Rescinding the Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Bishopville Truck Route, Bishopville, SC
FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that it is rescinding its Notice of Intent (NOI), published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2017, to prepare an Environment...
Notice to rescind notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
SUMMARY:
FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that it is rescinding its Notice of Intent (NOI), published in the
Federal Register
on April 14, 2017, to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Bishopville Truck Route, state project #033261, a proposal to provide a truck route in the vicinity of the City of Bishopville in Lee County, South Carolina.
ADDRESSES:
Electronic Access
An electronic copy of this notice may be downloaded from the Office of the Federal Register's website at
www.FederalRegister.gov
and the Government Publishing Office's website at
www.GovInfo.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aaron M. Dawson, Deputy Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Strom Thurmond Federal Building, 1835 Assembly Street, Suite 1270, Columbia, South Carolina 29201, Telephone: (803) 253-3885, Email:
aaron.dawson@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FHWA, in cooperation with the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) and the Santee-Lynches Regional Council of Governments (SLRCOG), published a notice of intent in the
Federal Register
on April 14, 2017, at 82 FR 18073, to prepare an EIS for a proposal to construct a truck route in the vicinity of the City of Bishopville in Lee County, South Carolina, from US 15 near I-20, southwest of the City, to the junction of US 15 and Bethune Highway (SC 341), northeast of the City. The FHWA and the SCDOT prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), which was approved on March 8, 2022. The DEIS was circulated to the public, and a public hearing was held on April 19, 2022. The SCDOT initially considered twenty-four different alternatives for the project that would have created a truck bypass route around the City of Bishopville.
On June 1, 2026, SCDOT and the SLRCOG sent letters to the FHWA South Carolina Division Administrator requesting the Notice of Intent and DEIS be rescinded due to regional funding constraints. The letters requesting the recission are available by contacting FHWA South Carolina Division.
Based on SCDOT and SLRCOG's requests to discontinue work due to scope and funding concerns, FHWA is rescinding the NOI and the March 2022 DEIS. Comments or questions concerning the rescission of this NOI and the EIS for the Bishopville Truck Route project should be directed to FHWA at the address provided above.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning and Construction. The regulations implementing Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on Federal programs and activities apply to this program.)
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