (Previously Recorded) Hearth NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, workmanship, feeling, and association. 3. Meets criterion d UT

- C

- 42

- 115 (Previou sly Recorded) Lithic Quarry NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. 3. Meets criterion d UT

- C

- 42

- 116 (Previously Recorded) Undated Lithic Scatter with Featu res NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, design, workmanship, feeling, and association. 3. Meets criterion d31 Cultural Resource No. Description Evaluation UT

- C

- 42

- 117 (Previously Recorded) Multi

- Component Undated Lithic Scatter and Navajo Habitation NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, design, workmanship, feeling, and association. 3. Meets criterion d UT

- C

- 42

- 118 (Previously Recorded) Undated Lithic Scatter NRHP Is Eligible 1 . 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. 3. Meets criterion d UT

- C

- 42

- 119 (Previously Recorded) Anasazi Sherd and Lithic Scatter with Hearth NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guide line met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, design, workmanship, feeling, and association. 3. Meets criterion d UT

- C

- 42

- 120 (Previously Recorded) Navajo Rock Art NRHP Is Not Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, design, workmanship, and feeling. 3. Does not meet criteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 121 (Previously Recorded) Undated Water Control Feature NRHP Is Not Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, design, workmanship, association, and feeling. 3. Does not meet criteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 122 (Previously Recorded) Navajo Structure NRHP Is Not Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, design, w orkmanship, association, and feeling. 3. Does not meet criteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 123 (Previously Recorded) Navajo Improvised Structure NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, design, workmanship, asso ciation, and feeling. 3. Meets criterion d. UT

- C

- 42

- 124 (Previously Recorded) Navajo Structure NRHP Is Not Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, design, workmanship, association, and feeling. 3. Does n ot meet criteria a

- d32 Cultural Resource No. Description Evaluation UT

- C

- 42

- 125 (Previously Recorded) Undated Artifact Scatter with Features NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, association, and feeling. 3. Meets criterion d. UT

- C

- 42

- 126 (Previously Recorded) Historic Hearth NRHP Is Not Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, association, and feeling. 3. Does not meet criteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 127 (Previously Recorded) Navajo Rock Art NRHP Is Not Eligible 1. 50

- y ear guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, design, workmanship, association, and feeling. 3. Does not meet criteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 128 (Previously Recorded) Navajo Corral NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does reta in integrity of setting, location, materials, design, workmanship, association, and feeling. 3. Meets criterion d. UT

- C

- 42

- 381 (Previously Recorded) Lithic Scatter NRHP Not Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does not retain integrity 3. Does not meet cr iteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 382 (Previously Recorded) Lithic Scatter NRHP Not Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does not retain integrity 3. Does not meet criteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 401 (Previously Recorded) Archaic Camp NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does not retain integrity. 3. Meets criterion d. UT

- C

- 42

- 411 (Previously Recorded) Anasazi Artifact Scatter with Features NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, and workmanship. 3. Meets criteri on d. UT

- C

- 42

- 412 (Previously Recorded) Artifact Scatter with possible habitation NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, and workmanship. 3. Meets criterion d.33 Cultural Resource No. Description Evaluation UT

- C

- 42

- 413 (Previously Recorded) Navajo Habitation NRHP Is Not Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, materials, and workmanship. 3. Does not meet criteria a

- d UT

- C

- 42

- 414 (Previously Recorded) Artifact Scatter NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guidel ine met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, and materials. 3. Meets criterion d UT

- C

- 42

- 415 (Previously Recorded) Lithic Scatter NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, and materials. 3. Meets cr iterion d UT

- C

- 42

- 416 (Previously Recorded) Artifact Scatter NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, and materials. 3. Meets criterion d UT

- C

- 42

- 417 (Previously Recorded) Navajo Habitation NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, location, and materials. 3. Meets criterion d UT

- C

- 42

- 418 (Previously Recorded) Artifact Scatter with Features NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of setting, lo cation, and materials. 3. Meets criterion d UT

- C

- 55

- 163 (Previously Recorded) Navajo Corral NRHP Is Eligible 1. 50

- year guideline met 2. Does retain integrity of location. 3. Meets criterion d. UT

- C

- 42

- 20 (Previously Recorded) Unknown (Records not found at NNHPD records repository) NRHP Eligibility is Unknown 1. 50

- year guideline unknown 2. Unknown Integrity 3. Unknown criteria eligibility UT

- C

- 42

- 34 (Previously Recorded) Unknown (Records not found at NNHPD records repository) NRHP Eligibility is Unkn own 1. 50

- year guideline unknown 2. Unknown Integrity 3. Unknown criteria eligibility UT

- C

- 42

- 41 (Previously Recorded) Unknown (Records not found at NNHPD records repository) NRHP Eligibility is Unknown 1. 50

