South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

We promote and protect the health of the public and the environment.

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• Education & Outreach
• Emergency Response
• Forms
• Laws & Regulations
• Online Databases
• Public Notices
• Public Record
• Publications
• Recycling
• Sites of Public Interest

• Aboveground Storage Tanks
• Dry Cleaners
• Hazardous Waste
• Home Heating Oil
• Infectious Waste
• Mining and Reclamation
• Oil & Gas Exploration and Terminal Facilities
• Permitting
• Program Index
• Radioactive Waste
• Solid Waste
• Superfund
• Superphosphate Inventory
• Underground Storage Tanks
• Voluntary Cleanup Program/Brownfields
• Waste Disposal

• Regional Offices

• Emergency Planning
• Nuclear Power
• SC Contigency Plan

Laws & Regulations

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Disclaimer

Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP)

• South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act
• See Article 7 BROWNFIELDS/VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM

 

Dry Cleaners

• South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act
  • See Article 4, DRYCLEANING FACILITY RESTORATION TRUST FUND
• Drycleaning Facility Restoration Regulations  

 

Emergency Response

• Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plans Regulations
• SC Oil and Gas Act - EPA SPCC

 

Groundwater

• South Carolina Well Standards
• South Carolina Water Classifications and Standards

 

Hazardous Waste

• South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act
• South Carolina Pollution Control Act
• South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Regulations R.61-79 (see below)
  • Read Me First
  • Section 124 (76KB)
  • Section 260 (190KB)
  • Section 261 (2112KB)
  • Section 262 (154KB)
  • Section 263 (44KB)
  • Section 264 (1666KB)
  • Section 265 (1048KB)
  • Section 266 (1418KB)
  • Section 268 (3126KB)
  • Section 270 (471KB)
  • Section 273 (118KB)

 

Infectious Waste

• South Carolina Infectious Waste Management Act
• Infectious Waste Management Regulations

 

Mining & Reclamation

• South Carolina Mining Act
• South Carolina Mining Regulations
• Interstate Mining Compact Commission Act

 

Oil and Gas

• South Carolina Oil and Gas Exploration, Drilling, Transportation and Production Act
• South Carolina Oil and Gas Exploration, Drilling, Transportation and Production Regulations 
• EPA SPCC - Exit DHEC

 

Radiological Waste

• Atomic Energy and Radiation Control Act
• Title A: Radioactive Materials Regulations
• Transportation of Radioactive Waste Into or Within South Carolina Regulations  

 

Solid Waste

• Solid Waste Policy and Management Act
• South Carolina Pollution Control Act
• SOUTH CAROLINA MANUFACTURER RESPONSIBILITY AND CONSUMER CONVENIENCE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT COLLECTION AND RECOVERY ACT
• Collection, Temporary Storage, and Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste Regulations
• Demonstration of Need Regulations
• Full Cost Disclosure Regulations
• Incineration and Solid Waste Pyrolysis Facilities Regulations
• Land Application of Solid Waste Regulations
• Lead Acid Batteries Regulations
• Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Operator Certification Regulations
• Processing Facilities Regulations
• Research, Development and Demonstration Permit Criteria Regulations
• Off-site Treatment of Contaminated Soil Regulations
• Solid Waste Management Grants, Recycling Education Grants, and Waste Tire Grants Regulations
• Transfer of Solid Waste Regulations
• Used Oil Regulations
• Waste Tires Regulations
• White Goods Regulations
• Yard Trash and Land-Clearing Debris; and Compost Regulations
• Solid Waste Landfills and Structural Fill

 

Superfund

• South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
• National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan Regulations (NCP)

 

Underground Storage Tanks (UST)

• State Underground Petroleum Environmental Response Bank (SUPERB) Act
• State Underground Petroleum Environmental Response Bank (SUPERB) Site Rehabilitation and Fund Access Regulations  
• Underground Storage Tank Control Regulations