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4 Environmental Analysis <br /> 4.5 Cultural Resources <br /> Wind energy is an important resource for California's power grid, and wind power generation <br /> facilities began to appear in the Project region in the early 1980s. The Altamont Pass Wind <br /> Resource Area (APWRA) was created by the California Energy Commission (formerly State <br /> Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commissions) in 1980 and is recognized by <br /> Alameda County as an area with sufficient wind levels to support economically viable wind energy <br /> projects (Alameda County 2022). The APWRA is one of six primary wind generating regions in <br /> California, the others consisting of the Tehachapi, San Gorgonio Pass, East San Diego, Pacheco, <br /> and Solano (CEC 2022). Currently, the APWRA wind farms are leased by different companies <br /> with over 4,000 wind turbines of varying sizes and styles that can generate up over 360 MW <br /> (Alameda County 2022). <br /> 4.5.2 Regulatory Setting <br /> 4.5.2.1 Federal <br /> There are no applicable federal regulations for this issue area. <br /> 4.5.2.2 State <br /> California Environmental Quality Act <br /> The CEQA (Section 21084.1) requires a lead agency to determine whether a project could have <br /> a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource or tribal cultural resource <br /> (PRC Section 21074 [a][1][A]-[B]). <br /> Under the CEQA (Section 15064.5 (a)), a historic resource (e.g. building, structure, or <br /> archaeological resource) shall include a resource listed in, or determined to be eligible for listing <br /> in, the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR); or a resource listed in a local register <br /> or landmark, identified as significant in a historical resource survey (meeting the requirements of <br /> Section 5024.1(g) of the PRC); or any object, building, structure, site, area, place, record, or <br /> manuscript that a lead agency determines to be historically significant or significant in the <br /> architectural, engineering, scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political, military, <br /> or cultural annals of California (Section 15064.5[a][3]). Under the CCR, Title 14, Chapter 11.5, <br /> properties listed on or formally determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of <br /> Historic Places (NRHP) are automatically eligible for listing in the CRHR. A resource is generally <br /> considered to be historically significant under the CEQA if it meets the following criteria for listing <br /> in the CRHR (PRC SS5024.1, Title 14; CCR, Section 4852): <br /> A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of <br /> local or regional history or the cultural heritage of California or the United States <br /> (Criterion 1). <br /> B. Associated with the lives of persons important to local, California, or national history <br /> (Criterion 2). <br /> C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type,period, region, or method of construction <br /> or represents the work of a master or possesses high artistic values (Criterion 3). <br /> D. Has yielded, or has the potential to yield, information important to the prehistory or history <br /> of the local area, California, or the nation (Criterion 4). <br /> Griffith Energy Storage Project 4.5-9 Tetra Tech/SCH 2022120675 <br /> Draft Environmental Impact Report August 2023 <br />