Common use of Avoidance and Minimization Measures Clause in Contracts

Avoidance and Minimization Measures. Whenever feasible, the Treatment Plan will prioritize and address the recommendations of the communities associated with the types and locations of the adversely affected historic property as determined by the USACE in consultation with Signatories, Invited Signatories, and Consulting Parties. USACE will distribute the Treatment Plan to Signatories, Invited Signatories, and Consulting Parties for review and comment consistent with Stipulations III: Consultation and VI: Identification and Evaluation of Historic Properties and Assessment of Effects of the PA. A list of potential approaches for mitigating adverse effects to historic properties is provided below and are not limited to this list only: • Site and/or resource-specific research plans • Excavation and data recovery • Artifact analysis and curation • Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record documentation of buildings and structures • Yup’ik, ▇▇▇▇’▇▇▇, and Alutiiq language revitalization funding as it relates to areas outside of the APE • Transport or relocation/repositioning of the property (in the case of a structure or large object) • 3D scanning and printing artifacts to build collections that can be shared with communities and Tribes • Timing/scheduling of construction and operations activities to avoid, minimize, and/or mitigate effects to historic properties that involve traditional use • Assisting in the development of tribal or community historic preservation plans and developing detailed regional historic contexts • Developing cultural educational materials or programs for use by borough school districts, Tribes, and/or communities • Community training and employment in archaeological excavations • Providing improvements to or maintenance for historic trails • Purchasing and maintaining properties containing historic resources or historic trail rights-of-way • Developing historic property management plans • Creating, updating, and maintaining a website with videos, digitized artifacts, and other information on the historic properties found during the Project, for the duration of this PA • Creation of an educational curriculum related to the history or prehistory of Alaska or region • Public outreach and education programs related to the history or prehistory of communities near the Project area After consideration of timely comments from Signatories, Invited Signatories, and Consulting Parties, the USACE will direct PLP to revise the Treatment Plan as appropriate prior to finalizing and approving the plan. Under the direction of the USACE, PLP will carry out mitigation measures contained in the finalized Treatment Plan. PLP will not commence activities with potential to adversely affect known historic properties until the Treatment Plan has been approved by the USACE, any on-site measures have been implemented, and USACE has approved PLP’s Implementation Report. The USACE will distribute the final Treatment Plan to Signatories, Invited Signatories, and Consulting Parties, and the Plan will be included in the Annual PA Report for the year in which the work was proposed and initiated (in the case of Treatment Plans that span multiple years) or completed. PLP will ensure that Treatment Plans are developed and that their implementation is directed by persons who meet Secretary of the Interior’s Historic Preservation Professional Qualification Standards in the appropriate discipline as specified in the 1997 revised and updated proposed standards (62 FR 33708 [June 20, 1997]). Materials will be developed in coordination with other professionals of other disciplines such as education, public history, ethnography, folklore, cultural heritage, and ecological knowledge, as well as tribal elders and council members, and/or local or regional traditional lifeways practitioners, as applicable.