New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 4 - CULTURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 10 - CULTURAL PROPERTIES AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION › Part 15 - STANDARDS FOR SURVEY AND INVENTORY › Section 4.10.15.18 - NMCRIS INVESTIGATION ABSTRACT

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Obtain a NMCRIS number from ARMS
				immediately following the completion of the survey and prior to writing and
				submitting a report. If any archaeological sites were encountered during
				survey, request an LA archaeological site number for each newly discovered
				site. Do not request new numbers for previously recorded sites if they already
				have LA numbers.
B. Complete the
				NMCRIS investigation abstract for the survey. The NMCRIS investigation abstract
				includes the following information.
(1)
Administrative data
. Provide the NMCRIS number; the name of the federal
				or state agency or sponsor for purposes of consultation, if applicable, and
				agency identification number; performing agency name, field personnel and
				report number; report title in its entirety with no abbreviations, the
				author(s) and report date; permit number(s); client or customer name, contact
				information and project number; beginning and end dates for the investigation
				and investigation type. Indicate status of tribal consultation.
(2)
Location and land status.
Indicate landownership status type (federal, state, tribal, private or any
				combination thereof) and name or administrative unit (such as, bureau of land
				management Farmington field office, state land office, New Mexico department of
				transportation, pueblo of Taos). Specify survey area and APE in acres for each
				land status; for linear surveys include length and width. Enter USGS 7.5-minute
				(1:24,000) topographic quadrangle name, date and code; township, range,
				section, quarter section to nearest 40-acre unit or unplatted. Indicate if the
				PLSS is protracted. Identify other source graphics if used. Specify the nearest
				city or town, county and state for the survey and include other descriptions
				including but not limited to well pad footages, mile markers or land grant
				names.
(3)
Project
				data.
Enter the project name (if known), date of NMCRIS database and
				other agency records check and name of individual conducting the search.
				Provide a description of the project or undertaking, the environmental setting,
				condition of the project area (such as grazed, bladed or dense vegetative
				cover) and percent ground visibility.
(a) For
				surveys provide a brief description of survey methods, type of survey,
				configuration, scope, coverage method, survey interval, time in field for
				survey, time recording archaeological sites and time recording the
				built-environment.
(b) For
				monitoring projects list sites monitored by LA site number and provide a brief
				description of any area of historic and scientific interest monitored, if
				applicable. Include NMCRIS number(s) and the report title in its entirety with
				no abbreviations for the previous project that identified the sites to be
				monitored. Indicate any changes in site condition noted during the monitoring
				project and whether site updates were completed.
(c) For limited tests, test excavation and
				excavation, list sites by LA site number and indicate the type of tests
				performed, the number and size of each test unit and whether site updates were
				completed.
(4)
Cultural resource findings.
Summarize the cultural resources identified.
				Specify the number of sites, the number of historic structures, buildings or
				other cultural properties and the number of isolates discovered. Indicate the
				number of sites and other cultural properties registered; the number of sites
				and other cultural properties not registered, and the number of previously
				recorded sites revisited. List archaeological sites by LA site number. Indicate
				if collections were made and whether tests were conducted. For negative surveys
				only, discuss the possible reasons for the lack of sites, evaluate significance
				of the identified resources pursuant to 4.10.15.16 NMAC and make management
				recommendations.