Cultural Resources Survey of the Lee Nuclear Station Utilities Project

"In December 2008 and January 2009, Brockington
and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive cultural
resources survey of the Lee Nuclear Station on-site
utilities. This survey includes the proposed wastewater
line, on-site transmission lines, construction spoils area,
and construction rebar laydown area within the Lee
Nuclear Station in Cherokee County, South Carolina.
These investigations included background research,
archaeological survey, and architectural survey. The
work was conducted to determine if the undertaking
will affect historic properties (i.e., sites, buildings,
structures, objects, and districts eligible for or listed on
the National Register of Historic Places [NRHP]).
Investigators identified three archaeological sites
(38CK138, 38CK139, and 38CK143) and one isolated
find (Isolate 1) during the cultural resources survey. We
recommend these resources not eligible for the NRHP.
No further management consideration of sites 38CK138,
38CK139, and 38CK143 and Isolate 1 is warranted. We
also revisited the reported locations of two previously
recorded sites (38CK14 and 38CK15) but found no
evidence of these sites.
Agha et al. (2007a) recorded 12 previously
undocumented historic architectural resources within a
one-mile radius of the primary construction area for the
Lee Nuclear Station; these resources were determined not
eligible for the NRHP. The senior architectural historian
also assessed the effects of the proposed wastewater line
on the Ninety-Nine Islands Dam (Resource 0042.021).
The senior architectural historian recommended that
the proposed wastewater line would have no effect
on Resource 0042.021. On March 6, 2009, the South
Carolina State Historic Preservation Office concurred
with this recommendation. ..."