S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-107.2.C

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024

Section 61-107.2.C - Full Cost Disclosure Regulations

1. Not later than one (1) year after the effective date of this regulation and annually thereafter, each local government shall determine its full cost for its solid waste management services within its service area for the previous fiscal year.

2. Each local government shall publish annually, on or before October 1 of the following year, a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in its service area setting forth the full cost and the cost to residential and nonresidential users, on an average or individual basis, of its solid waste management services within its service area for the previous fiscal year. In calculating the costs, local governments must include costs charged to them by persons with whom they contract for solid waste management services.

3. Each local government shall provide to the Solid Waste Management Division of the Department by October 15, a copy of the public notice of solid waste management cost as it appeared in the newspaper of general circulation as required by Section2. In addition, the local government shall provide to the Department by October 15, completed copies of Forms one (1) and two (2), "Solid Waste Management Services Total Cost Report", and Solid Waste Management Services Full Cost Accounting Summary of Costs Report", respectively, provided as the attachment to this regulation.

4. For local governments which provide collection, recycling and composting, transfer station services, or other waste management services, without providing final disposal facilities, "full cost" shall, at a minimum, include an itemized accounting of:

a. the cost of equipment, including, but not limited to, trucks, containers, compactors, parts, labor, maintenance, depreciation, insurance, fuel and oil, and lubricants for equipment maintenance;

b. the cost of overhead, including, but not limited to, supervision, payroll, land, office and building costs, personnel and administrative costs of running the waste management program, and support costs from other departments, government agencies, and outside consultants or firms;

c. the costs of employee fringe benefits, including, but not limited to, social security, worker's compensation, pension, and health insurance payments; and,

d. disposal costs and laboratory and testing costs.

5. For local governments which provide disposal services, "full costs" shall include, at a minimum, an itemized accounting of:

a. the cost of land, disposal site preparation, permits and licenses, scales, buildings, site maintenance and improvements;

b. the costs of equipment, including operation and maintenance costs such as parts, depreciation, insurance, fuel and oil, and lubricants;

c. the costs of labor and overhead, including, but not limited to, supervision, payroll office and building costs, personnel and administrative costs of running the solid waste management program, and support costs from, and studies provided by, other departments, government agencies, and outside consultants or firms;

d. the costs of employee social security, workers compensation, pension and health insurance payments; and,

e. disposal costs, leachate collection and treatment costs, site monitoring costs, including, but not limited to, sampling, laboratory and testing costs, environmental compliance inspections, closure and post-closure expenditures, and escrow, if required.

6. A person operating under an agreement to collect or dispose of solid waste within the service area of a local government or region shall assist and cooperate with the local government or region to make the calculations or to establish a system to provide the information required under this section. However, contracts entered into prior May 27, 1991, are exempt from the provisions of this regulation.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-107.2.C