Rincon’s Cultural Resources group is capably committed to providing high quality cultural resources services to private and public sector clients. Our group includes archaeologists who meet or exceed the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for prehistoric archaeology, historic archaeology, and history supported by qualified paleontologists, archaeological and paleontological technicians, GIS staff, technical editors, and document production specialists. We are adept at helping private, utility, and agency clients comply with the cultural resources components of federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Specifically, we specialize in compliance with the cultural resources requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA, particularly Sections 106 and 110), the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA), and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA. When analyzing projects our specialists consider the full spectrum of cultural resources including archaeological, built environment, and traditional cultural properties.
These services include:
- Literature Reviews/Records Searches/Archival Research
- Native American Consultation
- Cultural Resource Surveys
- California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Eligibility Evaluations
- Archaeological Site Testing
- Historic Built Environment Resource Evaluation
- Traditional Cultural Property (TCP) Evaluation
- Archaeological Data Recovery Programs
- Native American Monitor Training Programs
- Section 106 Consultation
- Memoranda of Agreement (MOA)
- Findings of Effects
- State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) Consultation
- Historic Preservation Plans
- Cultural Resources Management Plans
- Third Party Peer Review
- Construction Monitoring
- Phase I, II, and III Paleontological Resources Analysis
Rincon cultural resources specialists have prepared cultural resources studies for project types including transportation (railroad, local mass transit, highway, and ports), Department of Defense, energy generation and transmission (including renewable), water, private land development, federal land management, and forward planning. These various projects were subject to oversight by agencies such as: California Energy Commission (CEC), CPUC, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Department of Navy, U.S. Forest Service, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and numerous cities and counties within southern California. Our group is supplemented by Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) specialists including architectural historians, historic architects, and geoarchaeologists.