State schedules Aug. 27 hearing in Loris on proposed North Myrtle Beach Quarry permit change
The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services has scheduled a public meeting and hearing in Loris on Wake Stone Corporation’s application to modify a limestone-mining permit. The proposed quarry site is in Horry County, about 6.7 miles southwest of Loris.
The events are scheduled for Aug. 27, 2026, at the Public Safety Building, 3909 Walnut Street, in Loris. The public meeting will run from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by the public hearing at 7 p.m.
For Loris-area residents, the meeting provides a local setting to review and comment on a permit application connected to a site outside the city limits. The scheduled hearing is the next known step in the agency’s review. The available information does not announce a final permit decision.
What Wake Stone has proposed
Wake Stone applied to modify its permit to mine limestone at 3990 Highway 9 Business East in Horry County. The application includes a proposed reclamation plan that would restore the site to a lake or pond after mining.
That reclamation proposal makes the site’s potential post-mining use part of the application under review. The hearing also gives residents an opportunity to raise questions or concerns about the proposed quarry modification, including issues related to mining, truck traffic, environmental conditions and what happens to the property after mining.
Those are subjects for public comment and review. The approved information does not establish that any particular traffic, health or environmental effect will occur, and it does not identify final operating requirements for the site.
Comments began July 22
SCDES began accepting comments on July 22, 2026. The source information does not provide a separate public-comment deadline or submission instructions, so the Aug. 27 meeting and hearing are the only specific upcoming public event identified in the available material.
The timing and location matter because the agency has placed the public meeting and hearing in Loris while identifying the proposed quarry at a separate Horry County address. SCDES describes the site as approximately 6.7 miles southwest of the city; it is not a facility within Loris city limits.
No approval announced
The Aug. 27 proceedings concern a proposed permit modification, not an approved mining expansion or completed change to Wake Stone’s operating authorization. The available information does not establish whether SCDES will approve the application or what conditions the agency might impose if it does.
Residents, commuters, nearby businesses and others interested in the quarry’s future can use the scheduled public meeting and hearing to participate in the review. Any final agency action remains unresolved in the approved source information.
Sources
- North Myrtle Beach Quarry, South Carolina Department of Environmental Services
- City of Loris official website, City of Loris
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