Asbestos removal - York County, SC
Rock Hill is across the state line in York County, South Carolina, 25 miles south of Charlotte, so asbestos work here follows South Carolina's rules, run by the state Department of Environmental Services, not North Carolina's. The city had 74,372 residents in 2020, and about 35 percent of its housing was built before 1980, much of it around former textile mills such as the Arcade and Highland Park mills.
Rock Hill is 25 miles south of Uptown, but it is in York County, South Carolina, and that changes the whole regulatory picture. Neither Mecklenburg County Air Quality nor North Carolina's Health Hazards Control Unit has any say here. Asbestos work is regulated by the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, formerly part of DHEC, under state Regulation 61-86.1.
Before demolishing a regulated building, SCDES requires a notice through its ePermitting system at least 10 working days ahead, even if the building inspector found no asbestos, and a permit from SCDES before work starts. Demolition of a private residence with four or fewer units is generally exempt, unless it is part of a larger commercial or public project, one of several homes in a compact area, part of an installation such as a military base, being burned for fire training, or was once used for non-residential purposes. The SCDES Asbestos Section can confirm where a project falls.
Rock Hill's own residential demolition permit is filed through the city's Online Services portal. It is a separate step from the state filing.
About 35 percent of Rock Hill's homes were built before 1980. Much of the older stock is in its mill villages: Arcade, where houses went up from about 1900 and numbered 135 by the end of World War II; Highland Park, whose manufacturing plant and cotton oil complex were listed on the National Register in 1992; and Manchester. Around them are 1950s to 70s neighborhoods from the post-war annexations of Boyd Hill, Ebenezer and Mexico, the era of vinyl floor tile, textured ceilings and cement siding.
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