*Updated January 8, 2024
Myra Reece serves as the director of Environmental Affairs (EA), overseeing DHEC's environmental programs including the Bureaus of Air Quality, Water, Land and Waste Management, and Environmental Health Services, and the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.
*Environmental Affairs Administration
*Bureau of Air Quality
The Bureau of Air Quality (BAQ) develops & implements strategies to maintain the quality of South Carolina's Air.
- BAQ Full Organization Chart
- Division of Emissions Evaluation & Support
- Division of Air Permitting
- Division of Compliance Management
*Bureau of Environmental Health Services
The Bureau of Environmental Health Services (BEHS) manages and implements DHEC's Onsite Wastewater; Rabies Prevention; Food Protection; Dairy and Manufactured Food; Laboratory Certification; Medical Entomology; and Oil, Chemical, and Nuclear Emergency Response Programs. BEHS also supports DHEC's air, land, and water programs through field offices and a central laboratory.
- BEHS Full Organizational Chart
- Division of Air Quality Analysis
- Division of Analytical & Radiological Environment Services Division
- Division of Laboratory Certification
- BEHS Programs
- EA Upstate Anderson, Greenwood, & Walhalla Offices
- Midlands Regional Office (Lancaster & Rock Hill)
- EA Upstate Greenville Office
- EA Columbia Office
- EA Midlands Lancaster Office
- EA Midlands Aiken Office
- EA Pee Dee Florence & Sumter Office
- EA Pee Dee Myrtle Beach Office
- EA Lowcountry Orangeburg Office
- EA Lowcountry Charleston Office
- EA Lowcountry Beaufort Office
Bureau of Land & Waste Management
The Bureau of Land & Waste Management (BLWM) coordinates mining and waste-related activities and implements assessment and corrective actions for contaminated sites.
- BLWM Full Organizational Chart
- Administrative Services
- Division of Compliance & Enforcement
- Division of Waste Management
- Division of Mining & Solid Waste
- Site Assessment, Remediation & Revitalization Division
- Underground Storage Tank (UST) Management Division
- Radiological Health
*Bureau of Water
The Bureau of Water (BOW) helps ensure that South Carolina's waters are drinkable, swimmable and fishable through regulatory and voluntary programs to control point and nonpoint sources of pollution.
- BOW Full Organizational Chart
- Administration
- Division of Water Facilities Permitting
- Division of Dams Safety & Stormwater Permitting
- Division of Water Quality
- Division of Water Pollution Compliance & Enforcement
- Division of Drinking Water & Recreational Waters Protection
- Division of Monitoring, Assessment & Protection
- Division of State Revolving Fund
*Office of Ocean & Coastal Resource Management
The Office of Ocean & Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) preserves sensitive and fragile areas while promoting responsible development in the eight coastal counties of South Carolina.