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Another Sand Mine is Coming To Dorchester – Sign the Public Hearing Petition

Sand Mine

DHEC has a new application for another sand mine and has made noting to the adjacent properties. The Moore Mine (Application for a Mine Operating Permit I-002398) is an 89.9-acre mine planed to a depth of 30 feet, with an included +-15 acres flagged as wetlands, located at the end of Moore Road, between Salem and Powder Horn Roads. The mine operations plan on pumping out water during mining into the wetlands draining to Halfway Gut Creek. Reclamation information indicates the mine pits (39.3 acres) will remain and be allowed to fill with water for future lakes or ponds. The site maps include possible “future home sites.” This mine will add even more sand truck traffic to Zion, Salem, Powder Horn, and Sandridge Roads.

You can review the DHEC permit information here (https://epermweb.dhec.sc.gov/ncore/external/publicnotice/info/-209032074109656397/details). You can post comments on the “Add Comments” tab of the DHEC site. However in order for the local community to express concerns in a public hearing, the statute requires the submission of a petition signed by a minimum of ten people.

I have created a downloadable or printable form to petition for a public hearing. Simply download or print the form (just select the download arrow or the printer icon below) and fill in the requested information on the form below. Then scan it with your computer, or take a picture with your phone of the completed form and email it to dprovenzanosc@gmail.com no later than Noon August 11, 2023. I need to compile the names and send them and the signed forms to DHEC by 5pm on that date.

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Oakridge Landfill Growing – Public Meeting Planned

Public Notice Location map

The following notice was provided for our community information. Anyone interested in attending, save the date now. The informational public meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at 6 p.m. in the Dorchester County Council Chambers, Human Services Building, 500 North Main Street, Summerville, South Carolina 29483. 

Public Notice

Dorchester County Public Notice pursuant to S.C. Reg. 61-107.19 and S.C. Ann. Code § 44-96-470 of

Facility Issues Negotiation Process

Topic: Oakridge Landfill, Inc. (“Oakridge”), 2175 Highway 78, Dorchester, Dorchester County, South Carolina 

Contact:  Jason Carraher
Dorchester County
Kenneth F. Waggoner Building
201 Johnston Street
St. George, SC  29477
Telephone:  (843) 832-0070

Please take notice that Dorchester County hereby provides public notice pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 44-96-470 and S.C. Reg. 61-107.19 that it will hold an informational public meeting to provide information on the facility issues negotiation process related to the permit application submitted by Oakridge to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) for construction of an expansion of the existing landfill at 2175 Highway 78, Dorchester, South Carolina (“Proposed Expansion”).  The informational public meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at Dorchester County Council Chambers, Human Services Building, 500 North Main Street, Summerville, South Carolina 29483. 

Nature of the Facility:  Oakridge has operated a Class III landfill (also known as a municipal solid waste landfill) on the site since approximately 1978.  The Proposed Expansion will accept municipal solid waste as well as other approved non-hazardous waste.  The Proposed Expansion is permitted to receive up to 1,144,000 tons per year of waste.  The proposed life of the Proposed Expansion is expected to be at least 20 years.  The permit application for the Proposed Expansion is subject to the permitting requirements for Class Three Landfills pursuant to S.C. Reg. 61-107.19.

Description of the Site:   The landfill is located on Highway 78, approximately one mile northwest of the intersection of Highway 78 and Highway 178 as identified on the location map.  The Proposed Expansion will consist of approximately 60 acres to be constructed to the west of the current landfill. 

Public Notice Location map
Public Notice Location map of landfill site.

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