Despite the recent jurisdictional determination made by the US Army Corps of Engineers, asserting jurisdiction over the wetlands on the Angel Oak Village project site, the Angel Oak Village stormwater application has just been approved by the State Department of Health and Environmental Control/Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. (DHEC/OCRM).
Savetheangeloak.org has responded with an appeal of this approval. (which can be viewed here).
You can view the approved stormwater application that I received from DHEC/OCRM attached to the copy of the appeal they received in their office.
Under paragraph IV, water body information, item (A), the applicant has checked that the wetlands are not jurisdictional.
This wetland was declared jurisdictional by the U.S Army Corps of Engineers. (NOT ISOLATED)
Therefore, the application is false. There have been other significant changes to the plans since the 2008 stormwater application, which was NEVER publically noticed for wetland impacts, (isolated or non-isolated).
Additionally, it has just been proven that storm water runoff will flow into Church Creek and see no need for ANY land disturbance at this time, as it is still uncertain whether this development will happen at all. This permit should have been denied due to this project’s proximity to the Angel Oak and the valuable jurisdictional wetlands on site.
This application should have been denied due to the fact that more archaeological work needs to be completed on the site before any ground disturbing activities occur anywhere, as this could potentially risk the destruction of important artifacts that could provide valuable insight into the history and cultural significance of this area. The State Dept. of History and Archives has received new information about a significant archeological find on the project site and this still needs to be evaluated.
- Title: Sea Island Phases 1A 1B & 1C approval
File: SeaIslandPhases1A1B1C_approval.pdf
Size: 613 kB
- Title: DHEC ocrm appeal.
File: dhec.ocrm_.appeal..pdf
Size: 603 kB
We will need donations to fund the appeal! Please send donations to:
Donations are currently accepted through the Coastal Conservation League.
Checks can be sent to:
Coastal Conservation League-Angel Oak Project
328 East Bay Street, Charleston, SC 29401
*make sure you include Angel Oak Project in your note/on the check
Please write send your comments to Richard Geer @ SCDHEC or directly through our website
Richard Geer
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
1362 Mc Millan Ave. Suite 400
Charleston, SC 29405
Phone 843-953-0242
Fax 843-953-0201
geerrv@dhec.sc.gov
