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LODI ENERGY CENTER PROJECT(LEC);CULTURAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT area' included the plant site and four temporary laydown and/or parking areas and the proposed corridor for an underground high pressure gas line. The LEC site is located within the existing WPCF and STIG plant, southwest of the intersection of Highway 12 and Interstate 5, at the end of North Cord Road on Thornton Road within an extension of the City of Lodi city limit to the west of the city proper that encompasses the City of Lodi White Slough Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) to the east, treatment and holding ponds associated with the WPCF to the north, the existing NCPA Combustion Turbine Project STIG #2 (STIG plant) to the west, and the San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control facility to the south. The proposed gas line corridor begins on the western end of this property and runs east along the southern boundary of the LEC site, continuing past the 1-5 freeway, along West Armstrong, and ending east of the Western Pacific Railroad, 3.5 miles east of the LEC site. The Lodi-Kingdon airport is located just north of the proposed natural gas line;rural residences and farmhouse are located in the vicinity of the gas line,as well. The existing WPCF and STIG plant properties have been subjected to heavy disturbance since the construction of the waste treatment plant in 1966 and the construction of the Lodi energy plant in 1993 (Joe Bittner, email, June 24, 2008). Both excavation and grading occurred in during the WPCF's initial construction in the late 1960's. Excavations to a depth of six feet occurred during the construction of the LEC plant in the 1980's (Joe Bittner, 2008, personal communication). An underground Pacific Gas and Electric line runs to the STIG plant, through the LEC project area and two of the laydown and/or parking areas, through the WPCF, and continues east. Areas surrounding the WPCF and STIG plant have been excavated to create reservoirs for the WPCF to the north and the San Joaquin mosquito abatement ponds to the south. Extensive earthmoving activities were observed within the proposed project area during the survey, as well. Additional disturbances include the current use of the proposed plant site as a temporary lay down area,modern trash related to the waste treatment plant, and the dumping of modern concrete pipe fragments. The proposed natural gas corridor is situated where an existing natural gas line is already located;therefore,the gas line corridor is already disturbed. Archival Research CH2M HILL commissioned a literature search of the project area from the staff of the California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS) Central California Information Center using a definition of a one-mile buffer zone around the Project site and associated laydown and/or parking areas and a one-quarter mile buffer zone around the proposed natural gas line. The CHRIS literature and records review included a review of all recorded archaeological sites as well as all known cultural resource survey and excavation reports. The National Register of Historic Places (NHRP), the California Register, California Historical Landmarks, and California Points of Historical Interest, as well as historic maps , including a GLO plat map for T3N, R5E (1853-1867) and T3N, R6E (1853-1865), the Thompson and West (1879) Map Number One, the 1939 Lodi 15' United States Army Corps of Engineers map, the 1952 Terminous 7.5' USGS topographic map, and the 1953 Lodi South 7.5' USGS topographic map were all examined. According to information available in the CHRIS files,only four previous cultural resource studies have been prepared within one mile of the project area. All of these previous studies