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Architectural History Evaluation
<br /> Regulations implementing Section 106 of the NHPA (36 CFR 800.5) require that the federal agency, in
<br /> consultation with the SHPO, apply the Criteria of Adverse Effect to historic properties within the APE.
<br /> According to 36 CFR 800.5(a)(1):
<br /> "An adverse effect is found when an undertaking may alter, directly or indirectly, any of the
<br /> characteristics of a historic property that qualify the property for inclusion in the National
<br /> Register in a manner that would diminish the integrity of the property's location, design,
<br /> setting, materials, workmanship, feeling or association."
<br /> 1.4.4 California Environmental Quality Act
<br /> CEQA is the state law that applies to a project's impacts on cultural resources.A project is an activity that
<br /> may cause a direct or indirect physical change in the environment and that is undertaken or funded by a
<br /> state or local agency, or requires a permit, license, or lease from a state or local agency. CEQA requires
<br /> that impacts to Historical Resources be identified and, if the impacts will be significant, then apply
<br /> mitigation measures to reduce the impacts.
<br /> A Historical Resource is a resource that 1) is listed in or has been determined eligible for listing in the
<br /> California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) by the State Historical Resources Commission, or has
<br /> been determined historically significant by the CEQA lead agency because it meets the eligibility criteria
<br /> for the CRHR, 2) is included in a local register of historical resources, as defined in Public Resources Code
<br /> (PRC) 5020.1(k), or 3), and has been identified as significant in a historical resources survey, as defined in
<br /> PRC 5024.1(g) (California Code of Regulations [CCR] Title 14, Section 15064.5(a)).
<br /> The eligibility criteria for the CRHR are as follows (CCR Title 14, Section 4852(b)):
<br /> (1) It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of
<br /> local or regional history, or the cultural heritage of California or the United States;
<br /> (2) It is associated with the lives of persons important to local, California, or national history;
<br /> (3) It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or
<br /> represents the work of a master or possesses high artistic values; or
<br /> (4) It has yielded, or has the potential to yield, information important to the prehistory or history of
<br /> the local area, California, or the nation.
<br /> In addition, the resource must retain integrity, which is evaluated with regard to the retention of location,
<br /> design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association (CCR Title 14, Section 4852(c)). Resources
<br /> that have been determined eligible for the NRHP are automatically eligible for the CRHR.
<br /> Impacts to a Historical Resource, as defined by CEQA (listed in an official historic inventory or survey or
<br /> eligible for the CRHR), are significant if the resource is demolished or destroyed or if the characteristics
<br /> that made the resource eligible are materially impaired (CCR Title 14, Section 15064.5(b)). Demolition or
<br /> alteration of eligible buildings, structures, and features that they would no longer be eligible would result
<br /> in a significant impact.Whole or partial destruction of eligible archaeological sites would result in a
<br /> significant impact. In addition to impacts from construction resulting in destruction or physical alteration
<br /> ECORP Consulting, Inc. 5 January 2025
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