South Carolina Code 48-39-300. Local governments given authority to exempt certain erosion control structures from restrictions
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 48-39-300
- Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 48-39-10
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
A local governing body, if it notifies the department before July 1, 1990, may exempt from the provisions of § 48-39-290, relating to reconstruction and removal of erosion control devices, the shorelines fronting the Atlantic Ocean under its jurisdiction where coastal erosion has been shown to be attributed to a federally authorized navigation project as documented by the findings of a Section 111 Study conducted under the authority of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1968, as amended by the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and approved by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Erosion control devices exempt under this section must not be constructed seaward of their existing location, increased in dimension, or rebuilt out of materials different from that of the original structure.