Transco-Williams Dalton Expansion; Sedimentation Remediation Cultural Resources Survey in Paulding County, Georgia

Cardno, Inc. (Cardno) has completed an addendum cultural resources survey in response to the need to mitigate stream sedimentation along the Dalton Expansion corridor, in northwestern Georgia. During const ruction of the Dalton Pipeline there were a series of weather events that caused soil to leave the construction zone. Specifically, sediment from the pipeline corridor penetrated control measures and has been deposited in undesirable locations, both within and outside of the workspace and pipeline corridor. Among the remediation measures proposed by Williams (Transco) is the removal of alluvium that has been washed into ponds, lakes, or other small waterbodies. Although Williams proposes to undertake sedimentation removal with hand tools, using no mechanized equipment so as to minimize potential ground disturbance, there still remains the potential for ground disturbance and cultural resources survey in areas beyond the previously surveyed pipeline corridor was requested. Nineteen such stream locations are within Paulding County and are the subject of th is report (Figures 1 and 2). These streams are designated here as S3CPA026, S1APA031, S3CPA054, S3CPA062, S3CPA066, S3CPA094_1NT, S3CPA119, S3CPA129, S3CPA134, S3CPA136, S3CPA146, S3CPA149, S3CPA150, S3CPA154, S3CPA158, S3CPA159, S3CPA161, S3CPA164, and S3CPA185. The purpose of this document is to report findings of cultural resources surveys in Paulding County, Georgia, completed in advance of sedimentation remediation work along the Dalton Expansion corridor. This report begins with a description of the APE and physical environment of the sedimentation surveys in Paulding County and is followed by a description of the survey methods devised in consultation with the Georgia State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). After a brief review of previously recorded sites and previously completed surveys in the vicinity, the results of Cardno's field survey in Paulding County are described.