SIERRA CLUB v. DHEC

No. 5253.

414 S.C. 581 (2014)

779 S.E.2d 805

SIERRA CLUB, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL and Chem-Nuclear Systems, LLC, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided July 30, 2014.

Rehearing Granted August 12, 2015.

Withdrawn, Substituted and Refiled August 12, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Elizabeth Armstrong and Michael Gary Corley , S.C. Environmental Law Project, both of Pawleys Island, and Robert Guild , of Columbia, for appellant.

Mary Duncan Shahid and Stephen Peterson Groves, Sr. , both of Charleston, and Sara S. Rogers , of Columbia, all of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, for Respondent Chem-Nuclear Systems; Claire Harley Prince and Jacquelyn Sue Dickman , both of Columbia, for respondent South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control.


This is an appeal from the administrative law court (ALC), which upheld the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control's (DHEC) decision to renew the license under which Chem-Nuclear Systems, LLC operates a disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste. We affirm the ALC as to all issues, except four subsections...

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