General Human Remains Discovery Process Sample Clauses

General Human Remains Discovery Process. 1. In the event that previously unreported or unanticipated human remains, burials, funerary objects, Native American sacred objects, or Native American objects of cultural patrimony are encountered during field investigations, laboratory work, or during construction or maintenance activities originating from federal, state, or private lands (Federal and Non-Federal Lands) USACE shall notify the relevant historic preservation interests (SHPO’s of jurisdiction, and interested Federally-recognized Tribal representatives) within 24-hrs of the discovery. Concurrently, USACE will implement the provisions 2 thru 6, below: 2. Any USACE employee or contractor(s) who knows or has reason to know that they have inadvertently discovered human remains, burials, funerary objects, Native American sacred objects, or Native American objects of cultural patrimony must provide immediate telephone notification of the inadvertent discovery to the responsible Federal construction official, with written confirmation, to the appropriate USACE District’s Point of Contact in this agreement. The written notification should contain the results, if any, of the field evaluation. The appropriate USACE District’s Cultural Resources Staff and Tribal Liaison will begin to develop a plan of action to inform the appropriate District Commander of the consultation tasks necessary to address the discovery. No photographs should be taken at this time of the human remains. 3. All fieldwork, construction or maintenance activities, must stop immediately within a one hundred (100) meter (328 ft.) radius buffer zone around the point of discovery; unless there is reason to believe that the area of the discovery may extend beyond the one hundred (100) meter (328 ft.) radius buffer zone in which case the buffer zone will be expanded appropriately, within the APE. USACE will implement measures to protect the discovery from theft and vandalism. Any human remains or other items in the immediate vicinity of the discovery must not be removed or otherwise disturbed. USACE will take immediate steps, if necessary, to further secure and protect inadvertently discovered human remains, burials, funerary objects, Native American sacred objects, or Native American objects of cultural patrimony, as appropriate, including stabilization, or covering the find location. 4. USACE will notify local law enforcement, coroner, or medical examiner, as appropriate, and the SHPO of jurisdiction, per the POC in Appendix B, by tel...