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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page II-47 <br /> Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project <br /> that any of the archaeological site indicators described above are found,work <br /> should be halted within a zone established by the project archaeologist and Native <br /> American monitor until a plan for the evaluation of the resource under CEQA <br /> guidelines has been submitted to the appropriate permitting agency for approval. <br /> If any potential cultural resources are encountered during the creek relocation <br /> excavation,the following measures shall be implemented: <br /> (a). If prehistoric archaeological resources are discovered during excavation and <br /> construction of the proposed project, the project sponsor along with a qualified <br /> archaeologist and Native American monitor shall suspend all work in the immediate <br /> vicinity of the find pending site investigation by a qualified archaeologist and a <br /> Native American monitor to assess the materials and determine their significance. If <br /> the qualified archaeologist and Native American monitor determine that the find is <br /> an important archaeological resource, the project sponsor shall provide funding and <br /> time to allow recovering an archaeological sample or to implement avoidance <br /> measures. Work could continue at other locations while archaeological mitigation <br /> takes place. <br /> (b)Evaluative testing,normally consisting of limited hand excavation to retrieve <br /> information and materials from the archaeological site,would be needed to <br /> demonstrate the eligibility of the resource to be included on the California Register <br /> of Historic Resources (CRHR).If eligibility is established, then a plan for mitigation <br /> of impacts to the resource should be submitted to the San Joaquin County <br /> Community Development Department for approval before any construction related <br /> earthmoving activities are allowed inside the zone designated as archaeologically <br /> sensitive by the project archaeologist and Native American monitor. The plan must <br /> result in the extraction of sufficient volumes of non-redundant archaeological data <br /> so as to address important regional research considerations,must be performed by <br /> qualified professionals, and must result in detailed technical reports. Mitigation can <br /> take the form of additional data retrieval through hand excavation coupled with <br />