Brownlee v. South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control

We granted the petition of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) for certiorari to review the decision in Brownlee v. South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, 372 S.C. 119, 641 S.E.2d 45 (Ct.App.2007). In Brownlee, the South Carolina Court of Appeals reversed a circuit court order affirming the denial of dock permits to Samuel Brownlee and Richard Jolly (Landowners) by DHEC’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM). We reverse, finding DHEC properly denied the permit requests.

I. FACTS

Landowners have property on Johns…