This bill will establish a South Carolina Waterways Protection Fund and will require three dollars from each fee/renewal of a certificate of number to be deposited into the Fund. The bill will increase the above fee from ten…
H.3604 was amended to appropriate funding to certain infrastructure purposes to foster economic development. The new version of the bill stipulates that The Department of Commerce would be appropriated $1.09 billion to Project Connect to fund road, water, bridge, and…
H.3514 is the would require DHEC to regulate PFAS in drinking water. The companion bill to this one, S.219, was taken up in the Medical Affairs Committee.
S.219 is a joint resolution that initially required DHEC to establish drinking water standards for a family of toxic ‘forever’ chemicals called Perfluroalkly Substances (PFAS). These compounds have been used for decades in hundreds of waterproof, stain-resistant, and non-stick products,…