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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 14 (Thursday, January 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8016-8017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01529]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

Withdrawal of the Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Riverport Development and 
Proposed New Interchange on I-95 in Jasper County, South Carolina

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District (the 
Corps) is issuing this notice to advise Federal, State, and local 
governmental agencies and the public that the Corps is withdrawing the 
notice of intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(DEIS) for the Riverport Development and Proposed New Interchange on I-
95 in Jasper County, South Carolina.

DATES: The notice of intent to prepare a DEIS in the Federal Register 
on August 1, 2014 (79 FR 44756), is withdrawn as of January 23, 2025.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District; Attn: 
Leslie Estill, 69A Hagood Avenue, Charleston, SC 29403.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or 
questions about withdrawal of the Notice of Intent, please contact 
Leslie Estill, Project Manager, by email: 
[email protected], or by mail: Leslie Estill, Project 
Manager, Regulatory Division, 69A Hagood Avenue, Charleston, South 
Carolina 29403. For media inquiries, please contact the Corps, 
Charleston District Corporate Communications Officer (CCO), Ms. Glenn 
Jeffries by telephone: (843) 329-8123.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corps is evaluating an updated (third) 
DA permit application, dated September 27, 2022, from SLF III--
Hardeeville, LLC (aka Stratford Land) for the Riverport-Exit 3 project 
(SAC-2010-00064) in accordance with Corps regulations and the policies 
and procedures that are established in the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA). The proposed Riverport-Exit 3 project requires 
authorization under section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 
1344), and the Corps previously advertised a public notice for the 
updated (third) DA permit application on November 23, 2022 (see https://www.sac.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Public-Notices/Article-View/Article/3226964/sac-2010-00064/). The Riverport-Exit 3 project 
consists of the construction of a mixed-use development including 
industrial, commercial, civic, and residential uses. In detail, the 
proposed project is a master planned development at the 4,304.65-acre 
Riverport Tract situated north and south of I-95, with improvements to 
the existing two-lane Purrysburg Road as well as a new interchange with 
I-95 at Mile Marker 3. The residential development (including 3,339 
residential dwelling units) would occupy the project area north of I-
95, the commercial and civic development (2.6 million square feet of 
space to include restaurant and hotel, grocery store, hospital, and 
office/retail space) would be situated along both sides of the new 
interchange, and the industrial development (including over 10.6 
million square feet of warehouse space) would occupy the southern 
portion of the site. A portion of Purrysburg Road would be replaced by 
the proposed Riverport Parkway, which would be a divided roadway for 
the length of the development, crossing I-95 at Exit 3 (proposed). The 
southern industrial portion of Riverport Parkway would be four-lanes, 
and the northern residential portion of Riverport Parkway would be two-
lanes.
    On August 1, 2014, the Corps issued a Notice of Intent to prepare a 
DEIS for the Riverport Development and Proposed New Interchange on I-95 
in Jasper County, South Carolina (SAC-2010-00064) (the Riverport-Exit 3 
project). Over the last ten years, the permit applicant, SLF III--
Hardeeville, LLC (aka Stratford Land), has substantially modified the 
proposed master plan and the footprint of the proposed Riverport-Exit 3 
project several times. As a result, the updated (third) Department of 
the Army (DA) permit application for the Riverport-Exit 3 project, 
dated September 27, 2022, has also changed substantially. For instance, 
the overall project footprint has decreased from 5,136 acres to 
approximately 4,304.65 acres, impacts to waters of the United States 
have decreased from 102.16 acres to 46.26 acres, and the mitigation 
plan has been updated to include an increase that results in obtaining 
50% more credit than what is the required amount. Due to these 
developments, the Corps has elected to proceed with preparing an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate the potential significance of 
the updated (third) DA permit application for the Riverport-Exit 3 
project (see 40 CFR 1501.3(c)(2) and 1501.5(a)) and withdraw the notice 
of intent to prepare a DEIS for the earlier version of the

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project (see 33 CFR part 325, app. B., par. 8.g.).

Daniel H. Hibner,
Brigadier General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic 
Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-01529 Filed 1-22-25; 8:45 am]
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