SAVANNAH RIVERKEEPER v. S.C. DEPT. OF HEALTH

No. 27182.

400 S.C. 196 (2012)

733 S.E.2d 903

SAVANNAH RIVERKEEPER, South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, South Carolina Wildlife Federation, Conservation Voters of South Carolina, and the Savannah River Maritime Commission, Petitioners, v. The SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 2, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Mitchell Brown and Allen Mattison Bogan , of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for Petitioner Savannah River Maritime Commission, Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Deputy Attorney General Robert D. Cook , and Assistant Attorney General Parkin Hunter , all of Columbia, for Petitioner Savannah River Maritime Commission, Frank S. Holleman, III, James Blanding Holman, IV, Christopher Kaltman DeScherer, and Sally Corbette Newman, all of Southern Environmental Law Center, of Charleston, for Petitioner Savannah Riverkeeper, et al.

Jacquelyn Sue Dickman and John Harleston , both of Columbia, for Respondent SCDHEC.


Justice PLEICONES.

Petitioners Savannah Riverkeeper, South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, South Carolina Wildlife Federation, and Conservation Voters of South Carolina (collectively, Conservation Groups) petitioned this Court to hear this matter in our original jurisdiction to determine whether the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) acted illegally and usurped the authority of the Savannah River Maritime Commission (the Commission...

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