ML20212G325
| ML20212G325 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 01/14/1987 |
| From: | Youngblood B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | James O'Reilly GEORGIA POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8701200188 | |
| Download: ML20212G325 (9) | |
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14 JAN NM Docket Nos.: 50-424 and 50-425 Nr. James P. O'Reilly Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations Georgia Pcwer Company P. O. Box 4545 k
Atlanta, Georgia 30302
Dear Mr. O'Reilly:
Subject:
Transmittal of Determination of No Adverse Effects Report By letter dated April 4,1986, Georgia Power Ccepany transmitted a decurent entitled "Detennination of No Adverse Effects to Archaeological Procerties Eligible for Inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places" to demon-strate compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as atended) and 36 CFR 800.
Included in this document was a signature page to indicate concurrence by officials from Georgia Power Company, NRC, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The necessary signatures have been
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Pr. J. P. O'Reilly Georgia Fower Company Vogtle Electric Cenerating Plant cc:
Mr. L. T. Gucwa Pesicient Inspector Chief f*uclear Engineer Nuclear Peculatory Cornission Georgia Power Company P. O. Box 577 P.O. Box 4545 Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 Atlanta, Georgia 30302 Fr. Ruble A. Thomas Depoish Kirkland, III, Counsel Vice President - Licensing Office cf the Consumers' Utility Vogtle Project Council Georgia Power Cerrpany/
Suite 225 Southern Corpany Services, Inc.
32 Peachtree Street, N.W.
P.O. Box 2625 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Birmingham, Alabama 25202 Jarres E. Joiner Mr. Donald 0. Foster Troutman, Sanders, Lockeman, Vice President & Profect General t'anager
& Ashmore Georgia Power Cerrreny Candler Building Post Office Box 299A, Route 2 127 Peachtree Street, P.E.
Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Danny Feig Pr. J. A. Bailey 1130 Alta Avenue Project Licensing Manager Atlanta, Georgie 30307 Scuthern Company Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 2625 Carol Stangler Bin..;ngham, Alabarre 35202 Georgians Against Nuclear Ercrgy 425 Euclid Terrece Ernest L. Blake, Jr.
Atlanta, Georgia 30307 Bruce W. Churchill, Esq.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridce 2500 h Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C.
20037 Mr. G. Bockhold, Jr.
Vogtle Plant Mar,eger Georgia Power Coreany Route 2, Box 299-A Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 Regional Administrator, Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Conmission 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Gecrgia 30323 Mr. R. E. Conway Senior Vice President and Project Director Georgia Power Company Rt. 2. P. O. Box 299A Waynesboro, Georgia 30830
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s DOCUMENTATION:
Determination of No Adverse Effects to Archaeological Properties Eligible for Inclusion in the National Register of.
Historic Places Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Associated Transmission Lines I
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INTRODUCTION The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued construction permits for the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP) and it's associated transmission lines to Georgia Power Company (Permittee) as agent for itself. Oglethorpe Power Corporation, the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, and-the City of Dalton, Georgia.
These permits were issued pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.
Activities involved in the construction, operation and normal maintenance of the proposed VEGP-associated transmission lines are included under the scope of NRC's responsibilities for environmental assessment and evaluation.
Further, these permits were conditioned with the requirement that the Permittee consult with the Historic Preservation Section, Georgia Department of
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Natural Resources (HPS) concerning the potential effects associated with the construction, operation and normal maintenance of the VEGP-associated transmission lines, upon significant archaeological recources.
This report documents the finding by NRC and HPS that, given the cultural resource management planning processes to be implemented by the Permittee, the construction, operation and i
normal maintenance of the VEGP-associated transmission lines will have no adverse effects upon those archaeological properties eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (eligible archaeological properties), which are located on the proposed transmission lines.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED UNDERTAKING
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This section describes each of the VEGP-associated transmission lines.
Figure 1 shows the routes referenced hereinafter.
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Voctle-Effincham-Thalmann 500 kV Line (V-ETL)
The original plans for this line designated the terminal point as being a to-be-constructed electric substation in Effingham County, Georgia.
As then constituted, the V-ETL route covered approximately 70 miles in Burke, Screven and Effingham counties.
In March, 1984 the Permittee determined that the,
proposed Effingham Substation should not be constructed at this s
time.
It was therefore recognized that CRM planning considerations would apply from VEGP to the existing electric substation at Thalmann (Glynn County), Georgia.
Thus, the final CRM study area covered approximately 153 miles in Burke, Screven, Effingham, Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh and Glynn Counties.
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Voctle-Scherer 500 kV Line (V-STL)
The original plans for this line designated the terminal point as a to-be-constructed addition to the electric substation at Wadley (Jefferson County), Georgia.
