ML20032C774
| ML20032C774 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 11/05/1981 |
| From: | Chia-Ling Lee SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE OF |
| To: | Tedesco R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8111110698 | |
| Download: ML20032C774 (2) | |
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November 5, 1981 Mr. Robert L. Tedesco
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Re:
Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos: 50-413 and 50-414 York County
Dear Mr. Tedesco:
Thank you for your letter of July 29, 1981, which we received on September 21, 1981, regarding operation of the Catawba Nuclear Station.
We have also received under separate cover from the Institute of Archeology and Anthropology a copy of the archeological survey report for the transmission line corridor.
Our letter of January 26, 1973, stated that "the reactor project will have no adverse effects from the historical siewpoint." Since in the immediate vicinity of the proposed project there are no properties included in the National Register of Historic Places or determined eligible for inclusion by the Secretary of the Interior, we have not altered this opinion.
The report prepared by the Institute (Brockington,1980) indicated that twenty-seven archeological sites were located in the transmission line corridor.
Of these only one, 38YK72 was recommended as potentially eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. Additional testing of 38YK72 indicated that the site does have the potential for yielding additional information, but since the site will be avoided during construction, additional investigation seems unnecessary. We recommend that corridor maintenance take care to avoid possible future effects.
The Federal procedures for the protection of historic propertie- (36CFR800) require that the Federal agency official in charge of a federally funded or licensed project consult with the appropriate State Historic Preservation Officer.
The procedures do not relieve the Federal agency official of the final responsibility for reaching an opinion of his own as to whether or not historic values have been adequately taken into account in allowing the project to proceed. The opinion of the State Historic Preservation Officer is not definitive, either by law or by established Federal procedure.
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Mr. Robert L. Tedesco Page Two November 5, 1981 the Federal agency official may well wish to consult other experts.
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Charles E. Lee State Historic Pr servation Officer CEL/vdw CC: Mr. Andrew R. Cloninger Environmental Affairs Duke Power Company P.O. Box 33189 Charolotte, N. C.
28242 Dr. Robert L. Stephenson, Director Institute of Archeology and Anthropology University of South Carolina Columbia, S. C.
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