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. ..."2007年11月，布罗金顿联合公司（Brockington and Associates, Inc.）对拟建于南卡罗来纳州切罗基县、服务于威廉·S·李三世核电厂（以下简称李核电厂（Lee Nuclear Station, LNS））的拟建铁路走廊开展了精细化文化资源调查。该拟建铁路走廊全长7英里，宽约50英尺，从厂址西北区段向西延伸至加夫尼（Gaffney），此走廊即为潜在影响范围（Area of Potential Effect, APE）。本次调查同时评估了走廊周边已知历史遗迹可能遭受的视觉或听觉影响。拟建铁路线路几乎完全依托1970年代为原切罗基项目征购并修建的既有铁路路基与通行权用地。图1展示了该地块在美国地质调查局（United States Geological Survey, USGS）布莱克斯堡南幅地形图上的位置。 本次调查部分符合《国家环境政策法》（National Environmental Protection Act, NEPA）的相关要求，旨在判定该工程是否会对符合或已列入《国家历史遗迹名录》（National Register of Historic Places, NRHP）的历史遗迹（即考古遗址、建筑、构筑物、物品或历史街区）造成影响。该合规工作将由美国核管理委员会（Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC）的监管程序负责实施。本次调查同时严格遵循了州级关于历史遗迹管理的法律法规要求。