Allan Gerlat, News Editor

January 22, 2014

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South Carolina’s Horry County Alters Flow Control Law, Exempts C&D

South Carolina’s Horry County Council has altered its flow control law to allow construction and demolition debris (C&D) haulers take their waste to landfills outside the county.

The council voted 7-4 in favor of the repeal on the third reading of the ordinance.

In the amendment ordinance, the council stated that it expects the volume of C&D waste in Horry County to increase and become more stringently regulated, “and that at some point Horry County may not have the necessary finances and landfill resources to handle all of the construction and demolition waste generated” in the county.

A year ago the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the embattled flow control law, ruling that the county’s law treats all businesses equally, so it doesn’t violate interstate commerce or the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution, according to the judgment.

 

About the Author(s)

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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