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Cultural Resources Surveys Conducted During December 2014 South Eagle Ford Zone Atascosa, La Salle, And Mcmullen Counties, Scott Justen, Reign Clark, Ron Ralph

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During the month of December 2014, Goshawk Environmental Consulting, Inc. (Goshawk) conducted seven cultural resources surveys within the Eagle Ford Play, South Eagle Ford Zone, at the request of EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG). The seven project areas subjected to cultural resources investigations included the proposed Cashen to Pena-Butts Gathering Pipeline, Quail to Quail A Gathering Pipeline, Dall to Warthog Gathering Pipeline, Tangerine Unit Gathering Pipeline, Cuellar Unit #7H and #8H Access Road, Galaxy Unit #1H Access Road, and Quail Unit #11 Flowline. Except where noted, each Area of Potential Effect (APE) was a 75-foot (23-meter [m]) wide Right-of-Way (ROW) consisting …

Intensive Archeological Survey Of Potential Shaft Locations Along The Proposed City Of Austin Parmer Lane Wastewater Interceptor, Travis And Williamson Counties, Texas, Chris Dayton

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n January and April 2014, an intensive archeological survey was completed in order to inventory and evaluate archeological resources within six proposed work areas, primarily potential shaft locations, along a proposed 3.7-kilometer (km) or 2.8-mile wastewater interceptor pipeline adjacent to Parmer Lane, also known as Farm-to-Market (FM) Road 734 in northwest Austin, Travis and Williamson Counties, Texas. The six areas—two along the southwest side of Parmer Lane and four along the northeast side— cover a total of 9.7 hectares or 24 acres. The work was carried out for the City of Austin under Texas Antiquities Permit 6713 by Cox|McLain Environmental …

Archeological Survey For The Proposed Singing Hills Recreation Center Dallas County, Texas, Melissa M. Green

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On December 29, 2014, an intensive archeological survey was completed in order to evaluate potential archeological impacts associated with the proposed construction of a new recreation center within an approximately 10-acre (4-hectare) parcel in south central Dallas County, Texas. Melissa M. Green (Principal Investigator) of Cox|McLain Environmental Consulting, Inc. (CMEC) carried out the survey for City of Dallas Park and Recreation, a subentity of the State of Texas, under the Antiquities Code of Texas (9 TNRC 191). CMEC conducted the survey under Texas Antiquities Permit 7121.

Ground surface visibility across most of the 10-acre area of potential effects (APE) was …

Cultural Resources Investigations Of The Lively Sewer Line Extension Project, Williamson County, Texas, Ken Lawrence, Alamea N. Young, Matthew Carter

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On behalf of Sentinel Land Company and a Municipal Utility District (MUD), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive cultural resources survey for the proposed Lively Sewer Line Extension Project in Williamson County, Texas. The project area is located between the communities of Leander and Georgetown, Texas, approximately 3 miles southeast of the State Highway (SH) 29 and Ronald Reagan Boulevard intersection. In anticipation of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) permitting regulations, the proposed project is subject to review in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 USC 470) and its implementing regulations (36 …

Intensive Cultural Resources Survey For El Paso Natural Gas Project: Texas Gas Service Line Expansion Lateral And Meter Station, El Paso County, Texas, Kimberly Parker

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This report details the results of an intensive archaeological survey by SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) for the proposed El Paso Natural Gas Project: Texas Gas Service Line Expansion Lateral and Meter Station. El Paso Natural Gas (EPNG), a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) is proposing to extend the existing Line No. 20121 approximately 3.59 miles, install the Transmountain Delivery Meter Station (TDMS), and install a new pressure regulating station in order to supply Texas Gas Service Company with additional natural gas. The pipeline lateral would be constructed within an existing utility corridor, approximately 50 percent of which would be …

State Highway (Sh) 317retention, Eric R. Oksanen

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On January 15, 2015, archeologists from Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Environmental Affairs Division-Archeological Studies Branch conducted a reconnaissancelevel survey of 3 acres of a five acre tract adjacent to State Highway 317 in Bell County, north of the City of Belton. The property will be excavated for a stormwater retention pond. The survey found shallow rocky soils and exposures of limestone bedrock throughout the project area. Historic maps indicated a house structure with the project area. No standing structures remain on the property; there is the remains of a collapsed shed-like structure measuring 5-x5 meters, a collapsed smaller pen-like …

Supplemental Intensive Archaeological Survey For The Proposed Los Vientos Iv Wind Energy Project, Brandon Richards

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On February 19 and 25, 2015, Energy Renewal Partners, LLC (Energy Renewal) carried out an intensive pedestrian survey on a proposed portion of the Los Vientos IV Wind Energy Project site located on Texas General Land Office (GLO) land. Brandon Richards served as the Principal Investigator, and was aided by Jennifer Klingshirn. The survey area (“Project Area,” Area of Potential Effect, or “APE”) consisted of approximately 4.1 acres of upland mesquite pasture, about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Rio Grande City, in Starr County, Texas. The purpose of the intensive survey was to supplement the 126 acres surveyed in …

