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Renewal Forms

• Certificate of Financial Responsibility (pdf)
• Financial Responsibility Mechanisms (pdf)

Financial Responsibility (FR) is the process of paying for site rehabilitation as well as compensating third parties for bodily injury and property damage caused by accidental releases from underground storage tanks containing petroleum or petroleum products.

Inspections are normally conducted on a 12 month basis. The inspector will call the tank owner 7 to 10 days prior to schedule the inspection.

One part of the inspection process will be records review. The following is a list of the minimum records that will be needed for the review (dependent upon equipment in place, methods in use, and manufacturer specifications):

The South Carolina General Assembly has directed DHEC, through enactment of the SUPERB Act of 1988, to collect an annual registration fee for regulated underground storage tank (UST) systems. Law requires payment of the fee.

REMINDER: WASTE TIRE HAULER REGISTRATION RENEWALS ARE DUE BEFORE MARCH 1ST.

A waste tire hauler is a person who transports more than fifteen (15) waste tires at any one time. Waste tire haulers in SC must obtain a registration prior to hauling. Waste tire means a whole tire that is no longer suitable for its originally intended purpose because of wear, damage, or defect. 

Collection Centers and Aggregation Points

This section applies to owners and operators of all used oil collection centers including Do-It-Yourselfer (DIY) collection centers. A DIY used oil collection center is any site or facility that accepts/aggregates and stores used oil collected only from household Do-It-Yourselfers. A used oil collection center is any site or facility that accepts/aggregates and stores used oil collected from used oil generators who bring used oil to the collection center in shipments of no more than 55 gallons at a time.

2024 Training Schedule:

Class 3 Manager - March 19, 20, & half day 21 - Registration closed
Class 2 Operator - August 13 & half day 14 - Registration closed
Class 3 Supervisor - October 22, 23, & half day 24 - Registration open

How can I find out whether a landfill in my area is meeting the regulation requirements?

Your local environmental quality control office has an inspector who routinely inspects landfills in your area. The inspector has the most current knowledge of a landfill's compliance status. Every 5 years staff from the central office in Columbia review a landfill's file to include these inspection reports, as well as the facility's operation plan.

The S.C. Solid Waste Policy and Management Act of 1991 requires that all permitted landfills, processing facilities, transfer stations, incinerators, composting facilities, and tire processors have a financial assurance mechanism in place to ensure that funds are available for clean-up of the facility at the time of closure and to cover any post-closure care that may be required. Financial assurance is also required for any corrective action at landfills where groundwater contamination has been detected.