Section 2.255 - Qualifications of Staff and Use of Consultants(a) All cultural resource investigations executed under the terms of this MOU shall be implemented by staff who meet the requirements for professional personnel as defined and set forth in 13 TAC Chapter 26 (relating to Practice and Procedure) or the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards (36 C.F.R. Part 61, Appendix A), and are qualified and eligible to receive an antiquities permit.(b) TxDOT has the right to perform cultural resource investigations using staff or consultants who meet the professional standards cited in subsection (a) of this section.(c) Cultural resource surveys, investigations, permit applications, and other work performed by consultants shall be coordinated with THC by or through TxDOT's Environmental Affairs Division, or its successor as established by TxDOT administration, unless it and THC agree in writing to allow other appropriate organizational units of TxDOT or other entities approved by the respective agencies to coordinate the work.43 Tex. Admin. Code § 2.255
The provisions of this §2.255 adopted to be effective May 16, 2013, 38 TexReg 2861; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 32, August 10, 2018, TexReg 5238, eff. 8/15/2018