The proposed project consists of the transfer of surplus property in Heard County owned by the Georgia Department of Transportation that will be placed on the market by the Department's Right-of-Way Office. The surplus property is in a geographic triangle bounded by US 27/SR 100, Pearidge Road, and US 27/SR 1, Land Lots 351 and 360, of the 3' Land District of Heard County. The parcel is approximately 0.346 acre and was purchased and used as a sediment basin in 2003 for GDOT Project EDS-27(123), PI No. 362930. An archeological survey (Level II) was conducted in accordance with "GDOT/FHWA Cultural Resource Survey Guidelines" developed by the GDOT Staff Archeologists in consultation with DNR Historic Preservation Division Staff and concurred in by the Federal Highway Administration and State Historic Preservation Officer. These guidelines provide general survey boundaries and methodological approaches to archeological surveys based on the type/scope of work of proposed highway projects and are followed during the initial identification of archaeological resources. By agreement, since no archaeological resources were located within the project's area of potential effect, no signed concurrence form the State Historic Preservation Officer is required. 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.
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