SCCCL Action Alert: Proposed Santee Cooper coal plant

DHEC Bureau of Air Quality will soon decide if they will issue a draft air permit to Santee Cooper for their proposed coal plant in southern Florence County.
There is no need for DHEC to make this decision now, before Santee Cooper completes an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The EIS will provide the information DHEC needs to make an informed permitting decision. Issuing a draft air permit now will undermine the EIS process.
The health and safety of South Carolina citizens demands a comprehensive process that will assure procedural safeguards and adequate deliberation. Shortcutting this process and issuing a permit today could force a review of the permits at a later date.

The proposed Santee Cooper Kingsbury Plant is planned to be built on the Great Peedee River, just up river from Kingsbury and also near the town of Pamplico.
The water quality of Georgetown, SC, a large and booming population center of coastal South Carolina, as well as that of smaller towns, will be affected directly. The Winyah Bay National Wildlife Refuge also sits downriver of the proposed plant.

Tell DHEC....There is no need to hurry
Don't issue a draft air permit for the proposed Santee Cooper coal plant until the Environmental Impact Statement is completed. Please let the decision makers know your opinion on the situation. Visit the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League's website, http://coastalconservationleague.org and follow the 'Take Action' tab to send out a letter.

Our heritage-rich and historical Peedee River thanks you.