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Our role in environmental protection is to help our clients improve their environmental performance through technical assistance, information sharing and innovative approaches to environmental management. |
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| Services Provided | |||
| Technical Assistance: The Center provides assistance in the form of waste assessments and compliance assistance visits. If you are interested in receiving a technical assistance visit, please complete the following form and submit it to the Center for Waste Minimization via fax (803-896-8991) or email (washinsv@dhec.sc.gov). | |||
| Technical Assistance Visit Information Form | |||
| Instructions for Technical Assistance Visit Form | |||
| Waste Assessment Visits: All waste assessment visits are free, confidential, non-regulatory and by invitation only. When invited, the Center can perform waste assessments to help facilities reduce their wastes and/or recycle by-products and provide information on pollution prevention. Services may include providing information on regulatory concerns by relaying questions to DHEC's staff in a confidential format. | |||
Compliance Assistance Visits: Compliance assistance visits are free,confidential, non-regulatory and by invitation only. A compliance assistance visit will help a facility gain a better understanding of what the environmental regulations require to remain in compliance. Such visits also provide an opportunity to ask regulatory personnel technical questions about anticipated projects. If you are interested in receiving a compliance assistance visit, please complete the following form and submit it to the Center for Waste Minimization via fax (803-896-8991) or email (washinsv@dhec.sc.gov) |
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* For online compliance assistance please visit our Compass webpage at www.scdhec.gov/compass |
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| The Center provides assistance in program areas including: | |||
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| Information Clearinghouse: In-house publications include the Index of Waste Minimization Resources and A Handy Guide to Enviromental Compliance which can be used to promote both the waste minimization program and the regulatory compliance program of a company. Other information services include the latest in pollution prevention and waste minimization techniques, answers to regulatory questions, and mentoring opportunities between facilities. | |||
| Innovation Approaches: The Center works with companies to provide guidance on innovative environmental approaches, including environmental management systems, to help facilities move “beyond compliance”. | |||
| Awards and Recognition Programs: The Center coordinates the South Carolina 's Environmental Excellence Program, the states voluntary environmental leadership program, and participates in EPA's National Environmental Performance Track Program. | |||
| Better environmental performance is good business because it can: | |||
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