M_DPRI_ProjctsCultrlHistrcResrceProcedre_for_InadvrtntDiscoveries.pdf

DPRI (Military Relocation) Projects Cultural/Historic Resource Procedure for Inadvertent Discoveries

Revised April 2011

Anything found during the course of work in an area which could have cultural and/or historic significance shall be considered an inadvertent discovery and must be evaluated by a qualified cultural resource professional. DoD is responsible for all DoD owned or leased property.

Contractors are not to collect or dispose of any materials without prior approval from the

Government.

The procedures below shall be followed upon discovery of any potentially significant cultural and/ or historic resource, such as:

skeletal remains, dark stained soil with charcoal, shell or stone artifacts, stone walls, buried refuse containing bottles, ceramics or metal, buried building foundations or other structural remnants, caves, sinkholes or other subsurface cavities.

IMMEDIATE DISCOVERY PROCEDURE

1. Activity in the vicinity of the discovery will be immediately stopped until the Government’s DPRI Archaeologist (Mr. Ronnie Rogers) has, in association with the Command Joint Region Marianas Cultural Resource Manager (CJRM CRM), Mr. Lon Bulgrin (339 - 2093), assessed the discovery.

2. The Government’s DPRI Archaeologist and the Contractor will ensure that reasonable measures are taken to protect and stabilize the discovery.

3a. If Government’s DPRI Archaeologist determines that the discovery is not significant, no additional steps are required. The Government’s DPRI Archaeologist or CJRM CRM will notify the ROICC that activity may proceed.

3b. If the Government’s DPRI Archaeologist determines that the discovery is significant, it is an historic property and Stipulation XI of the March 2011 “Programmatic Agreement (PA) Among the Department of Defense, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the Guam State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Regarding the Military Relocation to the Islands of Guam and Tinian” shall be followed.

XI. DISCOVERIES AND EMERGENCIES

A. A DoD archaeologist will monitor ground disturbing projects with the potential to affect historic properties, oversee coordination and execution of the mitigation measures outlined in the PA, and provide quality control. The Archaeologist will be responsible for supporting the CJRM in managing any inadvertent discoveries and emergencies consistent with the procedures defined below. If during the performance of the Undertaking, previously unknown archaeological sites are discovered and are not accounted for in an archaeological monitoring plan, then:

1. Any activities within the immediate area will be halted, and reasonable measures will be taken to avoid or minimize impacts to the discovery pending further review under subpart 2 of this Stipulation.

2. The DoD Archaeologist will evaluate the discovery to assess potential effects.

DoD will determine what actions can be taken to resolve adverse effects, if any, and notify the appropriate State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) within 48 hours. The SHPO and Council shall respond within two working days of the notification.

DoD shall take into account SHPO and ACHP recommendations regarding National Register eligibility and proposed actions, and then carry out appropriate actions. DoD shall provide the SHPO and ACHP a report of the actions when they are completed.

B. If during any part of the Undertaking, human remains are discovered, the applicable Standard Operating Procedures specified in Appendix G of the PA shall be followed (see reverse).