The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Bureau of Water has issued an agricultural permit to expand an existing poultry farm and dispose of the manure.
The permit becomes effective on August 10, 2016.
The permit was issue to J&M Farm, 2010 Rabbit Island Road, Nichols.
The farm is located take Hwy. 41 South for about 2.5 miles to Rabbit Island Rd. Turn left and go about 2.4 miles. The farm is on the left in Dillon County.
The proposed farm will have a normal production live weight at any one time of 551,400 pounds. Waste from the farm will be handled by contract disposal with a permitted manure broker.
This decision of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (Department) becomes the final agency decision 15 days after notice of the Department decision has been mailed to the applicant or respondent, unless a written request for final review accompanied by a filing fee of $100.00 is filed with the Department by the applicant, permittee, licensee, or affected person. An applicant, permittee, licensee, or affected person who wishes to appeal this decision must file a timely written request for final review with the Clerk of the Board at the following address or by facsimile at 803-898-3393.
A filing fee in the amount of $100.00 made payable to SC DHEC must also be received by the Clerk within the time allowed for filing a request for final review.
However, if a request for final review is filed by facsimile, the filing fee may be mailed to the Clerk of the Board if the envelope is postmarked within the time allowed for filing a request for final review.
Clerk of the Board
SC DHEC
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Parties filing a request for final review are asked to include a statement of the grounds on which they challenge the Department’s decision and the specific changes they are seeking in the decision.
