The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control has issued an agricultural permit to Ashley Oxendine, 5261 Elrod Road, Rowland, NC, to operate a new manure brokering business and land apply manure and/or compost to agricultural lands as fertilizer. Manure will be obtained from agricultural animal producers and then provided to crop farmers to be land applied at agronomic rates as fertilizer. All farmers receiving waste must sign a contract, approved by the Department, and will be responsible for complying with all regulations for land application of agricultural waste.
The decision becomes final on April 29th unless a written request for final review accompanied by a filing fee of $100.00 is filed with the Department by the applicant, permitee, 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 tile 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.
If a timely request for final review is filed with the Clerk or the Board, the Clerk will provide additional information regarding procedures.
The Board of Health and Environmental Control has 60 days from the date of receipt of a request for final review to conduct a final review conference. The conference may be conducted by the Board, its designee, or a committee of three members of the Board appointed by the chair.
If a final review conference is not conducted within 60 days, the Department decision becomes the final agency decision, and a party may request a contested case hearing before the Administrative Low Court within 30 days after the deadline for the final review conference.