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IMPACT Cultural Resources—Potential to Uncover Human Remains. Subsurface disturbances could potentially 4.6.3 uncover prehistoric Native American burials during construction.A significant impact would occur. Although no evidence for prehistoric or early historic interments was found in the project site in surface contexts, this does not preclude the existence of buried subsurface human remains. California law recognizes the need to — protect historic era and Native American human burials, skeletal remains,and items associated with Native American interments from vandalism and inadvertent destruction.The procedures for the treatment of Native American human remains are contained in California Health and Safety Code(HSC) Sections 7050.5 and 7052 and PRC Section 5097.If any human remains to be unearthed during project construction were to be Native American in origin, a significant impact would occur. Mitigation Measure 4.6-3:Cultural Resources—Potential to Uncover Human Remains.In accordance with the California Health and Safety Code,if human remains are uncovered during construction at the project site,the College Park developer or construction contractor shall immediately halt potentially damaging excavation and notify SJCCDD.The County shall,in turn, immediately notify the San Joaquin County coroner of the find.The coroner is required to examine all discoveries of human remains within 48 hours of receiving notice of a discovery on private or state lands (HSC Section 7050.5[b]). If the coroner determines that the remains are those of a Native American,he or she shall contact the Native American Heritage Commission(NAHC)by phone — within 24 hours of making that determination(HSC Section 7050[c]).Once a Most Likely Descendent(MLD)has been designated by the NAHC,the MLD,in consultation with the County,shall determine the ultimate disposition of the remains. The responsibilities of the County for acting upon notification of a discovery of Native American human remains are outlined in detail in the PRC Section 5097.9.Measures likely resulting from the above could include preservation in place and capping/avoidance,or removal and continued monitoring of ground-disturbing activities. _ Implementation of the above mitigation measure would reduce potential impacts to human remains from construction-related activities to a less-than-significant level. 4.6.5 RESIDUAL SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS No residual significant cultural resources impacts would occur with implementation of the mitigation measures identified in this section. EDAW College Park at Mountain House Specific Plan III Draft EIR Cultural Resources 4.6-22 San Joaquin County