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In 2024, the SC Department of Environmental Services’ Bureau of Coastal Management (SCDES BCM) convened a SC Dock Stakeholder Workgroup to gain input and diverse perspective on South Carolina’s regulatory standards and polices related to private and joint-use docks. The Workgroup represents various backgrounds and constituencies including state and local government representatives, private sector consultants, dock and marine contractors and engineers, land surveyors, and conservation organizations.  Workgroup members will be presented with resources and information to promote dialogue and solution-based discussions. The group seeks to maintain the perspective of the full SC coastline and to strive for consensus.  

The Workgroup plans to meet 3-4 times in the Spring/early Summer of 2025. 

Workgroup Members  

Bruce Abbott – Owner, Land Surveyor I Tidewater Land Surveying 

Amy Armstrong – Executive Director and General Counsel I S.C. Environmental Law Project 

Hillary Austin – Zoning and Planning Administrator I Beaufort County 

Cameron Baker – Owner, Professional Engineer I C Baker Engineering 

Sean Barnes – President I Docks Unlimited 

Wayne Beam – President I Beam & Associates, Inc. 

Dev Bendell – SC Department of Natural Resources 

Kevin Blayton – Director of Public Works I City of North Myrtle Beach 

Riley Egger – Land, Water & Wildlife Program Director I Coastal Conservation League 

Chris Fralick – Wetlands Consultant I Robert Frank Land Surveying 

Lee Frank – President I Robert Frank Land Surveying 

Stephen L. Goldfinch – Senator I SC Senate District 34 

Jennifer Hayes – Professional Engineer, Department Manger I Thomas and Hutton Engineering 

Lee Hewitt – Representative I SC House of Representatives District 108 

Curtis Joyner – Owner I Bridgeview Coastal Consulting, LLC 

Mike Kirby – Professional Engineer  

Erich Murray – President I American Dock and Marine 

Duncan O’Quinn - President I O’Quinn Marine Construction 

Hunter Oriani – Professional Engineer I McSweeney Engineers 

Nicole Pehl – Marine Program Manager I The Nature Conservancy 

Lorianne Riggin – Director of Environmental Program I SC Department of Natural Resources