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4.9 CULTURAL RESOURCES <br /> • one large excavated pit on the north shore of the Mokelumne River (origin unknown);and <br /> • one large pit on the northern shore of Tracy Lake (origin also unknown). <br /> These historic features have not been determined to be either architecturally nor historically unique or <br /> significant. <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES <br /> Significance Criteria <br /> State regulations regarding cultural resources are described in the California Environmental Quality Act <br /> (CEQA), Appendix K and Appendix G. Both state and federal laws may be applicable for the protection <br /> of cultural resources. CEQA provides that if a "project may cause damage to an important <br /> archaeological resource, the project may have a significant effect on the environment" (CEQA <br /> Guidelines, Appendices G and K). <br /> CEQA provisions regarding archaeological resources affected by earthmoving projects have been modified <br /> by Section 21083.2 of the Public Resources Code(AB 952),which requires that a lead agency determine: <br /> 1) whether a project will have a significant effect on archaeological resources; and 2) whether such <br /> resources are important. According to Appendix K, Section III of CEQA, an important archaeological <br /> resource is one which: <br /> A. Is associated with an event or person of: <br /> 1. Recognized significance in California or American history, or <br /> 2. Recognized scientific importance in prehistory; <br /> B. Can provide information which is both of demonstrable public interest and useful in addressing <br /> scientific consequential and reasonable archaeological questions; <br /> C. Has a special or particular quality such as oldest, best example, largest, or last surviving example of <br /> its kind; <br /> D. Is at least 100 years old and possesses substantial stratigraphic integrity, or <br /> E. Involves important research questions that historical research has shown can be answered only with <br /> archaeological methods. <br /> Only one of the above criteria needs to be met to qualify a site for protection as an important <br /> archaeological resource. The Tracy Lakes Complex is one of the few aggregates of sites in central <br /> 4.9-7 <br />