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SC Code § 44-56-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act|Section 44-56-330. Applicability.

 The immunities provided in Section 44-56-320 apply only to any person:  (A) Whose act or omission did not cause the actual or threatened discharge and who would not otherwise be liable therefor, or  (B) Who renders such assistance or advice voluntarily and without compensation, or who is an employee of an industry, corporation, or group which renders such advice or assistance without compensation.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 397, Section 3.
SC Code § 44-56-405 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act|Section 44-56-405. Purpose.

 The purpose of the South Carolina Drycleaning Facility Restoration Trust Fund is to collect and manage funds for the investigation and remediation of environmental contamination arising from the operation of eligible drycleaning facilities and eligible wholesale supply facilities. The Department of Revenue shall collect, and enforce the payment of surcharges and fees, which constitute the fund, as required by this article. The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall administer the fund to ensure that the sites that pose the greatest threat to human health and the environment are remediated first and that the remediation is accomplished in compliance with this article.  HISTORY: 2013 Act No. 30, Section 1, eff May 21, 2013.
SC Code § 44-56-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act|Section 44-56-430. Fund management.

 (A) The department is required to report each January fifteenth the current financial position of the fund to the General Assembly. In addition, the department shall include projected information that would enable the General Assembly to determine the solvency of the fund. At a minimum this must include a five-year budget projection. This report also must review and comment on the adequacy of the current program in resolving contamination problems at both operating and closed drycleaning facilities and wholesale supply facilities in this State.  (B) The department shall promulgate regulations to establish priorities for assessment and remediation at eligible contaminated sites. The department shall provide for the assessment and remediation of eligible contaminated sites consistent with these regulations and other provisions of this article.  (C) The department shall administer the assessment and remediation portions of the program through direct payments to contractors actually accomplishing the site assessment and remediation and not through reimbursement to drycleaning or wholesale supply facility owners, operators, or property owners. All services related to site assessment and remediation must be preapproved by the department before performance in order to receive payment for services rendered.  (D) The department may not expend more than five hundred fifty thousand dollars from the fund annually to pay for the costs at any one contaminated site for the activities described in Section 44-56-420(C).  (E) The department in its sole discretion may use other funds to pay the cost of a cleanup if the department declares a contaminated site is an emergency and if the committed money in the fund exceeds the current balance or the amount committed to a contaminated site has reached the maximum allowable expenditure as required in subsection (D). However, once the fund has an available uncommitted balance, the department's other sources of money that paid for the approved emergency cleanup may be reimbursed for the costs incurred through annual payments that may not exceed five percent of the total fund's average annual balance. The fund may not obligate itself for more than it is estimated to generate through surcharges and fees.  (F) Nothing in this article subjects the department to liability for any action that may be required of the owner, operator, or person by a private party or a local, state, or federal governmental entity.  (G) Nothing in this article may restrict the department from temporarily postponing rehabilitation work on a site in order to make funds available to perform work on another contaminated site with a higher priority.  HISTORY: 2013 Act No. 30, Section 1, eff May 21, 2013.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: Former Section 44-56-430 was titled Environmental surcharge, and had the following history: 1995 Act No. 119, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 237, Section 4, eff May 24, 2004; 2009 Act No. 14, Section 1, eff May 6, 2009.
SC Code § 44-56-450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act|Section 44-56-450. Environmental surcharge.

 (A)(1) An environmental surcharge equal to one percent of the gross proceeds of sales of laundering and drycleaning services is imposed upon every owner or operator of a retail drycleaning facility or a dry drop-off facility.  Exempt from the environmental surcharge imposed in this section are:  (a) drycleaning facilities that possess a drycleaning facility exemption certificate issued pursuant to Section 44-56-425;  (b) dry drop-off facilities exempt pursuant to Section 44-56-425(D); and  (c) wholesale sales of drycleaning services provided to another drycleaning facility or a dry drop-off facility.  (2) At any time the uncommitted balance of the fund account exceeds five million dollars, the one percent of the gross proceeds of sales of drycleaning surcharge is suspended until that time the uncommitted balance of the trust fund account becomes less than one million dollars. The department is responsible for notifying the Department of Revenue when these amounts have been reached. The suspension of the environmental surcharge occurs at the end of the month in which the Department of Revenue is notified by the department. The lifting of the suspension occurs on the first day of the month following the month in which the Department of Revenue is notified by the department.  (B) The surcharge imposed by this section is due and payable on the twentieth day of each month for the preceding month. The Department of Revenue may authorize the quarterly, semiannual, or annual payment of this surcharge. The surcharge must be reported on forms and in the manner determined by the Department of Revenue.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 119, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 237, Section 4, eff May 24, 2004; 2009 Act No. 14, Section 1, eff May 6, 2009; 1976 Code Section 44-56-430; 2013 Act No. 30, Section 1, eff May 21, 2013.  Editor's Note  2004 Act No. 237, Section 11, provides in part as follows:  "The repeal or amendment of a code section by this act does not release or extinguish any tax, fee, interest, penalty, forfeiture, or liability for any period prior to the repeal or amendment. The repealed or amended code section or act must be treated as remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of the tax, fee, interest, penalty, forfeiture, or liability."  2009 Act No. 14 Section 2, provides as follows:  "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor; however, the amendments to the impositions of the surcharges and fees imposed pursuant to Sections 44-56-430(A), 44-56-470(A), 44-56-480(A), and 44-56-480(D) of the 1976 Code, as amended in Section 1 of this act, take effect March 1, 2010."  Prior Laws: Former Section 44-56-450 was titled Reporting of discharged drycleaning solvent causing contamination, and had the following history: 1995 Act No. 119, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 237, Section 6, eff May 24, 2004; 2009 Act No. 14, Section 1, eff May 6, 2009.
SC Code § 44-56-485 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act|Section 44-56-485. Regulations.

