New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle I - Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Chapter IV - Environmental Assistance Programs
Subchapter A - Clean Water/clean Air Bond Act of 1996
Part 433 - Historic Preservation Projects
Section 433.2 - Archaeological development activities

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024

(a) All identification, evaluation, curation, interpretation and protection activities shall be conducted under the supervision of a professional archaeologist meeting the requirements of the office. Disturbance of archaeological sites will be kept to a minimum and funded only if one of the following criteria is met:

(1) data recovery is necessary to determine the presence of significant archaeological deposits that might be disturbed by a project; or

(2) data recovery and/or other mitigative measures are necessary because a development project will unavoidably disturb an area that has archaeological value; or

(3) testing is necessary to design and perform an approved development activity which is dependent upon information that can be obtained only through archaeological investigation; or

(4) public interpretation of a property is dependent upon the information that can only be obtained by archaeological testing.

(b) Whenever archaeological activities are funded under this Subchapter, appropriate research notes, maps, sketches, photographs, profiles, and field notes recording information about the archaeological resources and the methods and techniques employed must be submitted to the office together with a written report of the investigation. All information and reports must meet the professional requirements of the office for archaeological documentation.

(c) Archaeological collections and accompanying data and records must be curated in a repository meeting the requirements of the office.

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