SHPO-CON-299: Re: Construction of a Waste Water Treatment Plant at the Vandenberg Tracking Station
Creators: name: Gualtieri, Kathryn
Publisher: name: California Office of Historic Preservation, Department of Parks and Recreation
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Vandenberg Tracking Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127917/vandenberg-tracking-station
subject: CA-SBA-793
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/93148/ca-sba-793
subject: prehistoric archaeological site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4523/prehistoric-archaeological-site
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Research Design
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1421/research-design
subject: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167568/advisory-council-on-historic-preservation-achp
subject: Section 106
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/67760/section-106
subject: evaporation pond
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167571/evaporation-pond
subject: late stage pressure reduction
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167572/late-stage-pressure-reduction
subject: historic property inventory report
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167569/historic-property-inventory-report
subject: Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/3860/data-recovery-plan
subject: Area of Potential effect (APE)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167570/area-of-potential-effect-ape
subject: Soil Disturbance
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/31381/soil-disturbance
subject: flaked stone production
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167573/flaked-stone-production
subject: Flaked Stone Debitage
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/151706/flaked-stone-debitage
subject: Archaeological Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/2398/archaeological-excavation
subject: Waste Water Treatment Plant
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/63233/waste-water-treatment-plant
subject: Hammerstones
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/5187/hammerstones
subject: Adverse Effects
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/30723/adverse-effects
subject: National Register of Historic Places
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1572/national-register-of-historic-places
subject: Consultation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/4/consultation

description: This document is a Section 106 letter from the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to Vandenberg Air Force Base (Vandenberg AFB) regarding the Construction of a Waste Water Treatment Plant at the Vandenberg Tracking Station. This letter is in response to a request for review of documentation provided to the SHPO by Vandenberg AFB, including a report by Sarah H. Berry (September 1990), entitled Waste Water Treatment Plant Archaeological Testing for Effects at SBA-793, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California. The letter expresses concern that Vandenberg AFB had already conducted archaeological excavations at CA-SBA-793 without required consultation between both the SHPO and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). In the letter, SHPO advises that Vandenberg AFB should have first explored the options for locating the new facility in an area that would not affect any historic properties and if alternate locations proved unfeasible and the location within CA-SBA-793 remained the preferred option, then a data recovery plan should have been prepared and submitted for review by the ACHP and SHPO. The letter then details a number of outstanding concerns Vandenberg AFB would need to address before the SHPO could reach an agreement on an appropriate finding for the undertaking, including more information on efforts to find alternative sites for the project and additional information that would support a no adverse effect determination. The letter also details the information that is not adequately considered in Berry's 1990 report, along with suggestions for addressing those issues. The letter concludes that Vandenberg AFB should rectify SHPO's concerns by preparing a data recovery plan for the undertaking and consulting both the SHPO and ACHP regarding it's adequacy before initiating any further activities at the site.