That route covered approximately 45 miles in Burke and Jefferson counties.
In March, 1984 the Permittee determined that the terminal point of this line would have to be redesignated from the Wadley Substation to the R. W. Scherer Electric Generating Plant near Forsyth (Monroe County), Georgia-Therefore, the final CRM
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study area was divided into three sections.
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These sections were the VEGP-Wadley Section (approximately 45
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miles)', the Wadley-Wallace Dam Section (approximately 56 miles), and the Wallace Dam-Plant Scherer Section (approximately 48 miles) in Burke, Jefferson, Washington, i
Putnam, Hancock, Baldwin, Jones and Monroe Counties.
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Voctle-Goshen 230 kV Line (V-GTL)
This 17 mile CRM study area is located between the VEGP (Burke County) and the Goshen Electric Substation (Richmond County).
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Voctie-South Carolina 230 kV Line (V-SCTL)
This 2.6 mile CRM study area is located between the VEGP and the west (Georgia) bank of the Savannah River, in Burke County.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANNING PROCESS The Permittee, in consultation with the NRC and HPS, is undertaking a program of cultural resource management planning 4
in concert with the construction of the VEGP-associated transmission lines.
This program consists of the following stages:
(a) professionally conducted on-site resource inventories and assessments directed at the identification of eligible archaeological properties:
(b) assessment of treatment alternatives which provide for either the avoidance of potential adverse effect or i
data recovery aimed at the negation of such potential i
adverse effect:
(c) implementation of the selected treatment alternatives, I
either as a part of the engineering / construction processes (avoidance) or prior to actual construction (data recovery); and 4 i
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(d) development of a final resource management plan to address operational and normal maintenance activities in relation to eligible archaeological properties.
Resource inventory and assessment studies have been completed on the V-ETL (153 mile) route, the V-STL (149 mile) route, and the V-GTL (17 mile) route.
In consultation with the HPS, a total of 54 eligible archaeological properties have been identified on the V-ETL, a total of 61 such properties on the V-STL, and 12 on the V-GTL.
No unavoidable conflicts between eligible archaeological properties and construction activities Other than line tower siting and construction have been identified.
Of the 1,412 line towers tc be constructed on these lines, 60 were originally identified to be in conflict with eligible archaeological properties.
Of these 60 conflicts, 39 were resolved by implementing engineering alternatives which moved towers out of eligible properties.
The remaining 21 conflicts will be resolved by archaerslogical data recovery directed at negating the potential adverse effect of line tower construction, prior to that construction.
HPS has expressed confidence in this planning process (Attachment 1).
RATIONALE:
NO ADVEFSE EFFECT DETERMINATION The NRC, HPS and the Permittee concur that the construction, operation and normal maintenance of the VEGP-associated transmission lines will have no adverse effect upon eligible archaeological properties in consideration of the resource management planning processes directed at either the avoidance or negation of potential adverse effect. - _ - _ - -, _.
Georgia Departm:nt of Natural Resourc:s 270 Washington Street, S.W., Room 704, Atlanta, Georgia 30334 J. Leonard Ledbetter, Commissioner
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Atlanta, Georgia 30302 RE: CRM/VEGP Transmission Lines - Plant Vogtle Determination of No Adverse Effect on Archaeological Resources Burke County, Georgia HP 850520-002 (Follow Up)
Dear Mr. Shive:
The Historic Preservation Section has reviewed the case report for the CRM/VEGP transmission lines - Plant Vogtle.
Based on our review of the extensive resource inventories, testing and mitiga-tion reports, excellent cultural resource management plans for the various segments of the transmission corridor and our discussion at the meeting of July 23, 1985, we agree with your determination of no adverse effect.
The information obtained during the formulation of this case report provides a significant contribution to our knowledge of an archaeologically little known area of.the state.
We commend Georgia Power for the fine job of resouice protection planning which is evident in this project.
We regret any problems that the delay in receiving this letter may have caused.
If we may be of further assistance, please contact Joe McCannon, Environmental Review Coordinator, at (404) 656-2840.
Sincerely, Elizab h A. Lyon, C ief Historic Preservation Section Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer EAL:jmk cc: Robert Garvey Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ATTACHMENT 2) 7
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Dear Ms. Adensam:
The Historic Preservation Section has reviewed the above referenced project. A review process has been set up for compliance which is appro-priate and is working well. We have no. concern for this project so long as this system of _ survey, review and implementation of the Cultural Resource Management Plan is followed. If we may answer Questions concerning these commen'ts, please contact Joe McCannon, Environmental Review Coordinator, at (404) 656-2840. Sincerely. 8 Elizabe. A. Lyon, Chief Historic Preservation Section EAl.:jmk cc: Jim Shive Georgia Powe'r Co. ATTACHMENT 1 - '- 1 m 1 11 !. 1 l 6 1, -.
