*Updated December 18, 2024
Bureau of Air Quality
The Bureau of Air Quality (BAQ) develops & implements strategies to maintain the quality of South Carolina's Air.
- BAQ Full Organizational Chart
- Emissions Evaluation & Support Division
- Air Permitting Division
- Compliance Management Division
Bureau of Coastal Management
The Bureau of Coastal Management (BCM) preserves sensitive and fragile areas while promoting responsible development in the eight coastal counties of South Carolina.
- BCM Full Organizational Chart
- Coastal Zone Consistency Section
- Critical Area Permitting Section
- Coastal Services Section
- Beachfront Management Section
- Compliance & Enforcement Section
- HR/Programs
Bureau of Regional and Laboratory Services
The Bureau of Regional and Laboratory Services (BRLS) manages and implements Onsite Wastewater; Laboratory Certification; and Oil, Chemical, and Nuclear Emergency Response Programs. BRLS also supports our air, land, and water programs through field offices and a central laboratory.
- BRLS Full Organizational Chart
- Analytical & Radiological Environmental Services Division
- Division of Air Quality Analysis
- Office of Environmental Laboratory Certification
- Division of Onsite Wastewater (OSWW), Division of Compliance and Customer Support, & Division of Environmental Emergency Response
- Coastal OSWW
- Sandhills OSWW
- Piedmont OSWW
- Aiken Office
- Florence & Sumter Offices
- Myrtle Beach Office
- Orangeburg Office
- Charleston Office
- Beaufort Office
- Anderson, Greenwood, & Walhalla Offices
- Upstate Greenville-Spartanburg Office
- Columbia Office
- Lancaster Office
Bureau of Land and 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 & Operations
- Radiological Programs Division
- Site Assessment, Remediation, & Revitalization Division
- UST Management Division
- Mining & Solid Waste Division
- Compliance & Enforcement Division
- Waste Management Division
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
- Bureau Operations
- Water Facilities Permitting & Engineering Division
- State Revolving Fund Division
- Water Quality Division
- Dams Safety & Stormwater Permitting Engineer Division
- Drinking Water & Recreational Waters Protection Division
- Water Monitoring Assessment & Protection Division
- Water Pollution Compliance & Enforcement Division
- Aquatic Science Division