GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 1014
HOUSE BILL 1223

AN ACT TO DELAY THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SANITARY LANDFILLS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF NONHAZARDOUS SOLID WASTE IN WATER SUPPLY WATERSHEDS FOR WHICH A PETITION FOR RECLASSIFICATION IS PENDING UNTIL THE CLASSIFICATION OF SUCH WATERSHEDS IS COMPLETED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  This section shall apply to any new sanitary landfill for the disposal of nonhazardous solid waste which is proposed to be located within the watershed of any of the surface waters of the State which are assigned water supply classifications (WS-I, WS-II, or WS-III) under rules adopted by the Environmental Management Commission and for which there is pending on 30 June 1990 a petition for reclassification of such waters to a more protective classification.  The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall not approve an application for a permit for any such new sanitary landfill until the Environmental Management Commission has adopted water supply watershed classifications and management requirements and has completed the classification of all existing water supply watersheds as required by Section 5 of Chapter 426 of the 1989 Session Laws.  This section shall not apply to any application for a permit for a sanitary landfill which was filed prior to 1 July 1990.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of July, 1990.