South Carolina Code 48-56-90. Public comment on issuance or revocation of cooperative agreements; notice
(B) The department shall prepare a public notice of a proposed action under subsection (A) that:
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 48-56-90
- Cooperative agreement: means an agreement entered into under § 48-56-30. See South Carolina Code 48-56-20
- Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 48-56-20
- Facility: means any site, including all buildings, equipment, and structures located on a single parcel or on contiguous parcels that are owned or operated by the same person, a manufacturing or natural resource management operation, or any business or local government activity that is regulated under any provision of South Carolina environmental law. See South Carolina Code 48-56-20
- Person: means an individual, corporation, company, association, partnership, unit of local government, state agency, federal agency, or other legal entity. See South Carolina Code 48-56-20
(1) briefly describes the facility that is the subject of the proposed action;
(2) identifies the proposed action and states whether any variances would be granted under § 48-56-50 by the proposed action;
(3) identifies an employee of the department and an employee of the applicant or participant who may be contacted for additional information about the proposed action;
(4) states that the draft of the proposed action is available upon request;
(5) states that comments concerning the proposed action may be submitted to the department during the comment period and states the last date of the comment period.
(C) Before the start of the public comment period, the department shall provide the public notice under subsection (B) to the applicant or participant, the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the members of the interested persons group established under § 48-56-60 and all persons who have asked to receive notice of proposed actions under subsection (A). The department shall mail the public notice to any other person upon request. The department shall make a copy of the public notice available at the department’s main office and at the environmental quality control district office where the facility subject to the proposed action is located. The applicant shall circulate the public notice in the area of the facility subject to the proposed action by posting the notice in public buildings, publishing the notice in local newspapers, and by any other approaches that the department determines are effective.
(D) The department shall hold a public informational forum on a proposed action if the comments received during the public comment period demonstrate considerable public interest in the proposed action.