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Background
This lobbying organization formed in 1973 to promote the consideration of environmental factors in governmental decision-making. The SCEC had nineteen member organizations and 400 individual members.| University of South Carolina |
Scope and Content
The records consist of office files of the SCEC contained in three series: Administrative, Topical, and Location files.Administrative files consist of bylaws, minutes, financial information, newsletters, papers, 1971-1973, of the Environmental Coalition of Columbia, the predecessor organization to the SCEC, and information on projects sponsored by the SCEC, usually designed to stimulate public participation and involvement in environmental planning.
Topical Files contain correspondence and reference material on topics including air and water quality, the exportation of coal and port development, Energy, Forestry, Hazardous Waste, and the S.C. Coastal Council.
Location files contain correspondence and reference materiel' on specific locations such as Congaree Swamp, the Richard B. Russell dam and others. For additional information see folder list below.
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Container List
............................................Box 1
Administrative files:
Annual Meeting, 1973-1981 [minutes, notices, agendas]
Biographical Information on Officers
Board of Directors, 1973-1982 [minutes, notices, agendas]
Bylaws
Charter
Comments, 1976, 1979 & n.d. [recommendations on various plans and policies
Environmental Coalition of Columbia, 1971-1973, 2 folders
Executive Committee, 1973-1980 [minutes]
Finances, 1973- 1982
Membership Lists
Newsletter, 1974- 1982
Papers, 1972-1982 [correspondence, memoranda & miscellany]
Projects:
208 [Water Quality Planning] Grant, 1977-1978 [re Clean Water
Days, seminars to educate the public and encourage their
involvement in the implementation of water quality management
programs]
General
Background Information
Clean Water Day, Aiken
Clean Water Day, Beaufort
Clean Water Day, Florence
Clean Water Day, Greenville
Clean Water Day, Greenwood
Clean Water Day, Myrtle Beach
Clean Water Day, Rock Hill'
Clean Water Day, Sumter
Clean Water Day, Misc.
201 Plans, various cities
Local Environmental Issues Public Participation, 1978-1979, 2 folders
Hazardous Waste Journal, 1979-1980
Topical Files:
Air Quality and Pollution:
General
Acid Rain
Ozone
S.C. Air Quality Implementation Plan, 1972
Coal and Port Development, 1979:
General
S.C. Mining Council
U. S. Congress
Clippings, 2 folders
............................................Box 2
Energy:
Alternatives
Hydropower
Nuclear:
General
Savannah River Plant
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 [PURPA]]
Solar, 1979, 1982
S.C. State Energy Conservation Plan, 1 vol., 1978
Environmental Protection Agency
Forestry [see also Topical Files: S.C. Dept. of Parks, Recreation & Tourism]
[see also: Locations: Sumter National Forest & Francis Marion
National Forest]
General
Alternative Silviculture Management Techniques
Conventional Silviculture
Forest Service Timber Sales
Indigenous Timber Base'
National Forest Management Act
Roadless Area Review and Evaluation II [RARE II], 1978-1979
Hazardous Water:
General
Clippings
Legislation
Nuclear:
General
Nuclear Waste Interstate Compact, 1982
Palmetto Recycling, Inc.
S.C.A. Chemical Services
Recycling:
General
............................................Box 3
Deposit Legislation
Glass
Solid Waste, 1978-1980 [see also Hazardous Waste]
S.C. Coastal Council, 1977-1978 [a state agency created in 1977
concerned with the protection and development of
coastal resources via granting or denying permits
to alter wetlands, coastal waters, beaches and ocean
front sand dunes and the development of
a comprehensive management plan]
General
Jungle Shores
Public Hearings
Reports
S.C. Dept. of Parks, Recreation & Tourism:
General, 1978, 1982
S.C. Recreation Participation and Preference Study, 1978-1980
S.C. General Assembly, 1981
S.C. Scenic Rivers Act
Tidelands Legislation, 1972-1973, 2 folders
Water:
General
Clean Water Act of 1977
Columbia Metropolitan Water Quality Management Plan, 1977
Groundwater, 2 folders
S.C. Water Pollution Control Program
Tidal Canals
Wastewater, 2 folders
Water Use Reporting Act. 1982
Wetlands and Section 404
............................................Box 4
Locations:
Beaufort County:
Colleton River
Harbor Island
Hilton Head Co.
St. Phillips Island
Upper New River Watershed
Misc.
Charleston County:
Folly Beach
Folly Creek
Oak island
Wando and Cooper Rivers
Misc.
Coastal Zone, 2 folders
Colleton County, Hutchinson Island
Congaree River/Swamp:
1975
1976
1978-1979
1980-1981 & n.d.
Continental Chelf
Francis Marion National Forest, 2 folders
Georgetown County:
Georgetown Harbor, 3 folders
Murrells Inlet
Pawleys Island
Winyah Bay
Misc.
Kershaw County, Spears Creek
McCormick County, Little River
............................................Box 5
Richland County, Union Camp, 2 folders
Richard B. Russell Dam, 2 folders
Santee Cooper
Sumter National Forest
Wando River
Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin
Misc.
Legal Size, Misc.
Administrative Notes
- Accession number: 10638
- Location: I&O
- Citation Form: South Carolina Environment Coalition records, South Caroliniana Library, The University of South Carolina