GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 706

Short Title:  Amend Haz. Waste Remedial Fund.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Grimmer.
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Referred to:  Infrastructure.
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March 20, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 130A-306, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE REMEDIAL FUND.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 130A-306 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A-306. Hazardous Waste Site Remedial Fund.
There is established under the control and direction of the Department, an Emergency Hazardous Site Remedial Fund which shall be a nonreverting fund consisting of any money appropriated for such purpose by the General Assembly or available to it from grants, fees, charges, and other money paid to or recovered by or on behalf of the Department pursuant to this Article, except fees specifically designated by this Article for some other use or purpose. The Fund shall be used to defray expenses incurred by the Department in developing and implementing an emergency hazardous waste remedial plan and to reimburse any federal, State or local agency and any agent or contractor for expenses incurred in developing and implementing such a plan that has been approved by the Department. These funds shall be used upon a determination that sufficient funds or corrective action cannot be obtained from other sources without incurring a delay that would significantly increase the threat to life or risk of damage to the environment. This Fund may not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000); money in excess of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) shall be deposited in the Carolina Clean Drinking Water Fund. The Secretary is authorized to take the necessary action to recover all costs incurred by the State for site investigation and the development and implementation of an emergency hazardous waste remedial plan, including attorney's fees and other expenses of bringing the cost recovery action from the responsible party or parties."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989.