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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.H-4 Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project (d)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 15064.5[el),Public Resources Code Section 5097.98, and the California Health and Safety Code (Section 7050.5), the San loaquin 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 County 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. If recommendations are made and not accepted, during the mediation period, the Native American Heritage Commission shall mediate the issue and the Human Remains shall remain in the possession of the MLD. These revised mitigation measures would be incorporated into this project. Tribal Cultural Resources In June 2018,representatives of the Yokuts Tribe requested that a Sacred Lands File (SLF) search be conducted for the project site. A record search of the Native American Heritage Commission(NAHC)SLF was completed for the area of potential project effect (APE) for the project on July 10,2018.Sacred sites were identified in the project area provided.The NAHC recommended that the County contact the Northern Valley Yokuts Tribe directly for more information about sacred sites and tribal cultural resources within the APE. On August 7,2018 SAS emailed a letter and a map depicting the project area to the ' Native American Heritage Commission(NAHC).The letter requested a records search of the Sacred Lands File (SLF)for the project area, and for a list of local Native American ' tribal groups that should be contacted about the project.On August 24,2018, Ms. Sharaya Souza,Staff Services Analyst for the NAHC, replied in an emailed letter that SLF record search results resulted in the identification of a Sacred land in the project area, and that the Northern Valley Yokuts Tribe need to be contacted for more information. Ms.Souza also supplied a list of Native Americans to contact in regard to requesting official project recommendations and information on unrecorded cultural resources that may exist in the project area.On August 21, 2018,SAS mailed letters to the following Native American contacts identified by the NAHC: • Rhonda Morningstar Pope (Chairperson,Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians) • Sara Dutschke Setchwaelo (Chairperson, Ione Band of Miwok Indians) • Katherine Erolinda Perez (Chairperson, North Valley Yokuts Tribe) ' • Gene Whitehouse(Chairperson,United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria [UAIC]) • Raymond Hitchcock(Chairperson,Wilton Rancheria)