GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 746

Short Title:  State Recycling at Public Areas.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Luebke; Barnes, Barnhill, Beall, Diamont, Ethridge, Fletcher, Gottovi, Hardaway, Hensley, Michaux, Miller, Smith, Thompson, Wainwright, Warner, and Wicker.
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Referred to:  Environment.
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April 15, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECYCLING BINS AT HIGHWAY REST AREAS, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECYCLING BINS AT THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS IN RALEIGH, AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECYCLING BINS AT STATE PARKS AND AT THE NORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL PARK.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 130A-309.14 is amended by adding two new subsections to read:
"( j)	The Department of Transportation shall provide and maintain recycling bins for the collection and recycling of newspaper, aluminum cans, glass containers, and recyclable plastic beverage containers at each rest area located in this State on a highway in the Interstate Highway System or in the State highway system.
(k)	The Department of Agriculture shall provide and maintain recycling bins for the collection and recycling of newspaper, aluminum cans, glass containers, and recyclable plastic beverage containers at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 130A-309.06(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	In addition to other powers and duties set forth in this Part, the Department shall:
(1)	Develop a comprehensive solid waste management plan consistent with this Part by 1 March 1991.  The plan shall be developed in consultation with units of local government and shall be updated at least every three years.  In developing the State solid waste management plan, the Department shall hold public hearings around the State and shall give notice of these public hearings to all units of local government and regional planning agencies.
(2)	Provide guidance for the orderly collection, transportation, storage, separation, processing, recovery, recycling, and disposal of solid waste throughout the State.
(3)	Encourage coordinated local activity for solid waste management within a common geographical area.
(4)	Provide planning, technical, and financial assistance to units of local government and State agencies for reduction, recycling, reuse, and processing of solid waste and for safe and environmentally sound solid waste management and disposal.
(5)	Cooperate with appropriate federal agencies and private organizations in carrying out the provisions of this Part.
(6)	Promote and assist the development of solid waste reduction, recycling, and resource recovery programs which preserve and enhance the quality of the air, water, and other natural resources of the State.
(7)	Maintain a directory of recycling and resource recovery systems in the State and provide assistance with matching recovered materials with markets.
(8)	Manage a program of grants for programs for recycling and special waste management, and for programs which provide for the safe and proper management of solid waste.
(9)	Provide for the education of the general public and the training of solid waste management professionals to reduce the production of solid waste, to ensure proper processing and disposal of solid waste, and to encourage recycling and solid waste reduction.
(10)	Develop descriptive literature to inform units of local government of their solid waste management responsibilities and opportunities.
(11)	Conduct at least one workshop each year in each region served by a council of governments.
(12)	Provide and maintain recycling bins for the collection and recycling of newspaper, aluminum cans, glass containers, and recyclable plastic beverage containers at each picnic area and each concession located in a State park.  The Department may require a private individual or company that operates a concession pursuant to G.S. 113-35(d) to provide and maintain any recycling bin required under this subdivision at any privately operated concession.
(13)	Provide and maintain recycling bins for the collection and recycling of newspaper, aluminum cans, glass containers, and recyclable plastic beverage containers at the North Carolina Zoological Park."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1991.