(A) The public works department or independent contractors approved by the public works department shall take random samples of materials and substances presented for deposit or disposal at the county municipal solid waste landfill or any facility constituting a part of the county solid waste collection and disposal systems, which samples shall be analyzed at a laboratory or facility approved by the county. The costs of analysis shall be paid by the generator of the materials or substances.
(B) If, upon analysis, any sample is found to contain materials other than those approved in the Department of Health and Environmental Control permit or approval letter, or if any sample contains material regulated under the South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act, the South Carolina Infectious Waste Management Act, the South Carolina Atomic Energy and Radiation Control Act, the Southeast Interstate Radioactive Waste Compact or the South Carolina Mining Act, or materials which may be hazardous or injurious to the health, safety or welfare of the county or contrary to sanitary practices or which the public works department, in its discretion, rejects for any other reason, the public works department may suspend permits, approvals or privileges of the generator or applicant to the use of the county municipal solid waste landfill or the county solid waste disposal facilities and in addition, the public works department may initiate legal actions including, but not limited to actions for damages or injunctive relief and criminal prosecutions as may be appropriate.
(‘77 Code, § 7-33) (Ord. 4293, passed 11-15-93)