GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1152

Short Title:  Manuf. Gas Plant Sites Remed.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Mavretic.
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Referred to:  Public Utilities.
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April 19, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE UTILITIES COMMISSION TO STUDY THE NEED, SCOPE, AND SCHEDULING OF REMEDIATION OF MANUFACTURED GAS PLANT SITES, TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION THEREFOR, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE COSTS OF CLEANING UP MANUFACTURED GAS SITES SHALL NOT BE PAID BY THE RATE PAYERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Utilities Commission shall study problems involving manufactured gas plant sites in North Carolina.  The Utilities Commission, as a part of its study, shall:
(1)	Identify the sites of manufactured gas plants within the State;
(2)	Indicate which of those sites are in need of remedial action;
(3)	Identify the appropriate cost-efficient remedial action methods which protect the environment and comply with all relevant State and federal laws and regulations; and
(4)	Develop a plan for scheduling remedial action on these sites.
The Utilities Commission shall complete its study not later than December 1, 1994, and shall file a copy of its report with the Speaker of the House, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Principal Clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the cochairs of the Utility Review Committee, and the Director of Research of the General Assembly.
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) from the General Fund to the Utilities Commission to conduct the study directed in Section 1 of this act.
Sec. 3.  G.S. 62-133(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	In fixing such rates, the Commission shall not allow the public utility to recover any costs associated with any remedial action at a site upon which gas was previously manufactured, nor shall the cost associated with such remedial action become part of the cost of the public utility's property ascertained pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section."
Sec. 4. This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.