GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 89*

Short Title:  Clarify Incinerator Operator Training. 	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Hightower, R. Thompson, Barnhill, Bowen, DeVane; Flaherty, Hackney, and Wright.
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Referred to:  Environment.
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February 9, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE GENERAL STATUTES TO INCLUDE TRAINING FOR INCINERATOR OPERATORS OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 130A-309.25 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A-309.25. Training of operators of solid waste management facilities.
(a)	The Department shall establish qualifications for, and encourage the development of training programs for, operators of incinerators, operators of landfills, coordinators of local recycling programs, and other solid waste management facilities.
(b)	The Department shall work with accredited community colleges, vocational technical centers, State universities, and private institutions in developing educational materials, courses of study, and other such information to be made available for persons seeking to be trained as operators of solid waste management facilities.
(c)	A person may not perform the duties of an operator of a solid waste management facility after 1 January 1996, unless he has completed an operator training course approved by the Department.  An owner of a solid waste management facility may not employ any person to perform the duties of an operator unless such person has completed an approved solid waste management facility operator training course.
(d)	The Commission may adopt rules and minimum standards to effectuate the provisions of this section and to ensure the safe, healthy, and lawful operation of solid waste management facilities.  The Commission may establish, by rule, various classifications for operators to address the need for differing levels of training required to operate various types of solid waste management facilities due to different operating requirements at the facilities."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.