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5.3 CULTURAL RESOURCES project. Appendix 5.31)provides names and qualifications of personnel who contributed to this study. Appendix 5.3E provides maps of the project and previously conducted studies that occurred within one mile of the project. Appendixes 5.3C and 5.3E are being filed under a request for confidentiality. The project does not require review under federal regulations such as the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974 (16 U.S. Code 469), among others,because it is not a federal undertaking (federally permitted or funded). 5.3.1 Affected Environment In central California,cultural resources extend back in time for at least 11,500 years. Written historical sources tell the story of the past 200 years. Archaeologists have reconstructed general trends of prehistory in central California. Several chronologies have been proposed for central California archaeology. Generally, these chronologies are variations based on the general California chronology,which consists of an Early Horizon, a Middle Horizon,and a Late Horizon(Fredrickson 1974, Elsasser 1978). However,wide regional differences in central California, as well as significant temporal overlap between site types classified into these three horizons,prevented clear distinctions between horizons. Eventually, a model was proposed for central California that primarily emphasized the patterns of cultural identity and deemphasized associated occupation dates (Moratto 1984). 5.3.1.1 Regional Setting The project site is adjacent to the City of Lodi's White Slough Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) to the east,treatment and holding ponds associated with the WPCF to the north,the existing 49 MW Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) Combustion Turbine Project#2 (STIG plant) to the west, and the San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control facility to the south. The project site is on land owned and incorporated by the City of Lodi, and is approximately 6 miles west of the Lodi city center. The city of Stockton is approximately 2 miles to the south.The project site is currently undeveloped and is used for equipment storage during upgrades to the WPCF. A proposed natural gas line runs east from the main project area 2 .5 miles through agricultural fields, south of the Lodi-Kingdon airfield,and along West Armstrong Road. Rural residences and farmhouses are also located in the vicinity of the gas line. The proposed gas line crosses the Union Pacific Railroad (historically the Western Pacific Railroad) on the eastern end of the project area and connects to an existing pipeline on the east side of the rail line. The LEC site is located in the San Joaquin Valley in an area with recent sedimentary and metasedimentary fan deposits and basin deposits (Strand and Koenig, 1965) and the site is relatively flat. 5.3.1.2 Paleo-Indian Period (12,000 to 5,000 years ago) The general trend throughout California prehistory has been an increase in population density over time,coupled with greater sedentism and the use of a greater diversity of food resources. There is abundant evidence that humans were present in the New World for at 5.3-2 SAC/371322/082330008(LEC_5.3_CULTU RAL.DOC)