Mary D. Shahid

Mary Shahid has represented landowners, utilities, real estate developers, local government, industry, manufacturers, and technology firms in all permitting and compliance issues arising from the regulations implemented by the S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control and the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Her experience in environmental programs began with ten years of service to the coastal division of SCDHEC, where she was Chief Counsel and advised several regulatory programs. Her knowledge and experience in environmental permitting projects include NPDES permitting, coastal permitting, water quality certifications, coastal zone consistency certifications, mining, solid waste, groundwater, surface water, stormwater, and wetland impacts. In addition to environmental permitting, she has had success in multiple land-use matters before governing boards of private communities and public commissions. For three decades, her focus has been environmental and land use permitting. She guides client from conceptual phases through permitting and, if necessary, through administrative or civil challenges to development approvals and permits.