South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-43 - STANDARDS FOR THE PERMITTING OF AGRICULTURAL ANIMAL FACILITIES › Part 100 - SWINE FACILITIES › Section 61-43.100.80 - Swine Facility, Lagoon, Treatment System, and Manure Storage Pond Siting Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
A. Siting
				Requirements applicable to all small swine facilities and the lagoons,
				treatment systems, and/or manure storage ponds associated with them.
1. The minimum separation distance between a
				swine facility (not including a lagoon, treatment system, manure storage pond,
				or manure utilization area) and a potable water well (excluding the applicant's
				well) is 200 feet. The minimum separation distance between a swine facility
				(not including a lagoon, treatment system, manure storage pond, or manure
				utilization area) and a potable water well owned by the applicant is 50 feet
				(as required by R.61-71).
2. The
				minimum separation distance between a lagoon, treatment system, or a manure
				storage pond and a public or private human drinking water well (excluding the
				applicant's well) is 500 feet. The minimum separation distance between a
				lagoon, treatment system, or manure storage pond and a potable water well owned
				by the applicant is 100 feet.
3.
				Except for site drainage, the minimum separation distance required between a
				ditch or swale, which drains directly into Waters of the State (including
				ephemeral and intermittent streams) and a swine facility, swine lagoon,
				treatment system, or manure storage pond is 100 feet.
4. The minimum separation distance required
				between a swine facility, lagoon, treatment system, or manure storage pond and
				ephemeral or intermittent streams is 100 feet.
5. The minimum separation distance required
				between a small swine facility (not including the lagoon, treatment system, or
				manure storage pond) and Waters of the State (excluding ephemeral and
				intermittent streams) is 100 feet.
6. The minimum separation distance required
				between a small swine lagoon, treatment system, or manure storage pond and
				Waters of the State (excluding ephemeral and intermittent streams) is 500
				feet.
7. If the Waters of the State
				(not including ephemeral and intermittent streams) are designated Outstanding
				Resource Waters, Critical Habitat Waters of federally endangered species, or
				Shellfish Harvesting Waters, the minimum separation distance required between a
				small swine lagoon, treatment system, or a manure storage pond and Waters of
				the State (not including ephemeral and intermittent streams) is 1,320 feet (1/4
				mile).
8. For small swine
				facilities the separation distance required between a swine growing area (pens
				or barns not including range areas) and the lot line of real property owned by
				another person is 400 feet and 1,000 feet from the nearest residence.
9. For small swine facilities the separation
				distance required between a lagoon, treatment system, or manure storage pond
				and the lot line of real property owned by another person is 600 feet and 1,000
				feet from the nearest residence.
10. The distances in items 8 and 9 above can
				be reduced by written consent of the adjoining property owner, unless a swine
				facility is located on the adjacent property or within 1,000 feet of the
				property line. Written consent is not needed when the Department reduces the
				distances under the requirements of Part 300.