S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-43.200.140

Current through Register Vol. 48, 12, December 27, 2024

Section 61-43.200.140 - Other Requirements

A. There shall be no discharge of pollutants from the operation into surface Waters of the State (including ephemeral and intermittent streams). There shall be no discharge of pollutants into groundwater, which could cause groundwater quality not to comply with the groundwater standards established in R.61-68.

B. On a case-by-case basis, the Department may impose additional or more stringent requirements for the management, handling, treatment, storage, or utilization of animal manure and other animal by-products.

C. The following cases shall be evaluated for additional or more stringent requirements:

1. Source water protection. Facilities and manure utilization areas located within a state-approved source water protection area.

2. 303(d) Impaired Water Bodies List. Facilities and manure utilization areas located upstream of an impaired waterbody.

3. Proximity to Outstanding Resource Waters, trout waters, shellfish waters, or potential to adversely affect a federally listed endangered or threatened species, its habitat, or a proposed or designated critical habitat.

4. Aquifer Vulnerability Area, an area where groundwater recharge may affect an aquifer.

D. If an adverse impact to the Waters of the State, including ephemeral and intermittent streams or groundwater, from animal manure and other animal by-products handling, storage, treatment, or utilization practices are documented, through monitoring levels exceeding the standards set forth in R.61-68, or a significant adverse trend occurs, the Department may require the producer responsible for the animal manure and other animal by-products to conduct an investigation to determine the extent of impact. The Department may require the producer to remediate the water to within acceptable levels as set forth in R.61-68.

E. No manure may be released from the premises of an animal facility to Waters of the State, including ephemeral and intermittent streams.

F. Animal medical waste cannot be disposed into animal lagoons, treatment systems, or manure storage ponds, or land applied with animal manure and other animal by-products.

G. In the event of a discharge from an animal facility or an animal lagoon, treatment system, or manure storage pond, the permittee is required to notify the Department immediately, within twenty-four (24) hours of the discharge.

H. When the Department determines that a nuisance exists at an animal facility, the permittee shall take action to correct the nuisance to the degree and within the time frame designated by the Department.

I. Permittees shall maintain all-weather access roads to their facilities at all times.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-43.200.140

Replaced and amended by State Register Volume 45, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/28/2021.