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AGREEMENT FOR BUTTE COUNTY
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROJECT REVIEW
BY THE NORTHEAST INFORMATION CENTER
(NEIC)
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is the California State statute that requires the
Butte County Department of Development Services to perform an environmental review on all
discretionary land use projects, to identify the significant environmental impacts of the project
and to avoid or mitigate those impacts, if feasible.
Every development project which requires a discretionary governmental approval will require at
least some environmental review pursuant to CEQA, unless an exemption applies. The
environmental review required imposes both procedural and substantive requirements. At a
minimum, an initial review of the project and its environmental effects must be conducted.
Depending upon the potential effects, a further and more substantial review may be conducted
in the form of an environmental impact report (EIR). A project may not be approved if feasible
alternatives or mitigation measures cannot substantially lessen the significant environmental
effects of the project. At the state level, CEQA requires that public agencies consider the effects
of their actions on historical resources eligible for listing on the California Register of Historical
Resources. “Historical resource” refers to buildings, structures, sites (prehistoric and historic),
objects, districts, and all manner of properties containing material remains of past human life or
activity.
The Department of Development Services utilizes the Northeast Information Center (NEIC) of the
California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS) to identify projects that may have
archaeological significance. The CHRIS is a statewide system for managing information on the full
range of historical resources identified in California. This system is under the authority and
direction of the Office of Historic Preservation (OHP), the State Historic Preservation Officer
(SHPO), and the State Historical Resources Commission (SHRC). The Northeast Center of the
CHRIS system, located at California State University, Chico, manages the historical resource
records for 11 counties, including Butte County.
The Northeast Information Center will furnish a Record Search to Development Services
indicating the archaeological/historical significance and sensitivity of the applicant’s project area
and additionally providing a recommendation as to whether further archaeological survey is
warranted. If further archaeological survey is required, the application would be considered
incomplete until the appropriate archaeological survey is completed and reviewed.
Butte County Department of Development Services
PLANNING DIVISION
7 County Center Drive, Oroville, CA 95965
Planning Center Phone 530.552.3701 Fax 530.538.7785
dsplanning@buttecounty.net
FORM NO
DPL-03
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The Department of Development Services will forward applicant’s payment (by check) of $75.00
and relevant project application information required for the Records Search to NEIC. NEIC will
provide the results of the Records Search to Development Services. Development Services will
notify the applicant if further archaeological survey is warranted. The $75.00 fee does not cover
the cost of further archaeological survey work.
If further archaeological survey work is required, Development Services will work with the
applicant to see that it is accomplished, according to set standards, by a qualified archaeologist.
The applicant shall bear all costs associated with further archaeological survey work required to
continue processing of the planning project application.
THIS FORM MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A COPY OF A 7.5’ TOPO MAP, WITH THE PROJECT AREA
OUTLINED. THIS IS USED DURING THE REVIEW TO RESEARCH CULTURAL SITES.
The undersigned applicant for the project as identified below has read and understood the Butte
County Archaeological Resources Project Review process and agrees to fund the required Record
Search to be provided by NEIC.
Attached is a check for $75.00 made payable to the Northeast Information Center for NEIC to
perform the Records Search.
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Applicant Signature Date
Applicant PRINTED Name
Check Number Planner; File Number