GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 115

Short Title:  Low-Level Rad. Waste Amendments.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Miller.
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Referred to:  Infrastructure.
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February 1, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXTEND CERTAIN DEADLINES APPLICABLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA'S LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY AND TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATING TO THE INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE ON LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 104G-9(e) reads as rewritten:
	"(e) No later than 1 October 1989, the Authority shall select a minimum of two sites that are suitable for the location of a low-level radioactive disposal facility, for characterization.  No site may be selected for the location of a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility without first having been characterized."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 104G-10(c) reads as rewritten:
	"(c) The Authority shall select and employ an operator for a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility no later than 1 June 1989. If no private operator is employed by 1 June 1989, the Authority shall designate itself as the operator and shall do everything necessary to obtain all required licenses or permits to operate a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 104G-22(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	To assist the Authority in the performance of its responsibilities under this Chapter and to advise the General Assembly, there is created the Inter-Agency Committee on Low-Level Radioactive Waste (herein called the ‘Committee').  The Committee shall be composed of:  the Chairman of the Board; the Chairman of the Board's Technical Committee on Low-Level Radioactive Waste; the Chief of the North Carolina Radiation Protection Section; the Chairman of the Commission's Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Committee; the Chairman of the Authority; the Vice-Chairman of the Authority; the Executive Director of the Authority; one additional member of the Authority designated by the Chairman; four representatives of the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development with expertise in geology, groundwater, water quality, and air quality; a representative of the Solid Waste Management Section of the Division of Health Services of the Department of Human Resources; and the two representatives of the Attorney General's office who provide legal services to the Authority and the Commission.  The Chairman of the Board shall serve as the Chairman of the Committee, and the Board shall provide professional and clerical support to the Committee."
Sec. 4.  G.S. 104G-22(d) reads as rewritten:
	"(d) Consistent with existing law, each agency, board, commission, or authority from whose membership the Committee is drawn shall be responsible for any expenses incident to the participation of its members in the work of the Committee, including per diem, travel, and subsistence, from funds otherwise appropriated to it.  "
Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective 31 January 1989.