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Section 48-43-320. Allocation of allowable production. - (A) Whenever the department limits the amount of oil that...
Section 48-43-330. Establishment of spacing units for pools. - (A) The department may, upon application or on its own...
Section 48-43-340. Integration of separately owned tracts or separately owned interests. - (A) When two or more separately owned tracts are embraced...
Section 48-43-350. Hearing and orders concerning need for unit operation of one or more pools or parts. - (A) The department upon its own motion may, and upon...
Section 48-43-360. Submission of agreement for unit or cooperative development or operation to department. - An agreement for the unit or cooperative development or operation...
Section 48-43-370. Permit required for drilling oil or gas well. - (A) The department shall require that all persons who desire...
Section 48-43-380. Lessee's duty to lessor as to termination of oil or gas lease. - Whenever by reason of the termination of the full period...
Section 48-43-390. Lease of state lands for drilling for and producing oil and gas; permits to construct deep water port facilities. - (A) The South Carolina State Fiscal Accountability Authority, upon review...
Section 48-43-510. Definitions. - When used in this article unless the context clearly requires...
Section 48-43-520. Findings and declarations of General Assembly. - (1) The General Assembly finds and declares that the highest...
Section 48-43-530. General powers and duties of department. - (1) The powers and duties conferred by this article shall...
Section 48-43-540. Registration certificate required to operate terminal facility; issuance of certificates; fees. - (1) No person shall operate or cause to be operated...
Section 48-43-550. Regulations as to removal of discharges of pollutants. - The Department shall from time to time adopt, amend, repeal,...
Section 48-43-560. Removal and abatement of discharge; use of federal funds; liability and rights of persons rendering assistance. - (1) Any person discharging pollutants in violation of this article...
Section 48-43-570. Cooperation and responsibilities of state agencies. - (a) The Department of Transportation, the Department of Natural Resources,...
Section 48-43-580. Unlawful acts; exceptions; permit for discharge of oil. - It shall be unlawful, except as otherwise provided in this...
Section 48-43-590. Financial responsibility of owners or operators of terminal facilities. - All persons operating or owning terminal facilities, within the territorial...
Section 48-43-600. Filing of claims for damages. - Any person claiming to have suffered damage as a result...
Section 48-43-610. Violations and penalties. - (1) It is unlawful for any person to violate any...
Section 48-43-620. Department's budget for responsibilities under article; accounting for appropriated funds. - The department shall submit to each regular session of the...
Section 48-43-810. Unlawful acts. - It shall be unlawful for any person to: (a) willfully...
Section 48-43-820. Civil penalties; correction of detrimental conditions; liability to third persons. - (A) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter,...
Section 48-43-830. Punishment and penalties for aiding or abetting violations. - Any person knowingly aiding or abetting any other person in...
Section 48-43-840. Sale, purchase or the like of illegal oil, gas, or products prohibited; actions for seizure and sale. - (A) The sale, purchase, acquisition, transportation, refining, processing or handling...
Section 48-43-850. Injunctions. - Whenever it appears that any person is violating or threatening...
Chapter 44 - South Carolina Oil Spill Responders Liability Act
Section 48-44-10. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the South Carolina Oil...
Section 48-44-20. Definitions. - For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Damages" means damages of...
Section 48-44-30. Liability of persons responding to oil spill. - (A) Notwithstanding other provisions of law, a person is not...
Chapter 45 - South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
Section 48-45-10. Creation of consortium. - There is hereby created the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium...
Section 48-45-20. Purpose of consortium. - The principal purpose of the consortium is to provide a...
Section 48-45-40. Membership; terms. - The membership of the consortium consists of The Citadel, the...
Section 48-45-50. Board of directors. - The board of directors for the consortium consists of the...
Section 48-45-60. Officers. - The officers of the board are the chairman and vice-chairman....
Section 48-45-70. Consortium Director; powers and duties. - A. The board has the power to employ an executive...
Section 48-45-80. Advisory committee; members; terms. - There is hereby created an advisory committee to the Consortium...
Section 48-45-100. Effect of consortium on member institutions and commissions. - Membership in the consortium shall be in no way infringe...
Chapter 46 - Atlantic Interstate Low-level Radioactive Waste Compact Implementation Act
Section 48-46-10. Citation of chapter. - This chapter may be cited as the "Atlantic Interstate Low-Level...
