LET-683: Section 106 SHPO Consultation Letter for the Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) Infrastructure Improvements Project
Creators: name: Zalud, Arianna
Publisher: name: 30th Civil Engineer Squadron
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/77005/vandenberg-air-force-base-california
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Cold War
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7288/cold-war
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: CA-SBA-917
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/100734/ca-sba-917
subject: Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127278/vandenberg-tracking-station-vts
subject: Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127279/vandenberg-tracking-station-vts-complex
subject: CA-SBA-793
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/93148/ca-sba-793
subject: Waste Water Treatment Plant
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4525/waste-water-treatment-plant
subject: Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/318/governmental-structure
subject: Historic Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/320/historic-governmental-structure
subject: prehistoric archaeological site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4523/prehistoric-archaeological-site
subject: Cold War facility
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4524/cold-war-facility
subject: Archaeological Monitoring
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/893/archaeological-monitoring
subject: Section 106
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/67760/section-106
subject: Project Area of Potential Effect (APE)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167294/project-area-of-potential-effect-ape
subject: Native American monitoring
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167332/native-american-monitoring
subject: no adverse effect, with conditions
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167333/no-adverse-effect-with-conditions
subject: conditional no adverse effect
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167334/conditional-no-adverse-effect
subject: No Adverse Effect
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/84233/no-adverse-effect
subject: National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/166012/national-register-of-historic-places-nrhp
subject: Consultation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/4/consultation

description: This document is a Section 106 SHPO transmittal letter to the California State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for the Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS) Infrastructure Improvements Project. Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) determined that the VTS Infrastructure Improvements Project is an undertaking subject to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and will comply with Section 106 using the implementing regulations [36 CFR Part 800]. With this letter and its attachment (Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Adverse Effects in Support of Infrastructure Improvements at the Vandenberg Tracking Station, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California), VAFB initiated consultation with the California State Historic Preservation Office for concurrence on the following determinations: a.) The APE for the Project is adequately delineated, and VAFB has made a reasonable and good faith effort to identify historic properties within the APE; b.) The VTS Complex meets NRHP Criterion A and retains sufficient levels of historical integrity to convey that significance, and as such, is eligible for listing on the NRHP; c.) The proposed undertaking with have no adverse effect on the characteristics of the VTS which qualify it for NRHP eligibility; d.)The proposed undertaking will not impact areas of prehistoric archaeological sites CA-SBA-793 and CA-SBA-917 which possess significance and retain integrity, and thus, qualify these sites for listing on the NRHP; and e.) VAFB will require archaeological and Native American monitoring during excavation associated with the Project in order to reach a determination of no adverse effect, with conditions because of the data potential of the two prehistoric archaeological sites and the possibility of an unanticipated discovery.