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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3927 Ratification Number:457 Act Number:405 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990415 Primary Sponsor:Sharpe All Sponsors:Sharpe, Knotts Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\nbd\11256ac99.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20000621 Date of Last Amendment:20000620 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:20001003 Subject:Solid Waste Management Reduction and Recycling Programs, Water and Sewer, Conservation, DHEC, Fuel, Hazardous Waste History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20001017 Act No. A405 ------ 20001003 Signed by Governor ------ 20000622 Ratified R457 Senate 20000621 Concurred in House amendment, enrolled for ratification Senate 20000621 Reconsidered non-concurrence in House amendment House 20000620 Conference powers granted, 98 HCC Davenport appointed Reps. to Committee of Battle Conference Loftis House 20000620 Insists upon amendment Senate 20000620 Non-concurrence in House amendment House 20000620 Senate amendments amended, returned to Senate with amendment Senate 20000530 Amended, read third time, returned to House with amendment Senate 20000525 Amended, read second time, notice of general amendments ------ 20000503 Scrivener's error corrected Senate 20000502 Introduced, read first time, placed on Calendar without reference House 20000427 Read third time, sent to Senate House 20000426 Amended, read second time House 20000413 Request for debate withdrawn by Representative McMahand House 20000411 Request for debate by Representative W. McLeod Bales Carnell Wilder Lloyd Hosey Parks Stuart Inabinett F. Smith McMahand House 20000406 Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep. Knotts House 20000405 Committee report: Favorable with 20 HANR amendment House 19990415 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on April 5, 2000 - Word format Revised on April 26, 2000 - Word format Revised on May 2, 2000 - Word format Revised on May 3, 2000 - Word format Revised on May 25, 2000 - Word format Revised on May 30, 2000 - Word format Revised on June 20, 2000 - Word format
(A405, R457, H3927)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS USED IN THE SOLID WASTE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1991, SO AS TO REVISE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-50 RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY AND GOALS, SO AS TO REVISE THE STATE REDUCTION GOAL TO BE THREE AND ONE-HALF POUNDS PER DAY OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, TO REVISE THE STATE RECYCLE GOAL TO BE THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, AND TO DEFINE "MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE"; TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-60, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE STATE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND ANNUAL REPORT, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE SUCCESS OF MUNICIPALITIES IN ACHIEVING SOLID WASTE RECYCLING AND REDUCTION GOALS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES TO OBTAIN RECYCLING DATA; TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-80 RELATING TO COUNTY AND REGIONAL SOLID WASTE PLANS AND GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION AUTHORIZING A TEN DOLLAR FEE ON ALL SOLID WASTE GENERATED OUT OF STATE AND DISPOSED OF IN STATE; TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-110 RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING, SO AS TO INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS FOR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT AND TO ESTABLISH REDUCTION AND RECYCLING EDUCATION GRANTS FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES; TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-120, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TRUST FUND, SO AS TO INCLUDE FUNDING FOR GRANTS TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES FOR WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE WASTE TIRE GRANT TRUST FUND TO THE WASTE TIRE TRUST FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-130 RELATING TO THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GRANT PROGRAM, SO AS TO SPECIFY THAT GRANT FUNDS TO SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES MUST BE USED FOR WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND TO REQUIRE THAT GRANTS BE MADE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE IN CARRYING OUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE SOLID WASTE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-140, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT RECYCLING PROGRAMS, SO AS TO REQUIRE STATE AGENCIES AND STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THEIR SOURCE SEPARATION AND RECYCLING PROGRAMS; TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-150 RELATING TO DISPOSAL OF PACKAGING AND PLASTICS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE A MANUFACTURER OR DISTRIBUTOR OF PLASTIC RESIN CONTAINERS TO ADOPT A LABELING CODE THAT WILL ASSIST IN SEGREGATION AND COLLECTION OF THAT RESIN FOR RECYCLING; TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-160, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO DISPOSAL OF USED OIL, SO AS TO ALSO PROHIBIT DISPOSAL OF USED OIL FILTERS IN LANDFILLS UNLESS THE FILTER HAS BEEN REDUCED IN VOLUME OR HOT DRAINED; TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-170, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO DISPOSAL OF WASTE TIRES, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE A TIPPING FEE OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER TON OF WASTE TIRES, TO PROHIBIT DISPOSAL OF WASTE TIRES AT ANY FACILITY OTHER THAN A PERMITTED SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY, TO RECOMMEND THAT WASTE TIRES BE MANAGED AT CERTAIN FACILITIES, TO REVISE PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING REFUNDS ON WASTE TIRES DELIVERED TO A FACILITY OUT OF STATE, TO AUTHORIZE WASTE TIRE TRUST FUND MONIES TO BE USED TO PROMOTE THE RECYCLING OF WASTE TIRES, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR TIRE HAULERS AND MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES; TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-180, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO DISPOSAL OF LEAD-ACID BATTERIES, SO AS TO REQUIRE PERSONS SELLING THESE BATTERIES TO POST A NOTICE CONCERNING DISPOSAL REQUIREMENTS IN A PLACE VISIBLE TO CUSTOMERS; TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-290, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO CERTAIN PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR PERMITTING A SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY, SO AS TO DELETE PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR PERMITTING A NEW OR AN EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY AND TO DELETE OBSOLETE TIMELINES; TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-350 RELATING TO MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR ASH, SO AS TO REVISE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THIS ASH IN A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL; TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-470 RELATING TO FACILITY ISSUES NEGOTIATION PROCESS, SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERM "AFFECTED COUNTY" AND TO REVISE CERTAIN APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY PERMITS; TO REPEAL SECTION 44-96-230 RELATING TO THE STATE RECYCLING SYMBOL; TO AMEND SECTION 44-96-60, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE STATE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND ANNUAL REPORT, SO AS TO REVISE THE DATE FOR SUBMITTING THE ANNUAL REPORT; AND TO ADD SECTION 44-96-165 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT CONDUCTED ON THE REVENUES AND DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TRUST FUND, THE WASTE TIRE TRUST FUND, AND THE PETROLEUM FUND.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Definitions revised
SECTION 1. Section 44-96-40(14), (34), (35), (63), and (68) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, are further amended to read:
"(14) 'For hire motor carrier' means a company operating a fleet of vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of freight for compensation.
