GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1412

Short Title:  Warren PCB Landfill Cleanup Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Ballance.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 28, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE DETOXIFICATION OF A LANDFILL IN WARREN COUNTY THAT CONTAINS PCB'S AND OTHER CONTAMINATED MATERIALS AND TO PROVIDE THAT SURPLUS FUNDS, IF ANY, BE DIRECTED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN WARREN COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources the sum of twenty-four million dollars ($24,000,000)  for the 1998-99 fiscal year to be placed in a nonreverting reserve to be used by the Department for the detoxification of a landfill located in Warren County that contains polychlorinated biphenlys (PCB's) and dioxin/furan contaminated materials.  The detoxification treatment standards for residual concentrations of contaminants remaining in the soil shall be 200 parts per billion for PCB's and 200 parts per trillion toxicity equivalent concentration (TEQ) for dioxins/furans.  Based catalyzed decomposition (BCD) technology shall be used to detoxify the landfill in accordance with a plan approved by the Department.  The Department shall oversee the detoxification of this landfill.
(b)	Funds remaining in the reserve, if any, at the conclusion of the detoxification of the landfill shall remain in a nonreverting reserve and shall be transferred to the Department of Commerce to be used for economic development in Warren County or Warren County's infrastructure needs, or both.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.