- Mar 29, 2010 - Fight on to Save Lily Pond Arcadia Lakes; residents oppose dredging
One of the most visible ponds in Richland County, a lake full of lily pads and flowers on Trenholm Road, will be dredged and converted into a storm water basin for an apartment complex. But the plan by a Columbia development company is causing an uproar in normally quiet Arcadia Lakes. The Town Council and 16 residents are going to court next month to try to stop the work at the 1.3-acre lake, which sits just outside the town limits.. Click HERE to read the Article.
- Feb 02, 2010 - Conservationists applaud long-awaited decision
The S.C. Supreme Court dealt a smashing blow Monday to developers who have tried for years to overturn state rules that safeguard coastal freshwater wetlands from unchecked development. The decision, much anticipated by environmentalists and developers, overturns a 2008 lower-court verdict that declared invalid state rules protecting freshwater wetlands along the coast. Click HERE to read the Article.
- Dec 08, 2009 - Appeal under way to allow Kiawah revetment
COLUMBIA -- Conservationists fought in court today to stop what they see as the first step in the development of 50 homes on an unstable portion of Kiawah Island. Chief Administrative Law Judge Ralph Anderson III heard opening arguments by attorneys for the Kiawah Development Partners, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control and the Coastal Conservation League. The Kiawah developers appealed DHEC's December decision to allow only 10 percent, or 270 feet, of the construction of an erosion barrier. The developers want to build a 2,783-foot bulkhead and revetment to stop erosion next to Beachwalker Park. Click HERE to read the Article.
- Dec 08, 2009 - Developer's Claim Gets Hard Look
Thousands of acres of coastal wetlands could lose protection from development if SC Supreme Court sides with a company that plans a commercial project on 62 acres in Murrells Inlet. Click HERE to read the Article.
- Nov 24, 2009 - Judge Denies Landfill Permit
For close to four years, residents of Gray Court have fought to keep North Carolina-based MRR Highway 92 LLC from building a landfill near their homes in rural Laurens County. After forming a coalition called Engaging and Guarding Laurens County's Environment, their vigorous fight won a significant court battle when an administration law judge rejected a permit to build the new landfill in Gray Court, saying the company proposing the landfill did not sufficiently demonstrate it was needed. Click HERE to read the Article.
- Sep 09, 2009 - Critics Urge Changes in U.S. 601 Plan through Congaree National Park
The Department of Transportation plans to commence work on rebuilding several bridges on Hwy U.S. 601 through Congaree National Park next year. Critics have been asking DOT to replace more of the existing causeways with bridging to allow the safe passage of wildlife. A public hearing on the project was held on September 8, 2009. Click HERE to read an article on this issue that appeared in The State Newspaper on September 9, 2009.
- Jan 31, 2008 - Bill Marscher Tribute
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- Aug 19, 2007 - Barnwell leaks worse than feared
Radioactive tritium in groundwater exceeds EPA safe-drinking levels
By SAMMY FRETWELL
sfretwell@thestate.comSNELLING — Higher-than-expected amounts of a radioactive material are tainting the groundwater at a nuclear waste dump long considered safe by state regulators.
- Jul 29, 2007 - Underdog lawyer puts up good fight
By SAMMY FRETWELL
sfretwell@thestate.comPractically everyone in Georgetown knew Jimmy Chandler when he came home for a visit in 1981.
- Jul 13, 2007 - Sand battle won't blow over
By Bo Petersen (Contact) The Post and Courier
ISLE OF PALMS — The Wild Dunes sandbag fiasco just sank a little deeper. The S.C. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that an island resident has the right to appeal a state permit that allows moving sand from public to private areas.
- Mar 09, 2007 - Citizens step up to the plate and hit one home in coastal protection case
THE ISLAND PACKET
David Lauderdale
dlauderdale@islandpacket.com
843-706-8115It didn't get the attention of a MegaMillions lottery, but Lowcountry citizens won big in a recent court ruling.
- Mar 06, 2007 - Ex-senator liable in bridge lawsuit
By Schuyler Kropf
The Post and CourierA former state lawmaker who helped write the state's coastal management act has lost a civil suit that accused him of violating it.
- Mar 05, 2007 - RESIDENTS, LANDOWNERS MADE PARK POSSIBLE
THE SUN NEWS
EDITORIAL PAGEAuthor: Jimmy Chandler and Amy Armstrong
Section: LOCALThe Sun News' Jan. 25 article about the Heritage Shores Nature Park properly highlighted the fact that a small slice of nature has been preserved in the Cherry Grove area of North Myrtle Beach. The city of North Myrtle Beach deserves thanks for the series of boardwalks and trails, two picnic shelters and educational kiosks, as well as boat access to the creeks around Cherry Grove, that the park provides.
- Mar 04, 2007 - Robert Ariail's Editorial Cartoon on Chem-Nuclear
The State
SCELP would like to thank Robert Ariail for permission to use his (Ariail030407.pdf)[editorial cartoon featuring Chem-Nuclear]. No further comment necessary.
