R807-1-6. Proof of Consultation

(1) The Museum may enter into a memorandum of agreement with permitting agencies that establishes a process for providing persons applying for either a survey or an excavation permit with proof of consultation as required by Subsection 79-3-501(1)(c)(vi). That process will include:

(a) The Museum maintaining a list of curation facilities and repositories in Utah. The list shall include:

(i) their geographic location;

(ii) the types of collections they curate or desire to curate; and

(iii) for repositories, the types of collections they can adequately curate.

(b) A procedure for the permit applicant receiving a copy of the list.

(c) A procedure for the Museum receiving notification of the selected curation facility or repository and a copy of the permit application.

(d) A procedure whereby critical vertebrate paleontological resources may be curated by the permittee when the permittee is a curation facility.

(2) Collections obtained under an excavation permit shall be deposited by the permittee at the designated repository or curation facility no later than six months after the permittee provides the appropriate permitting agency with reports as required by law.

(3) Collections obtained under a survey permit shall be deposited at the designated repository or curation facility within one calendar year of completion of field work.