Section 48-46-20. Purpose. - The purpose of this act is to establish South Carolina...
Section 48-46-30. Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires...
Section 48-46-40. Fees for disposal of regional and nonregional radioactive waste in regional disposal facilities; disposition of fees; Higher Education Scholarship Grants. - (A)(1) The office shall approve disposal rates for low-level radioactive...
Section 48-46-50. Appointment of commissioners, alternate commissioners, and technical representatives from certain state agencies to Atlantic Compact Commission; restrictions on voting authority of commissioners. - (A) The Governor shall appoint two commissioners to the Atlantic...
Section 48-46-60. Governor and office authorized to take actions to join Atlantic Compact; effective date; conditions; administrative expenses; assessment of compact convention costs and expenses. - (A) The Governor and the office are authorized to take...
Section 48-46-70. Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact incorporated by reference. - The Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact, P.L. 99-240,...
Section 48-46-80. Adjustment of license fees for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Shallow Land Disposal. - Pursuant to Section 48-2-10 et seq., the Department of Health...
Section 48-46-90. Custody and maintenance of Barnwell site following closure. - (A) In accordance with Section 13-7-30, the office, or its...
Chapter 49 - South Carolina Mountain Ridge Protection Act Of 1984
Section 48-49-10. Short title. - This chapter known and may be cited as the South...
Section 48-49-20. Legislative findings. - The General Assembly finds that the construction of tall or...
Section 48-49-30. Definitions. - The following words unless the context clearly indicates otherwise have...
Section 48-49-40. Authorization by county or municipality for construction of tall buildings or furnishing of utility services. - (a) No county or municipality may authorize the construction of,...
Section 48-49-50. Previously existing buildings. - Section 48-49-40 applies to buildings that existed upon the effective...
Section 48-49-60. Violations; penalties; civil remedies. - (a) A person violating the provisions of this chapter is...
Section 48-49-70. Identification of protected mountain ridge crests. - (a) The Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall identify...
Section 48-49-80. Power of counties or municipalities to enact ordinances restricting construction on mountain ridges. - Nothing in this chapter shall prevent any county or municipality...
Chapter 52 - Energy Efficiency
Section 48-52-10. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the "South Carolina Energy...
Section 48-52-210. Policy and purpose. - (A) It is the policy of this State to have...
Section 48-52-220. "Renewable energy resources" defined. - For the purposes of this chapter, "renewable energy resources" means...
Section 48-52-410. State Energy Office established; purpose. - There is established the State Energy Office within the Office...
Section 48-52-420. Duties of State Energy Office. - In carrying out the purposes of the Plan for State...
Section 48-52-425. Limitation on amount school districts must spend on energy conservation. - No public school district may be required to expend more...
Section 48-52-430. Annual state energy action plan. - The State Energy Office annually shall submit to the Governor...
Section 48-52-435. Prior approval required for studies of alternative energy usage or conservation measures. - In order to avoid duplicative studies, funds shall not be...
Section 48-52-440. State Energy Office; distribution of federal funds; plans for use of funds; Energy Advisory Council; report. - (A) All funds allocated or directed to this State by...
Section 48-52-450. Consolidation of energy-related offices and programs. - Where possible, the State Energy Office shall encourage consolidating other...
Section 48-52-460. Effect of government restructuring on placement of State Energy Office. - The establishment of the State Energy Office within the Office...
Section 48-52-470. Funding for State Energy Office. - Funding for the State Energy Office, as created in this...
Section 48-52-610. Energy efficiency standards for state buildings. - The State Energy Office shall develop energy efficient code standards...
Section 48-52-620. State agencies and school districts to submit energy conservation plans and reports; metering of state buildings; annual compilation of reports. - (A)(1) Each state agency and public school district shall submit...
Section 48-52-630. Energy conservation savings; division; reinvestment. - An agency's budget must not be reduced by the full...
Section 48-52-635. State agency to carry forward and retain savings realized from energy conservation measures. - Pursuant to Section 48-52-630, an agency's savings realized in the...
Section 48-52-640. Energy conservation products marketed to State; certification and procurement requirements. - (A) A vendor of energy conservation products making an energy...
Section 48-52-650. Revolving loan fund for energy conservation measures. - The State Energy Office shall establish a mechanism for a...
