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ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
4901 Trademark Drive
Raleigh, North Carolina 27610
919-212-1760
www.environmentalservicesinc.com

MEMORANDUM

FROM: Terri Russ

DATE:

31 May 2019

RE:

Line 470-Phase I
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Cultural Resources Research
Research conducted by ESI using the by ESI using the North Carolina State Historic Preservation
Office (SHPO) HPOWEB GIS service database on 30 May 2019 revealed no previously recorded
historic properties located adjacent to the proposed project corridor (approximately 2.93 miles in
length).

Research conducted by ESI at the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology (OSA) on 23 May
2019 revealed that one previously recorded archaeological site appears to be located within or
immediately adjacent to the proposed project corridor and potential access road.

Site 31MK129 was recorded by the University of North Carolina-Charlotte in 1980 during a survey
for a proposed wastewater outfall. The site was recorded as a scatter of pre-contact Middle Archaic
to Middle Woodland lithic and ceramic material recovered from a cleared transmission line and
adjacent unpaved road (one of the proposed access roads for the current project). Although the
original recorder recommended no further work be conducted at the site, according to the available
site information, the OSA considers the site’s National Register of Historic Places eligibility
“Unassessed.” It is recommended that the portion of the site located within the proposed areas of
disturbance be investigated and the site boundaries formally delineated prior to any ground
disturbance in this area.

In the event that federal funding or permitting for this project is anticipated, formal coordination
with SHPO should be undertaken to determine if any archaeological investigations or historic
structure surveys will be required under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA 1966, as amended). Section 106 requires that the effect of a project on si gnificant cultural
resources be taken into account on all projects involving federal funding and/or permitting. The
guidelines for fulfilling the provisions of Section 106 are contained in the implementing
regulations 36 CFR 800.

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