Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
600.1. No person
shall be responsible for the cleaning of onsite wastewater systems,
self-contained toilets, and other sewage holding systems in South Carolina
without first applying for, receiving, and subsequently maintaining a valid
license to conduct such activities as herein required by the Department. This
includes, but is not limited to, nonwater-carried sewage treatment devices and
gray water subsurface reuse system.
600.2. Licenses, Applications, and Fees.
(1) License applications, on forms approved
by the Department, shall be submitted to the Department's regional
environmental office which covers the county where the applicant's primary
place of business is located; persons whose primary place of business is out of
state must submit their applications to the Department's regional environmental
office where it is reasonably anticipated the bulk of the activities sought to
be licensed would occur.
(2) The
following shall apply to applications submitted by persons engaged in the
business of cleaning onsite wastewater systems, self-contained toilets, and
other sewage holding systems:
(a) The
applicant shall list on the application form each approved septage and sewage
disposal facility they intend to use. Written verification of permission to use
each disposal facility shall accompany the application.
(b) The applicant shall list on the
application form all locations where pumping and transporting vehicles are
parked/stored when not in use.
(c)
For each annual renewal of an existing license, the person seeking renewal
shall submit changes to any information included on the original license
application to the Department through an updated application.
(d) Upon request by the Department, each
person seeking a new license or renewal of an existing license shall make
available for inspection all vehicles and equipment used in the pumping and
transporting of septage and sewage.
(e) Additional inspections of vehicles and
equipment may be conducted by the Department to ensure compliance with this
regulation.
(f) If a licensee
replaces, deletes, or adds to their inventory of vehicles used in pumping and
transporting septage or sewage, the licensee shall immediately notify the
Department for the purpose of updating their application. A vehicle may not be
placed into use without prior inspection and approval from the
Department.
(3) Prior to
receipt of a license authorizing a person to be responsible for the cleaning of
onsite wastewater systems, self-contained toilets, and other sewage holding
systems, applicants shall complete an examination demonstrating their knowledge
and comprehension of this regulation. Any applicant failing to satisfactorily
complete the licensing examination may be eligible to retake the examination
after thirty (30) calendar days. Applicants who fail to satisfactorily complete
their second examination may then be allowed to retake subsequent examinations
after a sixty (60)-day waiting period.
(4) A fee shall be assessed for a new license
and for the annual renewal of a license.
(a)
No person who seeks to be responsible for the cleaning of onsite wastewater
systems, self-contained toilets, and other sewage holding systems shall be
issued a new license pursuant to this regulation until a fee of one hundred
dollars ($100.00) has been paid to the Department, except that a person
applying both for this license (i.e., pumper/hauler license) and an installers
license (i.e., license to construct or repair systems) shall pay a fee of only
fifty dollars ($50.00) for the license to clean onsite wastewater systems,
self-contained toilets, and other sewage holding systems.
(b) Every license issued by the Department
under this regulation shall be valid for a period of one (1) year, unless
otherwise suspended or revoked.
(c)
Each licensee must pay an annual renewal fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00),
except that a person applying to renew both this license (i.e., pumper/hauler
license) and an installers license (i.e., license to construct or repair
systems) shall pay a fee of only fifty dollars ($50.00) for the renewal of the
license to clean onsite wastewater systems, self-contained toilets, and other
sewage holding systems.
(d) Annual
renewal fees shall be due on a date not less than thirty (30) calendar days
from the billing date. A penalty charge of thirty dollars ($30.00) shall be
assessed for license fees that are past due. A second penalty of thirty dollars
($30.00) shall be assessed for license fees sixty (60) days past due.
(e) Expiration of a license shall occur when
the license fee is ninety (90) calendar days past due. No person with an
expired license may be engaged in the business of cleaning onsite wastewater
systems, self-contained toilets, and other sewage holding systems.
(f) An expired license shall not be renewed.
Any person with an expired license may apply for a new license and must meet
all applicable requirements for a new license.
(5) Licenses issued in accordance with this
regulation shall not be transferable.
600.3. Further Governmental Restriction Not
Prohibited.
Nothing within this regulation shall be construed to limit the
power of any municipal, county, or governmental entity to enforce other license
requirements or additional measures for the restrictions of persons cleaning
onsite wastewater systems, self-contained toilets, and other sewage holding
systems.
600.4. License Not
Required.
Public or private sewer providers using pumping and
transporting vehicles for the sole purpose of maintaining their sewer systems
shall be exempt from the licensing requirements of Section 600 of this
regulation. This exemption does not apply to public or private sewer providers
using pumping and transporting vehicles to provide cleaning services to the
public.
