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| Technical Assistance: The Center provides assistance in the form of sustainable opportunities assessments and compliance assistance visits. If you are interested in receiving a technical assistance visit, please complete the following form and submit it to the Center for Waste Minimization via fax (803-896-8999) or email (washinsv@dhec.sc.gov). | |||
| Technical Assistance Visit Information Form | |||
| Instructions for Technical Assistance Visit Form | |||
| Sustainable Opportunities Assessment Visits: All sustainable opportunities assessment visits are free, confidential, non-regulatory and by invitation only. When invited, the Center can perform sustainable opportunities assessments to help facilities reduce their wastes and/or recycle by-products and provide information on pollution prevention. Services may include providing information on regulatory concerns by relaying questions to DHEC's staff in a confidential format. | |||
| Compliance Assistance Visits: Compliance assistance visits are free, confidential, non-regulatory, and by invitation only. A compliance assistance visit will help a facility gain a better understanding of what the environmental regulations require to remain in compliance. Such visits also provide an opportunity to ask regulatory questions confidentially. If you are interested in receiving a compliance assistance visit, please complete the following form and submit it to the Center for Waste Minimization via fax (803-896-8999) or email Stacey Washington. | |||
* For online compliance assistance please visit our Compass webpage at www.scdhec.gov/compass |
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| The Center provides assistance in program areas including: | |||
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| Information Clearinghouse: In-house publications include the Index of Waste Minimization Resources and A Handy Guide to Enviromental Compliance which can be used to promote both the waste minimization program and the regulatory compliance program of a company. Other information services include the latest in pollution prevention and waste minimization techniques, answers to regulatory questions, and mentoring opportunities between facilities. | |||
| Innovation Approaches: The Center works with companies to provide guidance on innovative environmental approaches, including environmental management systems, to help facilities move “beyond compliance”. | |||
| Awards and Recognition Programs: The Center coordinates the South Carolina 's Environmental Excellence Program, the states voluntary environmental leadership program, and participates in EPA's National Environmental Performance Track Program. | |||
| Better environmental performance is good business because it can: | |||
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