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fossils be discovered by construction staff. The <br />WEAP shall be fulfilled at the time of a <br />preconetruction meeting. In the event a fossil Is <br />discovered by construction personnel anywhere In <br />the project area, all work In the Immedlate Ndnity <br />of the find shall cease and a qualified paleontologist <br />shall be contacted to evaluate the find before <br />restarting work In the area. If it Is determined that <br />the fossils) Is (are) scientifically significant, the <br />qualified paleontologist shall complete the <br />mitigation outlined below to mitigate impacts to <br />significant fossil resources. <br />Resource Recovery and Management Plan. Ground - <br />disturbing activity that does not exceed nine feet In <br />depth in areas of low paleontological sensitivity shall <br />not req ulre paleontological monitoring. Any <br />excavations within undisturbed bedrock In areas of <br />high paleontological sensitivity (i.e., Pleistocene - <br />aged deposits), and excavations that exceed nine <br />feet in depth in those areas pate rdlalN and erlaln by <br />Ple.lstocene-aged deposits (i.e., Holocene -aged <br />alluvial sediments) shall be monitored on a full-time <br />basis by a qualified paleontological monitor. If no <br />fossils are observed during the first 50 percent of <br />excavations In Holocene -aged sediments exceeding <br />nine feet In depth, or if the qualified paleontologist <br />can determine that excavations below nine feet are <br />not disturbing Pleistocene -aged (or other potentially <br />fossil<ontalning) sediments, then paleontological <br />monitoring can be discontinued or reduced to spot- <br />checking under the discretion of the qualified <br />paleontologist, subject to approval from Orange <br />County. <br />If fossils are discovered, the qualified paleontologist <br />(or paleontological monitor) shall recoverthem. <br />Typically, fossils can be safely salvaged quickly by a <br />single paleontologist and not disrupt construction <br />activity. In some cases, larger fossils (such as <br />complete skeletons or large mammal fossils) require <br />more extensive excavation and longer salvage <br />Resolution No. 2021-xx <br />Page 10 of 14 <br />