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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 4 230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Environmental Consequences PAGE 4-261 the remains of houses and homesteads. There are no recorded architectural resources. A few of the cultural resources are considered potentially eligible to the National Register. Physical Impacts Short-term and long-term ground disturbance along this route segment would total 95.3 acres. Only 0.3 percent of the land within 75 feet of the centerline of Route Segment 2b has been previously surveyed for cultural resources and there are no previously recorded cultural resources within 75 feet of the route segment centerline. While the density of cultural resources appears to be low, some archaeological sites in the general vicinity have been recommended as potentially eligible to the National Register, there is also a known burial site 0.85 mile from the route segment centerline, and a talus pit 0.6 mile from the route segment centerline, all of which suggest that similar resources could exist within 75 feet of the route segment centerline. There would be no physical impacts to architectural resources. Physical impacts are anticipated to be low to moderate. Visual Impacts Only 0.5 percent of the land within 250 feet of the centerline of Route Segment 2b has been previously surveyed for cultural resources and there are no previously recorded cultural resources within 250 feet. Undiscovered archaeological sites, should they exist, would typically not be visually sensitive, but a prehistoric burial site within 0.85 mile and a talus pit within 0.6 mile could potentially be visually impacted by the presence of a new transmission line. There are no documented architectural resources within a mile of Route Segment 2b. Visual impacts are anticipated to be low to moderate. Native American Concerns The YNCRP has not identified any sites of special concern along Route Segment 2b (Lally and Camuso 2011). Therefore, impacts are expected to be low. 4.11.4.6 Route Segment 2c Route Segment 2c is 18.1 miles long. Much of the land along this route segment is privately owned, so there has been only limited cultural resource survey within one mile of the route segment centerline. In addition, unlike Route Segment 2b, where there is little cultivated land, over 35 percent of Route Segment 2c crosses cultivated land. Although mechanized agriculture may have impacted surface remains, subsurface archaeological remains may still be present and intact below the plow zone. On the non- cultivated portions of the route segment, drainages can be deep and rugged. For 8.6 miles, nearly half the distance, Route Segment 2c would be parallel and next to the Midway-Moxee 115 kV transmission line and the Union Gap-Midway 230 kV transmission line. Twelve cultural resources have been previously recorded within one mile of the centerline of Route Segment 2c. These include six prehistoric lithic scatters, a burial site 0.5 mile from the route segment, and a site with talus pits 0.3 mile from the route segment. Historic resources include two trash scatters and one architectural resource; a stage stop with outbuildings. Physical Impacts Short-term and long-term ground disturbance along this route segment would total 88.8 acres. None of the land within 75 feet of the centerline of Route Segment 2c has been previously surveyed for cultural resources and there are no previously recorded cultural resources within 75 feet. Physical impacts are anticipated to be low to moderate because archaeological site densities in nearby areas appear to be low and also because 35 percent of the route segment would pass through cultivated land. There would be no physical impacts to architectural resources.