GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
EXTRA SESSION 1989

CHAPTER 1
SENATE BILL 1

AN ACT TO APPROVE ENTRY BY THE GOVERNOR INTO AN INTERSTATE AGREEMENT FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, AS DEFINED IN G.S. 130A-290, AS SET OUT IN THE DOCUMENT ENTITLED "EXPANSION OF THE SARA CAPACITY ASSURANCE REGIONAL AGREEMENT" AND ATTACHMENTS AS FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON 5 DECEMBER 1989 AND TO ADJOURN THE 1989 EXTRA SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SINE DIE.

Whereas, the Governor of North Carolina has reached an agreement for the management of hazardous waste with the Governors of the State of Alabama, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the State of South Carolina, and the State of Tennessee; and
Whereas, G.S. 130B-5(c) requires the Governor to submit any such agreement to the General Assembly for its approval and provides that no such agreement shall be effective until approved by the General Assembly; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  As used in this act, the terms "hazardous waste" and "CERCLA/SARA" have the same meaning as set out in G.S. 130A-290.
Sec. 2.  Pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 130B-5(c), the General Assembly hereby approves entry by the Governor into an interstate agreement for the management of hazardous waste as set out in the document entitled "Expansion of the SARA Capacity Assurance Regional Agreement" and attachments as filed with the Department of the Secretary of State on 5 December 1989, which document and attachments are incorporated into this act by reference.
Sec. 3.  The House of Representatives and the Senate, constituting the 1989 Extra Session of the General Assembly, do adjourn the 1989 Extra Session sine die upon ratification of this act.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of December, 1989.