Terms Used In South Carolina Code 48-57-80

  • Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 48-57-20
  • Environmental audit: means a voluntary, internal evaluation or review of one or more facilities or an activity at one or more facilities regulated under federal, state, regional, or local environmental law, or of compliance programs, or management systems related to the facility or activity if designed to identify and prevent noncompliance and to improve compliance with these laws. See South Carolina Code 48-57-20
The parties may at any time stipulate to entry of an order directing that specific information contained in an environmental audit report is or is not subject to the privilege. In the absence of an on-going proceeding, where the parties are not in agreement, the department may seek a declaratory ruling from the circuit court on the issue of whether the materials are privileged under § 48-57-30 and whether the privilege, if existing, should be revoked pursuant to § 48-57-50.
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