ARCHIVED REPORTS LEC APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION

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LODI ENERGY CENTER PROJECT(LEC);CULTURAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT was conducted. Letters describing the project and including maps of the project location were sent via email or fax as well as standard mail to all individuals or tribes provided by the NAHC inviting comments and concerns regarding this project on July 11. As of the time of printing this document,no responses have been received. Additionally, CH2M HILL contacted historical societies in the Lodi, California area, including the Lodi Historical Society and the San Joaquin Historical Society and Museum and the Planning Department of San Joaquin County San Joaquin County does not maintain a list of historic properties within the County and was unable to provide additional information regarding historic properties in the vicinity of the project area. Letters describing the project and including maps of the project area were emailed or mailed to the historical societies requesting information about historical buildings near the project area and inviting comment on the project. As of this printing, no responses have been received. The NAHC record search of the Sacred Lands file did not indicate the presence of Native American cultural resources in the immediate project area. The record search conducted at the CHRIS Central Information Center also did not indicate the presence of Native American traditional cultural properties. Aside from the two pumphouses noted on the USGS 1952 topo map, there were no other historical structures found in the LEC project area,the proposed gas line,or any of the buffer areas. Field Survey Using pedestrian transects spaced no more than 10 meters apart, Ms. Lawson surveyed up the project facilities, a 200-foot buffer surrounding them, the proposed gas line corridor, and a 50-foot buffer around the linear corridor (Figure 1). The visibility within the proposed plant location was excellent at approximately 90%, throughout most of the area; the northwest corner of the plant site is very overgrown and visibility is poor at less than 10%. This area is currently in use as an equipment storage or laydown area. North and east of this area a series of reservoirs related to the waste treatment plant and west of this area is the Lodi energy plant which sits on an area that has been excavated to approximately six feet and paved. A 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. Much of the visibility within the laydown and/or parking areas is impaired by thick vegetation. Some areas have poor visibility at less than 10%, therefore any areas with good visibility were surveyed even when they were outside of transects. The laydown area adjacent to the plant site has been graded and extensive earthmoving activities have resulted in the creation of a very large mound of dirt. Concrete pipe pieces have been dumped atop the mound. The eastern laydown area has been graded for parking and gravel has been put down. Additionally, several water lines daylight throughout the easternmost laydown area; eucalyptus trees are present in this area as well. All observed standpipes, waterlines, and spigots appear to be modern. The northernmost laydown area was not particularly disturbed and visibility was fair at approximately 50%. No cultural resources