Planning staff briefed the Hartsville-Bridal County Planning Commission on blasting activity tied to a compressor station on Boat Dock Road and a nearby solar array, describing how residents can document concerns and file complaints with the state.

Miss Rosalie told the commission the county requested blasting permits for both projects and that a single state investigator handles blasting for the state. She said the investigator will videotape every blast, document who is doing the blasting, what type of explosives are used and whether protocols are followed; if protocol questions arise the investigator can pull the videotape and assess fines.

Rosalie said residents have been calling the planning office to report damage to houses. She described the state’s notification requirement that only addresses within 300 feet of the blast radius must be directly contacted and said staff is collecting caller names and phone numbers to forward to a state land agent handling resident outreach. She also said staff and the investigator are placing seismic sensors at affected houses to measure vibration strength.

Rosalie provided rough footprint figures: she said the compressor-station construction area will occupy about 50.2 acres; paperwork for the solar farm lists 82.5 acres but the actual array footprint is approximately 58 acres. She said blasting permits for the projects are valid through June 2026 and added that if additional rock is encountered contractors may need further blasting within the permit period.

A resident-style comment recorded during the meeting said a homeowner returned from Thanksgiving to find large cracks in their house and that the homeowner had met with a lawyer. Rosalie reiterated that filing complaints with the state starts the documentation process and that the state investigator can review videotape and take enforcement action if blasting protocols were not followed.

Staff also handed out a calendar for next year’s planning and zoning appeals and discussed training options for commissioners, including a proposed in-depth review of planned residential (PUD) and mixed-use PUD zones and the county sign ordinance.

What residents should know: staff provided a flyer with a QR code linking to the state complaint site, recommended that residents document house conditions, and offered to forward contact details to the state investigator.