South Carolina General Assembly
111th Session, 1995-1996

Bill 4493

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    4493
Ratification Number:            346
Act Number:                     307
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19960124
Primary Sponsor:                McTeer 
All Sponsors:                   McTeer 
Drafted Document Number:        pfm\7851ac.96
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19960321
Governor's Action:              U  Became law without signature of
                                Governor
Date of Governor's Action:      19960507
Subject:                        Infectious waste
History



Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

------  19960515  Act No. A307
------  19960507  Unsigned, became law without
                  signature of Governor
------  19960430  Ratified R346
Senate  19960321  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
Senate  19960319  Read second time
Senate  19960314  Committee report: Favorable              13 SMA
Senate  19960215  Introduced, read first time,             13 SMA
                  referred to Committee
House   19960214  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19960213  Read second time
House   19960207  Committee report: Favorable              27 H3M
House   19960124  Introduced, read first time,             27 H3M
                  referred to Committee
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(A307, R346, H4493)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-93-210, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF THE AMOUNT OF INFECTIOUS WASTE GENERATED IN THE STATE, SO AS TO APPLY CERTAIN LIMITATIONS TO ALL INFECTIOUS WASTE INCINERATOR FACILITIES RATHER THAN ONLY TO COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, AND TO REMOVE THE EXEMPTION FROM THIS LIMITATION FROM HOSPITALS AND GENERATOR FACILITIES; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 44-93-200 RELATING TO HOSPITAL AND GENERATOR FACILITIES' EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE INFECTIOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT.

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

Monthly limit on amount of waste to be incinerated applies to all facilities

SECTION 1. Section 44-93-210 of the 1976 Code, as added by Part II, Act 612 of 1990, is amended to read:

"Section 44-93-210. (A) Annually the department shall estimate and publish the amount of infectious waste it expects to be generated within this State during the succeeding calendar year. No permitted infectious waste incinerator facility may burn more than one-twelfth of the annual estimate of infectious waste during any one month of the year to which the estimate applies. However, at no time may the limit on the amount of infectious waste burned in a month be less than fifteen hundred tons.

(B) For purposes of this section, a permitted infectious waste incinerator facility means a site where infectious waste is incinerated regardless of the number of incinerator units or the ownership of the units."

Repeal

SECTION 2. Section 44-93-200 of the 1976 Code is repealed.

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 5/7/96.