ARIZONA MINING PERMITTING GUIDE - AZGS Document Repository

Arizona Mining Permitting Guide
Cultural Resources - Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management and/or Forest Service
Bureau of Land Management
Arizona State Office
One North Central Avenue, Suite 800
Phoenix, AZ 85004
602-417- 9200
www.blm.gov/az/
PERMITS, AUTHORIZATIONS OR FILINGS:
Cultural Resources Use Permit
U.S. Forest Service
Southwest Regional Office
333 Broadway SE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-842-3292
LEGAL AUTHORITY:
National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, 16 U.S.C. § 470 et seq.
Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, 16 U.S.C. § 470 aa et seq.
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990, 25 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq.
American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978, 42 U.S.C. § 1996, 1996 note
Executive Order 13007, Indian Sacred Sites (May 24, 1996)
Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with India tribal Governments
(November 6, 2000)
CONDITIONS REQUIRING PERMITS, AUTHORIZATIONS OR FILINGS:
Compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) is necessary
before the Bureau of Land Management / Forest Service (BLM/FS) approves a mining plan.
The operator will ordinarily be required to conduct a cultural resource assessment of the area
potentially affected by mining activities. Such assessments will commonly involve
archaeological survey, ethnohistoric investigations and archival studies. If significant cultural
resources (archaeological or historic sites or places of traditional cultural importance) are
found during the survey, the operator must develop a mitigation plan to ensure that the sites
are avoided by mining activities or are appropriately studied and recorded before mining
activities begin. In some cases, particularly where traditional cultural properties are involved,
other mitigating measures may also need to be implemented in addition to archaeological
studies.
Cultural resource surveys, ethnohistoric investigations, archival studies, development of
mitigation plans, and archaeological studies and recordation must be done by qualified
professional archaeologists, historians, ethnographers, and other professionals appropriate to
the type of work being performed. Personnel carrying out cultural resource investigations on
BLM/FS-administered lands must obtain a Cultural Resource Use Permit prior to beginning
field work.
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