GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 985

Short Title:  Alternate Landfill Liner.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Martin of Pitt.

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Referred to:  Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources.

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April 21, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF AN ALTERNATE LANDFILL LINER FOR MUNICIPAL SANITARY LANDFILLS THAT MEETS EQUALLY PROTECTIVE DESIGN CRITERIA AS THE CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED LINER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  No later than July 1, 1998, the Environmental Management Commission shall adopt rules regarding design criteria for municipal sanitary landfills that authorize the use of an alternate landfill liner for a municipal sanitary landfill that complies with 40 C.F.R. Part 258.40(a)(1), which meets equally protective design criteria as the currently authorized landfill liner.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.