2023-11-06_REVISION - M1979155 (4)

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EXHIBIT B—COC 80745 Colorado Department of Transportation DO I-BLM-MG020-2021-0014-EA These Stipulations are applicable to all activities within the Colorado Department of Transportation (Serial#COC 80745),unless otherwise specified RIGHT-OF-WAY STIPULATIONS. The Right-of-Way site shall be subject to the following additional stipulations. 1. The holder shall contact the Authorized Officer (AO) at least 180 days prior to the non- emergency anticipated start of any surface disturbing activities. It is the holder's responsibility to comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations existing or hereafter enacted or promulgated. The BLM will determine if any surveys or inventories are required. As necessary, the holder shall demonstrate compliance in writing, i.e., with surveys and inventories completed by qualified individuals, with the following laws including, but not limited to, the Endangered Species Act (if potential habitat is determined to be present), the National Historic Preservation Act, and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Evaluations and inventories can be completed by BLM, or by the holder in order to meet the holder's schedule and subject to approval by the AO. Inventories may be time sensitive and may require US Fish and Wildlife Service concurrence, therefore this process could take longer than 60 days to complete. The holder shall not initiate any surface disturbing activities on the lease without a"Notice to Proceed," as determined necessary by the AO. 2. Cultural Resources - Education/Discovery Stipulations. A. Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.4(g) the holder of this authorization or its contractor must notify the AO, 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(c) and (d), the holder must stop activities in the vicinity of the discovery and protect it for 30 days or until notified to proceed by the AO. B. The operator or its contractor is responsible for informing all persons who are associated with the project operations that they will be subject to prosecution for knowingly disturbing historic or archaeological sites, or for collecting artifacts. If historic or archaeological materials are uncovered during any project or construction activity, the operator must stop work in the area of the discovery that might further disturb such materials, and immediately contact the AO. Within five working days the AO will inform the operator as to the mitigation measures the operator will likely have to undertake before the site can be used (assuming in place preservation is not necessary). C. The holder shall notify the AO at least 180 days prior to non-emergency activities that would cause surface disturbance in the lease, ROW, or TUP. The BLM will determine if a cultural resource inventory, treatment, or mitigation is required. Serial#COC 80745 8/23/2022 Exhibit B - 1