GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1595

Short Title:  Haz. Waste Facility/Clarify Criteria.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Royall.
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Referred to:  Environment and Natural Resources.
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June 6, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENT THAT A SITE FOR A HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY OPERATED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 130B OF THE GENERAL STATUTES BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM BY A FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 130B-11(c) reads as rewritten:
	"(c) In addition to any other site selection criteria adopted by the Commission, the following criteria shall apply to the selection of sites for hazardous waste treatment facilities:
(1)	A site shall be accessible to the Interstate Highway System by a highway having not less than two travel lanes in each direction (four-lane highway).  A site which does not meet the requirement of the first sentence of this subdivision but which is located within 15 miles of the Interstate Highway System as measured by the shortest travel distance over roads having less than two travel lanes in each direction may be selected as a site for a hazardous waste facility provided that such facility shall not operate for more than five years unless highways which meet the requirement of the first sentence of this subdivision are constructed within the five-year period.
(2)	In evaluating potential sites, the Commission shall give preference to those sites which minimize the travel distance between the site and the Interstate Highway System.
(3)	A site shall not be located in or on wetlands, existing State or national parks or forests, existing historical sites, and existing wildlife refuges.
(4)	A site shall not be located in or on land on which a fish hatchery is located, Indian reservations, or federal military reservations."
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the North Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Commission the sum of $10,000 for the 1990-91 fiscal year to be used for the Commission to revise its rules, procedures, and site selection process so that they are consistent with the provisions of Section 1 of this act.
Sec. 3.  Section 1 of this act is effective upon ratification and applies to any hazardous waste facility proposed to be sited or sited but not placed into operation pursuant to Chapter 130B of the General Statutes on or after that date.  Section 2 of this act shall become effective 1 July 1990.