GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 1032
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/24/97

Short Title:  Authorize Landfill Liner.	(Public)

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April 21, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE COMMISSION FOR HEALTH SERVICES TO ADOPT A RULE TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF DESIGN CRITERIA FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS THAT COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL LAW AND THAT PROVIDES FOR AN ALTERNATE LANDFILL LINER THAT IS AT LEAST AS PROTECTIVE AS THE CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED LANDFILL LINER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Commission for Health Services shall adopt a rule regarding design criteria for municipal solid waste landfills that complies with 40 C.F.R. Part 258.40 (1 July 1996 Edition) and that provides for an alternate landfill liner that is at least as protective as the liner currently authorized under the rules of the Commission for Health Services.
Section 2.  This act constitutes a recent act of the General Assembly within the meaning of G.S. 150B-21.1.  The Commission for Health Services shall adopt the rule required by Section 1 of this act as a temporary rule no later than 1 July 1998.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.