S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-119.E.2

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 11, November 22, 2024

Section 61-119.E.2 - Application Requirements

Applications for new permits and modification of existing permits must be made on forms to be provided by the Department. The application must contain the following information:

a. the name, address, phone number(s), principal place of business of the person applying for the permit or permit modification and, if applicable, the name and address of the agent for the applicant;

b. the location of the proposed intake(s) or the existing intake(s) to be expanded, including:

i. name of source waterbody;

ii. latitude and longitude of intake;

iii. a map showing the withdrawal point(s) on a 1:24,000 scale USGS quadrangle or equivalent;

iv. the county in which the intake is located;

v. type of source waterbody, such as stream, lake, or estuary;

c. the place and nature of the proposed use of the surface water withdrawn;

d. a declaration as to whether any portion of the water to be withdrawn pursuant to the requested permit will cross a basin boundary as defined in item F.2.d of this regulation. If water is to be transferred across basin lines, the application must include:

i. the basin, as defined in item F.2.d, to receive the transferred flow, the specific location of the transfer, the entity to which the water is being transferred and the means by which it is being transferred;

ii. the maximum quantity of water, in million gallons per month, the applicant is requesting authority to transfer during the life of the permit;

e. for a proposed new surface water withdrawal, the quantity of surface water requested for withdrawal at each relevant withdrawal point in million gallons per month, with a justification of the quantity requested;

f. for a proposed expansion of an existing surface water withdrawal, the existing permitted capacity at the specified withdrawal point and the proposed additional amount to be withdrawn in million gallons per month, along with a justification of the quantity requested;

g. the estimated ratio between water withdrawn and consumptive use of water withdrawn;

h. for a proposed new or expanding surface water withdrawal whose contingency plan will require use of a supplemental water source, the capacity of the pump(s) that will be used to refill any required supplemental water source or other drought contingency water supply vessels;

i. the method that will be used to measure the quantity of water that is withdrawn;

j. anticipated future water needs over and above the quantity being requested in the current permit application;

k. the location(s) where water withdrawn pursuant to the requested permit will be returned to any surface water, including latitude and longitude and notation on a 1:24,000 USGS topographic map or equivalent, and the anticipated percent of withdrawn water to be returned at each location;

l. a description of how applicable industry standards on the efficient use of water, if any, have been considered in determining the quantity of water being requested;

m. where applicable, a draft of the proposed withdrawer's contingency plan addressing operations during time when the actual flow of the surface water is less than or equal to the minimum instream flow plus any flow necessary to protect downstream permitted and registered withdrawals; and

n. where applicable, any information necessary for the Department to assess a request for a permit length greater than the twenty (20) year period specified in item H.2.a. (not to exceed a total of forty (40) years) or to assess the need for an additional period (not to exceed a total of fifty (50) years) for a municipality or other governmental body to retire a bond it issued to finance the construction of waterworks as specified in item H.2.b.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-119.E.2