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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment PAGE 3-250 The nine NNR Alternative route segments comprise a total of 956 acres within the 150-foot corridor and 3,223 acres within the 500-foot corridor. According to DAHP records, 614 acres (64 percent) within the 150-foot corridor and 2,073 acres (64 percent) within the 500-foot corridor have been previously surveyed for cultural resources. The YNCRP has completed survey of an additional 200 acres of federal land along the NNR Alternative route segments. Some of the YNCRP survey was on land that had been previously surveyed but not to modern standards. It is estimated that 67 percent of the land within the 150-foot corridor and 65 percent of the land within the 500-foot corridor of the NNR Alternative has now been surveyed for cultural resources. Excluding TCPs, there are 161 documented cultural resources within the 150-foot corridor and 259 cultural resources within the 500-foot corridor of the route segments for each Action Alternative (Tables 3.11-2 and 3.11-3), including those in DAHP records and sites recently recorded by the YNCRP. Also, 12 TCPs and one culturally sensitive area have been reported within the 150-foot and 500-foot corridors of the route segments. A TCP study was completed along the NNR Alternative and concluded that the NNR Alternative did not cross any known TCPs for the Moses Columbia people, a constituent tribes of the Colville Confederated Tribes (Oosahwee-Voss 2014). 3.11.4.1 Route Segment 1a/NNR-1 A total of 44 acres are within the 150-foot wide corridor and 148 acres are within the 500-foot wide corridor of Route Segment 1a/NNR-1. Project-specific cultural resource surveys have not been conducted for this route segment and no previous surveys have been conducted in association with other projects. Therefore, none of the land within either corridor has been surveyed for cultural resources (Table 3.11-1). One prehistoric archaeological site with talus pits and hunting blinds is the only cultural resource recorded within both the 150-foot wide and 500-foot wide corridors (Tables 3.11-2 and 3.11-3). This site has not been evaluated for National Register eligibility. No TCPs have been reported within either corridor in Route Segment 1a/NNR-1. As previously stated, a TCP study was completed along the NNR Alternative and concluded that the NNR Alternative and NNR Alternative with MR Subroute did not cross any known TCPs for the Moses Columbia people, a constituent tribes of the Colville Confederated Tribes (Oosahwee-Voss 2014). 3.11.4.2 Route Segment 1b A total of 229 acres are within the 150-foot wide corridor and 764 acres are within the 500-foot wide corridor of Route Segment 1b. A total of 126.5 acres of this has been previously surveyed for cultural resources (Table 3.11-1). A total of 18 cultural resources have been identified within the 150-foot wide corridor and a total of 20 have been identified with the 500-foot wide corridors of Route Segment 1b (Tables 3.11-2 and 3.11-3). 3.11.4.3 Route Segment 1c There are 236 acres in the 150-foot wide corridor of Route Segment 1c and 780 acres in the 500-foot wide corridor. Project-specific cultural resource surveys have not been conducted for this route segment and no previous surveys have been conducted in association with other projects. Therefore, none of the acreage has been surveyed for cultural resources (Table 3.11-1). There are no previously recorded cultural resources or identified TCPs within either the 150-foot wide corridor or the 500-foot wide corridor of Route Segment 1c (Tables 3.11-2 and 3.11-3). 3.11.4.4 Route Segment 2a Along Route Segment 2a, a total of 18 acres are located within the 150-foot wide corridor and 63 acres are within the 500-foot wide corridor. Project-specific cultural resource surveys have not been conducted