South Carolina Code 48-57-70. Burden of proof
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 48-57-70
- Environmental audit: means a voluntary, internal evaluation or review of one or more facilities or an activity at one or more facilities regulated under federal, state, regional, or local environmental law, or of compliance programs, or management systems related to the facility or activity if designed to identify and prevent noncompliance and to improve compliance with these laws. See South Carolina Code 48-57-20
A party asserting the privilege provided for in § 48-57-30 has the burden of proving that the materials claimed as privileged constitute an environmental audit report as defined by § 48-57-20 and also of proving that compliance has been achieved or will be achieved through the exercise of best efforts. A party seeking disclosure under § 48-57-50 has the burden of proving the condition for disclosure set forth in that section.