Bill Text: NC H789 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: USTs Eligible for Brownfields
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-12 - Ch. SL 2013-108 [H789 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-H789-Enrolled.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
HOUSE BILL 789
RATIFIED BILL
AN ACT to clarify that the presence of a substance released from an underground Storage Tank does not disqualify a property from participation in the North Carolina Brownfields program.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 130A‑310.31 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A‑310.31. Definitions.
(a) Unless a different meaning is required by the context or unless a different meaning is set out in subsection (b) of this section, the definitions in G.S. 130A‑2 and G.S. 130A‑310 apply throughout this Part.
(b) Unless a different meaning is required by the context:
…
(3) "Brownfields
property" or "brownfields site" means abandoned, idled, or
underused property at which expansion or redevelopment is hindered by actual
environmental contamination or the possibility of environmental contamination
and that is or may be subject to remediation under any State remedial program other
than Part 2A of Article 21A of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes or that
is or may be subject to remediation under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 9601,
et seq.) except for a site listed on the National Priorities List pursuant to
42 U.S.C. § 9605.
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(11) "Regulated substance"
means a hazardous waste, as defined in G.S 130A‑290; a hazardous
substance, as defined in G.S. 143‑215.77A; oil, as defined in G.S. 143‑215.77;
or other substance regulated under any remedial program implemented by the Department
other than Part 2A of Article 21A of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes.Department.
…."
SECTION 2. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall report to the Environmental Review Commission no later than April 1, 2014, regarding the impact of this act on the Brownfields Property Reuse program and the Leaking Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Cleanup program.
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2013.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of June, 2013.
s/ Daniel J. Forest
President of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Pat McCrory
Governor
Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2013