Bear Creek Interceptor Tarrant County, Texas, Molly A. Hall

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The Trinity River Authority is proposing to construct the 5.1-milong Bear Creek Interceptor in Tarrant County, Texas. The north end of the pipeline is in Grapevine’s Parr Park and the route follows Big Bear Creek through Wall-Farrar Nature Park, Bear Creek Park, across TX 360 and TX 121, through D/FW Airport property, and terminates on the south in the Hyatt Bear Creek Golf Course. AR Consultants, Inc. (ARC) was contracted to survey the route and conducted the survey December 30, 2014 and January 8, 2015. Though the route crosses two previously recorded sites (41TR24 and 41TR26), no evidence of these …

Intensive Cultural Resources Survey For The Proposed Tamu-Cc Momentum Campus Expansion, Nueces County, Texas, Ben Fullerton

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In January 2014, HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR), under contract to Lockwood, Andrews, and Newnam, Inc., for Texas A&M University Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC), conducted an intensive cultural resources survey in advance of the proposed TAMU-CC Momentum Campus expansion in the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas. The proposed Area of Potential Effects (APE) is bisected by Nile Drive and bounded by Ennis Joslin Road to the north and east, Oso Creek to the north and west, and residential neighborhoods along Sahara Drive and Pharaoh Drive to the south. The APE, measuring approximately 95 acres, will be the site of new …

National Register Testing At Sites 41bp585, 41bp594, And 41bp595 Three Oaks Mine, Bastrop County, Texas, David L. Sherman, Karissa Basse, Leslie Bush, Linda Scott Cummings, Meg Cruse, Linda Ellis, Shelly Fischbeck, Charles Frederick, Brittney Gregory, Ardi Kalter, Jammi L. Ladwig, Melissa K. Logan, Michael Nash, Haley Rush, Kelley Russell, R.A. Varney

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Between October 2012 and July 2013, Atkins conducted National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility testing at historic sites 41BP585 and 41BP594 and prehistoric site 41BP595, located within the Three Oaks Mine in Bastrop County, Texas, which is owned and operated by Luminant. Impacts to all three sites are anticipated as a result of planned mine development. This work was conducted under the direction of Principal Investigator David L. Sherman. This report of investigations was written at Atkins and is being finalized by Blanton & Associates, with David L. Sherman remaining as the Principal Investigator.

This work demonstrated that significant …

Intensive Archaeological Survey For The Proposed Palo Pinto County Ro Treatment Plant, Megan A. Koszarek

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The Palo Pinto County Municipal Water District No. 1 contracted HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR) to conduct an intensive cultural resources survey of the area proposed for the installation of a Reverse Osmosis (RO) Treatment Plant in the unincorporated community of Brazos, Palo Pinto County, Texas. The Area of Potential Effects (APE) consists of the approximately 3.3-acre area of the RO Treatment Plant Site. The archaeological investigation conducted by HDR consisted of intensive survey of the APE to determine the presence/absence of archaeological resources by employing pedestrian survey, shovel testing, and photo documentation. Fieldwork took place on November 13, 2014. HDR …

Archaeological Assessment, Including Mechanical Subsurface Testing, Of The Gillette Tract, Houston, Harris County, Texas, Susan E. Butler, Allison King

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On behalf of Alliance Realty Partners, LLC (Alliance), CRP/AR Gillette Owner, LP, CRP/AR Gillette Venture, LLC, Maxwell Real Estate Group, Inc., the City of Houston, Texas, and Coastal Water Authority, SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted archaeological investigations to confirm the presence/absence of unmarked graves or other cultural resources within the Gillette Tract in Houston, Harris County, Texas. The investigation was conducted in support of Alliance’s compliance with the Texas Health and Safety Code Section 711 and the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Title 13, Texas Historical Commission (THC) Chapter 22 Cemeteries (13 TAC §§22.1–22.6). All investigations were conducted in accordance with …

Intensive Archeological Survey For Proposed Improvements To Fm 2001 Between I-35 And Sh 21, Hays And Caldwell Counties Texas, Haley Rush, Melissa M. Green

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An intensive archeological survey was completed in order to inventory and evaluate archeological resources within the footprint of improvements to Farm-to-Market (FM) 2001 in Hays and Caldwell Counties, Texas. The archeological area of potential effects (APE) totals 8.5 miles (13.7 kilometers), extending from the intersection of Interstate Highway 35 (I-35) and FM 2001 to just east of State Highway (SH) 21 (CSJ 1776-01-018). Fieldwork was conducted on July 2-3, 7-8, and August 5, 2014 under Antiquities Permit 6936. Much of the project area was determined to have been subjected to ground-disturbing activities associated with agriculture, residential development, installation of utilities, …

Intensive Archaeological Survey For The Proposed Palo Pinto County Rock Creek Pump Station Pipeline, Megan A. Koszarek, Ben Fullerton

