A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for the exclusion of useful byproducts of steel manufacturing from regulation as a solid waste.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 130A‑309.05 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A‑309.05.  Regulated wastes; certain exclusions.
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(c)	Recovered material is not subject to regulation as solid waste under this Article. In order for a material that would otherwise be regulated as solid waste to qualify as a recovered material, the Department may require any person who owns or has control over the material to demonstrate that the material meets the requirements of this subsection. In order to protect public health and the environment, the Commission may adopt rules to implement this subsection. In order to qualify as a recovered material:
(1)	A majority of the recovered material at a facility shall be sold, used, or reused within one year;
(2)	The recovered material or the products or by‑products of operations that process recovered material shall not be discharged, deposited, injected, dumped, spilled, leaked, or placed into or upon any land or water so that the products or by‑products or any constituent thereof may enter other lands or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters including groundwaters, or otherwise enter the environment or pose a threat to public health and safety; and
(3)	The recovered material shall not be a hazardous waste or have been recovered from a hazardous waste.
(d)	Slag resulting from the steel manufacturing process that is managed as an item of commercial value and not as a discarded material shall not be subject to regulation as solid waste under this Article."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2015.