The Notice of Drafting for the 2019 revisions was published in the State Register on Friday, April 26, 2019. The closing date for the public comment period was May 28, 2019.
R.61-9 Notice of Drafting (04-26-2019)
The Department did not receive any comments in response to the Notice of Drafting.
Final Update: September 9, 2019
All state government offices and their employees follow the weather hazard decisions made by the county government offices where the state office is located. For more information, please visit www.scemd.org/closings.
From left to right: Buck Graham (SCDES), Sheila Barnes and Leon McCray, Principal
Williams Middle School, located in Florence, is a great example of a collaborative partnership between the school employees and staff from SCDES's Bureau of Air Quality and Bureau of Environmental Services Region 4 to educate students and parents about important environmental issues by planning, designing, and constructing an Environmental Education Kiosk.
"Receding Tide," Pinkney Island National Wildlife Refuge - Photo by Blake Womick
Download a convenient desk version of the 2021 Tide Chart
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SCDES's Watershed Atlas has multiple data layers and functions, and is mobile-ready. Users can add data, create layers from selected features, export attribute data, view watershed information at their current location, save their sessions, and restore sessions again later.
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Shelters are generally the place of last resort. SCDES recommends that individuals who need to evacuate have plans already in place to stay with family, friends or in a hotel in the event of a disaster. No emergency shelter will have the amenities and flexibilities that you have at home. When planning for an evacuation, consider what aids may be needed for daily living. (Refer to evacuation zones here.
Department staff had initially considered including revisions to address narrative flow standards during the 2022 triennial review. However, staff determined more stakeholder involvement was necessary to evaluate appropriate revisions to narrative flow standards. Therefore, a separate regulatory promulgation process to specifically address this issue was initiated by the Department in July 2022.
