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Exhibit 5, Item 3 <br />Cultural Resource Protection Plan for the Collom Mine Expansion <br />Colowyo will avoid and protect cultural resources previously determined to be eligible for listing <br />on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and those needing additional work ("need <br />data") within the permitted area. Should disturbance to a NRHP eligible or "need data" site be <br />determined unavoidable, Colowyo will take the necessary steps to mitigate disturbance of the site <br />and will inform the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety (Division) and the <br />Office of Surface Mining (OSM) of the measures it intends to take. OSM will contact the <br />Colorado State Historic and Preservation Officer (SHPO) for all sites as well as the Bureau of <br />Land Management (BLM) for sites located on federally managed lands to develop resource <br />specific treatment plan(s). Colowyo through its cultural resources contractor (TRC Mariah <br />Associates) provided a "Historic Properties Treatment Plan for Four Sites within the Proposed <br />Colowyo Collom Mine Expansion Project, Moffat County, Colorado" in its permit application to <br />the Division. While this plan has not been formally reviewed, it may serve as a starting point for <br />treating these and other eligible sites should they be threatened by mining impacts. <br />Discovery Notifications <br />If a previously unidentified cultural resource is discovered in the permit area, Colowyo will take <br />measures to protect the cultural resource, and provide written notice to Division and the OSM <br />within 48 hours. A Colorado -permitted archaeologist meeting the Secretary of the Interior's <br />Professional Qualifications Standards will, as soon as possible, evaluate the discovery, make a <br />recommendation as to NRHP eligibility of the resource, and provide written notice to the <br />Division and the OSM within 48 hours. The Division and OSM shall consult with the SHPO and <br />the BLM (for federally managed sites) on NRHP eligibility determinations and to develop <br />appropriate measures necessary to mitigate the effects through the development of a treatment <br />plan. <br />Should the discovery involve a burial or a resource thought to have potential religious and <br />cultural significance such as a Traditional Cultural Property (TCP), the Tribes with an interest <br />will be notified and consulted with as appropriate. When agreement is reached between all <br />parties involved, the appropriate mitigation measures, if necessary, will be implemented. The <br />tribes, OSM, Division, SHPO and the surface landowner must agree to the treatment measures. <br />Discovery of Human Remains <br />If human remains are exposed during mining activities, these activities will be halted at once in <br />the vicinity of the discovery. The remains will be covered over and stabilized, and access to the <br />immediate area will be blocked by flagging and/or temporary fencing. Operations will cease for <br />100 feet in all directions around the site of discovery. <br />Unmarked burials located on private or state land will be treated under CRS 24-80-401 and CRS <br />Exhibit 5, Item 3-1 Revision Date: 3/13/15 <br />Revision No.: PR -04 <br />