Stormwater Overview

SCDES manages South Carolina's Stormwater Program

Who needs a stormwater permit?

This webpage is no longer maintained. It may be useful as background information or to provide a historical perspective on a topic or project.  

Overview & History

The F.S. Royster Guano Company (Royster) was a fertilizer plant located on Commerce Drive in Columbia, South Carolina, in the early 1900s. The Edisto Court Community is located opposite of the former fertilizer plant site.

• Infectious Waste Generators
• Getting a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit
• NPDES Permit - Stormwater

This webpage is no longer maintained. It may be useful as background information or to provide a historical perspective on a topic or project.  

Industry Notebook: Quarry Operations

What is a Quarry?

Before a facility or a portion of a facility is renovated or demolished, the owner/operator of the facility or renovation or demolition activity must ensure that the facility or portion of the facility being renovated or demolished has been thoroughly inspected for the presence of asbestos. The inspection must be performed by a person who has been trained and licensed as an Asbestos Building Inspector or management planner in accordance with State training and licensing requirements.

Friable Asbestos-Containing Materials

If friable asbestos-containing materials (e.g., pipe insulation) are present, they must be removed prior to being disturbed during renovation or demolition activities. Removal (abatement) must be performed by trained, licensed persons using procedures detailed in State and Federal regulations.

Never burn any asbestos-containing waste material.

Non-asbestos-containing demolition debris and debris that contains only non-regulated roofing or flooring may be disposed of at a SCDES-approved disposal site for cellulosic or inert waste. Waste consolidation activities involving grinding, cutting, or compacting of non-friable asbestos-containing materials will subject these materials to more stringent State and Federal asbestos disposal regulations.

Consult this section for helpful information on the removal and handling of asbestos-containing flooring, roofing, and cement products.

The Office of Environmental Laboratory Certification is now offering certification for Selected Ion Monitoring (SIM) for EPA Method 8260B (1,4-dioxane), EPA Method 8270D (PAHs) and Pentachlorophenol. The use of the SIM mode will be acceptable when lower quantitation limits can not be achieved in the full scan mode. Certificates will reflect this certification using the SIM designation, e.g. EPA 8270D-SIM.