RUS issued a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Supplemental Draft EIS) for Central Electric Power Cooperative’s (Central Electric) proposed McClellanville Area 115-kV Transmission Project (Project) in South Carolina. The Agency published in the Federal Register a Notice of Intent and Availability on August 30, 2019 that initially provided a 60-day comment period, ending on the date announced in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA) EIS receipt notice on October 22, 2019. RUS has extended the public comment period for the Draft EIS by an additional 30 days to November 21, 2019.
Public Meetings on the Supplemental Draft EIS were held on the following dates:
- Tuesday, September 17, 2019, from 5 – 8pm at the Santee St. James Elementary-Middle School, located at 8900 North Highway 17, McClellanville, SC 29458
- Wednesday, September 18, 2019, from 3 – 6pm at the Jamestown Baptist Church Life Center located at 4339 North Highway 17A, Jamestown, SC 29453
Comments on the Supplemental Draft EIS are due on November 21, 2019.
Comments may be emailed to: comments-mcclellanville@louisberger.com or physically mailed to: Lauren Rayburn, USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS), 160 Zillicoa Street, Suite 2, Asheville, NC 28801
This project is a “major infrastructure project” subject to Executive Order 13807, Presidential Executive Order on Establishing Discipline and Accountability in the Environmental Review and Permitting Process for Infrastructure. The project’s tracking dashboard can be found here https://www.permits.performance.gov/
NEW CONTACT FOR INFORMATION as of November 2021: Suzanne Kopich or mcclellanvilleeis@usda.gov
Supplemental Draft EIS
- Federal Register Notice of Comment Period Extension (October 2019 – 275 KB)
- Federal Register Notice of Intent and Availability of a Supplemental Draft EIS (August 2019 – 300 KB)
- Supplemental Draft EIS (August 2019 – 25 MB)
- McClellanville 115 kV Transmission Line Independent Engineering Study
Draft EIS
- Federal Register Notice of Availability of a Draft EIS (May 2014 – 175 KB)
- Draft EIS (April 2014 - 10MB)
September 2010 January 2011 Scoping Period
- Federal Register Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS (September 2010 – 145 KB)
- Addendum to Scoping Report (October 2011 - 908 KB)
- Scoping Summary Report (February 2011 - 73 KB)
- Appendices A through D (7.9 MB)
- Appendices E through G (6.5 MB)
- Appendices H through J (9.2 MB)
- Appendix J cont. (12.5 MB)
- Appendices J cont. through K (10.1 MB)
- Alternatives Evaluation Study (September 2010 277 KB)
- Macro-corridor Study (September 2010 5.4 MB)
- Public Meeting PowerPoint Slides (September 29, 2010 - 2 MB)
- Public Meeting PowerPoint Slide Correction (December 2010 - 107 KB)
- Correction to Federal Review Process Handout (December 2010 - 288 KB)
- Public Comment Form - Comments due January 14, 2011
- Newsletter: Vol. 1, Nov. 1 - (September 2010 - 1.7 MB)
- Newsletter: Vol. 1, Nov. 2 - (December 2010 - 288 KB)
December 2005 - January 2006 Scoping Period (ARCHIVE)
- Federal Register Notice to Hold Public Scoping Meeting and Prepare an Environmental Assessment (11/29/05 - 47 KB)
- Power Supply Alternative Evaluation (June 2005 -1.1 MB)
- Macro-Corridor Study Report (November 2005 - 931 KB)
- Scoping Summary Report/Decision (October 2007 8.7 MB)