On 8, 14 and 17 July, 2015, Southern Research Historic Preservation Consultants, Inc. conducted a cultural resources survey of the proposed PCT SE Paper telecommunications tower tract and access easement in Laurens County, Georgia (Figure 1). The investigation was conducted on behalf of Tower Engineering Professionals (TEP) in compliance with relevant permitting regulations regarding the identification and treatments of significant cultural resources. The objectives of this survey were to identify all archaeological sites and historic structures within the project impact areas, evaluate their significance based on National Register of Historical Places (NRHP) criteria and determine the potential effects of the proposed construction on these resources in an effort to meet the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the FCC’s Nationwide Programmatic Agreement. The project area is located at the edge of the Oconee River floodplain west of State Route 199 approximately nine kilometers southeast of Dublin, Georgia (Figures 2 and 3). The proposed tower will be 48.78 m (160 feet) tall and will be situated on a 30.5 m by 30.5 m (100 by 100 foot) tower lease tract with a 10 m (33 foot) buffer with an approximately 1.6 km (one mile) long access easement. The access easement is nine meters (30 feet) wide and turns west off of Georgia Highway 199. It will be constructed entirely within the existing graded dirt road. The tower tract is situated in a pine plantation and with level topography (Figures 4 and 5).
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