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Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Mitchell, Cobb-Hunter, Loftis, King, Dillard and W.J. McLeod
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Introduced in the House on April 12, 2016
Currently residing in the House Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Summary: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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4/12/2016 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 56)
4/12/2016 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 3)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO ESTABLISH A STUDY COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE THE LEVELS OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS) PRESENT IN URBAN AND RURAL INDUSTRIAL AND NONINDUSTRIAL SOILS IN REPRESENTATIVE AREAS ACROSS THE STATE, TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF PAHS ON THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS, AND TO REPORT ITS FINDINGS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. (A) There is created the "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Study Committee". The study committee shall review information, including, but not limited to, the best practices from other southeastern states, how promulgated regulations like maximum concentrations for drinking water are determined, and the levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present in urban and rural industrial and nonindustrial soils in representative areas across the State and the impact of these PAHs on the health and quality of life of residents in these areas. The study committee shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly before January 1, 2018, at which the study committee is dissolved.
(B) The study committee must be composed of seven employees of the Department of Health and Environmental Control appointed by the director. The Department also shall provide the staffing for the committee.
(C) Members may not receive the mileage and subsistence authorized by law for members of state boards, commissions, and committees.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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