Cultural services
VCS Environmental qualified cultural resources professionals conduct the full range of cultural resources studies. The team conducts Phase I and Phase II field investigations, designs and implements Phase III mitigation studies, provides construction management services for archaeology and paleontology, and prepares and peer reviews cultural resources technical studies and reports. The lead VCS cultural resources professional is a Registered Professional Archaeologist who meets the Secretary of Interior's standards for historic preservation programs for archaeology, is an Orange and Riverside County certified archaeologist, and is listed as a Principal Investigator, for the Southern California Bureau of Land Management. The VCS Cultural Resources department has expertise in compliance with NEPA, CEQA, the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, and the Clean Water Act (404 Permit), among others.
Cultural Resource services:
Constraints & Feasibility Analyses
Phase I Cultural and Paleontological Assessments
Phase II Resource Evaluation and Testing
Phase III Data Recovery/Mitigation Studies
Phase IV Construction Monitoring Mitigation Programs
Historic Structures Assessments and Evaluations
Worker Environmental Awareness Program Training
Native American/Tribal Scoping and Consultation
Fossil Salvage, Identification, Evaluation and Preparation for Curation
Caltrans Studies and Documentation (HPSR, ASR, HRER, FOE, PIR, PER, PMP, et al.)
Site Recordation on DPR 523 Resource Record Forms
