PALEONTOLOGY RESOURCES ASSESSMENT AND SERVICES FORTHE BADLANDS LANDFILL INTEGRATED PROJECT

The County of Riverside is seeking a contractor to provide paleontology resources assessment and services for the Badlands Landfill Integrated Project. The project involves the expansion of the Badlands Landfill and requires the development of a Paleontological Resources Impact Mitigation Program (PRIMP) to mitigate the impact of the project on paleontological resources. The contractor will be responsible for tasks such as meetings, project-specific PRIMP, paleontological resources awareness training, specimen repository agreement, earth excavation monitoring, salvage of fossils, fossils management, and compliance reporting. The contract is expected to last for at least 200 days for each stage of landfill development. The key points of this contract include: • The contractor must develop a PRIMP to mitigate the impact of the project on paleontological resources. • The contractor must provide paleontological resources awareness training to site staff and contractors. • The contractor must monitor earth excavation activities to identify and recover paleontological resources. • The contractor must salvage fossils and manage them in accordance with the PRIMP. • The contractor must submit a compliance report to the County at the end of each stage of the project.