South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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H. 4890

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Cooper and Moss
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22079ab08.doc

Introduced in the House on March 26, 2008
Currently residing in the House Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

Summary: Landfills

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/26/2008  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-18
   3/26/2008  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs HJ-19
   3/27/2008  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Moss

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/26/2008

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-380, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF CERTAIN LANDFILLS, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN OPERABLE FIRE HYDRANT MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN TWO HUNDRED FEET OF THE ENTRANCE TO A CONSTRUCTION, DEMOLITION, AND LAND-CLEARING DEBRIS LANDFILL FOR WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL GRANTS A PERMIT AFTER JUNE 30, 2008.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 44-96-380 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 44-96-380.    (A)    Not later than eighteen months after this article is effective, The department shall promulgate regulations establishing minimum standards for land application facilities and composting facilities. The regulations shall, at a minimum, establish operational requirements and siting requirements. The department may, by regulation, exempt certain facilities from all or part of the requirements of this section.

(B)(1)    Not later than eighteen months after this article is effective, The department shall promulgate regulations establishing minimum standards for construction, demolition, and land-clearing debris landfills. The department may, by regulation, exempt certain sites or facilities from all or part of the requirements of this section, except as provided in item (2) of this subsection. The department shall exempt a landfill for the disposal of trees, stumps, wood chips, and yard waste when generation and disposal of such the waste occurs on properties under the same ownership or control. The regulation shall, at a minimum, contain the following requirements:

(1a)    site selection;

(2b)    construction;

(3c)    hydrogeologic;

(4d)    operation; and

(5e)    closure and postclosure.

(2)    The department may not issue a permit allowing the operation of a construction, demolition, and land-clearing debris landfill unless an operable fire hydrant is located within two hundred feet of the entrance to the landfill."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect on July 1, 2008.

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