GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1597*

Short Title:  Haz. Waste Facility/Add.  Criteria.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Bryan, Allran, Cochrane, and Smith.
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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 PROHIBIT THE SITING OF A HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY OPERATED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 130B OF THE GENERAL STATUTES WITHIN ANY COUNTY IN WHICH FORTY MILLION POUNDS OR MORE OF RAW MILK IS PRODUCED ANNUALLY.
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).
(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.
(5)	A site shall not be located within any county in which 40,000,000 pounds or more of raw milk was produced in the previous calendar year."
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.