South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 96 - South Carolina Solid Waste Policy And Management Act
Section 44-96-320. Solid waste landfills.

(A) Not later than eighteen months after this article is effective, the department shall promulgate, in addition to regulations generally applicable to all solid waste management facilities, regulations governing the siting, design, construction, operation, closure, and postclosure activities of all landfills that dispose of solid waste. The department may, by regulation, exempt certain facilities from all or part of the requirements of this section. In determining if exemptions are warranted from all or part of the regulations applicable to this section and Section 44-96-330, the department must consider in situ soil as a criterion for granting exemptions. These regulations shall not apply to the disposal of solid waste from a single family or household on property where such waste is generated.
(B) The regulations governing solid waste landfills shall, at a minimum, contain the following requirements:
(1) the submission by the permit applicant of the following documents:
(a) a comprehensive engineering report that describes, at a minimum, existing site conditions and construction plans;
(b) a quality assurance and quality control report;
(c) a hydrogeologic report and water quality and air quality monitoring plans;
(d) a contingency plan describing the action to be taken in response to contingencies which may occur during construction and operation of the landfill;
(e) an operational plan describing how the facility will meet all applicable regulatory requirements;
(f) the maximum volume of solid waste the facility is capable of receiving over the operational life of the facility and the maximum rate at which the facility will receive that waste; and
(g) a landscape plan;
(2) locational criteria. However, the department shall grant exemptions from such criteria upon a demonstration by the permit applicant of circumstances which warrant an exemption;
(3) landfill construction requirements;
(4) facility design and operational requirements including, but not limited to, access controls, cover requirements, gas control, leachate control, exclusion of hazardous wastes, liner requirements, litter control, groundwater and surface water monitoring, and air quality monitoring;
(5) closure and postclosure requirements;
(6) financial responsibility requirements; and
(7) corrective action requirements.
HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 63, Section 1.

Structure South Carolina Code of Laws

South Carolina Code of Laws

Title 44 - Health

Chapter 96 - South Carolina Solid Waste Policy And Management Act

Section 44-96-10. Short title.

Section 44-96-20. Findings; purposes.

Section 44-96-30. Applicability.

Section 44-96-40. Definitions.

Section 44-96-50. State solid waste management policy and goals.

Section 44-96-60. State solid waste management plan; revision of plan and annual report; State Solid Waste Advisory Council.

Section 44-96-80. County or regional solid waste management plans; local government responsibilities; local Solid Waste Advisory Councils.

Section 44-96-85. Solid Waste Emergency Fund.

Section 44-96-90. Full cost disclosure.

Section 44-96-100. Violations of certain regulations; issuance of order for compliance or civil action for injunctive relief; wilful violations; penalty; additional powers and duties of department.

Section 44-96-105. Promulgation of regulations.

Section 44-96-110. Establishment of the Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling.

Section 44-96-120. Establishment of the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund; Waste Tire Grant Trust Fund.

Section 44-96-130. Solid Waste Management Grant Program.

Section 44-96-140. Recycling programs of state government; state procurement policy; report of the Department of Transportation.

Section 44-96-150. Packaging; plastics.

Section 44-96-160. Used oil.

Section 44-96-165. Independent audits of trust funds.

Section 44-96-170. Waste tires.

Section 44-96-180. Lead-acid batteries.

Section 44-96-190. Yard trash; compost.

Section 44-96-200. White goods.

Section 44-96-210. Newsprint.

Section 44-96-220. Uniform Department of Revenue collection and enforcement methods apply.

Section 44-96-235. Severability.

Section 44-96-240. Findings; purposes.

Section 44-96-250. Definitions.

Section 44-96-260. Powers and duties of the department.

Section 44-96-270. Department report on regional solid waste management facilities.

Section 44-96-280. Powers of the commissioner.

Section 44-96-290. Permitting.

Section 44-96-300. Disclosure statements by permit applicants.

Section 44-96-310. Research, development, and demonstration permits.

Section 44-96-320. Solid waste landfills.

Section 44-96-325. Commercial industrial solid waste landfill; location.

Section 44-96-330. Minimum requirements for new and existing municipal solid waste landfills.

Section 44-96-340. Solid waste incinerators.

Section 44-96-350. Minimum requirements for the management of municipal solid waste incinerator ash.

Section 44-96-360. Solid waste processing facilities.

Section 44-96-370. Storage and transfer of solid waste.

Section 44-96-380. Land application facilities; composting facilities; construction, demolition, and land clearing debris landfills.

Section 44-96-390. Approval procedures for special wastes.

Section 44-96-400. Information requirements by department; disclosure of information obtained by department.

Section 44-96-410. Inspections; samples.

Section 44-96-420. Issuance, modification, or revocation of orders to prevent violations of chapter.

Section 44-96-430. Hearings.

Section 44-96-440. Unlawful acts.

Section 44-96-450. Violations; penalties.

Section 44-96-460. Training of operators of solid waste management facilities.

Section 44-96-470. Facility issues negotiation process.