This bill is currently pending consideration before the House of Representatives Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee.
This bill seeks to make the following change:
Chapter 6, Title 48 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:
Section 48-6-90. (A) Within one hundred eighty days of the effective date of this section, the Department of Environmental Services shall promulgate regulations prohibiting the discharge of any contaminant level of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate, in any waterway or drinking water supply of the State.
(B) The department may enforce the provisions of this section in accordance with Section 48-6-70 and any other applicable provision of law, and may coordinate with the Department of Public Health, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Commerce in enforcing this section.
Please contact your member of the House of Representatives to support this legislation.
Please contact your member of the House of Representatives to support this legislation.