Section 48-52-660. Lease purchase agreements with energy efficiency products vendors and utility companies; procurements for energy-using goods and facilities. - (A) A state agency or political subdivision of the State...
Section 48-52-670. Guaranteed energy, water, or wastewater savings contracts. - (A) A governmental unit may enter into a guaranteed energy,...
Section 48-52-680. Identification of "energy efficient" goods; energy conservation standards; building specifications. - (A) The State Energy Office shall assist the Materials Management...
Section 48-52-800. Citation of article. - This article may be cited as the "Energy Independence and...
Section 48-52-810. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Board" means the State...
Section 48-52-820. Promoting effective energy and environmental standards for buildings; adoption of policies and procedures. - The purpose of this section is to promote effective energy...
Section 48-52-825. Adoption of current facility energy efficiency rating system. - (A)(1)(a) The board shall automatically adopt by reference the most...
Section 48-52-827. Certain major facility projects may not seek rating credit or point for building product disclosure and optimization credit. - A major facility project, as defined in Section 48-52-810(10), requesting...
Section 48-52-830. Certification standards for major facility projects. - (A)(1) All major facility projects in this State, as defined...
Section 48-52-840. Certification using LEED rating system; inspection and monitoring of environmental benefits. - (A) In order to become certified using a LEED rating...
Section 48-52-850. Certification using Green Globes Rating System; inspection and monitoring of environmental benefits. - (A) In order to become certified using a Green Globes...
Section 48-52-860. Annual report; contents. - The board annually shall submit a report regarding major facility...
Section 48-52-865. Energy Independence and Sustainable Construction Advisory Committee; creation; membership; duties. - (A)(1) There is established the Energy Independence and Sustainable Construction...
Section 48-52-870. Purpose of program; adoption of rules. - (A) The Energy Efficient Manufactured Homes Incentive Program is established...
Section 48-52-910. Implementation of conservation measures by agencies; audit; reports. - (A) Each agency must consider reductions of its energy, water,...
Chapter 53 - Transportation Of Litter
Section 48-53-10. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) "Litter" means all waste...
Section 48-53-20. Litter to be covered to prevent it from escaping from vehicle during transportation. - No vehicle which transports litter may be driven or moved...
Section 48-53-30. Penalties. - A person violating the provisions of this chapter is guilty...
Chapter 54 - Take Palmetto Pride In Where You Live
Section 48-54-10. Take Palmetto Pride in Where You Live Commission established. - (A) There is established the Take Palmetto Pride in Where...
Section 48-54-20. Survey and evaluation of litter issues in state. - The commission shall survey the incidence of litter violations and...
Section 48-54-30. Development of Strategic State Plan for Litter. - (A) To provide effective, statewide litter removal, reduction and prevention,...
Section 48-54-40. Biennial review and evaluation of strategic plan; report. - (A) Biennially, the commission shall review and evaluate its Strategic...
Chapter 55 - South Carolina Environmental Awareness Award
Section 48-55-10. Selection committee; chairman and secretary; expenses. - (A) The South Carolina Environmental Awareness Award must be presented...
Section 48-55-20. Committee to establish procedures for meetings, nominations, and selection of recipient. - The committee shall establish procedures for: (1) conducting and scheduling...
Section 48-55-30. Award criteria; presentation of award. - Presentation of the award and all related announcements must be...
Chapter 56 - Innovation In Environmental Approaches
Section 48-56-10. Purpose of chapter. - It is the purpose of this chapter to: (1) create...
Section 48-56-20. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) "Approval" means a permit,...
Section 48-56-30. Administration of pilot program; cooperative agreements. - The department is authorized to administer a pilot program under...
Section 48-56-40. Eligibility for participation in pilot program. - Participation in the pilot program is limited to facilities that...
Section 48-56-50. Issuance of variances. - The department may grant a participant a variance from a...
Section 48-56-60. Application requirements; interested persons group. - Applications submitted for participation in the program must include a...
Section 48-56-70. Application review; time-frame for entering into initial agreements; renewal. - (A) The department shall review each application submitted under Section...
Section 48-56-80. Amendment or revocation of cooperative agreements. - (A) The department may amend a cooperative agreement with the...
Section 48-56-90. Public comment on issuance or revocation of cooperative agreements; notice. - (A) The department shall provide at least 30 days for...
