No private cause of action created.

S.C. Code Ann. § 48-1-250
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No private cause of action is created by or exists pursuant to this chapter. A determination by the department that pollution exists or a violation of a prohibition contained in this chapter has occurred, whether or not actionable by the State, creates no presumption of law or fact inuring to or for the benefit of a person other than the State. Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
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