Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
(1) Each transporter or transfer facility
operator must register with the Department on a form which includes at a
minimum:
(a) the transporter's
name;
(b) the transporter's mailing
address;
(c) the name for each
intermediate handling facility, transfer facility, or transportation related
site that the transporter will operate at in South Carolina;
(d) the address for each intermediate
handling facility, transfer facility, or transportation related site that the
transporter will operate at in South Carolina;
(e) the telephone number for each
intermediate handling facility, transfer facility, or transportation related
site that the transporter will operate at in South Carolina;
(f) proof of financial responsibility for
sudden and accidental occurrences in the amount of at least one million dollars
($1,000,000) per occurrence exclusive of legal defense costs. This financial
responsibility may be established by any one or a combination of the following:
(i) evidence of liability insurance, either
on a claim made or an occurrence basis, with or without the deductible, with
the deductible, if any, to be on a per occurrence or per accident basis and not
to exceed ten (10) percent of the equity of the registrant;
(ii) self insurance, the level of which shall
not exceed ten (10) percent of equity of the registrant as evidenced by
submission of financial information as required by the Department; or
(iii) other evidence of financial
responsibility approved by the Department; and
(g) this statement signed by hand by the
owner or his authorized agent: "I certify, under penalty of criminal and/or
civil prosecution for making or submission of false statements,
representations, or omissions, that I have read, understand, and will comply
with the South Carolina Infectious Waste Management
RegulationR.61-105."
(2)
No person shall engage or continue to engage in transportation of infectious
waste (except as outlined in Section N(2)) in South Carolina unless they
register annually with the Department as an infectious waste transporter, and
pay applicable fees as outlined in Section DD.
(a) Transporters must notify the Department
in writing within thirty (30) days if any changes occur in the information
required for registration as outlined in (1) above or if they terminate their
business; and
(b) Transporters who
fail to re-register by the expiration date of their registration must cease all
infectious waste transport activities on the expiration date.
(c) A registration may be terminated or a new
or renewal application may be denied by the Department for noncompliance by the
transporter with any conditions of the registration, requirements of this
regulation, or the Act.
(3) The financial responsibility required in
section O(1)(f) above must be maintained. If any change occurs in a registered
transporter's financial responsibility, he must cease to transport infectious
waste and notify the Department immediately to determine when and how
transportation may be resumed.
(4)
Transporters will receive an Infectious Waste Transporter Number upon
completion of the registration process. Use of a false, expired, or invalid
registration number is prohibited.
(5) Transporter registration and Infectious
Waste Transporter Numbers are not transferable.
(6) Transporters which neither pick up
infectious waste nor deliver infectious waste within this state are exempt from
registration. Transporters who only transport into or within this state
regulated infectious waste packaged in accordance with United States Postal
Service Domestic Mail Manual infectious waste packaging requirements are also
exempt from registration.
