GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	2 

SENATE BILL 926*
Agriculture, Marine Resources, & Wildlife Committee Substitute Adopted 7/14/93

Short Title:  Swine Farm Odor Abatement.  	(Public)
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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April 20, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY TO STUDY, THROUGH RESEARCH WITH A HIGH PRIORITY ON FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR, THE ABATEMENT OF ODORS FROM SWINE FARMS AND COMPILE INFORMATION ON THE IMPACT OF SWINE FARMS ON GROUND AND SURFACE WATER SUPPLIES, AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, MARINE RESOURCES, AND WILDLIFE TO HOLD MEETINGS AND TOUR SWINE FARMS IN THE STATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) for fiscal year 1993-94 and the sum of eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) for fiscal year 1994-95 to perform a technical study on the cause, extent, and abatement of odors from swine farms and to compile information on the impact of swine farms on ground and surface water supplies.  The study shall be conducted by the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service (NCARS) of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University.  Reports on the progress of the study shall be presented to the Chair of the House Agriculture Committee, and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Marine Resources, and Wildlife, and they shall report to their respective committees biannually.  The study shall ascertain:
(1)	The causes of odors from swine farms;
(2)	Methods and technology to control, abate, and reduce the odors from swine farms in a manner that is economically feasible; and
(3) 	Compile information from North Carolina, other states, and other countries on efforts and research being conducted to reduce odors on swine farms.
NCARS shall also:
(1)	Compile information regarding methods and technology available which address the impact of swine farms on ground and surface water supplies; and
(2)	Compile information from North Carolina, other states, and other countries on efforts and research being conducted on ground and surface water impacts of swine farms.
The focus of the above research shall be:
(1)	To offer economically feasible solutions to existing operations for reduction of odor; 
(2)	To offer economically feasible solutions that may be incorporated into new swine operations for reduction of odor;
(3)	To review the information available on the impact of swine farms on ground and surface water supplies and propose economically feasible solutions; and
(4)	To identify those areas needing further research to insure the availability of economically feasible solutions for odor reduction and wastewater supplies created by swine farms.
NCARS shall file its final report and recommendations on or before the convening of the 1995 General Assembly.  The report shall be filed with the offices of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chair of the House Agriculture Committee, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Marine Resources, and Wildlife, the Offices of the Principal Clerks of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the Legislative Librarian.
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for fiscal year 1993-94 and fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for fiscal year 1994-95 to be used for the House Agriculture Committee and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Marine Resources, and Wildlife to hold meetings and tour swine farms in the State for evaluating information on the issues of odors and wastewater supplies from swine farms.  The Chairs of both Committees will be responsible for calling the meetings and tours as they deem necessary.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.