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Informal Native American Consultation AECOM will contact the Native American Heritage Commission(NAHC) and request a review of their Sacred Lands Files for the project area and a list of Native American organizations and individuals that may have religious or cultural significance to the project area.. AECOM will contact by letter each organization and individual on the NAHC list and will follow-up with a telephone call to any contact that did not respond to the letter. Documentation of all Native American consultation will be included in the confidential cultural resources technical report. Section 106 requires that the lead federal agency conduct formal consultation with Native American groups. Conduct Field Survey AECOM's archaeologists will conduct a pedestrian field survey of the proposed project area to identify any cultural resources located in the project area, and will record any resources that are 45 years old or older that could be impacted/effected by the proposed project. It is assumed that no more than one previously unrecorded cultural resource will be encountered within the study area that will require formal documentation on standard site record forms(form DPR 523). The locations of identified cultural resources will be plotted on U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)topographic maps and will be recorded using global positioning system(GPS) devices with sub-meter accuracy. Shape files will be created documenting the location and boundary of newly identified cultural resources and survey areas. Evaluation of archaeological resources or built-environment resources for eligibility for listing on the NRHP and/or the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR)and archaeological sub-surface testing for site evaluation are not included in this scope of work. Prepare.Cultural Resources Technical Report and CEOA section AECOM will prepare a draft and final technical report that will present the methods and results of the field investigation consistent with Section 106 of the NHPA standards and follows the USACE guidelines for cultural resources reports. This report will contain the information identifying the project setting, methods used in the investigation, documentation of Native American and Historical Society consultation as required under Section 106 of the NHPA, and discussion and table of findings. The report will include the APE maps and locations for known cultural resources and newly recorded cultural resources. Copies of State of California Department of Parks and Recreation(DPR) recordation forms and photographs will be included as an appendix to the report.The results from the technical report will be incorporated into the cultural resources section of the CEQA environmental document--assumed to be:an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration. Consultation and.Coordination with SHPO If requested by USACE staff, AECOM will assist in conducting formal Section 106 consultation. It is anticipated that work under this task would be limited to telephone conversations with federal agency cultural staff and preparation of up to two formal consultation letters with the SHPO. 10 ! Page