BIL:3425

TYP:General Bill GB

INB:House

IND:20010201

PSP:Knotts

SPO:Knotts, Rhoad, Whatley, J. Young

DDN:l:\council\bills\nbd\11209ac01.doc

RBY:Senate

LAD:20020523

SUB:Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986, Health and Environmental Control to adopt

HST:

BodyDateAction DescriptionComLeg Involved

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------20020528Scrivener's error corrected

Senate20020523Amended, read second time,

notice of general amendments

Senate20020522Committee report: Favorable13 SMA

Senate20010307Introduced, read first time,13 SMA

referred to Committee

House20010307Read third time, sent to Senate

House20010306Amended, read second time

House20010228Committee report: Favorable with25 HJ

amendment

House20010214Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep.J. Young

House20010201Introduced, read first time,25 HJ

referred to Committee

Versions of This Bill

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Revised on 20010306

Revised on 20020522

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Revised on 20020528

TXT:

AMENDED

May 23, 2002

H.3425

Introduced by Reps. Knotts, Rhoad, Whatley and J. Young

S. Printed 5/23/02--S.[SEC 5/28/02 2:13 PM]

Read the first time March 7, 2001.

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 4456202 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT TO KNOW ACT OF 1986, TO ADOPT THIS FEDERAL LAW AS THE LAW OF THIS STATE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXCEPTION.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION1.Section 4456200 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 258 of 2000, is further amended by adding at the end:

“(C)The provisions of Section 311 (42 USC 11021), as contained in the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986 (Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, Public Law 99499, October 17, 1986, as amended by Public Law 102380, October 6, 1992), are incorporated by reference as the law of this State, except that for purposes of South Carolina law, the following is added at the end of Section 311:

‘(3)An owner operator of a facility receiving hazardous chemicals under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, and regulations promulgated under that act, for which no previous material safety data sheets have been reported, as otherwise required under this act, shall provide material safety data sheets within three business days after receiving these hazardous chemicals on site. The material safety data sheets may be sent by personal delivery, by mail, by electronic mail, or by fax. For purposes of this section, material safety data sheets sent by mail are considered received as of the postmark date.’ ”

SECTION2.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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