- Jan 25, 2007 - NMB Opens Nature Park on Marsh
THE SUN NEWS
From staff reportsA dedication ceremony at 11 a.m. Wednesday marked the opening of the Heritage Shores Public Nature Park in the Cherry Grove area of North Myrtle Beach. The park - on 8 acres north of 55th Avenue North and Heritage Drive - has a series of boardwalks, two picnic shelters, boat access to the Cherry Grove marsh, two information kiosks, an observation station and a series of trails about two-thirds of a mile long.
- Aug 11, 2006 - Congaree bridge permits delayed
By SAMMY FRETWELL sfretwell@thestate.com
Groups say U.S. 601 project will harm wildlife in park
Plans to replace a 58-year-old bridge near Congaree National Park sparked enough questions Thursday that state regulators delayed issuing permits for the work.
- Jul 24, 2006 - Land-use plan update critical, say residents
By Jesse Tullos, jtullos@gtowntimes.com
The Georgetown TimesButch Varnadore has heard news reports that say it’s foolish to invest money into new housing developments. He heard those reports about as much as he’s heard the hammering going on across the lake from his home on the Pawleys Island mainland.
- Mar 07, 2006 - Wetlands bill represents compromise
BY BO PETERSEN
The Post and Courier
Protecting isolated wetlands, a flash point in a regulatory war being fought by conservationists and property-rights proponents, goes to a state Senate committee hearing Wednesday.
- May 24, 2005 - A chance to take part
The Georgetown Times
Several meetings that will be held this month provide an opportunity for county residents to have input on the future, in terms of land-use planning and educational vision.
- May 22, 2005 - With Lowe’s gone for the time being, what have we really accomplished?
The Georgetown Times - Editorials
The Waccamaw Neck community gathered together in an amazing display of public participation in the political process, and was able to stop Lowe’s dead in its tracks. We came out to oppose the project, and we proved that we can have meaningful impact into what our community looks like. If only all planning and zoning decisions were always made this way — with input from the affected public.
- Oct 01, 2004 - Neighbors claim abuse of power
By Jason Lesley
TIMES MANAGING EDITOR
Citizens gathered at a public hearing at Browns Ferry Elementary School Tuesday called South Carolina’s Central Electric Power Cooperative an arrogant government agency that has used intimidation and half-truths to secure rights-of-way for an 11-mile, 115,000-volt transmission line.
- Aug 28, 2004 - Judge fines bulkhead owner
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH
By Janelle Frost
The Sun NewsA property owner in North Myrtle Beach has been ordered by an administrative law judge to remove a bulkhead, which extended 31 feet into the marsh, and pay a $1,000 administrative fine.
- Apr 08, 2004 - Seminar discusses erosion
Lawyer: Battles could arise over changing lot sizes
By Kelly Marshall
The Sun NewsEnvironmentalists attending a day-long seminar Wednesday on coastal erosion said more challenges could be coming to the state's beachfront management laws, including a ban on sea walls.
- Mar 10, 2004 - Sea wall can stay for now
Daufuskie homeowners, state officials settle dispute
BY JESSICA FLATHMANN, The Island Packet
BEAUFORT -- Daufuskie Island homeowners and state officials Tuesday settled a legal challenge to the state's beachfront management law, stopping a trial before it got started.
- Mar 07, 2004 - Court urged to jettison sea-wall ban
Beaufort County group says barrier needed to protect property
By SAMMY FRETWELL
Staff WriterLandowners urge court to jettison sea-wall ban.
- Jan 01, 2004 - State takes public remarks on DeBordieu sand solution
By Erin Reed
The Sun NewsPAWLEYS ISLAND - DeBordieu Colony residents who want to take sand from a public inlet and move it to their private beach for renourishment argue they'll only take 2 percent of the sandbar.
- Nov 16, 2003 - No Public Sand For DeBordieu
EDITORIALS
Mining North Inlet should be unthinkableThere is a heaping chunk of gall in the DeBordieu Colony's request that the state allow it to take publicly owned sand from North Inlet to renourish its beach. The colony's beach is private. Yet the colony's community association wants to mine 200,000 cubic yards of sand from the nearby inlet to shore up its beach for about five years.
- Oct 01, 2002 - A Public Forum on Growth
Speaker: Waccamaw Neck growth should be directed Protect wetlands, ex-planner says
- Aug 01, 2002 - Fire guts 100-year-old house
City fire investigators were trying to determine Tuesday if lightning was to blame for a Monday night fire that destroyed the law office of prominent environmental attorney Jimmy Chandler.
- Aug 01, 2002 - Students mark law's anniversary
MURRELLS INLET — On the banks of Murrells Inlet, a handful of Georgetown students marked a national milestone and learned something about the health of their home turf.
- Jun 18, 2001 - No groins on beach, court says
The S.C. Court of Appeals ruled that construction and reconstruction of beach groins is prohibited by state law.
- Dec 01, 2000 - Nature's Guardian
Jimmy Chandler looks out over the live oaks draped with moss in his front yard at Pawleys Island on a Saturday morning and drinks in the sunshine.
- Sep 23, 2000 - Waste dump closed
The Safety-Kleen hazardous waste landfill near the shore of Lake Marion will shut down Monday after a federal panel rejected the company's last-ditch attempt to stay open.
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