SANDLANDS C & D, LLC v. County of Horry

CERTIFIED QUESTION

Chief Justice TOAL.

Pursuant to Rule 244(a), SCACR, 1 we accepted the certified question from the Honorable Terry L. Wooten, United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, of whether the South Carolina Solid Waste Policy and Management Act, S.C.Code Ann. § 44-96-10 et seq. (2002) (SWPMA), preempts Horry County Ordinance 02-09 (2009), entitled “An Ordinance Regulating the County-Wide Collection and Disposal of Solid Waste Generated within Horry County and for the Prohibition of the Disposal of Solid Waste Materials in any Manner Except as Set Forth Herein;…