H 3486 General Bill, By Gullick, F.N. Smith, Mulvaney, Witherspoon, Crawford, Delleney, Kirsh, Lowe, D.C. Moss, J.M. Neal, Spires, Bowen, Simrill, Funderburk, Ceips and R.L. Brown
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Summary: River basins
    A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 49-21-55 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO REVIEW STREAM FLOW DATA REPORTED BY THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AT A RIVER BASIN WHERE WATER FLOWS INTO THE STATE FROM A NEIGHBORING STATE AND WATER QUALITY DATA GENERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, A NEIGHBORING STATE, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, AND TO PROVIDE A QUARTERLY REPORT OF THESE RECORDS TO VARIOUS GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, TO REPORT A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN THE WATER QUALITY OR FLOW OF A RIVER BASIN TO VARIOUS GOVERNMENT ENTITIES PROMPTLY; AND TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PURSUE ACTION NEEDED TO CAUSE A NEIGHBORING STATE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OR FLOW OF WATER FLOWING FROM THAT STATE INTO THIS STATE'S RIVER BASINS, AND TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PURSUE THE RECOVERY OF RELATED DAMAGES; TO AMEND SECTION 49-21-10, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE INTERBASIN TRANSFER OF WATER, SO AS TO DEFINE A "SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN WATER QUALITY AND FLOW".
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02/08/07	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-9
02/08/07	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-10
02/20/07	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowen
02/21/07	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Simrill
02/22/07	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Funderburk
04/18/07	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ceips
05/08/07	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: R.L.Brown