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1.Approach and Scope of Work area; (2)assess the likelihood of unrecorded cultural resources based on historicalreferences and the distribution of environmental settings of nearby sites;and(3)develop a context for identification and preliminary evaluation of cultural resources.The results of the records search will be compiled in the form of a technical memo for County review that includes site records and other documentary information to help inform project decision-makers.It should be noted that site-specific cultural resource information, such as archaeological site record forms and maps, is considered confidential in order to protect their integrity. As such, ESA stamps all of its archival research findings as"Confidential."ESA will also conduct archival research at other repositories of historical information as necessary, such as local historical societies,public libraries, and city/county building permit records.Finally, ESA will review and assess all local and regional plans and policies pertaining to cultural resources for the project area. • Based on the records search described above,ESA will complete a cultural resources sensitivity study which will identify the site's potential for the existence of both recorded and unrecorded cultural resources.The study will be in the form of a brief memo for County review. • This scope assumes that no previous cultural resources studies or surveys have occurred on the project site. As such, a team of ESA's qualified archaeologists will complete a pedestrian survey of the 142.5-acre site. The purpose of the surveys are to(1)relocate any previously-recorded cultural resources and(2) to record any new potentially-significant cultural resources in the 142.5-acre expansion area. Archaeological field survey strategies will include on-foot visual inspection of 100 percent of a project expansion area with regularly spaced transects. Exceptions would include dense underbrush(if applicable) and areas that are paved. Archaeological resources will be recorded on California Department of Parks and Recreation(DPR)Forms 523A and C. Copies of site forms will be submitted to the NCIC as well as EID. Given that the site is entirely in agricultural use,ESA assumes no surveys or evaluations of buildings or structures for their potential historical value. If during the archaeological survey,buildings or structures are identified in the project area that appear to be 45 years old or older(the minimum threshold for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources), a qualified ESA architectural historian will survey and evaluate these under a separate agreement. • As required by the CCIC for any project which uses its cultural data and entails an archaeological survey, ESA will prepare a brief(8-10 page) cultural resources technical report which summarizes the findings of the above tasks, and submit the report to the CCIC for its files.The report will be in the form of an EIR cultural resources section, and will form a technical appendix to the EIR(less any confidential site records). • Based on the findings of the records search, sensitivity study, and field survey, ESA will prepare a preliminary draft cultural resources section of the EIR that identifies potentially significant impacts to cultural 1-20 San Joaquin County—FIR for the Union Paciric Modernization Project