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Groundwater Use and Reporting Act (South Carolina Code of Laws: Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage; Chapter 5)

Pays/Territoire
États-Unis d'Amérique
Sous-division territoriale
South Carolina
Type du document
Législation
Date
1976 (2018)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Eau
Mot clé
Eaux souterraines Collecte de données/déclarations Gestion des resources en eau douce Lutte contre la pollution Normes de qualité de l'eau Pollution des eaux douces Questions de procédures Gouvernance Prélèvement d'eau Enregistrement Forage de puits/puits Politique/planification Autorisation/permis Infractions/sanctions
Aire géographique
Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord
Résumé

This Chapter of the South Carolina Code of Laws is known as the Groundwater Use and Reporting Act. It declares that the general welfare and public interest require that the groundwater resources of the State be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent to which they are capable, subject to reasonable regulation, in order to conserve and protect these resources, prevent waste, and to provide and maintain conditions which are conducive to the development and use of water resources. Among others, it provides for department to establish groundwater management program; withdrawers to register sources and report use; the Department of Health and Environmental Control to monitor groundwater withdrawals; notice of construction of new well or increase in capacity of existing well; capacity use area designation, notice and public hearing, development of groundwater management plan, groundwater withdrawal permits, appeals, and grounds for reversal or modification; registration of groundwater withdrawers, and new wells; reports of quantity of water withdrawn; methods for determining quantity; permits, temporary permits, revocation, process for public participation in permitting process to be developed, and contested case hearing; and violations of chapter or regulation; civil and criminal penalties.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.scstatehouse.gov