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TO AMEND SECTION 48-46-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO VOLUME LIMITATIONS ON THE DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE, SO AS TO ESTABLISH A TOTAL VOLUME LIMIT OF FORTY THOUSAND CUBIC FEET INCLUDING NONREGIONAL WASTE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2023; AND TO AMEND SECTION 48-46-50, RELATING TO VOTING BY SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSIONERS OR ALTERNATE COMMISSIONERS TO THE ATLANTIC COMPACT COMMISSION, SO AS TO DIRECT THE COMMISSIONERS AND ALTERNATE COMMISSIONERS TO VOTE IN A MANNER TO AUTHORIZE THE IMPORTATION OF NONREGIONAL WASTE SO LONG AS IMPORTATION WOULD NOT CAUSE THE FACILITY TO EXCEED A TOTAL VOLUME LIMIT OF FORTY THOUSAND CUBIC FEET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2023.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 48-46-40(A)(6)(a) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 357 of 2000, is amended to read:
"(a) To the extent authorized by the compact commission, the board on behalf of the State of South Carolina may enter into agreements with any person in the United States or its territories or any interstate compact, state, U.S. United States territory, or U.S. United States Department of Defense military installation abroad for the importation of waste into the region for purposes of disposal at a regional disposal facility within South Carolina. No waste from outside the Atlantic Compact region may be disposed at a regional disposal facility within South Carolina, except to the extent that the board is authorized by the compact commission to enter into agreements for importation of waste.
The board shall authorize the importation of nonregional waste into the region for purposes of disposal at the regional disposal facility in South Carolina so long as nonregional waste would not result in the facility accepting more than the following total volumes of all waste:
( i) 160,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2001;
( ii) 80,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2002;
( iii) 70,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2003;
( iv) 60,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2004;
( v) 50,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2005;
( vi) 45,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2006;
( vii) 40,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2007;
(viii) 35,000 40,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2008 through fiscal year 2023.
After fiscal year 2008 2023, the board shall not authorize the importation of nonregional waste for purposes of disposal."
SECTION 2. Section 48-46-50(D) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 357 of 2000, is amended to read:
"(D) South Carolina's commissioners or alternate commissioners to the compact commission shall cast any applicable votes on the compact commission in a manner that authorizes the importation of waste into the region for purposes of disposal at a regional disposal facility in South Carolina so long as importation would not result in the facility accepting more than the following total volumes of all waste:
(1) 160,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2001;
(2) 80,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2002;
(3) 70,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2003;
(4) 60,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2004;
(5) 50,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2005;
(6) 45,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2006;
(7) 40,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2007;
(8) 35,000 40,000 cubic feet in fiscal year 2008 through fiscal year 2023.
South Carolina's commissioners or alternate commissioners shall not vote to approve the importation of waste into the region for purposes of disposal in any fiscal year after 2008 2023."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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