S.C. Code Regs. 72-303. Commission Responsibilities

A. The Commission is responsible for the implementation and supervision of the stormwater management and sediment control program which is established by Chapter 14, Title 48, S.C. Code. B. The schedule for implementing the Stormwater Management and Sediment Control Act (48-14-10, et. seq.) has been established by the Commission as follows: (1) These regulations are effective and applicable to all land disturbing activities of five acres and greater on October 1, 1992 regardless of program status at the local level. Local governments with existing local programs as of this date shall require that persons responsible for land disturbing activities on sites with disturbed areas of five acres or greater comply with these regulations. Local governments may request assistance from the Commission to implement these regulations on these sites. If a local government does not have a local program on October 1, 1992, the Commission and others shall function as the implementing agencies. (2) FY 1992-1993 Greenville Charleston Richland Spartanburg Lexington Anderson Horry York Berkeley Aiken Florence Sumter Pickens Beaufort Orangeburg (3) FY 1993-1994 Dorchester Darlington Greenwood Laurens Oconee Lancaster Georgetown Cherokee Kershaw Chesterfield Williamsburg Colleton Marion Newberry Chester Union (4) FY 1994-1995 Marlboro Dillon Clarendon Abbeville Fairfield Barnwell Lee Edgefield Hampton Bamberg Saluda Jasper Calhoun Allendale McCormick C. This schedule may be modified by the Commission due to requests from local governments to develop and implement a program prior to the scheduled implementation date. The Commission may also modify this schedule due to personnel or financial resource limitations. D. Local governments which adopted stormwater management and/or sediment control programs prior to the effective date of these regulations may continue to administer the existing program until the scheduled implementation date for the local government.