Report on Field Investigations of the Proposed Route for a New Buried Power Cable to the Big Spring Pavilion, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Carter, Missouri

During a thunderstorm on Thursday, July 26, 2001, a major lightning strike hit near Big Spring causing a major power outage to the maintenance buildings and other structures to the south of the Big Spring discharge branch. Although that line was replaced, it must have broken or damaged the ancillary power cable that supplies power to the Big Spring Pavilion. The Big Spring Developed Area is listed on The National Register of Historic Places as a district including all the structures constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. The new power supply cable will be buried at least four feet deep in a trench excavated with large backhoes. Thus, the potential existed for major adverse impacts to occur if the trench passed across any prehistoric or historic archeological site. On Monday, March 18,2002, James E. Price conducted a pedestrian survey of the direct impact zone of the proposed buried cable.

2001年7月26日周四的雷暴天气中，一道强雷击击中大春（Big Spring）附近区域，导致大春排水支线南侧的运维建筑及其他设施发生大规模停电。尽管该线路已完成更换，但雷击大概率已损坏为大春亭（Big Spring Pavilion）供电的辅助电力电缆。大春开发片区（Big Spring Developed Area）作为历史街区被列入《国家史迹名录》（National Register of Historic Places），该街区涵盖所有由民间资源保护队（Civilian Conservation Corps）于20世纪30年代修建的建筑。新供电电缆将采用大型反铲挖掘机（backhoes）开挖沟槽，埋深至少四英尺。因此，若沟槽途经任何史前或历史考古遗址，便存在引发重大不利影响的可能性。2002年3月18日周一，詹姆斯·E·普莱斯（James E. Price）对拟建埋地电缆的直接影响区域开展了徒步勘查。