ML18275A326

Letter to NRC from California Native American Heritage Commission Proposed Humboldt Bay (Hb) Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) License Renewal Project, Community of Fields Landing;Fields Landing USGS Quadrangle, Humboldt C

ML18275A326
Person / Time
Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	09/24/2018
From:	Totton G Native American Heritage Commission
To:	Coflin M G, Pineda C L Environmental Review Branch
Monika Coflin
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Download: ML18275A326 (3)

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION Environmental and Cultural Department 1550 Harbor Blvd., Suite 100 West Sacramento, CA 95691 (916) 373-3710 September 24, 2018 Monika Coflin and Christ ina Pineda U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US NRC)

Sent by E-mail: monika.coflin@nrc.gov Christina.pineda@nrc.gov RE: Proposed Humboldt Bay (HB) Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) License Renewal Project , Community of Fields Landing

Fields Landing USGS Quadrangle, Humboldt County, California

Dear Ms. Coflin:

Attached is a consultation list of tribes with traditional lands or cultural places located within the boundaries of the above referenced counties.

Please note that the intent of the reference codes below is to avoid or mitigate impacts to tribal cultural resources, as defined, for California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) projects under AB-52. As of July 1, 2015, Public Resources Code Sections 21080.3.1 and 21080.3.2 require public agencies to consult with California Native American tribes identified by the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) for the purpose mitigating impacts to tribal cultural resources

Within 14 days of determining that an application for a project is complete or a decision by a public agency to undertake a project, the lead agency shall provide formal notification to the designated contact of, or a tribal representative of, traditionally and culturally affiliated California Native American tribes that have requested notice, which shall be accomplished by means of at least one written notification that includes a brief description of the proposed project and its location, the lead agency contact information, and a notification that the California Native American tribe has 30 days to request consultation pursuant to this section. (Public Resources Code Section 21080.3.1(d)) The law does not preclude agencies from initiating consultation with the tribes that are culturally and traditionally affiliated with their jurisdictions. The NAHC believes that in fact that this is the best practice to ensure that tribes are consulted commensurate with the intent of the law.

In accordance with Public Resources Code Section 21080.3.1(d), formal notification must include a brief description of the proposed project and its location, the lead agency contact information, and a notification that the California Native American tribe has 30 days to request consultation.

The NAHC believes that agencies shoul d also include with their notification letters information regarding any cultural resources assessment that has been completed on the APE, such as:

1. The results of any record search that may have been conducted at an Information Center of the California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS), including, but not limited to

A listing of any and all known cultural resources have already been recorded on or adjacent to the APE; Copies of any and all cultural resource records and study reports that may have been provided by the Information Center as part of the records search response; If the probability is low, moderate, or high that cultural resources are located in the APE.

Whether the records search indicates a low, moderate or high probability that unrecorded cultural resources are located in the potential APE; and If a survey is recommende d by the Information Center to determine whether previously unrecorded cultural resources are present.

2. The results of any archaeological inventory survey that was conducted, including: Any report that may contain site forms, site significance, and suggested mitigation measurers.

All information regarding site locations, Native American human remains, and associated funerary objects should be in a separate confidential addendum, and not be made available for pubic disclosure in accordance with Government Code Section 6254.10.

3. The results of any Sacred Lands File (SFL) check conducted through Native American Heritage Commission.

A search of the SFL was completed for the project with negative results.

4. Any ethnographic studies conducted for any area including all or part of the potential APE; and

5. Any geotechnical reports regarding all or part of the potential APE.

Lead agencies should be aware that records maintained by the NAHC and CHRIS is not exhaustive, and a negative response to these searches does not preclude the existence of a cultural place.

A tribe may be the only source of information regarding the existence of a tribal cultural resource.

This information will aid tribes in determining whether to request formal consultation. In the case that they do, having the information beforehand well help to facilitate the consultation process.

If you receive notification of change of addresses and phone numbers from tribes, please notify me.

With your assistance we are able to assure that our consultation list contains current information.

If you have any questions, please contact me at my email address: gayle.totton@nahc.ca.gov.

Sincerely,

Gayle Totton , M.A., Ph.D. Associate Government al Program Analyst Bear River Band of Rohnerville

Rancheria Barry Brenard, Chairperson

266 Keisner Road

Loleta, CA, 95551 Phone: (

707

)

733

-

1900 Fax: (

707

)

733-1727 Mattole Wiyot Big Lagoon Rancheria

Virgil Moorehead, Chairperson

P. O. Box

3060

Trinidad, CA, 95570 Phone: (

707

)

826

-

2079 Fax: (

707

)

826-1737 vmoorehead@earthlink.net

Tolowa Yurok Blue Lake Rancheria

Claudia Brundin, Chairperson

P.O. Box 428

Blue Lake, CA, 95525 Phone: (

707

)

668

-

5101 Fax: (

707

)

668-4272 bmobbs@bluelakerancheria-

nsn.gov Tolowa Wiyot Yurok Cher-Ae Heights Indian

Community of the Trinidad

Rancheria Garth Sundberg, Chairperson

P.O. Box 630

Trinidad, CA, 95570-0630

Phone: (

707

)

677

-

0211 Fax: (

707

)

677-3921 AAtkins@TrinidadRancheria.com

Miwok Tolowa Yurok Hoopa Valley Tribe

Ryan Jackson, Chairperson

P.O. Box 1348

Hoopa, CA, 95546 Phone: (

530

)

625

-

4211 Fax: (

530

)

625-4594 Hupa Wiyot Tribe

Ted Hernandez, Chairperson

1000 Wiyot Drive

Loleta, CA, 95551 Phone: (

707

)

733

-

5055 Fax: (

707

)

733-5601 ted@wiyot.us

Wiyot Yurok Tribe of California

Thomas O'Rourke, Chairperson

PO Box 1027

Klamath, CA, 95548 Phone: (

707

)

482

-

1350 Fax: (

707

)

482-1377 torourke@yuroktribe.nsn.gov

Yurok 1 of 1 This list is current only as of the date of this document. Distribution of this list does not relieve any person of statutory responsibility as defined in Section

7050.5 of the Health and Safety Code, Section

5097.94 of the Public Resources Code and Section

6097.98 of the Public Resources Code and section

5097.98 of the Public

Resources Code.

This list is only applicable for consultation with Native American tribes under Public Resources Code Sections

21080.3.1 for the proposed Humboldt Bay (HB)

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) License Renewal Project, Humboldt County.

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