2013-03-12_REVISION - C1981019 (2)

Home Browse Search

Exhibit 5, Item 3 Cultural Resource Protection Plan for the Collom Mine Expansion Colowyo will avoid and protect cultural resources previously determined to be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRI-IP) and those needing additional work ( "need data ") within the permitted area. Should disturbance to a NRHP eligible or "need data" site be determined unavoidable, Colowyo will take the necessary steps to mitigate disturbance of the site and will inform the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety (Division) and the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) of the measures it intends to take. OSM will contact the Colorado State Historic and Preservation Officer (SHPO) for all sites as well as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for sites located on federally managed lands to develop resource specific treatment plan(s). Colowyo through its cultural resources contractor (TRC Mariah Associates) provided a "Historic Properties Treatment Plan for Four Sites within the Proposed Colowyo Collorn Mine Expansion Project, Moffat County, Colorado' in its permit application to the Division. While this plan has not been formally reviewed, it may serve as a starting point for treating these and other eligible sites should they be threatened by mining impacts. Discovery Notifications If a previously unidentified cultural resource is discovered in the permit area, Colowyo will take measures to protect the cultural resource, and provide written notice to Division and the OSM within 48 hours. A Colorado - permitted archaeologist meeting the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualifications Standards will, as soon as possible, evaluate the discovery, make a recommendation as to NRHP eligibility of the resource, and provide written notice to the Division and the OSM within 48 hours. The Division and OSM shall consult with the SHPO and the BLM (for federally managed sites) on NRHP eligibility determinations and to develop appropriate measures necessary to mitigate the effects through the development of a treatment plat]. Should the discovery involve a burial or a resource thought to have potential religious and cultural significance such as a Traditional Cultural Property (TCP), the Tribes with an interest will be notified and consulted with as appropriate. When agreement is reached between all parties involved, the appropriate mitigation measures, if necessary, will be implemented. The tribes, OSM, Division, SUPO and the surface landowner must agree to the treatment measures. Discoi,cry ofHunian Remains If human remains are exposed during mining activities, these activities will be lialted at once in the vicinity of the discovery. The remains will be covered over and stabilized, and access to the immediate area will be blocked by flagging and /or temporary fencing. Operations will cease for 100 feet in all directions around the site of discovery. Unmarked burials located on private or state land will be treated raider CRS 24- 80401 and CRS Exhibit 5, Item 3 -1 Revision Date: 3/13/13 Revision No.: PR -03