Tuesday, July 16th
6:30 pm

Public Services Building, Council Chambers
4045 Bridge View Drive
North Charleston, 29405

Stand up and thank County Council for approving the application in their finance committee meeting and encourage them to approve LOLT’s application to purchase (and forever protect) the 17-acre parcel immediately adjacent to the Angel Oak.

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.

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