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4.3 – Cultural and Tribal Cultural Resources Draft Environmental Impact Report February 2021 14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center 4.3-12 Although impacts to identified TCRs would be less than significant as a result of tribal consultation efforts, the potential to impact certain archaeological resources can also apply to TCRs. A careful review of all available archival records and building development for the Project site indicates that the Project site is of limited suitability to support the presence of cultural resources, and the likelihood of encountering any buried archaeological deposits during ground disturbance activities associated with the Project is low, but possible. As such, implementation of MM-CUL- 1 would occur to address the potential for inadvertent discovery of archaeological resources and, by association, is sufficient to respond to any TCRs inadvertently discovered during ground-disturbing activities. Based on the results of the CHRIS record search and SLF search, no previously recorded archaeological resources of Native American origin or Native American sacred sites were identified within the Project site. Additionally, the AB 52 government-to-government process initiated by the County has not resulted in the identification of a geographically defined TCR within or near the Project site. As such, the County determ ined that no TCRs, pursuant to the criteria set forth in PRC Section 5024.1, are within the Project site. Therefore, with implementation of MM- CUL-1, the Project would not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a TCR as defined in PRC Section 21074, and impacts would be less than significant. Threshold G: Would the Project result in a cumulatively considerable impact to cultural, tribal cultural, or paleontological resources? Less-than-Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated. Cumulative impacts on cultural resources and TCRs consider whether impacts of the Project, together with related projects identified within the vicinity of the Project site when taken as a whole, would substantially diminish the number of cultural or tribal resources within the same or similar context or property type. However, impacts to cultural resources and TCRs, if any exist, tend to be site specific. As previously discussed, there are no known cultural resources or TCRs on the Project site, and as such, the Project site is not part of an existing or known grouping or district of cultural resources or TCRs that would be impacted as part of the cumulative impacts of other projects. However, for archaeological resources, past, present, and reasonably foreseeable cumulative projects may require extensive excavation in culturally sensitive areas and, thus, may result in adverse effects to known or previously unknown, inadvertently discovered archaeological resources. Historical resources that are potentially affected by related projects would also be subject to the same requirements of CEQA as the Project, and any impacts would be mitigated, as applicable. These determinations would be made on a case- by-case basis, and the effects of cumulative development on cultural resources and TCRs would be mitigated to the extent feasible in accordance with CEQA and other applicable legal requirements. Therefore, the Project’s contribution toward cumulative impacts would be less than significant with mitigation incorporated (MM-CUL-1 and MM-CUL-2). 4.3.5 Mitigation Measures MM-CUL-1 Inadvertent Discovery of Archaeological Resources. In the event that potential archaeological resources (sites, features, or artifacts) are exposed during construction activities for the Project, all construction work occurring within 100 feet of the find shall immediately stop until a qualified archaeologist, meeting the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards, can evaluate the significance of the find and determine whether or not additional study is warranted. Depending on the significance of the find under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (14 CCR 15064.5[f]; California Public Resources Code Section 21082), the archaeologist may simply record the find and allow work to continue. Avoidance shall be considered the preferred option for treatment of identified archaeological