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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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