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~~ . ,. . ~. COMPETITIVE COAL LEASE COC 53510 - .Special Stipulations Sec. 15. These stipulations may be waived or reduced in scope if circumstances change ar if lessee can demonstrate that operations can be conducted without causing unacceptable impacts to the identified resource. (a) Cultural Resources. (1) Before beginning any surface disturbing activities on the leased lands, lessee shall conduct an intensive (Class III) field survey for cultural resources on those portions of the mine plan and/or exploration area of the lease that have not been previously inventoried. The inventory shall be conducted by a qua]ified professional cultural resource specialist (i.e., archaeologist or historian, as appropriate) approved by the authorized officer of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and shall be conducted in the manner that the authorized officer specifies. (2) Lessee shall submit an inventory report, including recommendations for protecting any significant cultural resources, to the Assistant Director, Western Field Operations, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), and the BLM authorized officer. Lessee shall riot begin surface.disturbing activities until permission to proceed is given by the appropriate authorized officer. (3) Lessee shall protect all known cultural resource properties within the lease azea from lease-related activities until. cultural resources avoidance or mitigation measures can be implemented as part of an approved.exploratiori plan or~an"approved mining and reclamation .. .... ... .. . plan. .. .. - (4) The cost of conducting the inventory, preparing iepoits; and'cariying out-. mitigation measures shall be borne by lessee. - (S) If cultural resources aze discovered during operation under this lease, lessee shall immediately notify the authorized officer of the BLM 'or OSMRE.: ~ Lessee shall not disturb . such discovered resotrces except as subsequently authorised: '`Within 5 working days of ...~ .. .... .. ..... ..._..y. notification, the authorized officer will exa~~:irie, or have examtned, any-cultural resources, . ... discovered and will determine if any actio=~ :riay be required to protect of preserve such discoveries. Cost of data recovery for cultural resources discovered during lease operations shall be borne by lessee. (6) All cultural resources discovered shall remain under the jurisdiction of the United States of America until the ownership is determined under applicable law. (b) Paleontolofical Resources..(1) Before beginning surface disturbing activities on the leased ]ands, lessee shall contact the BLM authorized officer to determine whether lessee will be required to conduct a paleontological appraisal of lease areas that may be adversely affected by lease-related activities. Any paleontological appraisal required shall be conducted by a qualified paleontologist approved by the BLM authorized officer and in the manner the authorized officer specifies.