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The Palo Pinto County Municipal Water District No. 1 contracted HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR) to conduct an intensive cultural resources survey of the approximately four miles of 20-inch pipeline installation in the City of Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas. The Area of Potential Effects (APE) is approximately four miles in length within a 10-foot Right-of-Way (ROW). Approximately three miles of the APE, west of the eastern terminus of Harvey Road, falls within the previously disturbed MH 379 road ROW. The remainder of the one mile of APE to the east lies within undisturbed ROW. The eastern portion of the …

Cultural Resources Survey Of The Proposed ±15,034-Foot Shiner North Loop 12-Inch Inlet Gonzales County, Texas, Scott Justen, Reign Clark

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Goshawk Environmental Consulting, Inc. (Goshawk) conducted a cultural resources survey of the proposed ±15,034-foot (4,582-meter [m]) Shiner North Loop 12-Inch Inlet right-of-way (ROW) in Gonzales County, Texas at the request of EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG). The Area of Potential Effect (APE) consisted of a 75-foot (23-m) wide ROW. The ROW consisted of a 50-foot (15-m) wide permanent easement and a 25-foot (8-m) wide temporary construction easement.

This survey was performed in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (PL 89–665), as amended in 1974, 1976, 1980, and 1992; the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (PL 91–190, 83 …

Intensive Archaeological Survey For The Proposed Tm-1 Relief Interceptor Project, Megan A. Koszarek, Ann Keen

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The Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA) contracted HDR to conduct an intensive cultural resources survey of the approximately 3.24 miles of 36-inch wastewater interceptor pipeline installation in the City of Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas. The Area of Potential Effects (APE) is approximately 3.24 miles in length within a 50-foot Right-ofWay (ROW). Approximately 1.35 miles of the project area falls within previouslydisturbed road ROW or area encompassed by commercial development. The remainder of the project area parallels Beltline Road, West Main Street, and Bluegrove Road and primarily falls just outside of the existing road ROWs. However, the project area intersects …

Cultural Resources Survey Of The Proposed ±28,000-Foot Naylor Jones Unit 13 Block A Gathering Pipeline Mcmullen County, Texas, Scott Justen, Reign Clark

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On 17 November 2014, Goshawk Environmental Consulting, Inc. (Goshawk) conducted a cultural resources survey of the proposed ±28,000-foot (±8,534-meter [m]) Naylor Jones Unit 13 Block A Gathering Pipeline right-of-way (ROW) in McMullen County, Texas, at the request of EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG). The Area of Potential Effect (APE) consisted of a proposed ROW measuring 75 feet (23 m) in width which crossed a first-order tributary of Muerto Creek, the Frio River, and the Mossy Slough. A cultural resources survey, including shovel testing and surface inspection, was conducted within the three review areas which totaled approximately 4.6 acres (1.9 hectares [ha]). …

Short Report For Intensive Archeological Survey Of The Proposed Denton Municipal Electric Long Road Substation Denton County, Texas, Darren Schubert

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On October 28, archeologists from POWER Engineers, Inc. (POWER) conducted an intensive archeological survey for the proposed Long Road electrical substation project (Project) in Denton County, Texas. The survey was undertaken on behalf of Denton Municipal Electric (DME) for a proposed substation facility that will connect with the existing Texas Municipal Power Agency 138 kV transmission line extending from the Denton North Interchange to the Arco Substation. No archeological materials were recorded as a result of the survey.

The proposed substation will be constructed on land that will be owned by Denton Municipal Electric, a department of the City of …

Archaeological And Metal Detection Investigations Of A 4-Acre Proposed Development At The Levi Jordan Plantation State Historic Site (41bo165), Brazoria, Texas, Deidra A. Black, James W. Karbula

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Report Title: Archaeological and Metal Detection Investigations of a 4-acre Proposed Development at the Levi Jordan Plantation State Historic Site (41BO165), Brazoria, Texas.

Report Date: February 2015

Report Number: WSA Technical Report No. 2015-03

Agency: Texas Historical Commission

Permit Number: Texas Antiquities Code (TAC) Permit 7083

Project Description:On behalf of the Texas Historical Commission (THC), William Self Associates, Inc. (WSA), conducted metal detecting and shovel test survey investigations of the east side of the Levi Jordan Plantation State Historic Site (41BO165), Brazoria County, Texas. The THC sponsored the current survey investigations in advance of proposed infrastructure improvements to a currently …

Archaeological Survey Of A Proposed Copano Ngl Services (Markham), Llc, 2.8-Mile Pipeline, Matagorda County, Texas, James W. Karbula, Deidra A. Black

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Report Title: Archaeological Survey of a Proposed Copano NGL Services (Markham), LLC, 2.8- mile Pipeline, Matagorda County, Texas

Report Date: January 2015

Report Number: WSA Technical Report No. 2015-02

Agency: Texas Historical Commission (THC).

Permit Number: Texas Antiquities Permit 7079.

Project Description: William Self Associates, Inc. (WSA), conducted cultural resources agency coordination and an archaeology survey for a proposed new 2.8-mile (4.5 kilometer [km]) segment of the 12-inch Copano NGL Services (Markham), LLC (Copano NGL), pipeline in Matagorda County, Texas. Coordination with the Texas Historical Commission (THC) and the archaeology survey were conducted consistent with the requirements of the Texas …