 The department may promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this article.  HISTORY: 2013 Act No. 30, Section 1, eff May 21, 2013.
SC Code § 44-56-490 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act|Section 44-56-490. Violations.

 (A) If the department finds that a person is in violation of a provision of this article or a regulation promulgated pursuant to this article, the department may issue an order requiring the person to comply with this article or regulation promulgated pursuant to this article or the department may bring civil action for injunctive relief in an appropriate court of competent jurisdiction.  (B) A person who violates a provision of this article, a regulation promulgated pursuant to this article, or an order of the department issued pursuant to this article or regulation promulgated pursuant to this article is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each day of violation.  (C) A person who wilfully violates a provision of this article, a regulation promulgated pursuant to this article, or an order of the department issued pursuant to this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day of violation or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.  (D) A wholesale supply facility selling or providing drycleaning solvent in violation of the provisions of Section 44-56-440 is subject to a civil penalty of up to ten thousand dollars for each violation. Each sale or transfer constitutes a separate violation.  (E) A drycleaning facility selling or providing solvent to another drycleaning facility in violation of the provisions of Section 44-56-440 is subject to a civil penalty of up to ten thousand dollars for each violation. Each sale or transfer constitutes a separate violation.  (F) A drycleaning facility purchasing or receiving drycleaning solvent in violation of the provisions of Section 44-56-440 is subject to a civil penalty of up to ten thousand dollars for each violation. Each purchase or receipt constitutes a separate violation.  (G) Failure to register as a producer or importer of drycleaning solvent pursuant to Section 44-56-460(B) before importing or producing drycleaning solvent into this State is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the person may be fined up to twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned up to thirty days.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 119, Section 1; 2009 Act No. 14, Section 1, eff May 6, 2009; 2013 Act No. 30, Section 1, eff May 21, 2013.
SC Code § 44-56-495 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act|Section 44-56-495. Drycleaning Advisory Council; Department of Revenue participation on matters involving surcharges and fees.

 (A) There is created the Drycleaning Advisory Council to advise the department on matters relating to regulations and standards that affect drycleaning and related industries.  (B) The council is composed of the following members:  (1) eight owners or operators of drycleaning facilities who are participating in this article;  (2) one representative of a wholesale supply facility;  (3) one representative of the drycleaners who have a Drycleaning Exemption Certificate issued by the Department of Revenue; and  (4) one representative from the department, who is an administrator.  (C) Members enumerated in subsections (B)(1) through (B)(3) are appointed by the board of the Department of Health and Environmental Control and shall serve terms of two years and until their successors are appointed. The chairman of the council is elected by the members of the council at the first meeting of each new term.  (D) An employee of the Department of Revenue shall attend meetings of the council to provide the council informal assistance as to matters involving the surcharges and fees that are imposed pursuant to this article and which are administered and collected by the Department of Revenue.  (E) The Department of Revenue may disclose to the department information on a return filed with the Department of Revenue pursuant to the provisions of Section 44-56-450.  The Department of Revenue and the department may not disclose to the members enumerated in subsections (B)(1) through (B)(3) or to the public specific information on a return filed with the Department of Revenue pursuant to the provisions of Section 44-56-450; however, the Department of Revenue and the department may provide these members available statistical information concerning the surcharge imposed pursuant to Section 44-56-450.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 119, Section 1; 2009 Act No. 14, Section 1, eff May 6, 2009; 2013 Act No. 30, Section 1, eff May 21, 2013.
SC Code § 44-56-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act|Section 44-56-510. General provisions.

 Any waste disposed of in a land disposal site permitted to receive hazardous waste for disposal and not assessed a fee under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter must be assessed as follows:  (1) a fee of thirteen dollars and seventy cents a ton of wastes generated and disposed of in this State by landfilling or other means of land disposal;  (2) for all wastes generated outside of the State and received at a facility during the quarter, each owner/operator of a hazardous waste land disposal facility shall remit to the department a fee of thirteen dollars and seventy cents a ton.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 140, Section 9; 1992 Act No. 501, Part II Section 18H.
SC Code § 44-56-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act|Section 44-56-710. Purpose.

