Cultural Resources Survey of the Lee Nuclear Station Railroad Corridor

"In November 2007, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive cultural
resources survey of the proposed railroad corridor that will serve the proposed William S. Lee III
Nuclear Station (hereinafter referred to as the Lee Nuclear Station or LNS) in Cherokee County,
South Carolina. The proposed corridor for the railroad line is seven miles long and approximately
50 feet wide, extending from the northwestern portion of the plant site west to Gaffney. This corridor
is the Area of Potential effect (APE). We also considered possible visual or audible effects to known
historic properties near the corridor. The proposed rail line lies almost entirely within the existing
rail bed and right-of-way acquired and constructed in the 1970s for the former Cherokee project.
Figure 1 presents the location of the tract on the USGS Blacksburg South quadrangle.
The survey was conducted in partial compliance with the National Environmental Protection
Act (NEPA) to determine if the undertaking will affect historic properties (i.e., archaeological sites,
buildings, structures, objects, or districts eligible for or listed on the National Register of Historic
Places [NRHP]). Compliance will be administered by the regulatory programs of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC). This survey was completed in compliance with state laws and
regulations concerning the management of historic properties. ..."