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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.G-2 Forward Inc. Landfill 2014 Expansion Project D. Cultural Resources The currently proposed Project eliminates the potential for impacts to cultural resources on the Brocchini property. However, the 2014 Expansion Project still has the potential to affect unknown cultural resources in the area to the south of the current landfill + footprint. Impact J.1 from the 2013 EIR would continue to apply to the Project as " currently proposed. Representatives of the Yokut tribe reviewed the previous Mitigation J.1 and recommended some minor changes to that measure, which are shown in underline and strikethrough below: Mitigation J.1: An archaeological monitor and a Native American monitor shall be retained to observe the excavation of the new creek channel along the _ southern border of the parcel in order to identify potentially buried resources. In the event that any of the archaeological site indicators described above are found, work should be halted within a zone established by the project archaeologist and Native American monitor until a plan for the evaluation of the resource under CEQA guidelines has been submitted to the appropriate permitting agency for approval. If any potential cultural resources are encountered during the creek relocation excavation, the following measures shall be implemented: (a). If prehistoric archaeological resources are discovered during excavation and construction of the proposed project, the project sponsor along with a Qualified archaeologist and Native American monitor shall suspend all work in the immediate vicinity of the find pending site investigation by a qualified archaeologist and a Native American monitor to assess the materials and determine their significance. If the qualified archaeologist and Native American monitor determine that the find is an important archaeological resource, 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 California Register of Historic Resources (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. „