 The purpose of the voluntary cleanup program is to:  (1) enable the expansion, redevelopment or return to use of industrial and commercial sites whose redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination;  (2) provide an incentive to conduct response actions at a site by providing nonresponsible parties a covenant not to sue, contribution protection, and third party liability protection, or by providing responsible parties with a covenant not to sue for the work done in completing the response actions specifically covered in the contract and completed in accordance with the approved work plans and reports; and  (3) provide reimbursement to the department for oversight costs.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 258, Section 2; 2008 Act No. 342, Section 1, eff June 11, 2008.
SC Code § 44-56-730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act|Section 44-56-730. Site and participant eligibility.

 (A) A site known or perceived to be impacted by a contaminant, petroleum, or a petroleum product is eligible for participation in the voluntary cleanup program unless the site is listed or proposed to be listed on the National Priorities List pursuant to CERCLA Section 105.  (B) A responsible party who is not subject to a department order or permit for assessment and remediation for a site is eligible to participate in the voluntary cleanup program for that site.  (C) All nonresponsible parties who demonstrate financial viability to meet their obligations under the contract and who will undertake or whose nonresponsible party lenders, signatories, parents, subsidiaries, and successors will undertake the expansion, redevelopment, or return to use of the property are eligible to participate in the voluntary cleanup program.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 258, Section 2; 2008 Act No. 342, Section 1, eff June 11, 2008.
SC Code § 44-56-760 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act|Section 44-56-760. Review of program.

 Beginning in the year 2010, the department shall review the voluntary cleanup program established pursuant to this article and report to the General Assembly on the activities of the program and, where applicable, make recommendations for any needed changes or improvements.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 258, Section 2; 2008 Act No. 342, Section 1, eff June 11, 2008.
SC Code § 44-56-810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act|Section 44-56-810. Creation of fund; purpose; financing and expenditures.

 There is created within the State Treasury the Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund, separate and distinct from the general fund of the State, to ensure the availability of funds for the conduct of research related to waste minimization and reduction and for the development of more effective and efficient methods of conducting governmental response actions at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. The fund must be financed in accordance with Section 44-56-160(B) and expended only in accordance with the provisions of this article.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 196, Section 3; 1992 Act No. 501, Part II Section 18I.
SC Code § 44-56-820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act|Section 44-56-820. Universities Research and Education Foundation authorized to expend monies from fund; purposes.

 The South Carolina Universities Research and Education Foundation is authorized to expend monies in the Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund only as provided in this article. The foundation shall establish a comprehensive research program with a primary emphasis on improving current hazardous waste management practices including, but not limited to, waste minimization and reduction and the development of more effective and efficient methods of conducting governmental response actions at abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. The fund must be used for research that will:  (1) have a direct and positive impact on waste minimization and reduction in this State;  (2) recommend strategies to deal effectively with major existing hazardous waste management problems in this State and to improve current hazardous waste management practices;  (3) provide research and recommendations on cost-effective hazardous waste management techniques and new or emerging technologies for use in the public and private sectors including, but not limited to, the development of more efficient and effective methods of cleaning up abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites;  (4) provide hazardous waste management education, training, and public information;  (5) assess the impact of existing and emerging hazardous waste management practices on the public health and environment;  (6) provide research and recommendations on other waste management practices that may be identified through research conducted pursuant to this section.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 196, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 62A.
SC Code § 44-56-830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act|Section 44-56-830. Foundation to submit annual report to Select Oversight Committee.

 The foundation shall submit an annual report to the Hazardous Waste Management Select Oversight Committee created pursuant to Section 44-56-840 fully accounting for the expenditures of the fund and the results realized from the research program.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 196, Section 3.
SC Code § 44-56-840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act|Section 44-56-840. Hazardous Waste Management Select Oversight Committee.

 (A) There is created a Hazardous Waste Management Select Oversight Committee to monitor funds generated from the fees imposed under Section 44-56-170(C) and (E) and designated for the fund under Section 44-56-810. The committee shall oversee the research efforts and projects approved for funding by the foundation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the committee is composed of:  (1) the Governor or his designee;  (2) the chairman of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee or his designee;  (3) the chairman of the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee or his designee;  (4) the chairman of the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee or his designee;  (5) the chairman of the Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee or his designee;  (6) the Director of the Department of Health and Environmental Control or his designee;  (7) one member representing business and industry appointed by the Governor;  (8) one public member appointed by the Governor; and  (9) one member representing environmental interests appointed by the Governor.  (B) The chairman of the Select Oversight Committee must be elected from the membership of the committee.  (C) The committee shall meet quarterly and shall submit annually a report to the General Assembly on all funds monitored under the provisions of this section before March fifteenth. Staff support must come from existing staff assigned by the committee.  (D) Members of the committee shall receive the usual per diem, subsistence, and mileage that is provided by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions. Per diem, subsistence, and mileage must be paid from the Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 196, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 62B; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1136; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 93, eff January 31, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 1, Section 93, in (A), deleted (10), which related to the Lieutenant Governor or his designee, and made a nonsubstantive change.
SC Code § 44-59-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 59 - The River Basins Advisory Commissions|Section 44-59-10. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "River basins" means that land area designated as the Catawba/Wateree, Yadkin/Pee Dee River Basins by the North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.  (2) "Commissions" means the River Basins Advisory Commissions. The commissions shall be constituted as described below and there shall be a separate commission for each river basin.  HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 262, Section 1, eff July 6, 2004.