(34) 'Recovered materials' means those materials which have known use, reuse, or recycling potential; can be feasibly used, reused, or recycled; and have been diverted or removed from the solid waste stream for sale, use, reuse, or recycling, whether or not requiring subsequent separation and processing. At least seventy-five percent by weight of the materials received during the previous calendar year must be used, reused, recycled, or transferred to a different site for use, reuse, or recycling in order to qualify as a recovered material.
(35) 'Recovered Materials Processing Facility' means a facility engaged solely in the recycling, storage, processing, and resale or reuse of recovered materials. The term does not include a solid waste processing facility; however, solid waste generated by a recovered material processing facility is subject to all applicable laws and regulations relating to the solid waste. The term does not include facilities which thermally treat solid waste principally for volume reduction or for reduction of contaminants. Records must be kept documenting the amount by weight of materials that are received at the facility and used, reused, or recycled or transferred to another site for use, reuse, or recycling. Records must also be kept which clearly document the location of final disposition of the materials. Records must be made available for inspection by department personnel upon request.
(63) 'Used oil' means oil that has been refined from crude oil or synthetic oil and that has been used and, as a result of that use, is contaminated by physical or chemical impurities.
(68)(a) 'Waste tire collection facility' means a permitted facility used for the storage of waste tires or processed tires before recycling, processing, or disposal.
(b) 'Waste tire disposal facility' means a permitted facility where processed waste tires are placed on the land in a manner which constitutes disposal.
(c) 'Waste tire processing facility' means a permitted facility where equipment is used to cut, shred, burn for volume reduction, or to otherwise alter whole waste tires. The term includes mobile waste tire processing equipment.
(d) 'Waste tire recycling facility' means a permitted facility where waste tires are used as a fuel source or returned to use in the form of products or raw materials."
Solid waste management goals revised
SECTION 2. Section 44-96-50(D), (E), and (F) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, are amended to read:
"(D) It is the goal of this State to reduce, on a statewide per capita basis, the amount of municipal solid waste being generated to 3.5 pounds per day not later than June 30, 2005.
(E) It is the goal of this State to recycle, on a statewide basis, at least thirty-five percent, calculated by weight, of the municipal solid waste stream generated in this State no later than June 30, 2005.
(F) It is the goal of this State to continue setting new and revised solid waste recycling and waste reduction goals after June 30, 2005. These goals must be established in a manner so as to attempt to further reduce the flow of solid waste being disposed of in municipal solid waste landfills and solid waste incinerators."
Definition added
SECTION 3. Section 44-96-50 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, is amended by adding at the end:
"(H) For the purposes of Sections 44-96-50 and 44-96-60, 'municipal solid waste' includes, but is not limited to, wastes that are durable goods, nondurable goods, containers and packaging, food scraps, yard trimmings, and miscellaneous inorganic wastes from residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial sources including, but not limited to, appliances, automobile tires, old newspapers, clothing, disposable tableware, office and classroom paper, wood pallets, and cafeteria wastes. 'Municipal solid waste' does not include solid wastes from other sources including, but not limited to, construction and demolition debris, auto bodies, municipal sludges, combustion ash, and industrial process wastes that also might be disposed of in municipal waste landfills or incinerators."
Success of municipalities to be included in annual report
SECTION 4. Section 44-96-60(B)(5) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, is amended to read:
"(5) a determination of the success of the State, each county or region, and municipality, if a program is in existence in the municipality, in achieving the solid waste recycling and reduction goals established in Section 44-96-50;"
Procedures for obtaining recycling data
SECTION 5. Section 44-96-60(B) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, is amended by adding at the end:
"The department may establish procedures and promulgate regulations necessary to obtain recycling data. These procedures may include, but are not limited to, registration of municipal solid waste recyclers and requiring municipal solid waste recyclers to submit annual reports on the amounts, actual or estimated, and types of materials recycled and the county, when available, in which the materials were generated."
Text deleted
SECTION 6. Section 44-96-80(L) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, is amended to read:
"(L) (Reserved)"
Duties and responsibilities; recycling education grants
SECTION 7. Section 44-96-110(B) and (C) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, is amended to read:
"(B) The Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
(1) receive funds for and disburse funds from the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund established in Section 44-96-120;
(2) manage the Solid Waste Management Grant Program established in Section 44-96-130;
(3) promote and assist in the development of solid waste reduction, source separation, recycling, household hazardous materials management programs, and resource recovery programs;
(4) maintain a directory of recycling and resource recovery systems in the State and provide assistance in matching recovered materials with markets;
(5) provide for the education of the general public and the training of solid waste management professionals to encourage recycling and solid waste reduction;
(6) develop descriptive literature to educate local governments on solid waste reduction and recycling issues.
(C) The Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling shall develop guidelines for the establishment and implementation of recycling education grants to school districts and public and private schools to establish waste reduction and recycling education programs. The office shall develop guidelines for the establishment and implementation of recycling education grants to public and private colleges and universities to establish waste reduction and recycling education programs and demonstration projects. The office shall notify the superintendent of each school district and each public and private school and public and private college and university of the existence of the grant programs and provide information on how to apply for the program. Upon request of the school, the office shall provide technical assistance. The office shall determine the number of grant projects that may be feasibly initiated in a single calendar year. The office, in consultation with the Department of Education, also shall develop and make available to public and private schools, upon request, curriculum materials and resource guides for recycling awareness programs for instruction at the elementary, middle, and high school levels."
