ABSTRACT 7th International Symposium on Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Management
TITLE:	Off Right-of-Way Mitigation of Archaeological Sites: A Pipeline Case Study from Pennsylvania
AUTHOR(S):	James D. Bloemker - james.d.bloemker@williams.com Williams Gas Pipelines, Transco Houston, TX, USA
Mitigation of archaeological sites can be a costly endeavor in a pipeline company's effort to comply with environmental regulations. Avoiding a site is often impractical and excavating it may appear to be the only solution. Unfortunately, these traditional mitigation measures are too often the only solutions considered when dealing with archaeological sites. This paper discusses traditional mitigation measures and presents an alternative strategy to archaeological site treatment. Off-site, or off right-of-way, mitigation is a creative mitigation alternative that can be applied to some sites if conditions and circumstances permit. Within the body of this paper, an example of an alternative mitigation measure utilized by Williams Gas Pipeline-Transco on the construction of a recent gas pipeline across Pine Breeze Island in Pennsylvania is discussed. Keywords: Section 106 compliance, creative mitigation, Clemson Island prehistoric culture Ref#: 5-1