Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
Upon receipt of a complete application and filing fee for a
new surface water withdrawal permit not considered an interbasin transfer under
this regulation or a proposal to significantly increase the amount of water
that may be withdrawn under an existing permit, the Department must, within
thirty (30) days, provide the public with notice of the application.
a. The Department will publish notice of the
proposed withdrawal or increased withdrawal:
i. in accordance with the Department's usual
public notice procedures;
ii. in a
newspaper of statewide circulation and in the local newspaper with the greatest
general circulation in the affected area; and
iii. on the Department's website.
b. The public notice must contain:
i. the location of the proposed withdrawal or
increased withdrawal;
ii. the
amount of the proposed withdrawal;
iii. the use for which the water will be
withdrawn;
iv. a description of the
procedure that a person must follow to submit a comment concerning the proposed
withdrawal or increase; and
v. the
process for requesting a public hearing concerning the
application.
e. The following
fifteen (15) river basins are to be used when determining the affected area for
a particular surface water withdrawal application. 'Affected area' is defined
in section B as that portion of a county or counties within a river basin that,
under the circumstances, are determined by the Department to likely be affected
by a proposed surface water withdrawal.
i.
The Upper Savannah River Basin drains the area from the headwaters of the
Savannah River at the border with North Carolina and Georgia to Stevens Creek
Dam and encompasses McCormick and Oconee Counties and portions of Abbeville,
Aiken, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, Pickens and Saluda Counties.
ii. The Lower Savannah River Basin drains the
area from Stevens Creek Dam to the mouth of the Savannah River at the Atlantic
Ocean and encompasses portions of Aiken, Allendale, Barnwell, Edgefield,
Hampton and Jasper Counties.
iii.
The Saluda River Basin drains the area from the headwaters of the North and
South Saluda Rivers at the border with North Carolina to the confluence of the
Saluda River with the Broad River and encompasses portions of Abbeville, Aiken,
Anderson, Edgefield, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Lexington, Newberry,
Pickens, Richland and Saluda Counties.
iv. The Broad River Basin drains the area
from the headwaters of the Tyger River in Greenville County, the Enoree and
Pacolet Rivers in Spartanburg and Greenville Counties and the Broad River at
the border with North Carolina to the confluence of the Broad River with the
Saluda River and encompasses Cherokee, Spartanburg and Union Counties and
portions of Chester, Fairfield, Greenville, Laurens, Lexington, Newberry,
Richland and York Counties.
v. The
Congaree River Basin drains the area from the confluence of the Broad and
Saluda Rivers to the confluence of the Congaree River with the Wateree River
and encompasses portions of Calhoun, Lexington and Richland Counties.
vi. The Catawba-Wateree River Basin drains
the area from Lake Wylie at the North Carolina border to the confluence of the
Wateree River with the Congaree River and encompasses portions of Chester,
Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Richland, Sumter and York
Counties.
vii. The Lynches River
Basin drains the area from the Lynches River at the North Carolina border to
the confluence of the Lynches River with the Pee Dee River and encompasses
portions of Chesterfield, Darlington, Florence, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Sumter
and Williamsburg Counties.
viii.
The Pee Dee River Basin drains the area from the Pee Dee River at the North
Carolina border to the confluence of the Pee Dee River with the Waccamaw River
at Winyah Bay and encompasses portions of Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon,
Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Marlboro and Williamsburg
Counties.
ix. The Little Pee Dee
River Basin drains the area from the Little Pee Dee River and Lumber River at
the North Carolina border to the confluence of the Little Pee Dee River with
the Pee Dee River and encompasses portions of Dillon, Horry, Marion and
Marlboro Counties.
x. The Black
River Basin drains the area from the headwaters of the Black River in Kershaw
County to the confluence of the Black River with the Pee Dee River and
encompasses portions of Clarendon, Florence, Georgetown, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter
and Williamsburg Counties.
xi. The
Waccamaw River Basin drains the area from the Waccamaw River at the North
Carolina border to the mouth of Winyah Bay at the Atlantic Ocean, the area
drained by Bull Creek, the area drained by the Sampit River as well as the
coastal areas north to Little River Inlet and the North Carolina border and
south to South Island and encompasses portions of Georgetown, Horry and
Williamsburg Counties.
xii. The
Lower Santee River Basin drains the area from the confluence of the Congaree
and Wateree Rivers to the mouth of the Santee River at the Atlantic Ocean and
encompasses portions of Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Clarendon, Georgetown,
Orangeburg, Sumter and Williamsburg Counties.
xiii. The Edisto River Basin drains the area
from the headwaters of the North Fork and South Fork Edisto Rivers in
Edgefield, Lexington and Saluda Counties to the mouth of the South Edisto River
at St. Helena Sound and the North Edisto River at the Atlantic Ocean and
encompasses portions of Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun,
Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Edgefield, Lexington, Orangeburg and Saluda
Counties.
xiv. The Ashley-Cooper
River Basin drains the area from the headwaters of Cypress Swamp and Wadboo
Swamp in Berkeley County and the Diversion Canal between Lakes Moultrie and
Marion to the mouths of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers at Charleston Harbor and
the Atlantic Ocean as well as the coastal areas north to Murphy Island and
south to Seabrook Island and encompasses portions of Berkeley, Charleston and
Dorchester Counties.
xv. The
Combahee-Coosawhatchie River Basin drains the area from the headwaters of the
Salkehatchie River in Barnwell County to the confluence of the Combahee River
with St. Helena Sound and the Atlantic Ocean and the headwaters of the
Coosawhatchie River in Allendale County to the confluence of the Broad River
with Port Royal Sound and the Atlantic Ocean as well as the coastal areas south
to the Georgia border and encompasses Beaufort County and portions of Aiken,
Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper
Counties.
