South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 1243

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Medical Affairs Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\12558ac04.doc

Introduced in the Senate on May 13, 2004
Introduced in the House on May 20, 2004
Currently residing in the House Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

Summary: DHEC, regulations approved, water classifications and standards

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   5/13/2004  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference SJ-3
   5/18/2004  Senate  Read second time SJ-25
   5/19/2004  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-51
   5/20/2004  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-6
   5/20/2004  House   Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and 
                        Municipal Affairs HJ-6

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

5/13/2004
5/13/2004-A

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INTRODUCED

May 13, 2004

S. 1243

Introduced by Medical Affairs Committee

S. Printed 5/13/04--S.

Read the first time May 13, 2004.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, RELATING TO WATER CLASSIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 2855, 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 Water Classifications and Standards, designated as Regulation Document Number 2855, 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.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

This amendment of R.61-68 will strengthen and improve the existing regulation and make appropriate revisions of the state's water quality standards in accordance with Section 303(c)(2)(B) of the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA). Section 303(c)(2)(B) requires that South Carolina's water quality standards be reviewed and revised, where necessary, at least every three years for the purposes of considering the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) most recently published numeric and narrative criteria and to comply with recent Federal regulatory revisions and recommendations. The Department has also included two revisions that will improve the regulation. R.61-68 also includes revisions due to recodification of additional language from the proposed text changes so that every section, subsection, item, and subitem could be cited correctly. In response to comments submitted , the DHEC Board has also added language in Section E. that provides for an alternative species (Daphnia ambigua) for toxicity testing.

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