Folks, I don't see anything in Mike's original post that suggests that this is, in fact, a Section 106 issue. With regard to Mr. Austin's post, if there is a Section 106 issue, public participation is already involved (see the new 36 CFR 800 regs regarding "findings of historic impact"). So, public monies notwithstanding, it seems to me that we're splitting hairs about when does a landfill become significant, or how soon does a landfill become a midden. Some may recall the landfill that was excavated several years ago in the permafrost in an abandoned military base in Alaska that revealed a nearly complete record of well preserved newsreel films for the entire period of its occupation. This was a genuine historical treasure. How many of us have had similar experiences on Phase II testing projects in which we assumed that nothing of great significance would appear, only to have our modest assumptions contradicted? John Dendy Archeologist Dynamac Corporation