Solid Waste Management Trust Fund
SECTION 8. Section 44-96-120(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 124A, Part II, Act 497 of 1994, is further amended to read:
"(A) There is established a Solid Waste Management Trust Fund to be administered by the Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling to fund:
(1) activities of the department to implement the provisions of this chapter;
(2) research by state-supported educational institutions or by private entities under contract with state-supported educational institutions on solid waste management technologies;
(3) activities of the Recycling Market Development Advisory Council including its staff in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars from the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund for fiscal year 1994-95;
(4) demonstration projects or pilot programs to be conducted by local governments within their jurisdictions, including local governments which contract with private entities to assist in conducting the demonstration projects or pilot programs;
(5) grants to local governments to carry out their responsibilities under this article, pursuant to the provisions of Section 44-96-130, including local governments which contract with private entities to assist in carrying out their responsibilities under this article;
(6) grants to school districts and public and private schools to establish waste reduction and recycling education programs; and
(7) grants to public and private colleges and universities to establish waste reduction and recycling education programs and demonstration projects."
Trust fund renamed
SECTION 9. Section 44-96-120(B)(4) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, is further amended to read:
"(4) the balance of the funds generated by the two-dollar fee imposed pursuant to Section 44-96-170(L), which is not remitted back to the counties for the management of waste tires; these funds shall be remitted to a special fund designated as the Waste Tire Trust Fund;"
Solid Waste Management Grant Program
SECTION 10. Section 44-96-130 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, is further amended to read:
"Section 44-96-130. (A) The Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling shall establish a grant program utilizing funds within the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund to assist local governments and regions in carrying out their responsibilities under this article. Grant disbursements must be approved by the State Solid Waste Advisory Council.
(B) The department shall ensure that all grant funds made available to local governments and regions shall be utilized for activities necessary to carry out their solid waste management responsibilities established by this article. All grant funds made available to public and private schools and public and private colleges and universities must be used for waste reduction and recycling education programs. These grants must be made available as soon as possible following the promulgation by the department of regulations establishing the Solid Waste Management Grant Program. After the date on which county or regional solid waste management plans are required to be submitted to the department, no local government shall be eligible for a grant from the Solid Waste Management Grant Program unless it has submitted a solid waste management plan meeting the requirements of Section 44-96-80. All regional or local government grant proposals must be consistent with the State Solid Waste Management Plan and the county or regional solid waste management plan.
(C) Solid waste management grants must be made available to local governments and regions which have been determined by the department to be in need of assistance in carrying out their responsibilities established by this article. The department shall use information contained in the Solid Waste Management Annual Report to determine which responsibilities of the article have not been met and which local governments are in need of assistance. The requirements of this subsection supersede all rules, regulations, standards, orders, or other actions of the department that are not consistent with this subsection.
(D) Not later than twelve months after this chapter is effective, the Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling shall promulgate regulations establishing the Solid Waste Management Grant Program. Such regulations, at a minimum, shall establish the criteria for counties, regions, and municipalities to qualify for grants, and shall set forth the procedures for applying for grants. The department may require such information of the entity applying for the grant as is necessary to properly evaluate the grant proposal. The department shall comply with the requirements of the South Carolina Administrative Procedures Act and notify local government officials of the opportunity to provide input before issuing proposed regulations for comment under this article.
(E) The regulations required to be promulgated by subsection (D) of this section must include procedures for any party aggrieved by a grant decision of the Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling to obtain review of that decision."
Report required on source separation and recycling programs and purchases
SECTION 11. Section 44-96-140 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 44-96-140. (A) Not later than twelve months after the date on which the department submits the state solid waste management plan to the Governor and to the General Assembly, the General Assembly, the Governor's Office, the Judiciary, each state agency, and each state-supported institution of higher education shall:
(1) establish a source separation and recycling program in cooperation with the department and the Division of General Services of the State Budget and Control Board for the collection of selected recyclable materials generated in state offices throughout the State including, but not limited to, high-grade office paper, corrugated paper, aluminum, glass, tires, composting materials, plastics, batteries, and used oil;
(2) provide procedures for collecting and storing recyclable materials, containers for storing materials, and contractual or other arrangements with collectors or buyers of the recyclable materials, or both;
(3) evaluate the amount of waste paper material recycled and make all necessary modifications to the recycling program to ensure that all waste paper materials are recycled to the maximum extent feasible; and
(4) establish and implement, in cooperation with the department and the Division of General Services, a solid waste reduction program for materials used in the course of agency operations. The program shall be designed and implemented to achieve the maximum feasible reduction of solid waste generated as a result of agency operations.
(B) Not later than September fifteen of each year, each state agency and each state-supported institution of higher learning shall submit to the department a report detailing its source separation and recycling program and a review of all goods and products purchased during the previous fiscal year by those agencies and institutions containing recycled materials using the content specifications established by the Office of Materials Management.
(C) By November first of each year the department shall submit a report to the Governor and to the General Assembly reviewing all goods and products purchased by the State and determining what percentage of state purchases contain recycled materials using content specifications established by the Office of Materials Management, Division of General Services. The report also must review existing procurement regulations for the purchase of products and materials and must identify any portions of such regulations that discriminate against products and materials with recycled content and products and materials which are recyclable.
(D) Not later than one year after this chapter is effective, the Division of General Services shall amend the procurement regulations to eliminate the portions of the regulations identified in its report as discriminating against products and materials with recycled content and products and materials which are recyclable.
