< Section repealed effective January 1, 2011 by 2010 Act No. 247, Section 4.A. >

1. (1) "Department" or "DHEC" means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control;
2. (2) "River basin" means the area drained by a river and its tributaries or through a specified point on a river, as determined in subsection (7) of Section 49-21-60;
3. (3) "Receiving river basin" means a river basin which is the recipient of an increase in water, over and above that occurring naturally, as the result of a diversion or transfer of water from a different river basin;
4. (4) "Losing river basin" means a river basin which sustains a decrease in water as the result of a diversion or transfer of water to a different river basin and there is no significant return of the water to the river basin of origin;
5. (5) "Person" means any and all persons, including individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, public or private institutions, municipalities or political subdivisions, federal or state governmental agencies, or private or public corporations organized under the laws of this State or any other state or country.
6. (6) "Board" means the board of the department.

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