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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project Paleontology A Paleontological Records search was conducted by Kenneth L. Finger, Ph.D. on October 12, 2020.This section is based on findings of that search. The entire project site and surrounding one-mile area is on the late Pleistocene Modesto Formation, which is subdivided into upper(Qm2) and lower members (Qml). The surface of the project site includes both members, with the upper one denoted by its sedimentary facies as Qm2f. The paleontological records search on the UCMP (University of California Museum of Paleontology) database revealed nine late Pleistocene vertebrate localities in the Modesto Formation. Three of the localities were discovered during the recent South Stockton Six-Lane Project on-State Route 99, but their collected specimens have yet to be entered into the database.Another three localities are in Stanislaus County and they yielded a composite assemblage that includes Megalonyxjeffersonii(Jefferson's ground sloth), Mammuthus columbi (Columbian mammoth), Bison latifrons (long-horned bison), and Camelops (extinct camel), indicative of the Rancholabrean NALMS (North American Land Mammal Stage, 240,000- 11,000 yBP).The other three localities, one in Yolo County and two in Fresno County,yielded unidentified elements of rodent, snake, and mammoth.Two plant localities are also listed for the Modesto Formation, one in Fresno County and the other in Sutter County, but their specimens also await database entry. 4.9.2 Regulatory Setting 4.9.2.1 Federal Clean Water Act Section 402p. The Clean Water Act (CWA) was amended in 1987 to include Section 402p.This amendment created a framework for regulating municipal and industrial stormwater discharges under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Service (NPDES) program. The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) is responsible for implementing the NPDES program. Pursuant to the state's Porter-Cologne Act, it delegates implementation responsibility to California's nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCB). Under the NPDES Phase II Rule, any construction project disturbing greater than or equal to 1.0 acre must obtain coverage under the state's Construction General Permit (CGP) for stormwater discharges associated with construction activity.The purpose of the Phase II Rule is to avoid or mitigate the effects of construction activities, including earthwork, on surface waters. CGP applicants are required to file a Notice of Intent to Discharge Stormwater with the regulating RWQCB and to prepare a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) Best Management Practices (BMP)that would be implemented to avoid adverse effects on water quality. Federal Land Policy and Management Act(FLPMA) (43 USC 1701). Federal law, including the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976 (43 USC 1701), includes objectives such as the evaluation, management, protection, and location of fossils on BLM- managed lands, defines fossils, and lays out penalties for the destruction of significant fossils.Also, NEPA requires the preservation of"historic, cultural, and natural aspects of our national heritage." Most recently, Geology and Soils 4.9-3 October 2021