Solid Waste Facilities List - Active and Post-Closure (Updated 3/2022) 

This regulation applies to the proper disposal, collection, and recycling of lead-acid batteries and small sealed lead-acid batteries. The regulation requires collection, recycling and recovered material processing facilities accepting lead-acid batteries to register with DHEC. This registration requirement does not apply to persons selling lead-acid batteries or offering lead-acid batteries for retail sale or wholesale who at the point of transfer accept lead-acid batteries only from the customers.

Regulation 61-107.19 Solid Waste Management: Solid Waste Landfills and Structural Fill became effective on May 23, 2008.

The regulation addresses all solid waste landfills and structural fill activity in the State and repeals four existing regulations (R. 61-107.11, R. 61-107.13, R. 61-107.16, and R. 61-107.258) governing these landfills. The new regulation improves solid waste management in four key ways:

Application for Permit to Compost or Produce Mulch
Regulation 61-107.4, Solid Waste Management: Compost and Mulch Production from Land-clearing Debris, Yard Trimmings, and Organic Residuals

Compliance Reviews

The Compliance Group is charged with upholding the requirements in the Solid Waste Policy and Management Act, which states that at least once every five years, the Department shall review the environmental compliance history of each permitted facility. This consists of a thorough file review, a facility inspection, addressing any outstanding issues that are compliance related and addressing any additional items that the Department feels would be in the best interest of the health of the people and the environment of SC.

SCDES's Solid Waste Groundwater Section is responsible for implementing the S.C. Oil and Gas Exploration, Drilling, and Production regulation R.121-8. The purpose of the regulation is to:

• Prevent the waste of oil and gas
• Protect correlative rights
• Prevent pollution of the water, air, and land by oil and gas exploration or production activities.

Oil and Natural Gas Laws & Regulations

Complaints

If you would like to submit a complaint related to a permitted mining operation or to report a potentially unpermitted mining operation, please use the ePermitting Complaint Submission Form. The appropriate staff member will follow-up.

Links to the non-SCDES organizations found below are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs. SCDES is not responsible for the content of the individual organization web pages found at these links.

Registration

Any facility that generates any infectious waste should register with the infectious waste program. Registration should include at least:

The Infectious Waste Program regulates generators and transporters of infectious waste in South Carolina as well as facilities that treat infectious waste.

In South Carolina, there are approximately 9000 registered generators of infectious waste, 30 registered transporters of infectious waste, and 2 registered treatment facilities for infectious waste.

What is Infectious Waste?

Also known as medical or biohazardous waste, infectious waste is material that was used in healthcare, research or postmortem exams. It includes: