期刊名称：Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State
印刷版ISSN：2475-9333
出版年度：2020
卷号：2020
期号：1
页码：56-120
出版社：Stephen F. Austin State University
摘要：Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. (Horizon) was selected by ECS Southwest, LP (ECS) on behalf of a private real estate developer to conduct a cultural resources inventory and assessment of potential US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) jurisdictional areas within a 14.7-hectare (36.4-acre) proposed development tract in Austin, Travis County, Texas. The tract is located at the southeastern corner of Parmer Lane (a.k.a. Farm-to-Market Road [FM] 734) and East Yager Lane, and an unnamed tributary of Harris Branch flows southeastward across the tract. The proposed undertaking is located on private property and would be privately funded. However, the developer has proposed impacts to the unnamed tributary of Harris Branch that flows across the tract. This water feature potentially meets the criteria for designation as “waters of the US” (WOTUS). As such, construction activities that would impact this jurisdictional feature would be subject to federal permitting by the USACE, Fort Worth District, under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). As this is a federal permit, the proposed construction activities within the USACE jurisdictional areas fall under the jurisdiction of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended. The purpose of the cultural resources survey was to determine if any cultural resources are located within the Area of Potential Effect (APE). The Area of Potential Effect (APE) associated with USACE jurisdictional features typically consists of the water feature(s) and the associated uplands on opposing banks. This jurisdiction does not extend for a standardized distance in any direction; however, for purposes of the current cultural resources survey and in an attempt to assess the full extent of areas the USACE could determine to fall within their jurisdiction, Horizon utilized an APE extending approximately 182.9 meters (600.0 feet) from the defined edges of proposed impact areas along the jurisdictional stream and associated wetlands. This archeological survey buffer would incorporate approximately 11.8 hectares (29.2 acres) (roughly 80%) of the 14.7-hectare (36.4-acre) tract. While typical profiles of the depth of ground disturbance are not available, subsurface impacts associated with foundation slab and utility construction likely will extend a maximum of 0.8 meter (2.5 feet) below surface based on typical construction practices. Deeper impacts extending to a depth of 3.0 meters (10.0 feet) or more below surface may be expected within the footprints of four proposed storm water detention ponds that would be constructed adjacent to the creek in the northern.
