The unit shall maintain all unpublished information in its files which must be open to the public, except in cases where the investigator still has work in progress on a project leading to a publication or where an industrial firm, interested in possibly locating in the State, asks temporary confidential status for oral and written geologic related information supplied by them or obtained on their properties. In the latter instance the information may be held in confidence by the unit for not more than one year from the date the information was obtained.
HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1228; 1994 Act No. 497, Section 59D.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation
Chapter 22 - The South Carolina Geological Survey Unit Of The Department Of Natural Resources
Section 48-22-30. Powers and duties of State Geologist.
Section 48-22-40. Duties of unit.
Section 48-22-50. Maintenance of files by unit; confidentiality of certain information.