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TO AMEND ACT 258 OF 2004, RELATING TO THE AQUATIC LIFE PROTECTION ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT DO NOT APPLY TO ANY NEW, MODIFIED, OR RENEWAL PERMIT CONTAINING WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY (WET) PERMIT LIMITS WHICH WAS DRAFTED AND PENDING ISSUANCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, SO LONG AS THE WET PERMIT LIMITS CONTAINED IN THE PERMIT ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PERMITTEE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 3 of Act 258 of 2004 is amended to read:
"Section 3. If at any time after the effective date of this act, the United States Environmental Protection Agency publishes a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register to commence withdrawal of the South Carolina National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program as a direct result of this act, the application and enforcement of this act is suspended. In addition, the provisions of this act do not apply to any new, modified, or renewal permit containing whole effluent toxicity (WET) permit limits which was drafted and pending issuance by the Department of Health and Environmental Control on the effective date of this act, so long as the WET permit limits contained in the permit are acceptable to the permittee."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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