Section 106 Review TCNS ID 153511 Proposed 100-Foot Self-Supporting Lattice Telecommunications Structure (310-Foot Overall Height Including Appurtenances) 1001 Railroad Avenue Sardis, Burke 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 telecommunications facility within an approximate I 00-foot by I 00-foot (30-meter by 30-meter) lease area. The proposed telecommunications facility would include a 31 0-foot tall (overall height) self-supporting lattice telecommunications structure. The facility would be accessible by a proposed approximate 137-foot long by 30-foot wide (42-meter by 9-meter) access/utility easement. The subject site is located at 1001 Railroad Avenue, Sardis, Burke County, Georgia.

This archaeological assessment was conducted in order to ascertain whether the proposed undertaking might directly or indirectly affect cultural resources, if any such resources exist. During our database research, we found no previously identified archaeological sites and two previously identified archaeological surveys (4822 and 5951) within a 1-mile research radius of the proposed undertaking. No previously conducted surveys or recorded archaeological sites were located within the APE for direct effects for the current undertaking. However, ECA recovered artifacts from twenty-two shovel test pits (STPs). A total of five chert lithic flakes

were collected from three STPs located in the proposed lease area while a mixture of modern debris and historic 20th century artifacts were recovered in all twenty-two STPs. A site form was submitted to GASF and the site number 9BK533 was assigned to the site. Due to the disturbed nature of the site, evidenced by the presence of modern trash intermixed with the artifacts, and the limited amount and diversity of the artifacts found during our assessment, we believe that site 9BK533 would not yield information important to history and therefore would not be eligible for inclusion to the NRHP. We recommend no additional work and believe that for archaeological cultural resources, no NRHP-eligible sites will be affected by the proposed undertaking.

We conclude that the undertaking would not affect any historic or prehistoric archaeological resources that are listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Therefore, for archaeological cultural resources, we recommend a finding of No Effect for the proposed undertaking at the project site.