S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-50 – Department to monitor groundwater withdrawals; notice of construction of new well or increase in capacity of existing well; public notice

(A) The department shall assess, notice, and monitor groundwater withdrawals in this State pursuant to this chapter.
(B) A groundwater withdrawer or proposed groundwater withdrawer outside of a designated capacity use area in the Coastal Plain shall notify the department of its intent to construct a new well, or increase the rated capacity of an existing well, at least thirty days before initiating the action. This notification must be made on forms provided by the department.
(C) The department shall develop a process for notifying potentially affected existing withdrawers and the public of all notices received pursuant to subsection (B).

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-35; 1969 (56) 640; 1990 Act No. 585, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1246; 2000 Act No. 366, Section 2.