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SC Code § 49-1-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 49-1-60. Tolls allowed owner of shores or wharves.

 The owner of the shores or any wharf erected on the shores or in or over the waters of any navigable stream may charge reasonable tolls for the use thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-163; 1952 Code Section 70-163; 1942 Code Section 6025; 1932 Code Section 6025; Civ. C. '22 Section 3090; Civ. C. '12 Section 2145; 1911 (27) 25.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 247, Section 4.B, provides:  "Chapter 1, Title 49 of the 1976 Code is not affected by and supersedes Chapter 4, Title 49 of the 1976 Code, as amended by SECTION 1 of this act."
SC Code § 49-1-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 49-1-80. International Paper Company may use water from Great Pee Dee River.

 The State hereby grants permission to the International Paper Company to divert from the Great Pee Dee River, for use in the course of operation of its plant located at Georgetown in Georgetown County, one hundred cubic feet of water per second each day. The point of diversion shall be at a point twelve and eight-tenths miles above the Yauhanna Bridge on Route U. S. No. 701, and the main works for the diversion shall be located on the south side of the river. Provided, that the International Paper Company shall obtain all necessary rights of way from the landowners concerned, from and including the point of diversion to the point of use at the plant in Georgetown. Provided, further, that the total amount of water taken out of the Great Pee Dee River pursuant to the terms of this section and Section 49-1-90 shall not exceed eight per cent of the flow of the stream at the point of diversion. Provided, further, that this section and Section 49-1-90 shall not affect the right of any person to recover, in a court of competent jurisdiction, damages sustained as a result of the diversion of water permitted by this section and Section 49-1-90. Provided, further, that the International Paper Company shall take the water authorized herein as is, and shall have no legal or equitable recourse against any present or future user on said river or tributary thereof unless such upper user is violating the laws, rules or regulations regulating the pollution or control of rivers and streams of this State. Provided, further, that nothing in this section and Section 49-1-90 contained shall prevent any riparian owner of lands, either above or below the point of diversion, to use the waters of the Pee Dee River for irrigation and for other agricultural purposes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-481; 1955 (49) 100.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 247, Section 4.B, provides:  "Chapter 1, Title 49 of the 1976 Code is not affected by and supersedes Chapter 4, Title 49 of the 1976 Code, as amended by SECTION 1 of this act."
SC Code § 49-1-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 49-1-90. Right of others to diversions from Great Pee Dee River.

 Any person, firm, corporation, municipality or county which may acquire rights of way for canals, pipelines or ditches, shall have to the same extent the same rights of diversion granted in Section 49-1-80 to International Paper Company, to be exercised in the same manner.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-482; 1955 (49) 100.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 247, Section 4.B, provides:  "Chapter 1, Title 49 of the 1976 Code is not affected by and supersedes Chapter 4, Title 49 of the 1976 Code, as amended by SECTION 1 of this act."
SC Code § 49-3-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 3 - Water Resources Planning And Coordination Act|Section 49-3-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the South Carolina Water Resources Planning and Coordination Act.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-21; 1967 (55) 60; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1244.
SC Code § 49-3-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 3 - Water Resources Planning And Coordination Act|Section 49-3-20. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Board" means the governing body of the Department of Natural Resources.  (2) "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-22; 1967 (55) 60; 1969 (56) 72; 1962 Code Section 70-22; 1967 (55) 60; 1969 (56) 72; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1243; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1244.
SC Code § 49-3-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 3 - Water Resources Planning And Coordination Act|Section 49-3-30. Transfer of former Water Resources Commission to Water Resources Division of Department of Natural Resources; transfer of regulatory powers to Department of Health and Environmental Control.

 The former Water Resources Commission without its regulatory functions is hereby transferred to the Water Resources Division of the Department of Natural Resources and is directly accountable to and subject to the board of the Department of Natural Resources. The Water Resources Division shall be directly accountable to and subject to the Department of Natural Resources. The regulatory functions of the former Water Resources Commission are transferred to the Department of Health and Environmental Control.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-23; 1967 (55) 60; 1969 (56) 72; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1244.
SC Code § 49-3-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 3 - Water Resources Planning And Coordination Act|Section 49-3-50. Matters to be considered by department in exercising responsibilities.

