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Environmental Checklist Cultural Resources Draft Initial Study – Mitigated Negative Declaration 49 5 Cultural Resources Potentially Significant Impact Less than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less-than- Significant Impact No Impact Would the project: a. Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource pursuant to §15064.5? □ □ □ ■ b. Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of an archaeological resource pursuant to §15064.5? □ ■ □ □ c. Disturb any human remains, including those interred outside of dedicated cemeteries? □ □ ■ □ FirstCarbon Solutions prepared a Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment for the proposed project in July 2022, which was peer reviewed by Rincon Consultants in September 2022. A revised Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment was prepared in January 2023. The revised report and the peer review memorandum are included in Appendix CR. This section provides an analysis of the project’s impacts on cultural resources, including historical and archaeological resources, as well as human remains. CEQA requires a lead agency to determine whether a project may have a significant effect on historical resources (Public Resources Code [PRC], Section 21084.1). A historical resource is a resource listed in, or determined to be eligible for listing in, the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR); a resource included in a local register of historical resources; or any object, building, structure, site, area, place, record, or manuscript a lead agency determines to be historically significant (CEQA Guidelines, Section 15064.5[a] [1-3]). A resource is considered historically significant in the California Register of Historical Resources if it: 1. Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of California’s history and cultural heritage; 2. Is associated with the lives of persons important in our past; 3. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of an important creative individual, or possesses high artistic values; or 4. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. In addition, if it can be demonstrated that a project would cause damage to a unique archaeological resource, the lead agency may require reasonable efforts be made to permit any or all of these resources to be preserved in place or left in an undisturbed state. To the extent that resources cannot be left undisturbed, mitigation measures are required (PRC, Section 21083.2[a], [b]).