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| **APPENDIX A          Notice of Violation**

Date: 

Addressed to: 

An investigation has revealed that you are responsible           for damage to an archeological site on (*location and popular name           of site, if any*). The damage occurred (*between dates*)(*on           or about*) during an activity that was conducted outside of the permit           or contract authority or without a permit or a contract, that is (*describe*).           The specific location of the damaged site is (*describe*). 

You have damaged an archeological resource located on           (*Federal or Indian*) lands in violation of the Archaeological           Resources Protection Act of 1979 (ARPA, 16 USC 470aa-mm) and (*agency           regs. that apply*). The total damages have been ascertained pursuant           to the law and are in the amount of (*$*). The proposed penalty           amount is (*$*). 

Archeological resources removed from the site are the           property of the United States Government and are to be returned (*or           if seized, are to be maintained in government custody for appropriate           disposition*). Certain tools and vehicles were used in the commission           of the violation of ARPA, and those are (*fully describe*). These           tools and vehicles are subject to forfeiture, and, if seized, will remain           in the custody of the (*agency*) until the final disposition of           this matter. 

You have 45 days from the service of this notice to           take one of the following actions: seek informal discussions with the           (*identify the agency authority, address and telephone*); file           a petition for relief, stating the basis for your request, to be sent           to (*person and the address*); pay the amount indicated above;           or take no action and await the issuance of the Notice of Assessment.           Any Petition for Relief must comply with the requirements of (*agency           regulations*). 

Upon completion of the review of any petition, at the           conclusion of the informal discussions, or upon passage of 45 days if           you take no action, I will, if appropriate, issue a Notice of Assessment.           If one is issued, you will have the right to a hearing before an Administrative           Law judge of the (*hearing body*), if you wish to appeal. I will           advise you of the proper procedures for appealing the Notice of Assessment           in any Notice of Assessment that I issue. 

You have the right to seek judicial review of any final           administrative decision assessing a civil penalty. 

                              

Signature and Title 

                              

Date 

(*address if not apparent and telephone*) 

*Back*
 

**APPENDIX           B          Petition for Relief**

To: (*person issuing notice of violation*) 

Date: (*served within 45 days of notice*) 

(*I*)(*we*) (*accept*)(*take issue           with the Notice of Assessment dated         *)           for the following reasons: (*I am not the violator, explain*)(*I           did not create the damage as indicated, explain*) (*I did not use           the vehicle or tools now in your possession, explain*) (*the damage           is overstated, explain*). The factual and legal reasons that I feel           that I should not be assessed a penalty are: 

                              

Signed by the recipient of the notice or an officer           of a corporate respondent 

                              

Date 

*Back*
 

**APPENDIX           C          Notice of Assessment**

To: (*respondent*)(*s*) 

Date: 

After an investigation (*and after considering the           facts you brought forth in the informal hearing and/or the petition           for relief*) it has been determined that you are responsible for           damage to an archeological site (*describe*) on the (*site location*).           The damage occurred when you took action without a permit or contract,           or in excess of your permit or contract authority, that is: (*describe*).           

During the course of the investigation (*brief statement           of the facts that indicate there was a violation of ARPA, that the respondent           was the violator, and that vehicles or tools were used in the commission           of the offense*). 

During the meeting you requested on (*date*) you           indicated (*pertinent discussed facts and land manager's response           thereto*). Therefore you acted without authority and damaged the           archeological site. 

I have determined the amount of the penalty to be (*$*),           which includes the (*archeological value of the resource or the commercial           value of the items, plus the cost of restoration and repair in either           case*). (*In the case of a contractor with a receivable pending*)           if the awarded contract is more than the penalty amount, the remaining           monies will be refunded. If the penalty amount exceeds the amount of           the contract, the (*agency*) will (*absorb the remainder and/or           request collection of the balance*). The administrative costs will           be (*billed or absorbed by the agency*). 

In accordance with a Memorandum of Agreement between           the (*petitioning agency*) and the Department of the Interior for           implementing administrative procedures under the Archaeological Resources           Protection Act, you may file a written, dated request for a hearing           with the Hearing Division, Office of Hearings and Appeals, Department           of the Interior, 4015 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1954,           within 45 days of service of this Notice of Assessment. You should enclose           a copy of the Notice of Violation previously sent to you and a copy           of this Notice of Assessment. Your request will state the relief requested           and your basis for challenging the facts alleged by (*agency*).           You also should include your preferences as to the place and date for           a hearing. 

A copy of the request for a hearing should be served           upon (*agency counsel*) personally or by registered or certified           mail, return receipt requested, at (*address of counsel*). 

You have a right to seek judicial review of any final           administrative decision assessing a civil penalty. 

                               

Signature and Title 

(*may attach a copy of the site damage assessment*)           

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