Environmental Corporation of America (ECA) has completed an Archaeological Assessment for the federal undertaking at the subject site. The subject site includes a proposed 100-foot by 100-foot compound and approximately 650-foot by 20-foot proposed access as shown on Attachment 12b. Minor grading may be necessary for construction of the proposed telecommunications facility and access. The facility would include a 300-foot guyed telecommunications structure (325-foot with appurtenances) and associated ground level support equipment. The facility would be located in a field south of Jackson's Pine Lake Campground off Gardi Road near Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia.
This archaeological assessment was conducted in order to ascertain whether the proposed undertaking, on the project site, might directly or indirectly affect cultural resources, if any such resources exist. Through our review of available cultural records and databases one recorded archaeological report, 1097, and one archaeological site, 9WY30, were identified within a 1-mile search radius.
Archaeological report 1097 only identified one archaeological site, 9WY30, within this proposed project's 1-mile APE. Archaeological Site 9WY30 is located approximately 2,800 feet northeast of this proposed project site and consists of a late 19th to mid 20th Century town, the town of Gardi. Archaeological Site 9WY30 was recommended ineligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
Due to distance, topography, and intervening vegetation, the proposed facility would have no effect on Archaeological Site 9WY30. Additionally, no archaeological cultural resources were encountered by ECA during the course of the Phase I intensive field survey portion of this archaeological assessment.
We conclude that the proposed undertaking would have no affect on any historic or prehistoric archaeological resources that are listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Therefore, for archaeological cultural resources, we recommend a finding of No Effect for the proposed undertaking.
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