GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 2073

Short Title:  Oil Terminal Facilities.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Joye, Cunningham, Hackney (co-sponsors); and Warner.
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Referred to:  Environment.
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June 7, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR UPDATING THE REGISTRATION OF OIL TERMINAL FACILITIES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE STUDY OF ISSUES RELATED TO THE REGULATION OF OIL TERMINAL FACILITIES AND ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANKS, AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THESE PURPOSES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143-215.95 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-215.95.  Duties of Secretary.
The Secretary shall administer the provisions for registration of oil terminal facilities contained in this Part.  ."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-215.96 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-215.96. Oil terminal facility registration.
(a)	The owner or operator of every oil terminal facility in the State shall secure a registration certificate from the Secretary.  The Secretary shall not issue a registration certificate until the owner or operator has furnished the following information:
(1)	Complete name of the owner and operator of the oil terminal facility and the address and telephone number of each person listed as an owner or operator.
(2)	Number of employees of the oil terminal facility and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all persons who are primarily responsible for supervising the operation of the oil terminal facility.
(3)	Maps or sketches, based on criteria developed by the Secretary, showing property lines of the oil terminal facility, location of nearby watercourses or bodies of water as specified by the Secretary, and the location of each storage tank located at the oil terminal facility.
(3a)	The capacity and date of construction of each storage tank located at the oil terminal facility.
(4)	Summary of present and proposed procedures, if any, for prevention of oil spills.
(b)	A registration certificate shall be valid for one year beginning 1 July and ending 30 June of the following year except that an initial registration certificate shall be valid from the date on which it is issued until 30 June of the following year.  The owner or operator of an oil terminal facility shall secure a registration certificate at the time the oil terminal facility begins operation.  To renew a registration certificate, an owner or operator shall update all information required to be furnished under subsection (a) of this section, but need not resubmit information previously furnished that has not changed."
Sec. 3.  In order to update the registration of oil terminal facilities as required by G.S. 143-215.96, as amended by Section 2 of this act, the owner or operator of every oil terminal facility in operation on 1 October 1994 that is required to secure a registration certificate under G.S. 143-215.96 shall obtain a new registration certificate on or before 1 October 1994.  A registration certificate obtained pursuant to this section shall be valid until 30 June 1995.
Sec. 4.  The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall study issues relating to the regulation of oil terminal facilities and aboveground storage tanks and shall assist the Environmental Review Commission in the development of any legislative proposals to improve the regulation of oil terminal facilities and aboveground storage tanks.  In conducting this study, the Department shall consider information obtained through the registration of oil terminal facilities, existing and anticipated regulation in this and other states and by the federal government, and any other relevant information.  The Department shall make a preliminary report of its findings and recommendations to the Environmental Review Commission on or before 15 October 1994 and shall make a final report on or before 1 April 1995.
Sec. 5.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to update the registration certificates of oil terminal facilities under Part 3 of Article 21A of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, as amended by Sections 1 through 3 of this act, and to support the study authorized by Section 4 of this act.
Sec. 6.  This act becomes effective 1 July 1994.