La. Admin. Code tit. 25 § I-179

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section I-179 - Contract Requirements

A. Contracts for underwater investigations of all types will be issued by the commission in strict compliance with the procedures set forth in the regulations. Due to the potentially high monetary value of the objects that conceivably will be recovered by underwater exploration, the following additional conditions must be satisfied before a contract will be initiated.

1. An applicant must be bonded and financially responsible.

2. Contracts for the recovery of sunken treasure will be issued for only one specific underwater site at a time.

3. The contractor must have suitable seaworthy motor vessels, diving apparatus, and related equipment to conduct the search and recovery in a proper and safe manner.

4. The professional underwater archaeologist in charge and all personnel involved in the underwater search and recovery operation must be covered by acceptable liability insurance which is procured at the expense of the contractor.

5. The contractor must bear the expense of having a minimum of one representative of the commission on board the motor vessel at all times.

6. Objects retrieved from underwater sites will be inventoried immediately by a representative of the commission and thereafter deposited in a place of safekeeping which has a degree of security commensurate with their value.

7. The contractor must demonstrate the capability for immediate stabilization, treatment, and preservation of the recovered underwater remains, many of which are highly perishable upon exposure to the atmosphere.

La. Admin. Code tit. 25, § I-179

Promulgated by the Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission, LR 1:384 (September 1975).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 41:1601-1613.