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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.H-3 Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project potential to be a historical resource per California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) criteria,the project sponsor shall provide funding and time to allow recovering an archaeological sample or to implement avoidance measures. Work could continue at other locations while archaeological mitigation takes place. (b) Evaluative testing, normally consisting of limited hand excavation to retrieve information and materials from the archaeological site,would be needed to demonstrate the eligibility of the resource to be included on the CRHR. If eligibility is established, then a plan for mitigation of impacts to the resource should be submitted to the San Joaquin County Community Development Department for approval before any construction related earthmoving activities are allowed inside the zone designated as archaeologically sensitive by the project archaeologist and Native American monitor. The plan must result in the extraction of sufficient volumes of non-redundant archaeological data so as to address important regional research considerations,must be performed by qualified professionals, and must result in detailed technical reports. Mitigation can take the form of additional data retrieval through hand excavation coupled with archaeological and Native American monitoring of all soils from the archaeologically sensitive zone. Monitoring is aimed at identifying, recording and/or removing archaeological materials and information for analysis, and also serves to limit damage to human remains (non-destructive analysis), a typical component of both seasonal and year-round villages in the valley. (c)The project sponsor shall allow only a qualified archaeologist, and a Native American monitor to collect any prehistoric cultural resources(except human remains and burial associated grave goods) discovered on the site. During a pre-construction meeting the qualified archaeologist and Native American monitor would review with the construction crews the types of archaeological materials that could be present at the site, and that if any construction personnel observes any potential archaeological materials that they inform the archaeologist and Native American monitor of the location of the potential resource. Should buried unforeseen archaeological deposits be encountered during any project construction activity, work shall cease within a 50-foot radius of the discovery.The County shall ensure that a qualified professional archaeologist who meets the federal Secretary f the Interior's Standards in archaeology is retained to assess the significance of the find and recommend avoidance or treatment measures;work shall not resume until al2propriate treatment has been completed In the event that human remains or any associated funerary artifacts are discovered during construction, all work shall cease within 50 feet of the discovery and in accordance with requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act(Public Resources Code Section 15064.5fe1), Public Resources tCode Section 5097.98 and the California Health and Safety Code (Section 7050.5), the San ioaquin County Sheriff/Coroner shall be contacted immediately. If the remains are deemed to be Native American the Sheriff/Croner will notify the NAHC,which will in turn appoint and notify a Most Likely Descendent(MLD)to act as a tribal representative.The MLD will work with the City and a qualified archaeologist to develop a plan for the proper treatment of the human remains and associated funerary objects. Construction activities shall not resume until treatment has been completed.