Section 48-56-100. Force and effect of cooperative agreements. - (A) A cooperative agreement has the same force and effect...
Section 48-56-110. Fees. - A participant shall pay the same fees required under South...
Section 48-56-120. Reporting requirements; notification requirements for changes to amount or content of discharge or emission. - (A) Reports submitted under a cooperative agreement fulfill the reporting...
Section 48-56-130. Reports of performance evaluations revealing violations. - A participant shall submit a report to the department within...
Section 48-56-140. Review of proposed corrective actions and compliance schedule; revocation or amendment of cooperative agreements; factors for approval of compliance schedule. - (A) The department shall review the report, the actions, or...
Section 48-56-150. Enforcement actions. - (A) If the participant diligently pursues compliance and corrects the...
Section 48-56-160. Disclosure of records and reports. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), the department shall...
Chapter 57 - Environmental Audit Privilege And Voluntary Disclosure
Section 48-57-10. Purpose. - (A) The General Assembly finds that the protection of the...
Section 48-57-20. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) "Department" means the South...
Section 48-57-30. Environmental audit report; privilege. - (A) An environmental audit report or any part of an...
Section 48-57-40. Waiver of privilege. - (A) The privilege provided for in Section 48-57-30 does not...
Section 48-57-45. Notification of audit. - In order to assert at any time in the future...
Section 48-57-50. Revocation of privilege in administrative proceedings. - In an administrative proceeding before an administrative law judge, the...
Section 48-57-60. Privilege in criminal proceedings. - The privilege provided for in Section 48-57-30 is not applicable...
Section 48-57-70. Burden of proof. - A party asserting the privilege provided for in Section 48-57-30...
Section 48-57-80. Stipulations; declaratory rulings. - The parties may at any time stipulate to entry of...
Section 48-57-90. Construction. - Nothing in this chapter limits, waives, or abrogates: (1) the...
Section 48-57-100. Voluntary disclosure. - (A) If a person or entity makes a voluntary disclosure...
Section 48-57-110. Effect of state or local governmental rule, regulation, guidance, policy, or permit condition. - No state or local governmental rule, regulation, guidance, policy, or...
Chapter 59 - The South Carolina Conservation Bank Act
Section 48-59-10. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the "South Carolina Conservation...
Section 48-59-20. Purpose. - The General Assembly finds that: (1) South Carolina is experiencing...
Section 48-59-30. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) "Bank" means the South...
Section 48-59-40. South Carolina Conservation Bank; board members and meetings; terms, recusal, and personal liability of members. - (A) There is established the South Carolina Conservation Bank. The...
Section 48-59-50. Bank powers and duties; executive director. - (A) The bank is established and authorized to: (1) award...
Section 48-59-60. South Carolina Conservation Bank Trust Fund. - To receive and hold revenues of the bank, there is...
Section 48-59-70. Trust fund grants or loans for land interests; application; conservation criteria. - (A) An eligible trust fund recipient may apply for a...
Section 48-59-75. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Restriction on transfer of deed recording...
Section 48-59-80. Interests in lands to be held by eligible trust fund recipients; mortgages; insurance; rights of fee simple title owners. - (A) The interests in lands acquired with funds from the...
Section 48-59-90. Eminent domain or condemnation proceedings. - Funds from the trust fund may not be used to...
Section 48-59-100. Public access requirement. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an easement acquired...
Section 48-59-110. Trust fund use restriction. - (A) Trust funds may be used only by eligible trust...
Section 48-59-120. Repeal or amendment requirements applicable to Section 48-59-90. - Neither this section nor Section 48-59-90 may be repealed, amended,...
Section 48-59-130. Recreational and economic use. - The provisions of this chapter must not be construed to...
Section 48-59-140. Conservation easements. - When trust funds are used to purchase a conservation easement...
Chapter 60 - South Carolina Manufacturer Responsibility And Consumer Convenience Information Technology Equipment Collection And Recovery Act
Section 48-60-05. Short title. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. This chapter may be...
Section 48-60-10. Legislative findings. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. The General Assembly finds:...
Section 48-60-20. Definitions. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. As used in this...
Section 48-60-30. Computer, computer monitor, or television manufacturer to provide label on covered devices. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. A computer, computer monitor,...
Section 48-60-40. Computer manufacturer to provide recovery program or financial incentive of equal or greater value for sales or offers of sale of covered computer devices. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) A computer manufacturer...
