GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 546

HOUSE BILL 554

 

AN ACT PERTAINING TO INSURANCE AND REGULATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE LANDFILL FACILITIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  A new paragraph is added at the end of G.S.130-166.18(c) to read:

"Such rules, regarding hazardous waste landfill facilities, shall also include the following provisions:

(16)     The operator of the hazardous waste landfill facility shall maintain adequate insurance to cover foreseeable claims arising from the operation of the facility. The Board shall determine what constitutes an adequate amount of insurance.

(17)     The bottom of a hazardous waste landfill facility shall be at least 10 feet above the seasonal high water table and more when necessary to protect the public health and the environment.

(18)     The operator of a hazardous waste landfill facility shall make monthly reports to the Governor's Waste Management Board and to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the facility is located on the kinds and amounts of hazardous wastes in the facility."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1983.