H*2635 Session 106 (1985-1986)
H*2635(Rat #0261, Act #0172 of 1985) General Bill, By
House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
A Bill to amend Section 48-1-110, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
1976, relating to permits for wastewater treatment plants, so as to require
the Department of Health and Environmental Control to classify treatment
plants for biological wastewater and for physical chemical wastewater.
03/19/85 House Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
without reference HJ-1432
03/21/85 House Read second time HJ-1558
03/22/85 House Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-1594
03/26/85 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-1017
03/26/85 Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs SJ-1017
05/30/85 Senate Committee report: Favorable Medical Affairs SJ-2387
06/05/85 Senate Read second time SJ-2836
06/05/85 Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next
legislative day SJ-2636
06/06/85 Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-2875
06/18/85 Ratified R 261
06/21/85 Signed By Governor
06/21/85 Effective date 06/21/85
06/21/85 Act No. 172
07/10/85 Copies available
(A172, R261, H2635)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 48-1-110, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
1976, RELATING TO PERMITS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO CLASSIFY TREATMENT PLANTS FOR
BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER AND FOR PHYSICAL CHEMICAL WASTEWATER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Department to classify plants
SECTION 1. Subsection (b) of Section 48-1-110 of the 1976 Code, as last amended
by Act 319 of 1980, is further amended to read:
"(b) The Commissioner of Health and Environmental Control shall classify
all public wastewater treatment plants, giving due regard to size, types of work,
character and volume of waste to be treated, and the use and nature of the water
resources receiving the plant effluent. Plants may be classified in a group
higher than indicated at the discretion of the classifying officer by reason of
the incorporation in the plant of complex features which cause the plant to be
more difficult to operate than usual or by reason of a waste unusually difficult
to treat, or by reason of conditions of flow or use of the receiving waters
requiring an unusually high degree of plant operation control or for combinations
of such conditions or circumstances. The classification is based on the
following groups:
(1) For biological wastewater treatment plants:
Group I-B. All wastewater treatment plants which include one or more of the
following units: primary settling, chlorination, sludge removal, imhoff tanks,
sand filters, sludge drying beds, land spraying, grinding, screening, oxidation,
and stabilization ponds.
Group II-B. All wastewater treatment plants which include one or more of
the units listed in Group I-B and, in addition, one or more of the following
units: sludge digestion, aerated lagoon, and sludge thickeners.
Group III-B. All wastewater treatment plants which include one or more of
the units listed in Groups I-B and II-B and, in addition, one or more of the
following: trickling filters, secondary settling, chemical treatment, vacuum
filters, sludge elutriation, sludge incinerator, wet oxidation process, contact
aeration, and activated sludge (either conventional, modified, or high rate
processes).
Group IV-B. All wastewater treatment plants which include one or more of
the units listed in Groups I-B, II-B, and III-B and, in addition, treat waste
having a raw five-day biochemical oxygen demand of five thousand pounds a day or
more.
(2) Effective July 1, 1987, for physical-chemical wastewater treatment
plants:
Group I-P/C. All wastewater treatment plants which include one or more of
the following units: primary settling, equalization, pH control, and oil
skimming.
Group II-P/C. All wastewater treatment plants which include one or more of
the units listed in Group I-P/C and, in addition, one or more of the following
units: sludge storage, dissolved air flotation, and clarification.
Group III-P/C. All wastewater treatment plants which include one or more
of the units listed in Groups I-P/C and II-P/C and, in addition, one or more of
the following: oxidation/reduction reactions, cyanide destruction, metals
precipitation, sludge dewatering, and air stripping.
Group IV-P/C. All wastewater treatment plants which include one or more
of the units listed in Groups I-P/C, II-P/C, and III-P/C and, in addition, one
or more of the following: membrane technology, ion exchange, tertiary chemicals,
and electrochemistry."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor. |