The fund is available to the department to help defray the costs of administering the regulatory programs under each act enumerated in Section 48-2-30(B). The monies must be used for improved performance in permitting, certification, licensing, monitoring, investigating, enforcing, and administering the department's functions under these acts. Monies collected pursuant to the Federal Clean Air Act may be used as necessary to administer the Small Business Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program, support staff, equipment, legal services, contracts with consultants, and program expenses as listed in Title V of the 1990 amendments to the Federal Clean Air Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 48-2-40
Purpose and uses of fund
Known as the Environmental Protection Fund Act
The act spans §§ 48–48 (9 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC v. South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (2012)
Most recently applied in Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC v. South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (December 2012)
1993 Act No. 122, SECTION 2.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.