 In exercising its responsibilities under this chapter, the department shall take into consideration the need for:  (a) Adequate supplies of surface and groundwaters of suitable quality for all uses, including domestic, municipal, agricultural, and industrial.  (b) Water of suitable quality for all purposes.  (c) Water availability for recreational and commercial needs.  (d) Hydroelectric power.  (e) Flood damage control or prevention measures including zoning to protect people, property, and productive lands from flood losses.  (f) Land stabilization measures.  (g) Drainage measures, including salinity control.  (h) Watershed protection and management measures.  (i) Outdoor recreational and fish and wildlife opportunities.  (j) Studies on saltwater intrusion into groundwater and surface water.  (k) Measures to protect the state's fisheries and other aquatic resources.  (l) Any other means by which development of water and related land resources can contribute to economic growth and development, the long-term preservation of water resources, and the general well-being of all the people of the State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-25; 1967 (55) 60; 1969 (56) 72; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1244; 2008 Act No. 344, Section 1, eff six months after approval (approved June 11, 2008); 2019 Act No. 73 (H.4011), Section 2, eff May 16, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment, in item (c), substituted "for recreational and commercial needs" for "facilities".  2019 Act No. 73, Section 2, in (a), substituted "all uses, including domestic, municipal, agricultural, and industrial" for "domestic, municipal, agricultural, and industrial uses"; in (b), deleted "quality facilities and controls to assure water" following "Water"; in (c), substituted "Water availability" for "Water navigation"; and inserted (j) and (k) and redesignated (j) as (l).
SC Code § 49-4-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 4 - South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting Use, And Reporting Act|Section 49-4-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the "South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting, Use, and Reporting Act".  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 282, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1245; 2000 Act No. 366, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 247, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 247, Section 4.B, provides:  "Chapter 1, Title 49 of the 1976 Code is not affected by and supersedes Chapter 4, Title 49 of the 1976 Code, as amended by SECTION 1 of this act."  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment inserted ", Permitting, Use,".
SC Code § 49-4-25 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 4 - South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting Use, And Reporting Act|Section 49-4-25. Surface water withdrawal permit required.

 Except as provided in Sections 49-4-30, 49-4-35, 49-4-40, and 49-4-45, all surface water withdrawals by a surface water withdrawer are unlawful unless made pursuant to a surface water withdrawal permit issued pursuant to this chapter. The department may not issue a permit to a new applicant unless the department determines that the applicant's proposed use is reasonable pursuant to this chapter.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 247, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 247, Section 4.B, provides:  "Chapter 1, Title 49 of the 1976 Code is not affected by and supersedes Chapter 4, Title 49 of the 1976 Code, as amended by SECTION 1 of this act."
SC Code § 49-4-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 4 - South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting Use, And Reporting Act|Section 49-4-30. Exemptions.

 (A) Surface water withdrawals for the following purposes are exempt from the permitting, registering, and reporting requirements provided for in this chapter:  (1) withdrawals associated with active instream dredging or sand-mining operations or other nonconsumptive instream mining operations undertaken pursuant to the South Carolina Mining Act;  (2) emergency withdrawals;  (3) agricultural uses from farm ponds:  (a) owned or leased by the person making the withdrawal; or  (b) situated on two or more separately owned parcels of private property if each property owner agrees to the withdrawal;  (4) a person withdrawing surface water from any pond completely situated on private property and which is supplied only by diffuse surface water springs completely situated on the private property or groundwater withdrawals;  (5) naturally occurring evaporation from impoundments;  (6) a person withdrawing, using, or discharging surface water for the purpose of wildlife habitat management; and  (7) a special purpose district withdrawing surface water from any pond completely situated on property owned by a special purpose district and which is supplied only by diffuse surface water or springs completely situated on the special purpose district's property.  (B) Hydropower generation, including pumped storage, is exempt from the permitting requirements of this chapter but not the reporting requirements in Section 49-4-50.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 282, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1245; 2000 Act No. 366, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 247, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 247, Section 4.B, provides:  "Chapter 1, Title 49 of the 1976 Code is not affected by and supersedes Chapter 4, Title 49 of the 1976 Code, as amended by SECTION 1 of this act."  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 49-4-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 4 - South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting Use, And Reporting Act|Section 49-4-40. Applications and permits for surface water withdrawals.

