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Subcommittee asks DNR to withdraw, resubmit donated-deer processing rule amid authority concerns
Summary
The subcommittee requested the Department of Natural Resources withdraw and resubmit a regulation on processing donated deer after DNR legal counsel said existing law does not authorize giving processors authority to treat unclaimed deer as abandoned.
The Regulations and Administrative Procedures subcommittee asked the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources to withdraw and resubmit a proposed regulation governing processing of donated deer after agency counsel told DNR staff the current law does not provide authority to permit processors to liquidate unclaimed meat.
Charles Ruth, a wildlife biologist who supervises the DNR big-game program, told the subcommittee the underlying statute prohibits sale of deer meat but a 2024 law allows…
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