DHEC Mining Permit Notification System

Below is from an email received and forwarded around some today courtesy of Bill Barr and Carole Bastian.

All proposed mines in SC must have a mining permit from DHEC.  These must go up for public comment, but they aren't well advertised. So far one for the proposed Stutman Road quarry has not been found as of yet.

 

These are the instructions for how to sign up to receive public notices.

 

1. Go to this link http://www.scdhec.gov/environment/ocrm/public_notice.htm. You will see the page above. 

2. Sign up to receive email notifications.and DHEC will send you emails regularly about critical area permits.

  

3. These are NOT the ones we're interested in.  They do not send email notifications about the mining permits.  But each time you get an email from DHEC, go to the link in the email, and look in the center column of the web page and click on DHEC Land and Waste Managment Coastal Mining (see sample page above).  I know it says Coastal Mining, but all mining applications from across the state wind up in that link.  They are labeled by county.

 

Once the public notice of application has been posted, the public generally has 30 days to register protests. There should be instructions in the public notice about who to write to with your protests, along with a deadline. Protests should be specific (reasons why this would be bad for the community, etc) and hard copy, possibly backed up by email if the public notice requests it.