Archaeological Assessment of Project IM-0000-00(375), Clayton County

In compliance with Section I 06 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and amendments thereto, project IM-0000-00(375), Clayton County has been surveyed with respect to archaeological resources, especially those on or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)". The purpose of the survey was to locate, identify and evaluate the significance of any archaeological resources within the proposed project's area of potential environmental effect.

Project IM-0000-00(375) includes clearing, grubbing, landscaping, lighting, and the installation of truck rollover warning systems at the I-75/I-285 interchanges in Clayton County, Georgia. The length of the project is 0.69 mile. No additional right-of-way is required for this project. An archaeological survey consistent with the proposed project descriptions was conducted along the entire length of the project corridors.

An archaeological survey (Level II) was conducted in accordance with "GDOT/FHW A Cultural Resource

Survey Guidelines" developed by the GDOT Staff Archaeologists in consultation with DNR Historic

Preservation Section Staff and concurred in by the Federal Highway Administration and State Historic

Preservation Officer. These guidelines provide general survey boundaries and methodological approaches to archaeological surveys based on the type/scope of proposed highway projects and are followed during the initial identification of archaeological resources.

No existing or eligible National Register archaeological resources were located within the project's area of potential environmental effect. It is concluded, therefore, that the project will have no effect upon archaeological resources on or eligible for inclusion in the NRHP provided that the project conforms to that described above.