07 NCAC 04R .1005. PERMIT FOR EXPLORATION: RECOVERY OR SALVAGE

(a)  An exploration, recovery or salvage permit will be issued providing:

(1)           the applicant has adequate funds, equipment, and facilities to undertake and complete the operation, is capable of providing supervision of all phases of the operation and has demonstrated the ability to carry out acceptable exploration, recovery or salvage projects;

(2)           the proposed activity is undertaken for the purpose of furthering archaeological knowledge in the public interest;

(3)           the proposed activity employs accepted techniques of survey, excavation, recovery, recording, preservation, and analysis used in exploration, recovery and salvage projects; and

(4)           the underwater archaeological artifacts recovered during the proposed project will be properly conserved and these artifacts and copies of associated archaeological records and data will be curated in an acceptable manner.

(b)  The Department of Cultural Resources shall have decision‑making authority concerning the issuance of a permit.  A permit shall be issued or denied within 30 days of the acceptance by the Department of a completed application.  Major inadequacies, such as unacceptable goals, objectives, methodologies or techniques, or the lack of sufficient funding or professional staff, shall be reasons for permit denial and will be clearly spelled out in the denial notice.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 121‑23; 121‑25;

Eff. February 1, 1985;

Amended Eff. June 1, 1989.