GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1315*

Short Title:  Study Lagoon Closure.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Kinnaird; Albertson, Blust, Dalton, Foxx, Jenkins, Lucas, Odom, Perdue, Phillips, Reeves, and Weinstein.

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Referred to:  Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources.

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May 27, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO STUDY ISSUES RELATING TO ABANDONED ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LAGOONS AND THE PROPER CLOSURE OF THOSE LAGOONS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall coordinate a joint study by the Division of Water Quality and the Division of Soil and Water Conservation of issues relating to abandoned animal waste management system lagoons and the proper closure of animal waste management system lagoons, including the costs of proper closure and any necessary remediation.  The Department shall report its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation or changes to existing rules, to the Environmental Review Commission no later than 1 November 1998.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.