South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-107 - Solid Waste Management
Subchapter 61-107.19 - SOLID WASTE. MANAGEMENT: SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS AND STRUCTURAL FILL
Part V - CLASS THREE LANDFILLS. (SUBSections A THROUGH F OF THIS PART ARE CODIFIED TO COINCIDE WITH THOSE SUBPARTS IN 40CFR258.)
Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 61-107.19.V.A.258.1 - Purpose, Scope, and Applicability

a. Part V. establishes minimum criteria for landfills that accept municipal solid waste, industrial solid waste, sewage sludge, nonhazardous municipal solid waste incinerator ash and other nonhazardous waste. Hereinafter, these landfills will be referred to as Class Three landfills. Class Three landfills shall adhere to their approved Special Waste Analysis and Implementation Plan (SWAIP), pursuant to S.C. Code Section 44-96-390.

b. This Part applies to owners and operators of new and existing Class Three landfills, except as otherwise specifically provided in this regulation.

c. No Class Three landfill shall be operated in the State of South Carolina without first obtaining a written permit from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.

d. Class Three landfills failing to satisfy the criteria in this Part are considered open dumps for purposes of State solid waste management planning under RCRA.

e. Class Three landfills failing to satisfy the criteria in this Part constitute open dumps, which are prohibited under section4005 of RCRA.

f. Class Three landfills containing sewage sludge and failing to satisfy the criteria in this Part violate sections309 and 405(e) of the Clean Water Act.

g. Class Three landfills permitted prior to the effective date of this regulation to accept only industrial waste that test less than 30 times the MCL shall be exempted from the design criteria as outlined in Subpart D of this Part.