Standard Abbreviations
| BCDCOG | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester Council of Governments |
| EQC | Environmental Quality Control (SCDHEC) |
| GSWSA | Grand Strand WSA |
| LCG | Lowcountry Council of Governments |
| OCRM | Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (DHEC) |
| BCB | Budget and Control Board |
| GCPW | Goose Creek Public Works |
| SCDHEC | S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control |
| SCDNR | S. C. Department of Natural Resources |
| SCDOT | S. C. Department of Transportation |
| SCGO | S. C. Governor's Office |
| SCPSA | S. C. Public Service Authority |
| SCPW | Summerville CPW |
| USAF | U. S. Air Force |
| USACOE | U. S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| USDA | U. S. Department of Agriculture |
| USDE | U. S. Department of Energy |
| USDHUD | U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| USDOT | U. S. Department of Transportation |
| USFHA | U. S. Farmers Home Administration |
| USFWS | U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| USFS | U. S. Forest Service |
| USICC | U. S. Interstate Commerce Commission |
| USMC | U. S. Marine Corps |
| USN | U. S. Navy |
| WCOG | Waccamaw COG |
| MPWWSC | Mount Pleasant Water Works and Sewer Commission |
| MCCPW | Moncks Corner CPW |
| PERMITS AND OTHER ABBREVIATIONS | |
| 404 | Placement of Dredged or Fill Material in Wetlands |
| AIWW | Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway |
| AMP | Archaeological Master Plan |
| A-95 | Grant Review Form |
| AQ | Air Quality |
| COG | Council of Governments |
| CPW | Commissioners of Public Works |
| DMP | Dock Master Plan |
| FC | Federal Consistency |
| GR | Misc. Grant Review |
| LF | Landfill |
| ND | No Discharge |
| NWP | Nation Wide Permit |
| OTHER | Misc. Permit, Grant, or Plan |
| PER | Preliminary Engineering Report |
| S/D | Subdivision |
| SCNW | South Carolina Navigable Waters |
| SW* | Stormwater |
| UST | Underground Storage Tank |
| WMP | Wetland Master Plan |
| WS* | Water Supply |
| WSA | Water and Sewer Authority |
| WW* | Wastewater |
| WTP | Wastewater Treatment Plant |
*The DHEC Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management certifies permits issued from outside agencies that may potentially impact wetlands and other habitats. Most of these certifications include work such as extending an existing wastewater line (WW) and installing new water supply (WS) lines. Since a majority of the activities do not impact wide areas, OCRM does not always assemble a quad sheet/site map; however, all site information is available to anyone who requests it.
DHEC-OCRM also issues permits to applicants who are planning on impacting larger areas (i.e. new shopping centers, parking lots, etc) that fall within the Coastal Zone. These permits are referred to as Stormwater (SW) Permits. The idea behind a stormwater permit is to ensure that foreign bodies, debris, and other contaminates contained within the construction site, and not allowed to "leak" in the surrounding natural habitat. All stormwater permits are "digitized" into the DHEC-OCRM system so that they may be projected onto a quad sheet/site map for geographical reference.