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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3926 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990415 Primary Sponsor:Sharpe All Sponsors:Sharpe Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\psd\7286ac99.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR Subject:Solid waste landfills, new; maximum height requirements; Water and Sewer History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990415 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-320, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS, SO AS TO LIMIT NEW SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS TO A HEIGHT NO GREATER THAN SIXTY FEET ABOVE THE AVERAGE NATURAL TOPOGRAPHIC ELEVATION ON THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE LANDFILL IS SITUATED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 44-96-320 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, is amended by adding at the end:
"(C) Notwithstanding any provision of this section or any other provision of law or regulation, no solid waste landfill may be permitted after June 30, 1999, which has a maximum height greater than sixty feet above the average natural topographic elevation on the property on which the landfill is situated."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 1999.
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