South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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S. 354

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Medical Affairs Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11191ac05.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 26, 2005
Introduced in the House on February 3, 2005
Currently residing in the House Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

Summary: Air Pollution Control Regulations and Standards

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/26/2005  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference SJ-16
    2/1/2005  Senate  Read second time SJ-16
    2/2/2005  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-29
    2/3/2005  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-21
    2/3/2005  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs HJ-21

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/26/2005
1/26/2005-A

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INTRODUCED

January 26, 2005

S. 354

Introduced by Medical Affairs Committee

S. Printed 1/26/05--S.

Read the first time January 26, 2005.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 2873, 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 Air Pollution Control Regulations and Standards, designated as Regulation Document Number 2873, 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.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated a final rule referred to as the Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (CERR) in the Federal Register on June 10, 2002 [67 FR 39602]. Pursuant to its authority under section 110 of Title I of the Clean Air Act (CAA), EPA has long required State Implementation Plans (SIPs) to provide for the submission by states to EPA of emission inventories containing information regarding the emissions of criteria pollutants and their precursors.

The purpose of the CERR is to simplify emissions reporting, establish new reporting requirements for PM2.5 (fine particulate matter) and NH3 (ammonia), and establish new requirements for the statewide reporting of area source and mobile source emissions.

R.61-62.1, Definitions And General Requirements, currently requires all facilities that are required to obtain a Title V permit from the Department to submit an emissions inventory every two years. The Department is revising these requirements in an effort to streamline the emissions inventory reporting process and to be consistent with the CERR. Accordingly, approximately 50 of the 354 current Title V sources (referred to as Type A sources) will be required to increase their emissions inventory reporting to an annual basis. However, the vast majority of new and existing Title V sources will realize a decrease in their reporting burden. The CERR requires approximately 80 of the 354 current Title V sources with fewer emissions (referred to as Type B sources) to report their emissions inventory every three years. This will reduce the reporting burden for these sources from every other year to every third year. For the remaining Title V sources, except those that emit significant hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), there will be an even greater decrease in the reporting burden. If these sources have submitted an initial inventory, no further reporting will be required. Those sources that emit significant HAPs will also realize a decrease in their reporting burden. Instead of submitting inventories every other year, they will be required to submit a summary of their HAP emissions every three years.

The Department has amended R.61-62.1, Definitions and General Requirements, to make the necessary revisions to be consistent with the new Federal emissions reporting requirements and to revise existing State specific requirements to streamline the reporting process.

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