Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 44 > Chapter 36 > Article 3 - Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Resource Coordination Center

• Coastal zone: means all coastal waters and submerged lands seaward to the state's jurisdictional limits and all lands and waters in the counties of the State which contain any one or more of the critical areas. See South Carolina Code 48-39-10
• Critical area: means any of the following:
  
  (1) coastal waters;
  
  (2) tidelands;
  
  (3) beaches;
  
  (4) beach/dune system which is the area from the mean high-water mark to the setback line as determined in § 48-39-280. See South Carolina Code 48-39-10
• Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 48-39-10
• Division: means the Coastal Division of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 48-39-10
• Tidelands: means all areas which are at or below mean high tide and coastal wetlands, mudflats, and similar areas that are contiguous or adjacent to coastal waters and are an integral part of the estuarine systems involved. See South Carolina Code 48-39-10