Legal Action against DES regarding Safe Yield regulations

On July 15, 2024, Friends of the Edisto, the South Carolina Wildlife Federation, and American Rivers filed a legal complaint against the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (DES) to the South Carolina Circuit Court of Common Pleas, asking the Court to issue: 1) a declaratory ruling that DES’ “safe yield” regulations are inconsistent with and violate the South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal Act and are outside the agency’s authority and illegal, and 2) an injunction barring DES from applying, implementing, or relying on these unlawful “safe yield” regulations and compelling the agency to faithfully obey, follow, implement, and carry out the provisions of the Withdrawal Act.

View a PDF copy of the legal filing here - 2024-07-15 Complaint re DES Safe Yield regulations