In compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and amendments thereto, project STP-186-1(25), Paulding County, has been surveyed with respect to archeological resources, especially those on or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The purpose of the survey was to locate, identify and evaluate the significance of any archeological resources within the proposed project's area of potential environmental effect. This project proposes to widen and reconstruct SR 92 from Nebo Road northward to SR 120, in Paulding County. This project was originally surveyed in March of 2006 with no existing or eligible National Register resources located. Several changes have since been made to the projects area of potential effect (APE), which include a shift to the east near Indian Trail Road, connecting road Fitzgerald Street was shifted to the south, and a construction easement was added north of Oak Street. All of the recent changes to the APE were previously surveyed and no existing or eligible resources were identified. An archeological survey (Level II) was conducted in accordance with "GDOT/FHWA Cultural Resource Survey Guidelines" developed by the GDOT Staff Archeologists in consultation with DNR Historic Preservation Division Staff and concurred in by the Federal Highway Administration and State Historic Preservation Officer. These guidelines provide general survey boundaries and methodological approaches to archeological surveys based on the type/scope of work of proposed highway projects and are followed during the initial identification of archaeological resources. By agreement, since no archaeological resources were located within the project's area of potential effect, no signed concurrence form the State Historic Preservation Officer is required. It is concluded, therefore, that the project will have no effect upon archaeological resources on or eligible for inclusion in the NRHP provided that the project conforms to that described above.
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