Active Issues
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We consistently strive to inform and educate property owners and political officials on the importance of pending legislation that could affect the value of private property in the State of South Carolina.
Please visit this page regularly to view topics of concern that affect our rights as landowners!
Below, you will find entries highlighting the latest issues or concerns affecting SC Landowners at this time. These entries are currently being addressed by our members. Active issues include submissions from association members, SC Landowner representatives, chair holders, public citizens, leading legal authorities and voices from across our state. The SC Landowners Association will make every possible effort to ensure you are educated about your rights and that you remain protected!
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1. Accountability issues within the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Division of the South Carolina Department of Heath and Environmental Control (SCDHEC/OCEM) - Read More...
Address to Honorable William E. Sandifer, III, Chairman - DDC - April 1, 2009
Failure to approve land development based on SCDHEC’s decision to flag 2.79 wetland acres post completion of necessary tasks to ensure site was prepared for development causes developer and partners to lose $18million dollar land sales contract for major retail center.
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2. Public testimony on ways to improve the business climate in our state by eliminating unnecessary, burdensome and redundant state and local government regulations and policies - Read More...
Address to Honorable William E. Sandifer, III, Chairman - SC Landowners Director - March 31, 2009
Attempts to implement development plans for private property have been thwarted by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and it’s Office of Coastal Resource Management (OCRM). The result has been an inability to come to market with a needed development within the eleven and a half years the property has been owned.
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3. Public testimony on ways to improve the business climate in our state by eliminating unnecessary, burdensome and redundant state and local government regulations and policies - Read More...
Address to Honorable William E. Sandifer, III, Chairman - McNair Attorneys – March 27, 2009
During economic crisis the beneficial impacts of growth and development in a community are very real. Clients who have the vision to see potential in vast acreage of undeveloped land and who have the financial competence to structure a scheme to fund the development of the land are now sorely missed.
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4. Corps and EPA failed to exercise jurisdiction over alleged wetlands on the property of the Developer and the alleged wetlands are protected under the Federal Clean Water Act - Read More...
South Carolina Landowners Need to be Realistic –SC Landowners Managing Director Informational
On March 23, 2009 a lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court, District of South Carolina, Charleston Division by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of five environmental groups. The parties against whom the suit was filed included the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a local development entity (Developer).
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Additional reading materials that may be of interest to our members: |
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Government Pirates by Don Corace |
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Lucas vs. the Green Machine by David Lucas
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The Really Inconvenient Truths by Iain Murray |
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