Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3907 Ratification Number:622 Act Number:512 Primary Sponsor:Mattos Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Environmental permits, licenses, etc. Date Bill Passed both Bodies:Jun 04, 1992 Computer Document Number:NO5/7462.BD Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:Jul 10, 1992 Introduced Date:Apr 11, 1991 Date of Last Amendment:May 28, 1992 Last History Body:------ Last History Date:Jul 10, 1992 Last History Type:Act No. 512 Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Mattos P. Harris Manly Townsend Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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3907 ------ Jul 10, 1992 Act No. 512
3907 ------ Jul 10, 1992 Signed by Governor
3907 ------ Jun 04, 1992 Ratified R 622
3907 House Jun 04, 1992 Ordered enrolled for
ratification
3907 Senate Jun 04, 1992 Receded from its amendments
3907 House Jun 03, 1992 Non-concurrence in Senate
amendment
3907 Senate May 29, 1992 Read third time, returned to
House with amendment
3907 Senate May 28, 1992 Amended, read second time,
unanimous consent for third
reading on Friday, May 29,
1992
3907 Senate May 21, 1992 Recalled from Committee 06
3907 Senate Apr 22, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 06
referred to Committee
3907 House Apr 21, 1992 Read third time, sent to
Senate
3907 House Apr 16, 1992 Amended, read second time
3907 House Apr 15, 1992 Debate adjourned until
Thursday, April 16, 1992
3907 House Apr 01, 1992 Committee Report: Favorable 30
with amendment
3907 House Apr 11, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 30
referred to Committee
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(A512, R622, H3907)
AN ACT TO REVISE THE CHARGES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS, LICENSES, AND CERTIFICATES REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL UNDER THE POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT, THE HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT, THE OIL AND GAS ACT, THE ATOMIC ENERGY AND RADIATION CONTROL ACT, AND DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Charges for certain environmental permits, licenses, and certificates revised
SECTION 1. For July 1, 1992, through June 30, 1993, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control may charge annually for environmental permits, licenses, or certificates required by the department under the Pollution Control Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Hazardous Waste Management Act, the Oil and Gas Act, the Atomic Energy and Radiation Control Act, or department regulations, and the following provisions and schedule of fees apply:
(1) water pollution control:
(a) annual fees for NPDES and state construction permits for land application systems according to the type of wastewater treatment facility:
1. major facility with a flow greater than 2,000,000 gallons a day: $1,200;
2. major facility with a flow 1,000,000 - 1,999,999 gallons a day: $900;
3. minor facility with a flow 500,000 - 999,999 gallons a day: $750;
4. minor facility with a flow 100,000 - 499,999 gallons a day: $600;
5. minor facility with a flow 50,000 - 99,999 gallons a day: $450;
6. minor facility with a flow 0 - 49,999 gallons a day: $300;
7. multiple discharge permits with greater than five discharge points: $900 plus $450 for each discharge over five;
(b) water quality certification application fees:
1. federal and coastal zone certification: $500;
2. state, noncoastal zone certification: $75;
(c) construction permit fees:
1. pretreatment systems: $600;
2. collection systems:
a. nondelegated program: $250;
b. delegated program: $75;
(2) water supply operating permits:
(a) major facility serving more than 10,000 people: $800;
(b) major facility serving 5,000 - 10,000 people: $600;
(c) minor facility serving 1,000 - 4,999 people: $150;
(d) minor facility serving less than 1,000 people: $50;
Fees and expenses collected by the process provided in this item and item (1) must be deposited in the general fund for the operation of agency environmental programs.
Pursuant to the 1990 amendments to the Federal Clean Air Act, the source owner or operator shall pay an annual permit fee of eleven dollars a ton of regulated pollutant, up to a maximum of four thousand tons a year, based on actual emission during calendar year 1991. Funds generated from these fees must be retained by the agency and used to implement the Air Quality Program and provisions of the Federal Clean Air Act;
(3) Laboratory services:
(a) application fee: $100;
(b) minimum annual fee for each laboratory: $100;
(c) Clean Water Act (CWA) inorganics: $20 for each parameter;
(d) Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) inorganics: $20 for each parameter;
(e) SDWA `secondary inorganics': $20 for each parameter;
(f) CWA organics:
1. PCB's and pesticides: $250 for each subgroup;
2. herbicides: $250 for each subgroup;
3. violatiles: $250 for each subgroup;
4. semi-volatiles: $250 for each subgroup;
5. dioxins and furans: $250 for each subgroup;
(g) SDWA organics:
1. trihalomethanes: $250;
2. synthetic organic compounds: $500;
3. volatiles: $500;
(h) microbiology:
1. total coliform: $50;
2. fecal coliform: $50;
3. fecal streptococci: $50;
(i) biology:
1. toxicity testing: $500 for each species;
2. taxonomy: $250;
(j) solid and hazardous wastes (SW-846 methods): If a laboratory wishes to be certified to perform analyses using SW-846 methodology and that laboratory has paid fees to the program to perform analogous analyses under the CWA or SDWA, or both, the laboratory only may be assessed an annual fee of $500. However, if a laboratory wishes to perform analyses using SW-846 methodology only, that laboratory must be assessed an annual fee according to the formats listed for the CWA and the SDWA parameters, as applicable;
(4) radioactive material licenses:
1. low-level radioactive waste disposal: $275,000;
2. radioactive material manufacturing/processing: $27,000;
3. decontamination facilities: $3,000;
4. industrial radiography under reciprocity: $500;
5. low-level waste consolidation: $25,000;
6. low-level waste processing: $50,000.
All other radioactive material fees remain as listed in the Department of Health and Environmental Control Regulations 61-63 and 61-68;
(5) hazardous waste units: $600.
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and authority granted the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control by Section 1 of this act terminates June 30, 1993, or upon enactment of Section 39.24, Part I of the 1992-93 General Appropriations Act.
Approved the 10th day of July, 1992.