GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1747*

Short Title:  Solid Waste Permit Fees/Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Gottovi and H. Hunter.
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Referred to:  Finance.
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May 26, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE APPLICATION FEES FOR PERMITS FOR PRIVATE SANITARY LANDFILLS AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT POSITIONS IN THE SOLID WASTE SECTION, DIVISION OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 130A-294(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(4b)	An applicant for a permit for a private sanitary landfill shall pay an application fee.  This application fee shall not exceed the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000)."
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Solid Waste Management, Solid Waste Section, the sum of three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to establish and support the following seven positions in the Solid Waste Section:
(1)	Four Waste Management Analysts,
(2)	Two Hydrogeologists, and
(3)	One Environmental Supervisor
to provide needed permitting and technical assistance for monitoring new and existing solid waste management facilities, to assess environmental releases of contaminants at facilities and the closure of illegal sites, and to implement special waste program responsibilities under Parts 2B and 2D of Article 9 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes regarding the disposal of scrap tires and the management of discarded white goods.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.