Communication Cable Installation at State Indian Museum
Summary
SCH Number
2007078077
Public Agency
California Department of Parks and Recreation
Document Title
Communication Cable Installation at State Indian Museum
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/3/2007
Document Description
The project upgrades communication cables to the State Indian Museum building. Construction work includes excavating a 175-foot long trench from an existing utility pole to the Museum building, 12 inches wide and 20 inches deep, to accommodate a 2-inch diameter conduit and insulated copper conductors. Penetration of the building for the new cable will be kept to a minimum size necessary to accomplish the work. Prior to beginning construction work, a qualified archaeologist will conduct a shovel test to determine the extent of previous ground disturbance and ascertain the potential for the presence of artifacts. Project will not proceed as a exemption unless impacts to significant cultural resources are entirely avoided.
Trenching work will be monitored by a qualified archaeologist as a precautionary measure in the event artifacts or other cultural resources are encountered. In the event that potential cultural resources are discovered during project construction, work will immediately cease at the location of the encounter until the archaeologist has evaluated the discovery and implemented appropriate treatment and disposition of the cultural resource. Trenching will avoid the root system of a large Torrey pine situated between the path and the Museum building.
Contact Information
Name
Robert Baxter
Agency Name
California Department of Parks and Recreation
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Sacramento
Counties
Sacramento
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15304, 15306, 15331
Reasons for Exemption
The project consists of: (1) basic data collection and resource evaluation that does not result in a major disturbance to an environmental resource; (2) minor alteration in the condition of land and vegetation; and (3) modification of historic resources in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings (1995), Weeks and Grimmer. Project work is considered as "archaeological investigations by Department staff," "minor trenching and backfilling where the surface is restored," and "activities affecting historic resources, consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties" in the Department of Parks and Recreation's list of exempt activities, in accordance with CCR § 15300.4.
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