Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 88, STATE PORTS AUTHORITY, page 430, proviso 88.6, lines 34 - 35 and page 431, lines 1-33, by striking the proviso in its entirety, and inserting
/ 88.6. (SPA: Jasper Ocean Terminal Permitting) The funds appropriated to the State Ports Authority (SPA) for the Jasper Ocean Terminal shall be utilized by the SPA to pay for activities approved and directed by the joint venture governing board and associated with advancing the Project during FY 2018-2019. In connection with activities that are approved and directed by the joint venture, SPA shall comply with the directive of Section 54-3-115 of the South Carolina Code in regard to taking "all action necessary to expeditiously develop a port in Jasper County." Activities undertaken during FY 2018-2019 may include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. working on a corporate governance model for the joint venture as an operating port;
2. working on terminal simulation for design and operation;
3. working on plans, studies, and modeling in conjunction with the respective South Carolina and Georgia Departments of Transportation and the metropolitan planning organization to identify and assess supporting road and rail infrastructure for the terminal footprint including, but not limited to, supporting infrastructure that may have independent utility;
4. working on sedimentation modeling for impacts on construction and dredging;
5. taking actions in furtherance of obtaining: a.) a Department of the Army permit pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act; b.) a permit pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, to prepare a Channel Modification Feasibility Study; and c.) studies necessary in connection with developing an Environmental Impact Statement for the Project; and
6. discharging its obligations pursuant to its Joint Venture Agreement with the Georgia Ports Authority.
The funds appropriated to SPA for the Jasper Ocean Terminal Permitting may not be used for reimbursement of SPA expenditures made in a prior fiscal year and must be used only for one or more of the purposes set forth above.
SPA shall provide a detailed report in writing to the members of the South Carolina General Assembly on or before the first day of the 2019 legislative session and another such report on or before June 30, 2019, describing the progress made as of the dates of those reports in regard to the Jasper Ocean Terminal, such to include a description of the ongoing and planned work. /
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