Subterranean Consultants conducted an intensive Phase I archaeological survey on June 9, 2015 of the proposed lease area and access (hereafter called survey area) of the Norman Park telecommunication facility located in Norman Park, Georgia (31º 15’ 38.28” N, 83º 42’ 18.7” W). The study was conducted for Terracon Consultants, Inc. on behalf of Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless, in order to locate and identify archaeological resources and to assess resource significance based on National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) criteria (36CFR Part 60.4 [a-d]). This survey was conducted to comply with the provisions of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) permitting under the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement (47 CFR Part 1). In accordance with the permitting process, the survey was conducted in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended. The archaeological survey results were negative and STC recommended that no NRHP-eligible resources would be impacted by the proposed project and that no further work was needed. Those recommendations were concurred with by the Georgia SHPO and all involved American Indian tribes. After archaeology survey, the proposed access was shifted approximately 450 ft. east along an existing gravel drive. This addendum addresses the shift in the access and archaeological survey of this new access in March 2020.
The original Phase I survey included a literature review and intensive field survey. During the literature review, which took place on May 19, 2015, the Georgia Archaeological Site File was consulted to determine if previously recorded archaeological resources were in or around the survey area. The field survey was conducted using surface and subsurface techniques (i.e., visual inspection and shovel testing) to locate and identify archaeological resources within the survey area.
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