The purpose of the voluntary cleanup program is to:

(1) enable the expansion, redevelopment or return to use of industrial and commercial sites whose redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination;

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 44-56-710

  • Contamination: means impact by a contaminant, petroleum, or petroleum product. See South Carolina Code 44-56-720
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 44-56-720
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Site: means all areas where a contaminant, petroleum, or petroleum product has been released, deposited, stored, disposed of, or placed or otherwise comes to be located; "site" does not include any consumer product in consumer use or any vessel. See South Carolina Code 44-56-720
  • Voluntary cleanup: means a response action taken under and in compliance with this article. See South Carolina Code 44-56-720

(2) provide an incentive to conduct response actions at a site by providing nonresponsible parties a covenant not to sue, contribution protection, and third party liability protection, or by providing responsible parties with a covenant not to sue for the work done in completing the response actions specifically covered in the contract and completed in accordance with the approved work plans and reports; and

(3) provide reimbursement to the department for oversight costs.

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