Lower Pee Dee River Subbasin

Santee Cooper Pee Dee Energy Campus

Update...SC DHEC's board members have taken notice of the conservationists' concerns about the air emissions, including mercury, from the proposed Santee Cooper Pee Dee Energy Campus and have agreed to hold an appeal hearing in February regarding the December 16, 2008 decision by DHEC staffers to approve Santee Coooper's air permit for the proposed plant.

In December, the Waccamaw Riverkeeper received notice that the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control has approved the construction air permit for Santee Cooper's proposed coal-fired power plant to be located on the Pee Dee River. Click here for the e-mail sent to all stakeholders who have participated in the comment process.