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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ADDENDUM Bristol Street and Memory Lane Intersection Improvements — Project No. 17-6883 result in impacts greater than as described in the 1990 FEIS/EIR. Impacts would not be greater than that previously analyzed in the 1990 FEIS/EIR. Certified 1990 FEIS/EIR Mitigation Measures: No 1990 FEIS/EIR mitigation measures are applicable. Mitigation Measures: No additional mitigation measures are required. 3.17 TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES As of July 1, 2015, California Assembly Bill 52 (AB 52) was enacted and expanded CEQA by establishing a formal consultation process for California tribes within the CEQA process. The bill specifies that any project may affect or cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a tribal cultural resource would require a lead agency to "begin consultation with a California Native American tribe that is traditional and culturally affiliated with the geographic area of the proposed project." Section 21074 of AB 52 also defines a new category of resources under CEQA called tribal cultural resources. Tribal cultural resources are defined as "sites, features, places, cultural landscapes, sacred places, and objects with cultural value to a California Native American tribe" and is either listed on or eligible for the California Register of Historical Resources or a local historic register, or if the lead agency chooses to treat the resource as a tribal cultural resource. Notwithstanding, AB 52 applies to all new applications deemed complete on or after July 1, 2015. Thus, as the proposed improvements are an Amendment to the existing Bristol Street Widening Project, and not a new Application, AB 52 does not apply to this Project. On February 19, 2016, the California Natural Resources Agency proposed to adopt and amend regulations as part of AB 52 implementing Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations, CEQA Guidelines, to include consideration of impacts to tribal cultural resources pursuant to Government Code Section 11346.6. On September 27, 2016, the California Office of Administrative Law approved the amendments to Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines, and these amendments are addressed within this Addendum. a) Would the project cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a tribal cultural resource, defined in Public Resources Code section 21074 as either a site, feature, place, cultural landscape that is geographically defined in terms of the size and scope of the landscape, sacred place, or object with cultural value to a California Native American tribe, and that is. i) Listed or eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources, or in a local register of historical resources as defined its Public Resources Code section 5020.1(k), or According to the City of Santa Ana, no Native American -related historical resources are present within the Project vicinity." Based on the 1990 FEIS/EIR, no historical or archaeological resources were identified in the Project vicinity. During public noticing period for the Bristol Street Widening Project, a letter received from the Office of Historic Preservation indicated that the Bristol Widening Project would not affect historic properties. Therefore, implementation of the proposed Project would not result in greater impacts than previously analyzed in the 1990 FEIS/EIR. Certified 1990 FEIS/EIR Mitigation Measures: T-1 If potential archeological resources are encountered during grading, all work will be halted in that particular location until a qualified archaeologist can evaluate the significance of the recovered materials. Mitigation Measures: No additional mitigation measures are required. 15 City of Santa Ana, Propertyl formation Search, http://www.ci.mnta-ana.ca.us/property-info/, accessed August 17, 2017. Draft I November 2017 3-27 Environmental Consequences 75A-56