Idaho National Laboratory Cultural Resource Management Plan
Idaho National Laboratory Cultural Resource Management Plan
Idaho National Laboratory Cultural Resource Management Plan
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CRM Office informally whenever they have<br />
questions or concerns about cultural resources or if<br />
they find something they think may be of interest.<br />
As a final check for archaeological resource<br />
protection, environmental checklists that cover<br />
activities involving ground disturbance also<br />
include reminders of the INL Stop Work<br />
Authority.<br />
When INL employees suspect sensitive<br />
cultural materials have been uncovered or<br />
previously identified cultural resources are being<br />
subjected to unanticipated impacts, they are<br />
trained to stop or redirect their activities and<br />
immediately contact the INL CRM Office. When<br />
contacted, the INL CRM Office will advise the<br />
employee to establish a 30 to 50-m protective<br />
buffer around the exposed archaeological or<br />
paleontological materials or to isolate significant<br />
data or objects. The DOE-ID cultural resources<br />
coordinator will be contacted and will schedule a<br />
site visit to evaluate the situation within two<br />
working days of the discovery. Once notification<br />
has been made through the INL CRM Office, the<br />
DOE-ID cultural resources coordinator will, as<br />
appropriate, be contacted and in turn notify other<br />
interested parties as the situation demands. For all<br />
prehistoric archaeological sites, interested parties<br />
will include, but not necessarily be limited to, the<br />
Advisory Council, <strong>Idaho</strong> SHPO, and<br />
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. An invitation to<br />
consult on the resolution of adverse effects to the<br />
identified resource and participate in any<br />
associated activities will be included with this<br />
notification. Within two working days of the<br />
notification, interested parties will be asked to<br />
inform the DOE-ID cultural resources coordinator<br />
of their intentions to participate. When human<br />
remains are included in the find, the DOE-ID<br />
cultural resources coordinator will also notify the<br />
appropriate county sheriff’s office and initiate<br />
compliance with the Native American Graves<br />
Protection and Repatriation Act, as appropriate.<br />
Emergency Situations. Another means of<br />
identifying cultural resources at INL is through<br />
inventories and assessments completed in response<br />
to emergency situations. Emergency response<br />
activities are those activities declared by the U.S.<br />
president, a tribal government, or the governor of a<br />
state, as necessary to safeguard human health and<br />
the environment during declared disasters,<br />
emergencies, or national security threats.<br />
Emergencies at INL may be caused by either<br />
natural or manmade events.<br />
During emergency situations at INL, no<br />
actions necessary to preserve human health or<br />
property will be delayed to comply with historic<br />
preservation requirements. However, INL<br />
emergency responders can carry on the spirit of<br />
the mandates by consistently trying to minimize<br />
the overall impact of their activities. Emergency<br />
responders are also reminded that activities<br />
completed in anticipation of emergency situations<br />
(flood control, controlled burns, etc.) and those<br />
conducted after termination of the emergency are<br />
not exempt from cultural resources review.<br />
Although activities conducted prior to<br />
termination of an INL emergency are exempt from<br />
cultural resource review and consideration, the<br />
aftereffects of those activities must be evaluated.<br />
Once an emergency has ended, the INL CRM<br />
Office conducts archive searches and field<br />
inventories, as appropriate, to evaluate the impact<br />
to cultural resources.<br />
Evaluation and Nomination to the<br />
<strong>National</strong> Register of Historic Places<br />
Evaluation of INL cultural resources for<br />
nomination to the <strong>National</strong> Register involves<br />
determining the significance of those resources.<br />
Methods for determining the significance of<br />
cultural resources at INL play an important role in<br />
both long-term planning and project-specific<br />
impact assessments. Regulations promulgated by<br />
the <strong>National</strong> Historic Preservation Act provide a<br />
general approach for evaluating significance.<br />
According to 36 CFR 60.4, “Criteria for<br />
Evaluation”:<br />
The quality of significance in<br />
American history, architecture,<br />
archeology, engineering, and culture is<br />
present in districts, sites, buildings,<br />
structures, and objects that possess<br />
integrity of location, design, setting,<br />
materials, workmanship, feeling, and<br />
association and:<br />
<br />
That are associated with events that<br />
have made a significant contribution<br />
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