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  • Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup Program
    Liberty Steel (Former Georgetown Steel) Property Public Meeting, SCDES is holding a public meeting to discuss the executed Voluntary Cleanup Contract for the Liberty Steel Property located in Georgetown, SC. The meeting will be held on Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM at the Winyah Auditorium, 1200 Highmarket Street, Georgetown, SC., At this meeting, SCDES, the developer, the environmental consultant, and other participants will provide an overview of the project. For more information, visit the, Liberty Steel (Former Georgetown Steel) project webpage, ., Across South Carolina, underused and environmentally impacted properties are being transformed into safe, productive spaces that strengthen local economies and protect public health. Through collaboration with local governments, developers, community leaders, and state and federal partners, the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) helps turn Brownfields into opportunities…
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  • Environmental Surveillance & Oversight Program
    Environmental Surveillance and Oversight Program Overview, In 1995, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (now the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, SCDES) enrolled in an Agreement in Principle (AIP) program with the U.S. Department of Energy –SRS (DOE-SR).  As a result of this agreement, the Environmental Surveillance and Oversight Program (ESOP) was created in SCDES’s Midlands Aiken Environmental Affairs…, air, , , groundwater, , , drinking water,,  , surface water, ,,  , soil and sediment, , , milk, , , vegetation,,  and , fish and game,  for the presence of radiological and non-radiological chemicals. Each year we conduct a critical pathway/dose assessment to calculate the potential exposure or dose to the public within 50 miles of the center of the SRS., Annual Reports and Outreach, In pursuit of SCDES’s mission of promoting and protecting the health of the people and the environment, ESOP is committed to educating the public of its findings. ESOP publishes an annual report providing the results of its studies, comparisons with DOE-SR’s data, and a calculated dose. The most current report can be found below, and past results can be found under the, Monitoring Data & Sampling Locations, Maps, heading.     Along with publications, ESOP’s efforts and results are also provided to the public through presentations and hands-on demonstrations at SRS Citizen Advisory Board (CAB) meetings, local community groups, Aiken County schools and career fairs, USC Aiken’s Science Enrichment and Education Day (SEED), and local Earth Day celebrations.  If your organization would be interested in having…, 803-642-1637, .  , The following annual reports provide monitoring data for the Savannah River Site. The data was collected by SCDES's Environmental Surveillance and Oversight Program (ESOP)., View/Download 2024 ESOP Report, Download 2024 SCDES Data File, Weekly Tritium Data for Radiological Surface Water Monitoring, Through an AIP with and funding from the DOE-SR, ESOP is able to conduct continuous monitoring of the Savannah River and its tributaries. The sample results that are used in providing an advanced notice to drinking water systems are the result of a preliminary scan and are not considered official data. Official yearly surface water results can be found in the Annual ESOP Data Report. A weekly…
  • SRF Reports and Publications
    Featured Reports and Publications, Email us, if you want to be notified electronically about future IUPs, comprehensive priority lists, or revisions to the priority ranking system., Interest Rates, Comprehensive Priority List of CWSRF Projects, Comprehensive Priority List of DWSRF Projects, CWSRF Priority Ranking System, DWSRF Priority Ranking System, State Environmental Review Procedure for SRF (SERP), FFY26 Reports and Publications, FFY26 CWSRF Base Capitalization Grant Intended Use Plan - Final, FFY26 CWSRF General Supplemental Grant Intended Use Plan - Final, FFY26 CWSRF Emerging Contaminants Grant Intended Use Plan - Final, FFY26 DWSRF Base Capitalization Grant Intended Use Plan - Final, FFY26 DWSRF General Supplemental Grant Intended Use Plan - Final, FFY26 DWSRF Emerging Contaminants Grant Intended Use Plan - Final, FFY25 Reports and Publications, FFY25 CWSRF Base Capitalization Grant Intended Use Plan - Final, FFY25 CWSRF General Supplemental Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY25 CWSRF Emerging Contaminants Grant Intended Use Plan - Final, FFY25 DWSRF Base Capitalization Grant Intended Use Plan - Final, FFY25 DWSRF General Supplemental Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY25 DWSRF Emerging Contaminants Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY25 DWSRF Lead Service Line Replacement Grant Intended Use Plan - Final, CWSRF Supplemental Appropriation for Hurricanes Helene and Milton and Hawai’i Wildfires (SA-HMW) Capitalization Grant Intended Use Plan - Final, CWSRF Supplemental Appropriation for Hurricanes Helene and Milton and Hawai’i Wildfires (SA-HMW) Decentralized Systems Capitalization Grant Intended Use Plan - Final, DWSRF Supplemental Appropriation for Hurricanes Helene and Milton and Hawai’i Wildfires (SA-HMW) Capitalization Grant Intended Use Plan - Final, FFY24 Reports and Publications, FFY24 CWSRF Base Capitalization Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY24 CWSRF General Supplemental Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY24 CWSRF Emerging Contaminants Grant Intended Use Plan - Final, FFY24 DWSRF Base Capitalization Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY24 DWSRF General Supplemental Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY24 DWSRF Emerging Contaminants Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY23 Reports and Publications, FFY23 CWSRF Base Capitalization Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY23 CWSRF General Supplemental Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY23 CWSRF Emerging Contaminants Grant Intended Use Plan - Final, FFY23 DWSRF Base Capitalization Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY23 DWSRF General Supplemental Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY23 DWSRF Emerging Contaminants Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY23 DWSRF Lead Service Line Replacement Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, 2023 Capacity Development Report to the Governor, FFY22 Reports and Publications, FFY22 CWSRF Base Capitalization Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY22 CWSRF General Supplemental Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY22 CWSRF Emerging Contaminants Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY22 DWSRF Base Capitalization Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY22 DWSRF General Supplemental Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY22 DWSRF Emerging Contaminants Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, FFY22 DWSRF Lead Service Line Replacement Grant Intended Use Plan - Final Amended, Past Reports and Publications, 2020 Capacity Development Report to the Governor, 2017 Capacity Development Report to the Governor, EPA's Planning for Sustainability Handbook - for water and wastewater utilities, For more information, contact, srf-info@des.sc.gov, .
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  • ePermitting System Maintenance
    ePermitting will be unavailable on, Friday, July 10 at 3:00 PM ET, and will be available again on, Monday, July 13 at 8:00 AM ET, as the Rad Waste and Rad Materials programs are transitioned into ePermitting. If you are here to, submit a permit application or file a complaint, , please hold your submission until the system is restored. For, public notice information, , please visit our classic Public Notices webpage. To, report chemical releases, oil spills, or fish kills, , contact the, 24-hour SCDES response line, at, 888-481-0125, . We appreciate your patience as we modernize our systems in support of, Science, Service, and Sustainability, .
  • 2026 E-scrap Stakeholder Workgroup