(E) Not later than one year after the effective date of the amendments to the procurement regulations, the General Assembly, the Governor's Office, the Judiciary, all state agencies, all political subdivisions using state funds to procure items, and all persons contracting with such agency or political subdivision where such persons procure items with state funds shall procure products and materials with recycled content and products and materials which are recyclable where practicable, as determined by the Office of Materials Management, Division of General Services. The list of recycled content specifications must be updated annually. It is the goal of the General Assembly for state and local governmental agencies to reflect a twenty-five percent goal in their procurement policies. The decision not to procure such items shall be based on a determination that such procurement items:
(1) are not available within a reasonable period of time;
(2) fail to meet the performance standards set forth in the applicable specifications; or
(3) are only available at a price that exceeds by more than seven and one-half percent the price of alternative items.
(F) Not later than six months after this chapter is effective, and annually thereafter, the Department of Transportation shall submit a report to the Governor and to the General Assembly on the use of:
(1) compost as a substitute for regular soil amendment products in all highway projects;
(2) solid waste including, but not limited to, ground rubber from tires and fly ash or mixtures of them from coal-fired electrical facilities in road surfacing of subbase materials;
(3) solid waste including, but not limited to, glass aggregate, plastic, and fly ash in asphalt or concrete; and
(4) recycled mixed-plastic materials for guardrail posts, right-of-way fence posts, and sign supports."
Nationally recognized labeling code authorized
SECTION 12. Section 44-96-150(F) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, is amended by adding at the end:
"Nothing in this subsection may prevent a manufacturer or distributor of containers that are produced from a plastic resin not identified in this subsection from adopting a labeling code number and letter that will assist in the segregation and collection of that resin for recycling if the code number and letter used are nationally recognized industry standards."
Used oil provisions; oil filters not disposed of in landfill
SECTION 13. Section 44-96-160 of the 1976 Code as last amended by Section 50, Part II, Act 145 of 1995, is further amended to read:
"Section 44-96-160. (A) Twelve months after this chapter is effective, no person shall knowingly:
(1) place used oil in municipal solid waste, discard or otherwise dispose of used oil, except by delivery to a used oil collection facility, used oil energy recovery facility, oil recycling facility, or to an authorized agent for delivery to a used oil collection facility, used oil energy recovery facility, or oil recycling facility;
(2) dispose of used oil in a solid waste disposal facility unless such disposal is approved by the department;
(3) collect, transport, store, recycle, use or dispose of used oil in any manner which may endanger public health and welfare or the environment;
(4) discharge used oil into sewers, drainage systems, septic tanks, surface water or groundwater, or any other waters of this State, or onto the ground; or
(5) mix or commingle used oil with hazardous substances that make it unsuitable for recycling or beneficial use.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who knowingly disposes of any used oil which has not been properly segregated or separated from other solid wastes by the generator is guilty of a violation of this subsection and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars. This provision may be enforced by a state, county, or municipal law enforcement official, or by the department.
(B) No person shall knowingly dispose of used oil filters in a landfill unless the filter has been crushed to the smallest practical volume possible or unless the filter has been hot drained, as established by the department in regulations.
(C) The utilization of used oil for road oiling, dust control, weed abatement, or other similar uses which has the potential to cause harm to the environment is prohibited.
(D) The department shall encourage the voluntary establishment of used oil collection centers and recycling programs and provide technical assistance to persons who organize such programs.
If a hazardous substance is mixed with used oil accepted at a volunteer used oil collection center, any costs for the proper disposal of this contaminated waste will be incurred by the Petroleum Fund, if no more than five gallons of used oil was accepted from any one person at any one time.
(E) All government agencies and private businesses that change motor oil for the public and major retail dealers of motor and lubricating oil are encouraged to serve as used oil collection centers.
The Department of Transportation shall establish or contract for at least one used oil collection center in every county unless it can certify to the Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling that a private used oil collection center is in operation in a county and is accepting up to five gallons of used oil from any member of the public.
A retail dealer of motor oil who maintains a separate tank for a voluntary used oil collection center as approved by the department under this section is eligible for a payment from the South Carolina Department of Revenue from fees collected pursuant to subsection (W) of five cents for every gallon of motor oil that is properly returned on a voluntary basis to a registered used oil transporter or permitted used oil recycling facility upon proper verification.
(F) A person who maintains a used oil collection facility that receives a volume of used oil annually, which exceeds a limit to be determined by the department, must register with the department.
(G) A used oil collection center must report annually to the department by a date to be determined by the department and must indicate if it is accepting used oil from the public, the quantities of used oil collected in the previous year, and the total quantity of used oil handled in the previous year.
(H) No person may recover from the owner or operator of a used oil collection center any costs of response actions resulting from a release of either used oil or a hazardous substance from a used oil collection center if such used oil is:
(1) not mixed with any hazardous substance by the owner or operator of the used oil collection center;
(2) not knowingly accepted with any hazardous substances contained in it;
(3) transported from the used oil collection center by a registered transporter; or
(4) stored in a used oil collection center that is in compliance with this section.
This subsection applies only to that portion of the used oil collection center utilized for the collection of used oil and does not apply if the owner or operator is grossly negligent in the operation of the public used oil collection center. Nothing in this section shall affect or modify in any way the obligations or liability of a person under any other provisions of state or federal law, including common law, for injury or damage resulting from the release of used oil or hazardous substances. For the purpose of this subsection, the owner or operator of a used oil collection center may presume that a quantity of no more than five gallons of used oil accepted from a member of the public is not mixed with a hazardous substance, if the owner or operator acts in good faith and in the belief the oil is generated from the individual's personal activity.
