ePermitting is SCDES's online platform for environmental permitting, licensing, registration, projects, reporting, monitoring, complaints, compliance and enforcement. ePermitting is designed to support the full regulatory lifecycle while allowing you, our customers, to do business with the agency through the platform; among many other features. 

Programs are phased into ePermitting and the team is currently working to implement Hazardous Waste and Underground Storage Tanks. Those programs will join Agriculture, Air Quality, Asbestos, Coastal Zone Consistency, Critical Area Permitting, Dam Safety, Environmental Response, Groundwater Withdrawal, Infectious Waste, Mining and Reclamation, Navigable Waters/Water Quality Certification, Onsite Wastewater, Private Wells, Shellfish, Site Assessment, Remediation & Revitalization, Solid Waste, Stormwater, Surface Water Withdrawal, Tanning, Underground Injection Control and Wastewater along with environmental complaints.

ePermitting is designed to work best using Microsoft Edge on a personal computer. Users may also find that ePermitting works on tablets, but we do not recommend accessing it by phone.

Here is a list of some of the system’s core functionalities:

• Applications – Account registration, online submittal of applications, and other service requests
• Permitting – New permits and permit revisions, specification of permit conditions, reporting schedules, generation of permit documents
• Compliance Reporting – Online submittal of required or as-needed reports, Discharge Monitoring Reports
• Evaluations – Records review or Inspections, tablet-based inspection forms (nSPECT),
• Enforcement – Formal and Informal actions, specification of compliance reporting schedules, penalties/fines

Do I Need to Create an Account?

In order to apply for or manage permits, registrations, or licenses; submit reports, and/or make payments, you will need to have an account in ePermitting. Users will be able to sign in and see a dashboard at a glance that will highlight what actions are needed, invoices that need to be paid, status of applications, etc.

To manage a regulated site, account holders will need to be invited to be an authorized users on that site by an SCDES staff member or another authorized user.

For the Agriculture, Asbestos, Coastal Zone Consistency, Critical Area Permitting, Dam Safety, Groundwater Withdrawal, Infectious Waste, Mining and Reclamation, Navigable Waters/Water Quality Certification, Oil and Gas Terminal Facilities, Private Wells, Septic Tanks, Stormwater, Surface Water Withdrawal, and Wastewater Programs, all applicable Public Notices will be in ePermitting.  ePermitting has a Public notice search and allows comments to be made directly on the Public Notice without an ePermitting account.  Public notices for other Programs can be found here.  Please note: not all application types and permit categories require Public Notice.  Please contact the appropriate Program for more information.

A search for sewer system overflows is also available in ePermitting without an account.

Training

If you would like to see training or tutorials on how to use ePermitting, please visit our ePermitting Training page.