Senate Amendment 26
H 5100 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Budget

S E N A T E A M E N D M E N T

   AMENDMENT NO. _____

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CREATEDATE \@ "MMMM d, yyyy" \* MERGEFORMAT April 23, 2024

Clerk of the Senate

   ADOPTION NO. _____

BILL NO: H.5100  (Reference is to Printer's Date 04/23/24-S.)

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 Senators MCELVEEN and SHEALY propose the following amendment (SM OUTFALL SIGNAGE):

 Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 55, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, page 429, after line 7, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:

/ (DES: Effluent Outfall Signage Program) Of the funds appropriated, the Department of Environmental Services (DES) shall, in a timely fashion, develop guidelines for an effluent outfall signage program designed for use by National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit holders to mark point source sites where effluents are released into waters of the State of South Carolina. The department shall develop a standardized sign format or template for NPDES permit holders which must include the name of the permit holder and facility from which the discharge emanates; the NPDES permit number; and an emergency reporting telephone number for the Department of Environmental Services. Once guidelines are developed, the department shall notify all affected permit holders that the placement of DES compliant signs at their outfall discharge sites must be completed by June 30, 2025. / 

 Amend sections, totals and title to conform.