Md. Code Regs. 34.04.03.07

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 22, November 1, 2024

Section 34.04.03.07 - Specific Permit Provisions

A. Required Provisions. A permit issued by the Trust shall contain at least the following specific provisions:

(1) The duration of the permit;

(2) The boundaries of the area in which permitted activity will be undertaken;

(3) A description of the scope of permitted activity to be undertaken by the permittee, and, if a data recovery permit, a description of the artifacts expected to be recovered;

(4) A listing of the key personnel, including the field archeologist, who will be conducting the permitted activity; and

(5) A description of the expected types of activity that shall be undertaken by the permittee to restore the bottom contours of the submerged lands following completion of the intensive survey or data recovery.

B. Optional Provisions.

(1) A permit issued by the Trust may contain provisions requiring monitoring of the permit activity by a monitoring archeologist to ensure compliance with the provisions of the permit, the Act, and these regulations.

(2) If a permit contains monitoring provisions, at least the following requirements apply:

(a) Except for certain noncommercial applicants that may be conducting the permit activities through a cooperative arrangement with the Trust, the permittee is financially responsible for the cost associated with the Trust's monitoring of the permitted activity; and

(b) The permittee shall act in accordance with the direction given by the monitoring archeologist, especially with respect to the methods of:

(i) Handling any artifact so as to minimize any risk of loss, damage, substantive injury to, or deterioration of, the artifact;

(ii) Preserving from damage, decay, or deterioration any artifact by contact with air, light, or other causes of artifact degradation;

(iii) Entering upon or dealing with any site so to avoid as much as possible any damage to the site; and

(iv) Cataloguing, indexing, or recording any artifacts found upon or in the vicinity of any site.

Md. Code Regs. 34.04.03.07