South Carolina Code 48-56-10. Purpose of chapter
(1) create a voluntary pilot program by which the department may enter into not more than ten cooperative agreements with eligible participants to test and evaluate innovative environmental approaches to achieve superior environmental performance that are not otherwise authorized under existing South Carolina environmental law;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 48-56-10
- Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 48-56-20
- Innovative environmental approaches: means procedures, practices, technologies, or systems that are designed to achieve superior environmental performance when applied by doing one or more of the following:
(a) achieving emissions reductions or reductions in discharges of waste that exceed otherwise applicable statutory and regulatory requirements;
(b) providing for alternative monitoring, testing, recordkeeping, notification, or reporting requirements that reduce the administrative burden on the department or the participant and providing the information needed to ensure compliance with the cooperative agreement and other applicable provisions of South Carolina environmental law; or
(c) achieving natural resource conservation or reductions in the use of natural resources or energy consumption. See South Carolina Code 48-56-20 - South Carolina environmental law: means all state and federal environmental laws and regulations that the department is authorized to administer and enforce. See South Carolina Code 48-56-20
(2) encourage public participation and consensus among interested persons in the development of innovative environmental approaches and in monitoring the environmental performance of participants in the pilot program;
(3) determine whether innovative environmental approaches implemented through the pilot program result in environmental benefits such that changes in existing South Carolina law to allow these approaches are warranted;
(4) ensure that participants in the pilot program are of the highest caliber in environmental leadership and that innovative environmental approaches included in the cooperative agreements as well as any other environmental requirements applicable to the participants will be fully met.