(I) Any motor, lubricating, or other oil offered for sale, at retail or at wholesale for direct retail sale, for use off the premises, must be clearly marked or labeled as containing a recyclable material which must be disposed of only at a used oil collection center. A statement on a container of lubricating or other oil offered for sale is in compliance with this section if it contains the following statement: 'Don't pollute. Conserve resources. Return used oil to collection centers'.
(J) Motor oil retailers shall post and maintain, at or near the point of sale, a durable and legible sign, not less than eleven inches by fifteen inches in size, informing the public of the importance of the proper collection and disposal of used oil and how and where used oil may be properly disposed.
(K) The department may inspect any place, building, or premises subject to subsections (I) and (J) and issue warnings and citations to a person who fails to comply with the requirements of those subsections. Failure to comply following a warning shall constitute a violation punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars per day. Each day on which an establishment fails to comply shall constitute a separate violation. The proceeds of a fine imposed pursuant to this subsection must be remitted to the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund.
(L) The following persons shall register annually with the department pursuant to department regulations on forms prescribed in such regulations:
(1) a person who transports over public highways more than five hundred gallons of used oil weekly;
(2) a person who maintains a collection facility that receives more than six thousand gallons of used oil annually; and
(3) a facility that recycles more than six hundred gallons of used oil annually.
(M) The department shall require each registered person to submit by a date to be determined by the department an annual report which specifies the type and quantity of used oil transported, collected, and recycled during the preceding year. The department also shall require each registered person who transports or recycles used oil to maintain records which identify the:
(1) source of the materials transported or recycled;
(2) quantity of materials received;
(3) date of receipt; and
(4) destination or the end use of the materials.
(N) The department shall require sample analyses of used oil at facilities of representative used oil transporters and at representative recycling facilities to determine the incidence of contamination of used oil with hazardous, toxic, or other harmful substances.
(O) The following entities are exempted from the requirements of subsection (L):
(1) an on-site burner which only burns a specification used oil generated by the burner, if the burning is done in compliance with any air permits issued by the department; or
(2) an electric utility which generates during its operation used oil that is then reclaimed, recycled, or refined by the electric utility for use in its operations.
(P) A person who fails to register with the department as required by subsection (L), or to file the annual report required by subsection (M), is subject to a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars per day. Each day on which the person fails to comply shall constitute a separate violation. The proceeds of a fine imposed pursuant to this subsection must be remitted to the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund.
(Q) After the effective date of regulations promulgated by the department pursuant to this section, a person who transports over public highways more than five hundred gallons of used oil weekly must be a registered transporter.
(R) The department shall promulgate regulations establishing a registration program for transporters of used oil and shall issue, deny, or revoke registrations authorizing the holder to transport used oil. Registration requirements must ensure that a used oil transporter is familiar with applicable regulations and used oil management procedures. The department shall promulgate regulations governing registration which must include requirements for the following:
(1) registration and annual reporting;
(2) evidence of familiarity with laws and regulations governing used oil transportation; and
(3) proof of liability insurance or other means of financial responsibility for any liability which may be incurred in the transport of used oil.
(S) Each person who intends to operate, modify, or close a used oil recycling facility shall obtain an operation or closure permit from the department before to operating, modifying, or closing the facility.
(T) Not later than eighteen months after this chapter is effective, the department shall develop a permitting system for used oil recycling facilities.
(U) Permits must not be required under subsection (S) for the burning of used oil as a fuel, provided:
(1) a valid air permit, if required, issued by the department is in effect for the facility;
(2) the facility burns used oil in accordance with applicable state and local government regulations, and the requirements and conditions of its air permit; and
(3) the on specification used oil is burned in industrial furnaces and boilers and nonindustrial furnaces and boilers.
(V) No permit is required under this section for the use of used oil for the benefaction or flotation of phosphate rock.
(W)(1) For sales made after October 31, 1991, a person making wholesale sales of motor oil or similar lubricants, and a person importing into this State ex-tax motor oil or similar lubricants, shall pay a fee on a monthly basis of eight cents for each gallon of motor oil or similar lubricants sold at wholesale or ex-tax motor oil or similar lubricants imported. As used in this provision, 'ex-tax motor oil or similar lubricants' means motor oil or similar lubricants upon which the fee imposed has not been levied and which is not sold at wholesale in this State. The fee imposed must be imposed only once with respect to each gallon of motor oil or similar lubricants. The South Carolina State Department of Revenue shall administer, collect, and enforce this fee in the same manner the sales and use taxes are collected pursuant to Chapter 36 of Title 12. However, taxpayers are not required to make payments pursuant to Section 12-36-2600. Instead of the discount allowed pursuant to Section 12-36-2610, the taxpayer may retain three percent of the total fees collected as an administrative collection allowance. This allowance applies whether or not the return is timely filed.
A motor carrier which purchases lubricating oils not for resale used in its fleet is exempt from the fee. The motor carrier must:
(a) have a maintenance facility to service its own fleet and properly store waste oil for recycling collections;
(b) have on file with the Environmental Protection Agency the existence of storage tanks for waste oil storage;
(c) maintain records of the dispensing and servicing of lubrication oil in the fleet vehicles; and
(d) have a written contractual agreement with an approved waste oil hauler.
(2) The Department of Revenue shall remit fees collected pursuant to this section to the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund, less payments made pursuant to subsection (E). The fees must be reserved in a separate account designated as the Petroleum Fund. The Petroleum Fund must be under the administration of the Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling.
The funds generated by the fees authorized by this section and set aside for the Petroleum Fund shall be used by the Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling as follows:
(a) Two-fifths of the funds shall be used to establish incentive programs to encourage:
(1) individuals who change their own oil to return their used oil to used oil collection centers;
(2) the establishment and continued operation of collection centers which accept used oil, including a one-time rebate to retailers who maintain department approved used oil collection centers for equipment used in the used oil collection process, not to exceed five hundred dollars a location. The used oil collection center must maintain a separate tank for the collection of voluntarily returned used oil to be eligible for this rebate. This rebate must be distributed by the department upon approval of the collection center by the department and submittal of proof of purchase of the equipment.
