South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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Bill 3348

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INTRODUCED

January 19, 2011

H. 3348

Introduced by Reps. Lucas, J.M. Neal, Long and Delleney

S. Printed 1/19/11--H.

Read the first time January 19, 2011.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO PROHIBIT THE RECEIPT, STORAGE, CONSOLIDATION, TREATMENT, PROCESSING, AND DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE, HAZARDOUS WASTE, INFECTIOUS WASTE, AND SOLID WASTE BY THE STATE OR ANY SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE BEGINNING JULY 1, 2011, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS IF THE STATE OR ONE OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS HAS A RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER STATE OR AN OUT-OF-STATE REGION OR ENTITY OR IF THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE IS A MEMBER OF A COMPACT THAT AUTHORIZES THE RECEIPT, STORAGE, CONSOLIDATION, TREATMENT, PROCESSING, OR DISPOSAL OF ANY SUCH WASTE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State or any of its political subdivisions may not receive, store, consolidate, treat, process, or dispose of, or any combination of these, low-level radioactive waste, hazardous waste, infectious waste, or solid waste from outside of the State unless the State or a political subdivision of the State has a reciprocal agreement with another state or out-of-state entity or region or is a member of a compact that authorizes any such out-of-state waste to be received, stored, consolidated, treated, processed, or disposed of, or any combination of these, by the State or any of its political subdivisions.

SECTION    2.    This joint resolution takes effect July 1, 2011.

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