In compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and amendments thereto, the proposed improvements to the Bacon County Airport, Alma, Georgia, was surveyed with respect to archaeological resources, especially those on or eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The survey was conducted by Tohopeka Archaeological Consulting for the firm of CROY-MSE, LCC. on behalf of the Bacon County Airport Authority. Historic resources will be evaluated in a separate document. The proposed project would provide a 35' X 5000' parallel taxiway with its centerline 240 feet east of the existing runway centerline. In addition, the proposed project would construct a terminal, an approximately 100 foot by 80 foot fixed based operator hangar and three 8-unit hangars. All construction would take place on existing airport property.
The archaeological survey consisted of an intensive pedestrian survey and systematic shovel testing. The goals of the survey were to locate, document and evaluate the NRHP eligibility of any archaeological properties located within the proposed project's area of potential effect (APE). As a result of the survey, no archaeological resources were located within the proposed project's APE, and it is therefore concluded that the proposed improvements to the Bacon County Airport would not affect archaeological resources on or eligible for inclusion on the NRHP.
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