An Archaeological Survey of 24 Acres for a Proposed Power Line from Range 47 to Ranges 48 and 49, Dona Ana Range, Fort Bliss, Dona Ana County, New Mexico

Download or read book An Archaeological Survey of 24 Acres for a Proposed Power Line from Range 47 to Ranges 48 and 49, Dona Ana Range, Fort Bliss, Dona Ana County, New Mexico written by Chris Lowry and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between February 27 and March 7, 2008, archaeologists from the Fort Bliss Directorate of Public Works - Environment conducted a pedestrian survey of 24 acres for a proposed power line running from Range 47 to Range 48 and 49, Dona Ana Range, New Mexico. The APE is a 15 m wide by 6.4 mile long corridor that runs along an existing dirt road. The APE will have poles installed along the length of the corridor using a drilling rig. Areas of large coppice dunes will be bladed prior to pole installation to ease pole installation and create a service access line along the route. The project was initiated to comply with the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966 as amended (PL-96-515) and guided by 36 CFR 800 as implemented through the Fort Bliss Programmatic Agreement and AR 200-4; the Archaeological and Historical Preservation Act (AHPA) of 1974 as amended (PL-93-291); the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (PL-90-190) as implemented by 40 CFR 6, 40 CFR 1500-1508, 32 CFR 651, and AR 200-2; and Executive Order Number 11593 (Protection and Enhancement of the Environment). Five new sites were documented along the proposed power line corridor. Of these, only one was considered eligible for inclusion to the NRHP. Eight previously recorded sites lie along the proposed power line corridor. Of these, two (LA 97945 and LA 92563) have been recommended eligible for inclusion to the NRHP; three sites are recommended not eligible for the NRHP and have NM SHPO concurrence and are not considered further in this report as the project will have no effect. Three other sites were recently re-evaluated and found to be not eligible for the NRHP. The two eligible sites have been subjected to data recovery and are considered mitigated; the project will have no adverse affect at these sites. One site, LA 91032, was of undetermined eligibility and re-evaluated during the current project. This site was determined eligible for the NRHP and is currently within a Restricted Zone. The power line installation will have no adverse effect on the qualities that make this site eligible. In sum, the current project will have no adverse affect on any historic properties.