H*3575(Rat #0063, Act #0036 of 2015)  General Bill, By Jefferson, Southard, 
Johnson, Ott, Crosby, Dillard, Hosey, Knight, Williams, Gagnon and Gambrell

Similar(S 467)
 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA SOLID WASTE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT, SO AS TO
 REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "SOLID WASTE" TO EXCLUDE STEEL SLAG. - ratified title

   02/11/15  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 63)
   02/11/15  House  Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs
                     (House Journal-page 63)
   02/12/15  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Knight
   02/19/15  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Williams
   02/19/15  House  Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs
                     (House Journal-page 1)
   02/24/15  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gagnon,
                     Gambrell
   02/24/15  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 24)
   02/24/15  House  Roll call Yeas-94  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 24)
   02/25/15  House  Read third time and sent to Senate
                     (House Journal-page 24)
   02/26/15  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 2)
   02/26/15  Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
                     (Senate Journal-page 2)
   05/04/15  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Medical Affairs (Senate Journal-page 14)
   05/12/15  Senate Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 49)
   05/12/15  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 49)
   05/12/15  Senate Roll call Ayes-44  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 49)
   05/13/15  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments (Senate Journal-page 22)
   05/19/15  House  Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
                     (House Journal-page 88)
   05/19/15  House  Roll call Yeas-99  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 88)
   05/28/15         Ratified R 63
   06/01/15         Signed By Governor
   06/04/15         Effective date 06/01/15
   06/05/15         Act No. 36

(A36, R63, H3575)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA SOLID WASTE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "SOLID WASTE" TO EXCLUDE STEEL SLAG.

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

Solid waste, steel slag excluded

SECTION    1.    Section 44-96-40(46) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(46)    'Solid waste' means any garbage, refuse, or sludge from a waste treatment facility, water supply plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations and from community activities. This term does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, recovered materials, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to NPDES permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, or the Pollution Control Act of South Carolina, as amended, or source, special nuclear, or by-product material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. Also excluded from this definition are application of fertilizer and animal manure during normal agricultural operations or refuse as defined and regulated pursuant to the South Carolina Mining Act, including processed mineral waste, which will not have a significant adverse impact on the environment. For the purposes of this chapter, this term excludes steel slag that is a product of the electric arc furnace steelmaking process; provided, that such steel slag is sold and distributed in the stream of commerce for consumption, use, or further processing into another desired commodity and is managed as an item of commercial value in a controlled manner and not as a discarded material or in a manner constituting disposal."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 28th day of May, 2015.

Approved the 1st day of June, 2015.