South Carolina Offshore Drilling Public Meeting

This plan threatens dozens of coastal parks, including South Carolina’s prized Fort Sumter National Monument.

The parks along U.S. coastlines protect unique marine environments, shelter our nation’s fisheries, support thousands of jobs and bring billions of dollars into our economy. They also honor important portions of our country’s history, such as Colonel William Moultrie’s victory that saved Charleston from British occupation in June of 1776, a story now shared at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island. These places should be protected — not imperiled by spills that too often occur when we industrialize our oceans with oil and gas production.

It’s not too late to speak out against this plan. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is accepting comments on this draft leasing plan at a public meeting in Columbia on February 13.

Join us in person to remind BOEM that the waters, wildlife and local economies of our coastal national parks are too valuable to be endangered by offshore drilling. Or, submit comments online.

Event Details

WHAT: Public meeting on offshore oil and gas drilling in South Carolina

WHEN: Tuesday, February 13, from 3 - 7 p.m.

WHERE: Doubletree by Hilton, 2100 Bush River Road, Columbia, SC 29210

WHO: NPCA and park supporters like YOU!

QUESTIONS: Please reach out to me if you have any questions at ejones@npca.org.

OTHER: For those downtown that day, a “Don’t Drill South Carolina” rally and press conference will be held from 11 a.m. - noon at the State House prior to the BOEM public meeting.