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INTRODUCED
April 18, 2002
H. 5150
Introduced by Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee
S. Printed 4/18/02--H.
Read the first time April 18, 2002.
TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, RELATING TO WASTE COMBUSTION AND REDUCTION, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 2721, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The regulations of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, relating to Waste Combustion and Reduction, designated as Regulation Document Number 2721, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Amendment of R.61-62.5, Standard Number 3, Waste Combustion and Reduction, establishes consistent emission limits for industrial and utility boilers which burn coal in addition to waste fuel. This amendment also clarifies the exemption for total reduced sulfur control devices that burn other waste fuels and to allow ash storage at air curtain incinerators in a manner consistent with R.61-107.12, Solid Waste Management Regulations. In addition, the periodic testing section was revised to ensure that compliance testing continues to be conducted every three years. This amendment also adds an exemption on a case-by-case basis for renewable energy resources and/or control devices that comply with federal Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards. Several typographical and/or punctuation errors which resulted from prior publishing errors have been corrected.
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