- year guideline unknown 2. Unknown Integrity 3. Unknown criteria eligibility34 Cultural Resource No. Description Evaluation UT

- C

- 42

- 42 (Previously Recorded) Unknown (Records not found at NNHPD records repository) NRHP Eligibility is Unknown 1. 50

- year guideline unknown 2. Unknown Integrity 3. Unknown criteria eligibility UT

- C

- 42

- 54 (Previously Re corded) Unknown (Records not found at NNHPD records repository) NRHP Eligibility is Unknown 1. 50

- year guideline unknown 2. Unknown Integrity 3. Unknown criteria eligibility UT

- C

- 42

- 57 (Previously Recorded) Unknown (Records not found at NNHPD records repo sitory) NRHP Eligibility is Unknown 1. 50

- year guideline unknown 2. Unknown Integrity 3. Unknown criteria eligibility UT

- C

- 42

- 105 (Previously Recorded) Unknown (Records not found at NNHPD records repository) NRHP Eligibility is Unknown 1. 50

- year guidelin e unknown 2. Unknown Integrity 3. Unknown criteria eligibility UT

- C

- 42

- 106 (Previously Recorded) Unknown (Records not found at NNHPD records repository) NRHP Eligibility is Unknown 1. 50

- year guideline unknown 2. Unknown Integrity 3. Unknown criteria elig ibility UT

- C

- 42

- 284 (Previously Recorded) Unknown (Records not found at NNHPD records repository) NRHP Eligibility is Unknown 1. 50

- year guideline unknown 2. Unknown Integrity 3. Unknown criteria eligibility UT

- C

- 42

- 400 (Previously Recorded) Unknown (Rec ords not found at NNHPD records repository) NRHP Eligibility is Unknown 1. 50

- year guideline unknown 2. Unknown Integrity 3. Unknown criteria eligibility UT

- C

- 42

- SA46161 (Previously Recorded) Unknown (Records not found at NNHPD records repository) NRHP E ligibility is Unknown 1. 50

- year guideline unknown 2. Unknown Integrity 3. Unknown criteria eligibility35 Table 5 : NHP A Evaluation table for Historic IUS structures in the McElmo Unit Main Flare Project Area. Resource Designat ion and Location Resource Description Resource Evaluation Comments IUS #1 (located SE of McElmo Flare) see Table 3 NRHP: Yes IUS #1 contains 4 homes that are more than 50 year s old ; The four homes are eligible under criteria (d) because they may yield inf ormation regarding historic Navajo occupation; they possess integrity of location, design, setting, material, workmanship, feeling and association IUS #2 (l ocated east of the McElmo Flare) see Table 3 NRHP: Yes IUS #2 contains 4 homes that are more than 50 year s old ; The four homes are eligible under criteria (d) because they may yield information regarding historic Navajo occupation; they possess integrity of location, design, setting, material, workmanship, feeling and association IUS #3 (located east of the McElmo Flare) see Table 3 NRHP: No IUS #3 does not contain any structures that are 50 year s old; therefore it does not meet eligibility requirements

. IUS #4 (located north of McElmo Flare) see Table 3 NRHP: No IUS #4 does not contain any structures that are 50 year s old; therefore it does not meet eligibility requirements

. IUS #5 (located north of McElmo Flare) see Table 3 NRHP: No IUS #5 does not contain any structures that are 50 year s old; therefore it does not meet eligibility requirements

. IUS #6 (located south of McElmo Flare) Resolute Equipment Holding Area NRHP: No IUS #6 does not contain any structures that are 50 year s old; therefore it does not meet eligibility requirements

. IUS #7 (center of McElmo Flare) Resolute Offices and Plant NRHP: No IUS #7 does not contain any structures that are 50 year s old; therefore it does not meet eligibility requirements

. IUS #8 (located west of McElmo Flare) Resolute Oil & gas Pad with Storage Tanks NRHP: No IUS #8 does not contain any structures t hat are 50 year s old; therefore it does not meet eligibility requirements

. IUS #9 (located southwest of McElmo Flare) Resolute Equipment Storage Area NRHP: No IUS #9 does not contain any structures that are 50 year s old; therefore it does not meet eligib ility requirements

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### Impact of the Undertaking on Historical Properties
EPA’s undertaking does not authorize any new construction or modification of existing equipment at the MCU Facility. The undertaking results in no new surface disturbance or change in operations and therefore will have no effect on eligible historic properties located within 2 km APE for the McElmo Creek Unit main flare.36 

### References Cited LSR Innovations Research & Planning 2004 Chapter Images: 2004 Edition. Navajo Nation Division of Community Development, Window Rock, Arizona. Van Valkenburgh, Richard F. 1974 Navajo Sacred Places. In Navajo Indians III, edited by C. Kluckhohn, pp. 9

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