Idaho National Laboratory Cultural Resource Management Plan

Waste Treatment project contractor, Bechtel
BWXT Idaho, LLC (BBWI). 1
The Naval Reactors Facility (NRF), which is
administered by the DOE Office of Naval
Reactors, Idaho Branch Office and managed by
the Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation, is also
located at INL and is therefore described in this
CRMP. However, NRF and the cultural resources
within its administrative boundaries are
specifically excluded from management under this
CRMP.
Organization of this Cultural
Resource Management Plan
The INL CRMP is intended to be a dynamic,
flexible document suitable for multiple uses. It is
designed to accommodate updates in response to
changes in regulations, legislation, DOE mission,
or progress in INL cultural resource programs. The
main body of the document, which is divided into
five sections with supporting subsections, is
general in scope and, as a result, somewhat
abbreviated.
The section titled “Cultural Resources of the
Idaho National Laboratory” follows this section. It
provides a broad description of the environment,
cultural history, and past and present INL missions
with special attention to the important cultural
resources located at INL.
The next section, titled “Idaho National
Laboratory Cultural Resource Management,” is
the “working” portion of the plan where the
cultural resource management program (CRM
program) is outlined. This section includes, but is
not limited to, general descriptions of
responsibilities for cultural resource protection and
management, compliance strategies, and future
goals and objectives. This section is followed by
the “Summary” and “References” sections.
A series of appendices follow the
“References” section. Referred to throughout the
document, these appendices address specific topics
with details and supporting material that enhance
the general descriptions contained within the main
1. Unless otherwise specified, subsequent references to INL
staff and management include ICP and other contractor
personnel conducting work at INL.
body of the document. The appendices are
designed for separate distribution for clarification
or information on specific aspects of INL cultural
resource management. The appendices will also be
reviewed each year and updated as needed. The
following topics are addressed in the appendices:
Appendix A—Annotated summary of the
statutory and regulatory basis for cultural
resource management, including sections on
DOE and INL policies and requirements
Appendix B—Summary of American Indian
interests, including sections on DOE policy
and DOE-ID-specific programs and regulatory
guidance
Appendix C—Strategies and procedures for
the management of archeological resources
Appendix D—Strategies and procedures for
the management of historic architectural
resources
Appendix E—Research designs employed by
the archaeology and history programs
Appendix F—Historic contexts that provide
supplemental historical information about the
area now encompassed by INL
Appendix G—Sitewide programmatic
agreement
Appendix H—Inventory of known
archaeological resources at INL
Appendix I—Inventory of DOE-ID
architectural properties
Appendix J—Inventory of cultural resource
projects
Appendix K—Schedule of activities and
priorities
Appendix L—INL cultural resource
monitoring plan.
Professional Qualifications
and Training
Professional qualification standards for
cultural resource investigators are an important
element of the Secretary of Interior's standards and
guidelines for all federal historic preservation
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