S.C. COASTAL v. DEPT. OF HEALTH

No. 25663.

354 S.C. 585 (2003)

582 S.E.2d 410

SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE and Sierra Club, Respondents, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVRONMENTAL CONTROL, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, Port Royal Plantation, and the Town of Hilton Head Island, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis L. Coltrane, of Coltrane, Alford & Wilkins, of Hilton Head Island, and Leslie West Stidham, Chief Counsel of S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control—Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, of Charleston, for Petitioners.

James S. Chandler, Jr., of Pawleys Island, for Respondents.


Justice PLEICONES:

We granted certiorari to consider a decision of the Court of Appeals holding that the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) was prohibited by the Beachfront Management Act1 (BMA) from issuing permits allowing existing groins2 to be repaired or new groins to be constructed. South Carolina Coastal Conserv. League...

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