South Carolina H 5310: Solid Waste Management

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2025-2026 Bill 5310 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 04, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5310

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH 
CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 44-96-195 SO AS TO PROHIBIT LAND 
APPLICATION OF SLUDGE AND THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF COMPOST AND OTHER 
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS CONTAINING SLUDGE AND SEPTAGE.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 96, Title 44 of the S.C. Code is 
amended by adding:

 Section 
44-96-195. (A) Notwithstanding any 
provision of law to the contrary, except as provided in subsection (B), a 
person may not:

 (1) 
apply to or spread on any land in the State:

 (a) 
sludge generated from a municipal, commercial, or industrial wastewater 
treatment plant;

 (b) 
compost material that included in its production sludge generated from a 
municipal, commercial, or industrial wastewater treatment plant or septage; or

 (c) 
any other product or material that is intended for use as a fertilizer, soil 
amendment, topsoil replacement, or mulch or for other similar agricultural 
purpose that is derived from or contains sludge generated from a municipal, 
commercial, or industrial wastewater treatment plant or septage; or

 (2) 
sell or distribute in the State:

 (a) 
compost material that included in its production sludge generated from a 
municipal, commercial, or industrial wastewater treatment plant or septage; or

 (b) 
any other product or material that is intended for use as a fertilizer, soil 
amendment, topsoil replacement, or mulch or for other similar agricultural 
purpose that is derived from or contains sludge generated from a municipal, 
commercial, or industrial wastewater treatment plant or septage.

 (B) 
The prohibitions in subsection (A) do not apply to:

 (1) 
the disposal or placement at a solid waste landfill of any of the materials 
that are prohibited from application, spreading, sale, or distribution by this 
subsection;

 (2) 
the land application of or the sale or distribution of compost material or 
other agricultural product or material derived from or containing residuals 
generated as a result of the processing or cultivation of food, food waste, 
crops, or vegetative material, the brewing of malt liquor, the fermenting of 
wine or hard cider, or the distilling of spirits including, but not limited to, 
blueberries, apples, grapes, potatoes, seaweed, fish and seafood, and spent 
grain or malt, provided that residuals are not mixed with sludge from a 
municipal, commercial, or industrial wastewater treatment plant, septage, 
sewage, or sanitary wastewater prior to or during land application or the 
production of the compost material or other agricultural product or material; 
or

 (3) 
the land application of or the sale or distribution of compost material or 
other agricultural product or material derived from or containing sludge 
resulting from the production of precipitated calcium carbonate.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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