(3) the establishment and continued operation of recycling facilities which prepare used oil for reuses or which utilize used oil in a manner that substitutes for a petroleum product made from new oil.
(b) Two-fifths of the funds must be used to provide grants for local government projects that the office determines will encourage the collection, reuse, and proper disposal of used oil and similar lubricants. Local government projects may include one or more of the following programs or activities:
(1) curbside pickup of used oil containers by a local government or its designee;
(2) retrofitting of solid waste equipment to promote curbside pickup or disposal of used oil at used oil collection centers designated by the local government;
(3) establishment of publicly operated used oil collection centers at landfills or other public places; or
(4) providing of containers and other materials and supplies that the public can utilize in an environmentally sound manner to store used oil for pickup or return to a used oil collection center.
(c) One-fifth of the funds must be used for public education and research including, but not limited to, reuses, disposal, and development of markets for used oil and similar lubricants.
The office may use funds set aside under subitem (a) of item (2) to contract for the development and implementation of incentive programs, and the office may use funds set aside under subitem (c) of item (2) to contract for the development and implementation of research and education programs.
After the fee is imposed upon a distributor, the fee may not be imposed again upon a person who subsequently receives motor oil or similar lubricants from a distributor upon whom the fee already has been imposed.
Motor oil or similar lubricants exported from this State in its original package or container must be exempt from the fee imposed in this section. A person purchasing motor oil or similar lubricants at wholesale in its original package or container and who exports such motor oil or similar lubricants from this State may certify in writing to the seller that the motor oil or similar lubricants will be exported, and such certification, if taken by the seller in good faith, will relieve the seller of the fee otherwise imposed. If the purchaser subsequently uses the motor oil or similar lubricants in this State, the purchaser shall be liable for the fee imposed and the purchaser's certification to the seller must include an acknowledgment to that effect.
(X) The fee imposed under item (W) of this section must be imposed until the unobligated principal balance of the Petroleum Fund equals or exceeds three million dollars. Based upon the amount of revenue received and the time frame in which the amount is collected, the Department of Revenue is required to adjust the rate of the fee to reflect a full year's collection to produce the amount of revenue required in the fund. The increase or decrease in the fee made by the Department of Revenue must take effect for sales beginning on or after the first day of the third month following determination by the commission.
(Y) The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section. Such regulations may include the imposition of reasonable registration and permitting fees to assist in defraying the costs of the regulatory activities of the department required by this section.
(Z) All state agencies, all political subdivisions using state funds to procure items, and all persons contracting with such agency or political subdivision where such persons procure items with state funds shall procure used oil materials and products where practicable, subject to the provisions of Section 44-96-140(E).
(AA) Beginning February 28, 1993, and no later than July first each year thereafter, the Office of Solid Waste and Recycling shall submit to the Governor and to the General Assembly a report for the previous calendar year, including:
(1) the number of used oil collection sites available in each county to the general public;
(2) the number and location of used oil collection sites in each county receiving ongoing and start-up assistance from the Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling; and
(3) the amount of used oil collected in each county."
Waste tires; tipping fees authorized; waste tire management facilities; tire fee refunds; recordkeeping
SECTION 14. Section 44-96-170(D) through (P) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 432 of 1998, is further amended to read:
"(D) Each county is required by the department to participate in ongoing waste tire clean-up enforcement efforts, and no later than twelve months after promulgation of regulations by the department, establish approved waste tire accumulation sites, designate waste tire processing, recycling, and disposal methods to be used, and begin disposal operations in compliance with the applicable regulations. Counties may contract with other counties and with private firms to implement the provisions of this chapter. The department shall administer waste tire management plans for those counties which do not submit proposals.
(E) Counties are prohibited from imposing an additional fee on waste tires generated within the county. However, a county may impose an additional fee on waste tires, heavy equipment tires, and oversized tires that have a greater diameter than the largest tire with a Department of Transportation number. A fee may be charged on waste tires generated outside of South Carolina. Counties may require fleets to provide documentation for proof of purchase on in-state tires. For tires not included in documentation, an additional tipping fee may be charged. Counties may charge a tipping fee of up to one dollar and fifty cents for each tire or up to one hundred fifty dollars a ton for waste tires generated in this State for which no fee has been paid otherwise.
(F) Counties may charge a tipping fee of up to one dollar and fifty cents for each waste tire manufactured in this State or up to one hundred fifty dollars per ton for waste tires manufactured in this State for which no fee has been paid otherwise.
(G) Not later than six months after the department promulgates regulations, a person, except as provided, shall not knowingly deposit whole waste tires in a landfill as a method of ultimate disposal.
(H) Eighteen months after this chapter is effective, a person shall not:
(1) maintain a waste tire collection site unless such site is an integral part of the person's permitted waste tire treatment facility or that person has entered into a contract with a permitted waste tire treatment facility for the disposal of waste tires;
(2) knowingly dispose of waste tires in this State, unless the waste tires are disposed of at a permitted solid waste disposal facility; or
(3) knowingly dispose of or discard waste tires on the property of another in a manner not prescribed by this chapter.
For an interim period to be determined by the department, waste tires may be disposed of at a solid waste disposal facility, a waste tire recycling or processing facility, or a waste tire collection center seeking a permit from the department pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person violating this subsection shall be subject to a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars. This provision may be enforced by a state, county, or municipal law enforcement official, or by the department. Each tire improperly disposed of must constitute a separate violation.
