H*3326 (Rat #0299, Act #0196 of 1989) General Bill, By Sheheen, H.M. Hallman, J.T. McElveen and M. McLeod
    A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Sections 44-56-35, 44-56-165, and 44-56-205 so as to authorize the Department of Health and Environmental Control to promulgate regulations establishing standards for the location of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities to ensure long-term protection of human health and the environment, and require that all hazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities in this State shall give preference to hazardous waste generators within the State for treatment and disposal of hazardous materials at licensed facilities in the State, to designate that a portion of the fee imposed under Section 44-56-170(C) be used to fund hazardous waste reduction and minimization actions of the Department and to enforce bans provided for in Section 44-56-136(4), (5), and (6); to amend Chapter 56 of Title 44 by adding Article 2 so as to provide that the entity providing financial assistance for a hazardous waste treatment or disposal facility or site must, upon written request of the Department, furnish the Department information concerning its financial integrity, to provide that the Department may require certain information, to authorize the Department to review the nature, extent, and sufficiency of the information supplied, to authorize the Department to verify the information which is furnished; to amend Chapter 56 of Title 44 by adding Article 9 so as to create the Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund, to provide the purposes of the fund, to specify the purposes for which monies from the fund may be expended, require certain fees to be remitted for credit to the fund; authorize the South Carolina Universities Research and Education Foundation to expend monies from the fund, require accounting of monies spent by the Foundation, to create a Hazardous Waste Management Select Oversight Committee, to provide for its purposes, responsibilities, and membership; to amend Section 44-56-60 relating to the requirements for the issuance of a permit for the operation, construction, or alteration of a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility, so as to require evidence of financial assurance as the Department determines prior to the issuance of a permit; to amend Section 44-56-130, relating to unlawful acts regarding hazardous waste, so as to prohibit the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste in this State generated in another state which prohibits the treatment, storage, or disposal of that substance within its own borders; to amend Section 44-56-160, as amended, relating to the Hazardous Waste Contingency Fund, so as to make corrections in references to fees levied pursuant to other Code Sections; and to amend Section 44-56-170, relating to Hazardous Waste Contingency Fund reports, fees, and administration of the Hazardous Waste Contingency Fund, so as to increase the fee imposed on hazardous wastes generated in and out of this State.-amended title
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01/25/89	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-10
01/25/89	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources HJ-10
02/02/89	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture and Natural Resources HJ-1
02/14/89	House	Debate adjourned until Thursday, February 16, 1989 HJ-31
02/16/89	House	Amended HJ-29
02/16/89	House	Read second time HJ-37
02/16/89	House	Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day HJ-37
02/17/89	House	Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-1
02/21/89	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-8
02/21/89	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources SJ-8
04/05/89	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture and Natural Resources SJ-11
04/27/89	Senate	Special order SJ-153
05/23/89	Senate	Debate adjourned SJ-72
05/26/89	Senate	Amended SJ-30
05/26/89	Senate	Read second time SJ-58
05/26/89	Senate	Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day SJ-58
05/29/89	Senate	Read third time and returned to House with amendments SJ-76
05/31/89	House	Senate amendment amended HJ-75
05/31/89	House	Returned to Senate with amendments HJ-91
06/01/89	Senate	Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-7
06/14/89		Ratified R 299
06/20/89		Signed By Governor
06/28/89		Effective date 06/20/89
06/28/89		Act No. 196
06/28/89		Copies available