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The results of additional Class 3 cultural resources surveys for the Pinal West to Dinosaur Extra-high Voltage Transmission Line Project are presented in this report. The transmission line is being constructed by the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP); it will link the Pinal West, Santa Rosa, Pinal Central, Abel, and Dinosaur Substations located in south-central Arizona. The results from the bulk of cultural resources surveys for the project were previously reported in the comprehensive report, Cultural Resources Survey for the Pinal West to Dinosaur Extra-High Voltage Transmission Line, Pinal County, Arizona. At the time of its writing, eight segments of the transmission line corridor remained unsurveyed due to the presence of active crops that completely covered the ground surface within the corridor. Also since that time, SRP identified a need for two additions to existing project easements and 18 pulling station locations, whose areas extended beyond the previously surveyed corridor. At SRP's request, the results of the survey of the previously unsurveyed segments, new easements, and pulling stations are provided as an addendum to the larger survey report.

Class III cultural resources survey for an extra-high voltage transmission line connecting the Pinal West, Santa Rosa, Pinal Central, Abel, and Dinosaur Substations in Pinal County, Arizona.

This document presents the results of a class I cultural resources inventory and the results of the relocation and evaluation efforts for 14 previously recorded cultural resource sites located within the proposed Merrill Ranch residential community near Florence, Pinal County, Arizona (Figure 1). Vanguard Properties requested that Carter & Burgess, Inc. (C&B) conduct the inventory and relocation as part of the application process to obtain a permit from the United States Army Corp of Engineers in compliance with Section 404(b)(1) of the Clean Water Act. As such, the project is considered to be federal undertaking that is subject 36 CFR 800, the regulations implementing the National Historic Preservation Act. This report was revised December 2004. Original report dated June 2004.

Carter & Burgess, Inc. (C&B) conducted a Class III, non collection cultural resources survey of approximately 1,346 acres of privately owned land within the proposed Merrill Ranch development, located northwest of Florence, Pinal County, Arizona (Figure 1). The survey was conducted at the request of Vanguard Properties as part of ongoing efforts to determine whether significant cultural resources exist within the Merrill Ranch development, prior to the proposed construction of a residential community. For the purposes of this investigation, the term "cultural resources" refers to prehistoric or historic archaeological sites or objects and potentially significant historic buildings or structures. Although not required for survey on private land, C&B holds a blanket Arizona Antiquities Act permit (2004-22bl) issued by the Arizona State Museum (ASM). Report was revised in December 2004. Original report dated June 2004.