(I) It is the policy of this State to recommend that waste tires be managed at a:
(a) waste tire collection site which is an integral part of a permitted waste tire recycling or processing facility;
(b) permitted waste tire recycling or processing facility; or
(c) permitted waste tire collection center.
(J) Not later than twelve months after this chapter is effective, the department shall promulgate regulations requiring all collectors, processors, recyclers, haulers, and disposers of waste tires to obtain a permit or registration issued by the department. The regulations must set forth the requirements for the issuance of such permits or registrations. After the effective date of the regulations, a person shall not collect, haul, recycle, or process waste tires unless that person has obtained a permit or registration from the department for that activity or, for an interim period to be determined by the department, is seeking a permit or registration from the department for that activity.
(K) Subsection (J) does not apply to items (1) through (5) if these designated waste tire sites are maintained so as to prevent and control mosquitoes or other public health nuisances as determined by the department:
(1) a tire retailing business where less than one thousand waste tires are kept on the business premises;
(2) a tire retreading business where less than two thousand five hundred waste tires are kept on the business premises or a tire retreading facility that is owned or operated by a company that manufactures tires in this State or the tire manufacturer's parent company or its subsidiaries;
(3) a business that, in the ordinary course of business, removes tires from motor vehicles if less than one thousand of these tires are kept on the business premises;
(4) a permitted solid waste facility with less than two thousand five hundred waste tires temporarily stored on the business premises; or
(5) a person using waste tires for agricultural purposes.
(L) The department shall encourage the voluntary establishment of waste tire collection centers, waste tire treatment facilities, and solid waste disposal facilities to be open to the public for the deposit of waste tires.
(M) The department is authorized to establish incentive programs to encourage individuals to return their used tires to waste tire recycling or processing facilities.
(N) For sales made on or after November 1, 1991, there is imposed a fee of two dollars for each new tire sold with a Department Of Transportation number to the ultimate consumer, whether or not the tire is mounted by the seller. The wholesaler or retailer receiving new tires from unlicensed wholesalers is responsible for paying the fee imposed by this subsection.
The Department of Revenue shall administer, collect, and enforce the tire recycling fee in the same manner that the sales and use taxes are collected pursuant to Chapter 36 of Title 12. The fee imposed by this subsection must be remitted on a monthly basis. Instead of the discount allowed pursuant to Section 12-36-2610, the taxpayer may retain three percent of the total fees collected as an administrative collection allowance. This allowance applies whether or not the return is timely filed.
The department shall deposit all fees collected to the credit of the State Treasurer who shall establish a separate and distinct account from the state general fund.
The State Treasurer shall distribute one and one-half dollars for each tire sold, less applicable credit, refund, and discount, to each county based upon the population in each county according to the most recent United States Census. The county shall use these funds for collection, processing, or recycling of waste tires generated within the State.
The remaining portion of the tire recycling fee is to be credited to the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund by the State Treasurer for the Waste Tire Grant Trust Fund, established under the administration of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
The General Assembly shall review the waste tire disposal recycling fee every five years.
(O) A wholesaler or retailer required to submit a fee pursuant to subsection (N) who delivers or arranges delivery of waste tires to a permitted or approved waste tire recycling facility, or a permitted or approved waste tire processing facility which processes waste tires before recycling, may apply for a refund of one dollar for each tire delivered. If waste tires generated in this State, on which a fee has been paid, are delivered to a waste tire facility located outside this State, a wholesaler or retailer may apply for a refund of one dollar per tire delivered if the receiving facility is permitted or approved by the host state as a waste tire recycling facility or a waste tire processing facility which processes waste tires before recycling; in no case may a refund be approved for a number of tires delivered in excess of the number of new tires sold by the individual wholesaler or retailer. Verification must be provided as required by the South Carolina State Department of Revenue. All refunds made pursuant to this subsection must be charged against the appropriate county's distributions under subsection (N).
(P) The Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling of The Department of Health and Environmental Control may provide grants from the Waste Tire Trust Fund to counties which have exhausted all funds remitted to counties under Section 44-96-170(N), to regions applying on behalf of those counties and to local governments within those counties to assist in the following:
(1) constructing, operating, or contracting with waste tire processing or recycling facilities;
(2) removing or contracting for the removal of waste tires for processing or recycling;
(3) performing or contracting for the performance of research designed to facilitate waste tire recycling; or
(4) the purchase or use of recycled products or materials made from waste tires generated in this State.
(Q) Waste tire grants must be awarded on the basis of written grant request proposals submitted to and approved, not less than annually, by the committee consisting of ten members appointed by the commissioner representing:
(1) the South Carolina Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association;
(2) the South Carolina Association of Counties;
(3) the South Carolina Association of Regional Councils;
(4) the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control;
(5) tire manufacturers;
(6) the general public;
(7) a public interest environmental organization;
(8) the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources;
(9) the Office of the Governor; and
(10) the South Carolina Municipal Association.
Members of the committee shall serve for terms of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualify .
Vacancies must be filled in the manner of original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. The representative of the department shall serve as chairman. The committee shall review grant requests and proposals and make recommendations on grant awards to the State Solid Waste Advisory Council. Grants must be awarded by the State Solid Waste Advisory Council.
(R) Notwithstanding subsection (N), the department may use funds from the Waste Tire Trust Fund to fund activities of the department to implement provisions of this section to promote the recycling of waste tires and to encourage higher end uses of waste tires. The use of these funds must be reviewed annually by the Waste Tire Committee and the Solid Waste Advisory Council. The Recycling Market Development Advisory Council and the Solid Waste Advisory Council also may make recommendations to the office for use of these funds.
(S) The department shall establish by regulation recordkeeping and reporting requirements for waste tire haulers and collection, processing, recycling, and disposal facilities.
