South Carolina Code 48-20-280. Application of chapter
(1) South Carolina State Ports Authority, nor of a person acting under contract with the authority; undertaken solely in connection with the construction, repair, and maintenance of the authority’s shipping container terminals;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 48-20-280
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Council: means the Mining Council created by §§ 48-21-10 and 48-21-20. See South Carolina Code 48-20-40
- Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 48-20-40
- Mining: means :
(a) the breaking of the surface soil to facilitate or accomplish the extraction or removal of ores or mineral solids for sale or processing or consumption in the regular operation of a business;
(b) removal of overburden lying above natural deposits of ore or mineral solids and removal of the mineral deposits exposed, or by removal of ores or mineral solids from deposits lying exposed in their natural state. See South Carolina Code 48-20-40 - Reclamation: means the reasonable rehabilitation of the affected land for useful purposes and the protection of the natural resources of the surrounding area. See South Carolina Code 48-20-40
(2) Department of Transportation, nor of a person acting under contract with the department, on highway rights-of-way or borrow pits maintained solely in connection with the construction, repair, and maintenance of the public road systems of the State. This exemption does not become effective until the department has adopted reclamation standards applying to those activities and the standards have been approved by the council. At the discretion of the department, the provisions of this chapter may apply to mining on federal lands; or
Text of (3) effective upon adoption of the Department of Commerce’s reclamation standards applying to those activities used by the Department of Transportation. See Editor’s Note.
(3) Department of Commerce, Division of Public Railways, nor of a person acting under contract with the Department of Commerce, on rail rights-of-way or borrow pits maintained solely in connection with the construction, repair, and maintenance of the public rail infrastructure of the State.