In South Carolina, the SCDOT Blanket Encroachment Permit is now in effect for temporary logging road entrances. The department requires an encroachment permit any time travel or work is done on or across a state owned right-of-way. The permit lets SCDOT know where the access is and what type of activity is being conducted and is required to be kept on the job site.
The SC Timber Producers Assn., Forestry Assn. of SC and the SC Forestry Commission worked with SCDOT to develop the temporary logging road access encroachment permit. The permit is annual, and there is no fee charged. The permit came to be required after some loggers constructing access roads in unsafe locations, improper drainage or otherwise damaged the state right-of-way.