Proposed 199-foot Monopole Telecommunications Structure' Southeast Towers- MCLB Bridges Gaissert Road and Fleming Road Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia

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 an approximately 90-foot by 20-foot access as shown on Attachment 12b. No clearing and grading would be necessary for construction of the proposed telecommunications compound and the access. The facility would include a 195-foot monopole (199-feet with appurtenances) telecommunications structure and associated ground level support equipment. The facility is located approximately 500-feet southeast of the intersection of Gaissert Road and Fleming Road, Albany, Dougherty 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 Historic Resource Survey of the Marine Corps Logistic Base was conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in May of 1990. This survey discovered no archaeological sites within a 1/2-mile search radius of the proposed project site. However, eight new archaeological sites were identified in the larger one-mile search radius, of which one, 9Du69, was considered potentially eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.

During the course of the Phase I intensive field survey portion of this archaeological assessment, three isolated finds were recovered. A waste flake, approximately 1 cm wide was recovered approximately 30 cm below ground surface in shovel test pit number two (ST2). A waste flake, approximately 1.5 cm wide was recovered from the eroded ground surface near shovel test pit number four (ST4). Another waste flake, approximately 1.8 cm wide was recovered approximately 20 cm below ground surface in shovel test pit number four (ST4). No other archaeological cultural resources were discovered during the course of the survey.

We believe that these isolated finds, and our assessment of the general vicinity, and as no other archaeological cultural artifacts being discovered with the APE for direct effects, leads us to conclude that no further testing is warranted. 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.