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Attachment B: Some Regulations and Applicant -Committed Design Features GCC Energy Coal Exploration License COC 76563 I. REGULATIONS - The Operator must comply with the all pertinent federal laws and associated regulations including but not limited to the following; • The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, as amended. • Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended. • National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended. • Clean Water Act of 1972, as amended • The Endangered Species Act of 1973 • Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974 • Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 • Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 As such, the Operator must comply with these and other requirements; 1. If buried cultural resources are discovered during exploration operations under this license, the operator shall immediately notify the Field Manager and shall not disturb such discovered resources until the Field Manager issues specific instructions. a) Within 5 working days after notification, the Field Manager shall evaluate any cultural resources discovered and shall determine whether any action may be required to protect or to preserve such discoveries. b) Cost of data recovery for cultural resources discovered during exploration operations shall be borne by the operator, if the operator is ordered to take any protective measures. Ownership of cultural resources discovered shall be determined in accordance with applicable law. 2. Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.4(g) the Operator must notify the authorized officer, by telephone, with written confirmation, immediately upon the discovery of human remains, funerary items, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony. Further, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.4(cl and (d), you must stop activities in the vicinity of the discovery and protect for 30 days or until notified to proceed by the Authorized Office. 3. All exploration drill holes must be plugged with a permanent plugging material that is unaffected by water and hydrocarbon gases and will prevent the migration of gases and water in the drill hole under normal hole pressures (43 CFR 3484.1(3). 4. The Operator shall file with the authorized officer all exploration reports as de§c- fibed in 43 CFR 3485.1. �f rt , I 1