ML20108C810
| ML20108C810 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Braidwood  |
| Issue date: | 03/01/1985 |
| From: | Danni Smith COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| To: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| 9823N, NUDOCS 8503080131 | |
| Download: ML20108C810 (5) | |
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Commonwealth Edison One First Nabonal Plaza, Chicago llhnois Address Reply to: Post Office Box 767 Chicago, Illinois 60690 se March 1, 1985 Mr. Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555
Subject:
Braidwood Station Units 1 and 2 Archeological Site llKal79, Determination of Ef fect NRC Docket Nos. 50-456 and 50-457 Reference (a):
B. J. Youngblood letter to D. L. Farrar dated December 11, 1984
Dear Mr. Denton:
Reference (a) requested the applicant to provide the information required to ccmplete a determination of effect which the operation and maintenance activities of the plant may have on the archeological site designated llKal79.
In response to this matter, Commonwealth Edison Company requested the Illinois State Museum to conduct the analysis in consultation with the State Historic Preservation Officer.
The analysis has been completed and the resulting recommendation of a determination of no effect has been agreed to by the State Historic Preservation Of ficer.
Copies of the analysis and the concurring letter from the State Historic Preservation Officer are attached.
Please address any questions that you or your staff may have regarding this matter to this office.
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- SPRINGFIELD 62701-1787 CHICAGO OFFICE - ROOM 100,160 NORTH LASALLE 60601-1184 January 24, 1985 Mr. Michael Wiant Illinois State Museum Spring & Edwards Streets Springfield, IL 62706
Dear Mr. Wiant:
We have reviewed the proposed project Commonwealth's Braidwood to Crete, Illinois transmission line corridor.
In our opinion, the project as proposed will have no effect on Archaeo-logical Site 11-Xa-179. We, therefore, have no objection to the undertaking proceeding as planned.
A copy of this letter should be kept on file as evidence of compliance with section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended.
If you have any questions, please contact Nr. Thomas E. Emerson, Illinois Department of Conservation, 405 E. Washington, Springfield, IL 62706 at (217) 782-3775.
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- s.. m. m. m s illinois 5Drm@de state museum January 18, 1985 Dr. David Kenney State Historic Preservation Officer Department of Conservation 214 South Sixth Street Springfield, IL 62706
Dear Dr. Kenney,
I have been requested by Co=monwealth Edison Company, in response to a request from Mr. B. J. Youngblood, Chief of the Licensing Branch No. 1 of the Division of Licensing, NRR, to submit a determination of effect for archaeological site 11-Ka-179 (see Attachment A).
This site is located along Commonwealth's Braidwood to Crete, Illinois transmission line corridor. Pursuant to this request, I have attached background information and supporting data recommending a determination of no effect.
If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me at 217-785-0134 Sincerely,
Michael D. Wlant Associate Curator of Anthropology cec Attachments
r 11-Ka-179 is a late prehistoric Mississippian period site located in the NEk of the SEk of the NEk of the SEk of Section 9, Township 31N, Range 11E (see attachment B).
The site is situated on the crest of the Kankakce River valley bluffs on the north side of the river.
11-Ka-179 was discovered in 1978 by Illinois State Museum Society archeologists under contract to Commonwealth Edison Company to inspect the Braidwood to Crete, Illinois transmission line corridor. At the time the site was described as potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. According to Knight (1983:29) in her report on the archaeological reconnaissance of the transmission line corridor, 11-Ka-179 was located where tower construction was imminent but would not directly impact the site. The boundaries of the site were flagged to facilitate avoidance by construction crews. Subsequent construction of the towers and conductors to the west and east of the site completely avoided the property in question (see attachment C).
At the request of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, further testing was conducted at 11-Ka-179 to determine if indeed it was eligible for nomination to the National Register. This work was carried out by the Museum Society in the spring of 1984 (Winnt et al) (see attachment D).
Further testing of the site yielded information which led to the nomination and eventual acceptance of the site to the National Register. According to Commonwealth Edison, no further construction is planned and the site location has been recorded on engineering drawings (see attachment E).
In this light, a no effect determination is recommended.
t REFERENCES CITED Knight, Frances Archaeological Investigations Along the Proposed 1981 Braidwood-to-Crete Power Line Corridor, Kankakee and Will Counties, Illinois.
Illinois State Museum Society, _
Archaeological Research Program, Springfield.
Wiant, Michael, Mona L. Colburn, Claude V. Jackson, Ray Druhot 1984 Report of Archaeological Testing at 11Ka179, Kankakee County, Illinois for Commonwealth Edison, Illinois State Museum, Archaeological Research Program, Springfield.
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