 (A) Upon proper application, the department shall issue a permit for surface water withdrawals to nonconsumptive users. The application only must require that information necessary for the department to determine that the proposed withdrawals will result in no or minimal changes in water quantity.  (B) Permits issued pursuant to this section must identify the surface water withdrawer, the point of withdrawal, the maximum withdrawal amounts, and the point of return. A permit for a nonconsumptive use is subject only to the reporting requirements of Section 49-4-50.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 282, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1245; 2000 Act No. 366, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 247, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 247, Section 4.B, provides:  "Chapter 1, Title 49 of the 1976 Code is not affected by and supersedes Chapter 4, Title 49 of the 1976 Code, as amended by SECTION 1 of this act."  Former Section 49-4-40 was titled Registration. See, now Section 49-4-35.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 49-4-45 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 4 - South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting Use, And Reporting Act|Section 49-4-45. New surface water withdrawers; review and approval; reporting requirements.

 (A)(1) A new surface water withdrawer that owns and operates a licensed impoundment that utilizes water withdrawn from its licensed impoundment and the withdrawals are subject to review and approval of applicable state and federal laws and regulations, including its impoundment licensing authority, shall be issued a surface water withdrawal permit upon proper application.  (2) Any other new surface water withdrawer that utilizes water withdrawn from a licensed impoundment shall be issued a surface water withdrawal permit upon proper application in accordance with the criteria contained in this chapter. If this new surface water withdrawer has been issued a license, permit, or certification through a state or federal process that reviewed criteria substantially similar to some or all of the surface water withdrawal criteria contained in this chapter, then the application for the new surface water withdrawal is only required to address the criteria not addressed when the new surface water withdrawer was issued a license, permit, or certification through a state or federal process.  (B) Permits issued pursuant to this section will be required to identify the surface water withdrawer, the point of withdrawal, and the maximum withdrawal amounts and also will require that the applicant comply with the reporting requirements of Section 49-4-50.  (C) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to diminish the department's authority to regulate facilities under any other applicable laws.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 247, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 247, Section 4.B, provides:  "Chapter 1, Title 49 of the 1976 Code is not affected by and supersedes Chapter 4, Title 49 of the 1976 Code, as amended by SECTION 1 of this act."
SC Code § 49-4-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 4 - South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting Use, And Reporting Act|Section 49-4-50. Reports of quantity of water withdrawn; methods for determining quantity.

 (A) Each permitted or registered surface water withdrawer must file a report with the department of the quantity of water withdrawn by that surface water withdrawer annually before February first, on forms furnished by the department.  (B) The quantity of surface water withdrawn must be determined by one of the following:  (1) flow meters accurate to within ten percent of calibration;  (2) the rated capacity of the pump in conjunction with the use of an hour meter, electric meter, or log;  (3) the rated capacity of the cooling systems;  (4) any standard or method employed by the United States Geological Survey in determining these quantities;  (5) any other method found to provide reliable water withdrawal data approved by the department.  (C) Permitted and registered surface water withdrawers who are required to file a surface water withdrawal report pursuant to subsection (A) are not required to submit the report if the monthly quantity withdrawn from each intake is being reported to the department as a result of another environmental program reporting requirement, permit condition, or consent agreement.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 282, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1245; 2000 Act No. 366, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 247, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 247, Section 4.B, provides:  "Chapter 1, Title 49 of the 1976 Code is not affected by and supersedes Chapter 4, Title 49 of the 1976 Code, as amended by SECTION 1 of this act."  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote subsections (A) and (C).
SC Code § 49-4-55 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 4 - South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting Use, And Reporting Act|Section 49-4-55. Registered and exempt surface water withdrawers can apply for surface water withdrawal permits; criteria.

