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5.3 CULTURAL RESOURCES proposed project,except for the improvements at the White Slough WPCF (Draft EIR issued March 28,2008),which is adjacent to the project site (Bereket,2008;City of Lodi,2008). In July 2008, 72 projects3 were in progress with the San Joaquin County Building Department. These projects were located in Acampo, Escalon,Farmington,French Camp, Linden,Lodi,Lockeford,Manteca, Ripon,Stockton, and Tracy. The types of projects included residential projects such as new residences, additions and remodels to existing residences,mobile home renovations,and pool construction;commercial projects such as administration buildings,barns, and a riding arena;light industrial projects such as storage buildings,spray booths, and warehouses; office projects such as building conversions and tenant improvements;and institutional projects such as classroom relocation and facilities to house animals (Raborn,2008). Although environmental analyses for most of these projects have not been completed at the time this Application for Certification(AFC)was prepared, standard mitigation measures exist to reduce impacts to cultural resources to a less-than-significant level,and it is anticipated that impacts to cultural resources from the cumulative projects,if any,would be mitigated to a less-than-significant level. The project is unlikely,therefore,to have impacts that would combine cumulatively with other closely related past,present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects. With the incorporation of mitigation described in Section 5.3.4, the project will not contribute to a cumulatively considerable impact to cultural resources. 5.3.4 Mitigation Measures Although significant archaeological and historical sites were not found during the survey for the LEC and associated linear features, it is possible that subsurface construction could encounter buried archaeological remains. For this reason,the LEC will include measures to mitigate any potential adverse impacts that could occur if there were an inadvertent discovery of buried cultural resources. These measures include: (1) designation of an on-call CRS to investigate any cultural resources finds made during construction, (2) implementation of a construction worker training program, (3) monitoring during initial clearing of the power plant site and excavation at the plant site, (4) procedures for halting construction in the event that there is an inadvertent discovery of archaeological deposits or human remains, (5) procedures for evaluating an inadvertent archaeological discovery,and (6) procedures to mitigate adverse impacts on any inadvertent archaeological discovery determined significant. 5.3.4.1 Designated Cultural Resources Specialist The Applicant will retain a designated cultural resources specialist (CRS)who will be available during the earth-disturbing portion of the LEC construction periods to inspect and evaluate any finds of buried archaeological resources that might occur during the construction phase. If there is a discovery of archaeological remains during construction,the CRS,in conjunction with the construction superintendent and environmental compliance manager,will make certain that construction activity stops in the immediate vicinity of the find until the find can be evaluated. The CRS will inspect the find and evaluate its potential significance in consultation with CEC staff and the CEC compliance project manager (CPM). 3 For the purposes of this discussion,San Joaquin County sorted its projects by project cost,and provided a list of the projects costing$25,000 or more. SACI3713221082330008(LEC_5.3_CULTU RAL.DOC) 5.3-15