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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC or DHEC) was the government agency responsible for public health and the environment in the U.S. state of South Carolina. [1] It was created in 1973 from the merger of the South Carolina State Board of Health and the South Carolina Pollution Control Authority.
The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) is a state cabinet agency [1] which oversees the protection and preservation of South Carolina’s environment and natural resources. [ 2 ]
After opening in May 2019, the factory let hazardous waste build up to potentially unsafe levels, discharged heavy metals into Columbia’s sewer system and repeatedly broke air pollution laws ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in South Carolina designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. . The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations
The Clean Air Act of 1963 (CAA) was passed as an extension of the Air Pollution Control Act of 1955, encouraging the federal government via the United States Public Health Service under the then-Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) to encourage research and development towards reducing pollution and working with states to establish their own emission reduction programs.
The House sponsor of the bill, Rep. Randy Maggard, R-Dade City, last year filed a controversial bill that, if passed, would have meant any future county control over wetlands and pollution laws ...
This article lists subnational environmental agencies in the United States, by state.Agencies that are responsible for state-level regulating, monitoring, managing, and protecting environmental and public health concerns.
By repealing South Carolina’s CON law, the legislature would be ridding the state of similarly anti-competitive policies that restrict access to care. Studies show these laws degrade quality and ...