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DHEC agrees to update pollution permits for three coal plants affecting waterways
VIDEO: DHEC agrees to update pollution permits for three coal plants affecting waterways By Paola Tristan Arruda | January 15, 2021 at 8:45 PM EST - Updated January 16 at 6:08 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina’s environmental regulators have agreed to update long-expired permits for three of the state’s coal plants.
The decision comes after a lawsuit claimed the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control was failing to enforce water pollution protections.
In July 2020, the environmental nonprofit Sierra Club, with support from the South Carolina Environmental Law Project, filed suit to force DHEC to take action on the outdated permits for the three plants. The plants are either run by Santee Cooper or are owned by Dominion Energy.