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South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting Use, and Reporting Act (South Carolina Code of Laws: Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage; Chapter 4)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
South Carolina
Document type
Legislation
Date
1976 (2018)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Surface water Water abstraction Authorization/permit Data collection/reporting Registration Procedural matters Water rights Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Basin/catchment/watershed Water supply Royalties/fees Offences/penalties Inland waters
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Chapter of the South Carolina Code of Laws is known as the South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting, Use, and Reporting Act. Specifically, it provides for the requirement of surface water withdrawal permit and exemptions; registration of surface water use, amount of withdrawals, time to start withdrawals, and modification or suspension of authority to withdraw water; applications and permits for surface water withdrawals; new surface water withdrawers, review and approval, and reporting requirements; reports of quantity of water withdrawn; methods for determining quantity; registered and exempt surface water withdrawers can apply for surface water withdrawal permits; use of surface water on nonriparian land; applications for surface water withdrawal; time for application; initial permits; interbasin transfer permits; contents of application for surface water withdrawal permit; department criteria; department duties; hearings for new surface water withdrawal permit applications for interbasin transfers; surface water withdrawal permits, contents, and valid for certain time period; effect of surface water withdrawal permit; modification, suspension and revocation of permit, conditions, and renewal of permit; notice of construction of new surface water intake required; temporary surface water withdrawal permit, and necessity; amount of withdrawal dependent on definition of minimum instream flow, public water suppliers, and determination of amount of water available; operation and contingency plan to promote adequate water supply maintained on site, contents of plan, and exceptions; powers and duties of the Department of Health and Environmental Control; the authority to collect, and the amount of, surface water withdrawal permit fees; and the violation of chapter, and penalties.

Full text
English
Website
www.scstatehouse.gov