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Issue Position: PRESERVING AND PROTECTING NATURAL RESOURCES

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By: Weston Newton

Date: Jan. 1, 2012

Issues: Natural Resources

*Protecting natural assets that distinguish South Carolina is of paramount concern and this issue is supreme. Coastal areas are unique and DHEC one-size-fit-all regulations do not adequately protect the Lowcountry.
*Support flexibility in local option sales tax statutes to include purchase of rural and critical lands.

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