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News in Review
Periodic Mailing from the
South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office
Review and Compliance Division
July 24, 2008

NEW AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!

The State Historic Preservation Office has a new website!  Visit http://shpo.sc.gov for a wide variety of information, including:

  • Complete texts of National Register of Historic Places nominations
  • Select municipal and countywide architectural survey reports
  • Historic contexts
  • Guidance for Review and Compliance projects
  • Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) and covenant templates

2. ArchSite is now available and can be accessed from any computer with Internet access. To begin using the system, create a user account and select a viewing level at: http://archsite.cas.sc.edu/ArchSite/.   Public viewers will have access to National Register listings, historic property survey information, and non-locational archaeology information. Subscriber viewers will have access to all of the state's cultural resource digital files including restricted National Register listings and archaeological site locations. The Subscriber View will be available to cultural resource professionals, environmental consultants, and planners. The Editor view, which allows users to create and record archaeological site information, will be available to professional archaeologists only. Cultural resource professionals may access the subscription level free of charge during normal business hours by using the workstations at SCDAH or SCIAA and editor level access at SCIAA only.

Additional information regarding ArchSite, and instructions for accessing the system from an off-site location can be found at the following URL: http://archsite.cas.sc.edu/sciaainfo/subscription_overview.htm.

Any questions regarding ArchSite should be directed to Carmen Beard at SCIAA. To schedule an appointment to use ArchSite at SCDAH or SCIAA, please refer to the following contact information:  Chuck Cantley, SCDAH, (803) 896-6181 or ccantley@scdah.state.sc.us; Carmen Beard, SCIAA, (803) 777-8170 or cbeard@sc.edu.

3. The Section 106 Project Review Form has been updated and revised.  The PDF of the form is now fillable.  An Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) Project Review Form has been developed for consultation with our office in the coastal zone.  The PDF of this form is also fillable.  To locate these forms, go to the Forms and Publications heading of this website.

Note: For previous issues of News in Review follow this link.