A participant shall submit a report to the department within 14 days after completion of a performance evaluation if the performance evaluation reveals violations at a facility covered by a cooperative agreement. The report shall contain a:

(1) description of the performance evaluation, including who conducted the performance evaluation, when it was completed, what activities and operations were examined and the results of the performance evaluation;

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 48-56-130

  • Cooperative agreement: means an agreement entered into under § 48-56-30. See South Carolina Code 48-56-20
  • Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 48-56-20
  • Facility: means any site, including all buildings, equipment, and structures located on a single parcel or on contiguous parcels that are owned or operated by the same person, a manufacturing or natural resource management operation, or any business or local government activity that is regulated under any provision of South Carolina environmental law. See South Carolina Code 48-56-20
  • Performance evaluation: means a systematic, documented, and objective review, conducted by or on behalf of the owner or operator of a facility, of the environmental operations of the facility, including an evaluation of compliance with the cooperative agreement covering the facility, approvals that are not replaced by the cooperative agreement and the provisions of South Carolina environmental law for which a participant has not been granted a variance. See South Carolina Code 48-56-20

(2) description of any violations revealed by the performance evaluation;

(3) description of the actions the participant is taking or is proposing to take to diligently correct the violations within a reasonable period of time;

(4) proposed compliance schedule for correcting the violations;

(5) description of the measures that the participant has taken or will take to prevent future violations.