 (A) A registered surface water withdrawer is not prohibited from applying for a surface water withdrawal permit. The permit application must be considered using the criteria established in the section establishing the permit for which the registered surface water withdrawer is applying. A registered surface water withdrawer that obtains a surface water withdrawal permit must abide by all of the terms of this chapter related to permit holders and is entitled to all of the rights conferred by a permit.  (B) An exempt surface water withdrawer is not prohibited from applying for a surface water withdrawal permit or from registering its use. An exempt surface water withdrawer's application for a permit must be considered using the criteria established in the section establishing the permit for which the registered surface water withdrawer is applying. An exempt surface water withdrawer that obtains a permit or registers its use is entitled to all of the rights conferred upon by a permit or a registered surface water withdrawer, as the case may be.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 247, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 247, Section 4.B, provides:  "Chapter 1, Title 49 of the 1976 Code is not affected by and supersedes Chapter 4, Title 49 of the 1976 Code, as amended by SECTION 1 of this act."
SC Code § 49-4-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 4 - South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting Use, And Reporting Act|Section 49-4-60. Use of surface water on nonriparian land.

 The use of surface water on nonriparian land authorized pursuant to this chapter is lawful and is entitled to equal consideration with uses on riparian land in any administrative or judicial proceeding relating to the allocation, withdrawal, or use of water or to the modification of a water right. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize access to waters of the State by a person seeking to make a nonriparian use apart from access otherwise lawfully available to that person.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 247, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 247, Section 4.B, provides:  "Chapter 1, Title 49 of the 1976 Code is not affected by and supersedes Chapter 4, Title 49 of the 1976 Code, as amended by SECTION 1 of this act."  Former Section 49-4-60 was titled Powers of department. See, now Section 49-4-170.
SC Code § 49-4-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 4 - South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting Use, And Reporting Act|Section 49-4-90. Hearings for new surface water withdrawal permit applications for interbasin transfers; notice.

 (A) The department must hold a public hearing concerning new surface water withdrawal permit applications for interbasin transfers. The hearing must be held at an appropriate time and in an appropriate location near the withdrawal point of the interbasin transfer. The hearing may not be held until after at least thirty days' notice is given to the public in the manner provided in this section. The notice must:  (1) include a nontechnical description of the applicant's request;  (2) include a conspicuous statement in bold type describing the effects of the interbasin transfer on the river basin from which the water will be withdrawn and the river basin into which the withdrawn water will be transferred; and  (3) describe the procedure that a person must follow to submit a comment concerning the proposed interbasin transfer.  (B) Upon the receipt of a new surface withdrawal permit application for an interbasin transfer and the appropriate filing fee, the department must, within thirty days, provide notice as required in this section, in the following manner:  (1) by publication in the South Carolina State Register;  (2) by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the affected area of the river basin downstream from the point of withdrawal;  (3) by publication on the department's website; and  (4) through standard United States mail to:  (a) any person holding a permit issued by the department authorizing surface water withdrawals, including interbasin transfers, from the river basin from which the water for the proposed transfer would be withdrawn;  (b) any person holding a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) wastewater discharge permit authorizing wastewater discharge into the river basin where the proposed withdrawal point of the proposed interbasin transfer is located;  (c) any city or county governing body whose jurisdiction is located entirely or partially within the river basin that is the source of the proposed transfer;  (d) the governing body of a public water supply system that withdraws water from the same river basin where the proposed withdrawal point of the proposed transfer is located; and  (e) any agency from another state where an interstate water basin is the source of the proposed transfer.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 247, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 247, Section 4.B, provides:  "Chapter 1, Title 49 of the 1976 Code is not affected by and supersedes Chapter 4, Title 49 of the 1976 Code, as amended by SECTION 1 of this act."