(T) A county failing to comply with the requirements of this section and regulations promulgated under it is not eligible for monies from the Waste Tire Trust Fund."
Lead-acid batteries; visible notice
SECTION 15. Section 44-96-180(D)(2) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, is further amended to read:
"(2) post written notice, visible to customers, at his place of business which must be at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches in size and must contain the following language:
(a) 'It is illegal to put a motor vehicle battery in the garbage'.
(b) 'Recycle your used batteries'.
(c) 'State law requires us to accept motor vehicle batteries for recycling'."
Permitting; certain provisions deleted
SECTION 16. Section 44-96-290(F) and (G) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, is amended to read:
"(F) No permit to construct a new solid waste management facility or to expand an existing solid waste management facility within a county or municipality may be issued by the department unless the proposed facility or expansion is consistent with local zoning, land use, and other applicable local ordinances, if any; the proposed facility or expansion is consistent with the local or regional solid waste management plan and the state solid waste management plan; and the host jurisdiction and the jurisdiction generating solid waste destined for the proposed facility or expansion can demonstrate that they are actively involved in and have a strategy for meeting the statewide goal of waste reduction established in this chapter. This subsection must not apply to industrial facilities managing solid waste generated in the course of normal operations on property under the same ownership or control as the waste management facility. However, the facilities shall be consistent with the applicable local zoning and land use ordinances, if any; and provided further, that the industrial facility is not a commercial solid waste management facility."
Disposal requirements for municipal solid waste incinerator ash revised
SECTION 17. Section 44-96-350(A) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, is amended to read:
"(A) In addition to the requirements imposed by this article, the regulations promulgated by the department must require, at a minimum, that municipal solid waste incinerator ash which is disposed of at a solid waste landfill be disposed of only in the following manner:
(1) the unit is located, designed, and operated so as to protect human health and safety and the environment;
(2) the unit has a groundwater monitoring system and a leachate collection and removal system; and
(3) the unit has a single composite liner or double geomembrane liner designed, operated, and constructed of materials to restrict the migration of any constituent into and through such liner during such period as the unit remains in operation."
Solid waste disposal facility permit application process revised
SECTION 18. Section 44-96-470(A) through (D) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, is amended to read:
"(A) Upon the submission of a permit application to the department for a municipal solid waste disposal facility, the permit applicant shall within fifteen days of the date of submission of the application publicize the submission by public notice and in writing as follows:
(1) If the application is for a facility serving no more than one county, the public notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation serving the host county, and each local government in the county shall be notified further in writing of the permit application.
(2) If the application is for a facility serving more than one county, the public notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation serving each affected county, and each local government within such counties shall be notified in writing of the permit application. For the purpose of this item, 'affected county' includes the host county, each county under contract with the proposed facility, and all counties contiguous to the host county.
(3) The public notice must be prominently displayed in the courthouse of each notified county.
(4) The initial public notice and all other public notices required under this section, at a minimum, shall contain:
(a) the name and address of the applicant;
(b) the nature of the proposed facility;
(c) a description of the proposed site;
(d) a locational map showing the proposed site; and
(e) such other information as is necessary to fully inform the public to be determined by regulations to be promulgated by the department.
(B) The department shall review the application and supporting data and make a determination whether the permit application is administratively complete. The department shall notify, in writing, the applicant, the host local government, if different from the applicant, and any other person who has made a written request for notification to the department of this determination.
(C) Upon receipt from the department of notice that the permit application is administratively complete, the host local government for the proposed site, within forty-five days of receipt of such notification from the department, as outlined in items (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (A), shall advertise and hold a public meeting to inform affected residents and landowners in the area of the proposed site and of the opportunity to engage in a facility issues negotiation process.
(D) Following notification that the permit application is administratively complete, the department shall continue to review the applicant's permit application, but the department shall not take any action with respect to permit issuance or denial until such time as the local notification and negotiation processes described in this section have been exhausted."
Repeal
SECTION 19. Section 44-96-230 of the 1976 Code is repealed.
Date for submission of report changed
SECTION 20. Section 44-96-60(B) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1991, is amended to read:
"(B) After submission of the state solid waste management plan, the department shall submit to the Governor and to the General Assembly by March fifteenth of each year a comprehensive report on solid waste management in this State for the previous year. The annual report , at a minimum, shall include:
(1) any revisions in the state solid waste management plan which the department determines are necessary;
(2) a description and evaluation of the progress made in implementing the state solid waste management plan;
(3) a description and evaluation of the progress made by local governments in implementing their solid waste management plans;
(4) an inventory of the amounts and types of solid waste received, recycled, incinerated, or disposed at solid waste disposal facilities during the previous year and the methods of recycling, incineration, or disposal used including, but not limited to, paper, polystyrene, and beverage containers;
(5) a determination of the success of the State and of each county or region in achieving the solid waste recycling and reduction goals established in Section 44-96-50;
(6) recommendations to the Governor and to the General Assembly for improving the management of solid waste in this State; and
(7) the number of lead-acid batteries recycled."
Independent audits of various trust funds required
SECTION 21. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 44-96-165. The Department of Health and Environmental Control, in consultation with the State Auditor, shall contract with one or more qualified, independent certified public accountants on a one-year basis to audit revenues and disbursements from the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund and the Waste Tire Trust Fund established pursuant to Section 44-96-120 and from the Petroleum Fund established pursuant to Section 44-96-160(V). The auditors may audit any relevant records of any public or private entity that has submitted, kept, handled, or tracked monies for any of the three funds. This contract must be funded by the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund, the Petroleum Fund, and the Waste Tire Trust Fund."
Time effective
SECTION 22. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 22nd day of June, 2000.
Approved the 3rd day of October, 2000.
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