South Carolina Code 50-5-915. Review of applications; permit requirements or conditions; revocation duties delegated to deputy director for Marine Resources
(1) review applications for permits and consider each applicant’s qualifications, and may conduct personal interviews;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 50-5-915
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Department: means the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources unless otherwise stated. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
- Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
- Mariculture: means controlled cultivation in confinement of marine and estuarine organisms in salt waters. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
- Shellfish: means oysters, clams, mussels, scallops, and all nonmotile molluscan fish having shells. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
- Shellfish mariculture: means the controlled cultivation of shellfish in confinement from seed size until harvest. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
- Use: means operate, navigate, or employ. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
(2) consider contested permit applications, permit revisions, variances, or revocations; and
(3) consider the allocation of shellfish bottoms and waters for public or private use.
(B) Permits may be conditioned by the department to include requirements related to:
(1) shellfish production and reporting;
(2) mariculture structures and operations;
(3) guarantee of public rights of access and nonconflicting uses of permitted areas;
(4) planting variances;
(5) bonding and escrow;
(6) the department being held harmless from any claims or damages resulting from the permitted operations;
(7) correction of any environmental degradation which may result from the permitted activity; and
(8) revocation for failure to comply with permit performance conditions.
(C) Revocation of Shellfish Culture Permits and Shellfish Mariculture Permits may be delegated by the department director to the deputy director for Marine Resources.