54.04.040 Limited Exceptions to the Permit Requirement

The Tribal Historic Preservation Officer may permit the following areas to be excluded from field archaeology investigations:

(a) Garden construction and gardening in general.

(b) Projects less than one square meter in size (i.e., digging postholes, planting trees).

(c) Projects that will not disturb the ground (i.e., mowing lawn, winter logging with snow coverage).

(d) Swampy areas or areas with mucky soils.

(e) Locations directly on slopes which would prohibit construction of dwellings or settlements.

(f) Maintenance activities including, but not limited to: basic road maintenance, grading and snowplowing.

(g) Areas already disturbed to a depth greater than three feet (i.e., gravel pits).

(h) Any area that has previously undergone an archaeological survey the result of which no cultural materials were found; and

(i) Earthen chambers dug for graves.