Photo Credit: Natalia Enos
In 2024, the SC Department of Environmental Services’ Bureau of Coastal Management (SCDES BCM) convened a SC Dock Stakeholder Workgroup to gain input and diverse perspective on South Carolina’s regulatory standards and polices related to private and joint-use docks. The Workgroup represents various backgrounds and constituencies including state and local government representatives, private sector consultants, dock and marine contractors and engineers, land surveyors, and conservation organizations. Workgroup members will be presented with resources and information to promote dialogue and solution-based discussions. The group seeks to maintain the perspective of the full SC coastline and to strive for consensus.
The Workgroup plans to meet 3-4 times in the Spring/early Summer of 2025.
Workgroup Members
Amy Armstrong - Executive Director and General Counsel I S.C. Environmental Law Project
Cameron Baker - Owner, Professional Engineer I C Baker Engineering
Bill Barna - Professional Engineer I McSweeney Engineers
Sean Barnes - President I Docks Unlimited
Kevin Blayton - Director of Public Works I City of North Myrtle Beach
Stacie Crowe - Coastal Environmental Project Manager I SC Department of Natural Resources
Riley Egger - Land, Water & Wildlife Program Director I Coastal Conservation League
Chris Fralick - Wetlands Consultant I Robert Frank Land Surveying
Lee Frank - President I Robert Frank Land Surveying
Stephen L. Goldfinch - Senator I SC Senate District 34
Curtis Joyner - Owner I Bridgeview Coastal Consulting, LLC
Mike Kirby - Professional Engineer
Erich Murray - President I American Dock and Marine
Duncan O’Quinn - President I O’Quinn Marine Construction
Hunter Oriani - Professional Engineer I McSweeney Engineers
Nicole Pehl - Marine Program Manager I The Nature Conservancy
Lorianne Riggin - Director of Environmental Program I SC Department of Natural Resources
April Turner - Coastal Communities Program Specialist I SC Sea Grant Consortium