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<br /> <br />Soil Investigations for Data Collection in the Delta <br />Initial Study/Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration 192 <br />3.18.1.2 Methods and Consultation Results <br />A Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) Sacred Lands File search request for <br />the Study Area was made, resulting in 3 of the quadrangles within the Study Area being <br />found to have Sacred Lands on file. A Native American Tribal Contact list was provided <br />with 21 different individuals from tribes in the region. Tribes that have previously <br />requested consultation under AB-52 with DWR with interest in the Study Area were <br />additionally reached out to pursuant to AB-52. The tribes sent letters were the Amah <br />Mutsun Tribal Band of Mission San Juan Bautista, Colfax-Todd Valley Consolidated <br />Tribe, Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians Cortina Rancheria – Kletsel Dehe <br />Band of Wintun Indians, California Valley Miwok Tribe, Costanoan Rumsen Carmel <br />Tribe, California Valley Miwok Tribe, Indian Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan, Ione <br />Band of Miwok Indians, Muwekma Ohlone Indian Tribe of the SF Bay Area, The Ohlone <br />Indian Tribe, Nashville Enterprise Miwok-Maidu-Nishinam Tribe, Tsi Akim Maidu, <br />Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, United Auburn Indian Community (UAIC), The <br />Confederated Villages of Lisjan, Wilton Rancheria, and the Yoha Dehe Wintun Nation. <br />Tribes sent letters under AB-52 were the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, UAIC, Wilton <br />Rancheria, and the Ione Band of Miwok Indians. All finalized letters were sent August <br />29, 2019. Follow up communication by phone and/or email was sent on September 20th <br />and 23rd for all individuals written to on the contact list. Written responses requesting <br />consultation were received from 5 tribes, and 2 additional tribes provided comments <br />over follow-up phone calls in September. Of the 5 tribes requesting consultation, 3 <br />tribes were further consulted with under AB52 and the remaining 2 were consulted with <br />under DWR’s Tribal Engagement Policy. <br />California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS) record searches from the <br />Northwest Information Center (NWIC), North Central Information Center (NCIC), and <br />the Central California Information Center (CCaIC) were conducted to identify all <br />previously recorded cultural resources and any resources listed in or eligible for listing in <br />the California Register of Historical Resources and/or the National Register of Historic <br />Places. Previously conducted geoarchaeological sensitivity studies covering the <br />Proposed Project region (Rosenthal and Meyer 2004; Meyer and Rosenthal 2007; <br />Meyer and Rosenthal 2008; Reynolds 2012), producing maps and data on the likelihood <br />of encountering buried deposits based on local geology, soil deposition processes, <br />landforms, and radiocarbon data were reviewed. Also examined were historical maps <br />(BLM 2019; USGS 2019) and aerial photography (NETR 2019). Finally, information on <br />previous pedestrian surveys within the Study Area was examined from CHRIS data and <br />DWR Proposed Projects recorded in the Cultural Resources Section’s Geodatabase. <br />Approximately 22% of the planned locations for soil explorations have previous field <br />studies (including survey coverage, subsurface testing, and/or excavations) reported <br />that are known at this time (refer to Section 3.5 Cultural Resources for summary of <br />findings).