ML20064M626

Ack Receipt of 820816 Ltr & Des.Statement That No Further Investigation of Archaeological Site 38YK72 Should Be Clarified.Statement Applies Only If No Const Impacts Are Evident

ML20064M626
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	08/27/1982
From:	Chia-Ling Lee SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE OF
To:	Adensam G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8209080052
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South Carolina Department of Archives and History 1430 Senate Street

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P.O. Box 11,669 I

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m 803 - 758-5816 August 27, 1982 Ms. Elinor G. Adensam, Chief Licensing Branch No. 4 Division of Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Re: Draft Environmental Statement Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2

Dear Ps. Adensam:

Thank you for your letter of August 16 and the Draft Environmental Statement for the operation of Catawba Nuclear Station, thits 1 and 2.

We have no additional properties to add to the list of National Register properties in the Historic and Archeological Sites section, nor do we wish to alter any of the comments in our letter of November 5,1981 (Appendix H).

We do, however, recommend clarification of the statement concerning archaeological site 38YK72; the draft Environmental Statement states that "no further investigation of the site was recommended". This recommendation was made because all construction impacts to the site could be avoided; if it appears that effects from construction cannot be avoided, then additional investigation to site 38YK72 is recommended. It is important that the reasons for the recommendation and the additional condition be added.

The Federal procedures for the protection of historic properties (36CFR800) require that the Federal agency official in charge of a federally funded or licensed project consult with the appropriate State Historic Preservation Officer.

The procedures do not relieve the Federal agency official of the final responsibility for reaching an opinion of his own as to whether or not historic values have been adequately taken into account in allowing the project to proceed. The opinion of the State Historic Preservation Officer is not definitive, either by law or by established Federal procedure. In reaching a conclusion of his own, the Federal agency official may well wish to consult other experts.

Since y, 020900g2 PDR AD O PDR Charles E. Lee D State Historic Pre rvation Officer CEL/vdw CC: Dr. Robert L. Stephenson State Archeologist Institute of Archeology and Anthropology University of South Carolina 00 Columbia, S.C. 29208