Current Status Bill Number:4898 Type of Legislation:Joint Resolution JR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19960410 Primary Sponsor:Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee HANR 20 All Sponsors:Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee Drafted Document Number:gjk\22602ac.96 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Medical Affairs Committee 13 SMA Subject:Regulation No. 1895, Health & Environmental Control, Solid Waste Management
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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Senate 19960423 Introduced, read first time, 13 SMA
referred to Committee
House 19960418 Read third time, sent to Senate
House 19960417 Read second time
House 19960410 Introduced, read first time
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INTRODUCED
April 10, 1996
H. 4898
Introduced by Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee
S. Printed 4/10/96--H.
Read the first time April 10, 1996.
TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, LAND APPLICATION OF SOLID WASTE, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 1895, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The regulations of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, relating to solid waste management, land application of solid waste, designated as Regulation Document Number 1895, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.
This regulation addresses the land application of nonhazardous solid waste on or into land that is managed to produce crops or forest products and to applications of solid waste on land that is being reclaimed to enhance its aesthetic value or to reduce environmental degradation. This regulation will encourage and establish criteria for the recycling of materials that historically have been disposed in a landfill. The land application of nonhazardous solid waste shall be for beneficial agricultural, silvicultural, and horticultural purposes and not used as a means of disposal.