Section 48-60-50. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Television manufacturer or computer monitor manufacturer...
Section 48-60-51. Electronic waste program. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) For program year...
Section 48-60-55. Requirement to join organization to implement recovery program or to create own program. - Section effective until December 31, 2022. (A) On January 1,...
Section 48-60-56. Collection sites for manufacturer electronic waste program. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) Beginning in program...
Section 48-60-57. County and municipality participation in manufacturer electronic waste program. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) Beginning in program...
Section 48-60-58. Annual submission of a manufacturer electronic waste program plan; requirements. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) By November 1,...
Section 48-60-59. Manufacturer electronic waste program plan submitted by a manufacturer clearinghouse. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) A manufacturer electronic...
Section 48-60-60. Liability of computer, computer monitor, or television manufacturers. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. A computer, computer monitor,...
Section 48-60-61. Requirements for manufacturer clearinghouses; statement of the return share for each plan; calculation of unadjusted total proportional responsibility of each participating manufacturer. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) As used in...
Section 48-60-62. Liability of counties, solid waste authorities, and municipalities. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. Counties, solid waste authorities...
Section 48-60-70. Retailer sale requirements; exception. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) A retailer only...
Section 48-60-80. Liability of retailer. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. A retailer may not...
Section 48-60-90. Consumers placing or discarding covered devices in waste stream that is to be disposed of in a solid waste landfill; duty of owner of solid waste landfill. - (A) After July 1, 2011, a consumer must not knowingly...
Section 48-60-100. Department to provide information to the public. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. The department shall provide...
Section 48-60-110. Audits and inspection by department. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. The department may conduct...
Section 48-60-120. Exemptions from public disclosure. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. Financial and proprietary information...
Section 48-60-130. Annual solid waste report to contain information provided by manufacturers. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. The department shall include...
Section 48-60-140. Recovery of covered devices to comply with law; recoverer minimum compliance. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) Covered devices must...
Section 48-60-141. Registration of collectors under a manufacturer electronic waste program; denial of a registration; sorting of collected covered devices; prohibited activities. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) By November 1,...
Section 48-60-142. Registration of recoverers; denial of registration; requirements of recoverers; regulations; violations; penalties. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) All recoverers that...
Section 48-60-150. Promulgation of regulations. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) To carry out...
Section 48-60-160. Fees and fines for manufacturers; exemptions. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) A manufacturer subject...
Section 48-60-170. Intent of chapter; immunity from liability. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. (A) The intent of...
Section 48-60-180. Stakeholder process to explore opportunities to advance solutions for recycling of electronics. - Section effective until December 31, 2029. The department shall initiate...
Chapter 62 - Disaster Relief And Resilience Act
Section 48-62-10. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Fund" means the Disaster...
Section 48-62-20. Creation of office; purposes; Chief Resilience Officer. - (A) There is created the South Carolina Office of Resilience....
Section 48-62-30. Statewide Resilience Plan; development; implementation; review and revision. - To coordinate and strengthen efforts to reduce losses from future...
Section 48-62-40. Creation of committee; membership. - (A) To aid in the development of the Statewide Resilience...
Section 48-62-50. Creation of fund; use of funds. - There is created in the State Treasury the Disaster Relief...
Section 48-62-60. Disaster relief assistance; requirements. - (A) Following a federally declared disaster, the Disaster Relief and...
Section 48-62-70. Hazard mitigation; infrastructure improvements; eligibility. - (A) To satisfy the purposes of removing residents from hazard...
Section 48-62-310. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Authority" means the South...
Section 48-62-320. Creation of fund; authority. - There is created the South Carolina Resilience Revolving Fund. The...
Section 48-62-330. Authority; authorizations and functions. - (A) With regard to the fund, the authority is authorized...
Section 48-62-340. Issuance of loans; criteria and conditions; qualification. - (A) In the issuing of loans, the authority must: (1)...
Section 48-62-350. Administration of fund; deposits; use of funds. - (A) The fund must be held and administered by the...
Section 48-62-360. Sources of funding. - In addition to appropriations made by the General Assembly, the...
Section 48-62-370. Actions of office. - The office may: (1) promulgate regulations to effectuate the provisions...
Section 48-62-380. Construction of article. - The provisions of this article must be liberally construed to...