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1. Construction Phase A. Avoidance of Potential Adverse Effect Avoidance of potential adverse effect is accomplished through implementation of engineering alternatives and alternative construction practices. These alternatives include (but are not necessarily limited to):
- 1) siting of line towers (wherever engineering 1y feasible) ougside of eligible archaeological properties; 2) clearing of the line corridor by non-ground-disturbing methods; and 3) the siting of equipment-materials marshalling /laydown areas outside of eligible archaeological properties.
s B. Necation of Adverse Effects Throuch Data Recovery The significance of eligible archaeological properties on the VEGP-associated transmission lines is manifested in the data such properties contain which can contribute to the study of prehistory or history. Therefore, potential adverse effect to such properties would occur as the loss of this data, resulting from project construction activities. None of the eligible archaeological properties identified to date (or as may be expected to be identified in on-going studies) is: (a) a National Historic handmark, a National Historic Site in non-Federal ownership, or a property of national historic significance so designated within the Nationdl Park System: (b) important enough to the fulfillment of purposes set ~ ) forth in the State Historic Preservation Plan to require it's protection in place: (c) in itself, or as an element of a larger property, 4 significantly valuable as an exhibit in place for public understanding and enjoyment; l (d) known or thought to have historic, cultural, or religious significance to a community, neighborhood, or social or ethnic group th.t would be impaired by its disturbance; or, (e) so complex, or containing such complicated data, that currently available technology, funding, time, or expertise are insufficient to recover the significant information contained in it. Therefore, these properties would be amenable to treatment by data recovery aimed at negating potential adverse effect, prior to on-site construction involving these properties. C. Implementino StratecY i In implementing these resource treatment alternatives, certain eligible archaeological properties may be subject to treatment under both alternatives, in part by avoidance of potential adverse effect and in part by negation of such I potential effect through recommended data recovery. In many cases, eligible archaeological properties are larger than the area actually needed for construction of line towers, although the siting of towers within these
properties cannot be avoided by feasible engineering ) alternatives. At such properties, it is possible to confine all line tower construction activities to an area identified as'a Desianated Work Area (DWA). Thus, it is possible to limit adverse effect within such a DWA. Nevertheless, adverse effect could occur as a result of line tower foundation borings and other ground disturbing activities associated with essential construction. Therefore, a property-specific data recovery plan will be prepared and implemented, which addresses the specific research potential identifiable within the DWA. Data recovery plans will be designed to explicate the research potential of the specific archaeological elements of the property that are located within the DWA, relate that r research potential to both intra-and-inter-property research objectives, and provide for the conservation of that potential by the recovery of a usable sample of data. All data recovery plans will be reviewed by HPS. Funding will be made available by the Permittee for both fieldwork and post-field laboratory, analysis and reporting. Copies of all data recovery reports will be filed with HPS (for their files and the Georgia Archaeological Report Files, University of Georgia, Department of Anthropology), and the U.S. Department of Interior. National Park Service, Archaeological Services Branch, Atlanta, Georgia. All data recovery will be r directed under the supervision of persons who either meet ' "i or exceed the Professional Qualifications Standards established under 36 C.F.R. Part 66 (Appendix C). All data recovery will be undertaken pursuant to Part -III (Recommendations for Archaeological Data Recovery) of Iggalment of Archaeoloaical ProDerties: A Handbook (Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: 1980), with the exception that public participation is not deemed appropriate in that such involvement could place eligible archaeological properties in jeopardy by exposing their locations. After completion of all necessary studies, the Permittee will develop, in concultation with HPS. a plan for the curation of all materials collected and produced as a part of the specific archaeological studies undertaken. That plan will be developed pursuant to the 1980 liandbook referenced above. 2. Operation and Normal Maintenance Commitments to cultural resource management planning are made for the life of the VEGP license. After construction of the VEGP-associated transmission lines, the Permittee, in consultation with HPS, will develop a final resource management plan (or plant) to address operational and normal maintenance activities which could adversely affect eligible archaeological properties. Signatures: For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: .b M/ CC bl 6 E C. f G k. PWf fU50~h / Tit 16: For the Georgia Department of Natural Recources, IIistoric Preservation Section: N "g/ [] T/tle: For Georgia Pow .ompany: Vice President & Project General Manager 9 ~ / Tit 1e: rort/ jMv[oryCouncilonriistoricPreservation: f 44L /k/L_ 4 N <1, l "/ Titie~: / I (2) L
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