GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 755

Short Title:  No Low-Level Facility in Floodplain.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Reeves.

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Referred to:  Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources.

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April 8, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE SITING OF A LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE FACILITY'S BUFFER ZONE BEING LOCATED WITHIN THREE THOUSAND FEET OF A ONE HUNDRED-YEAR FLOODPLAIN OR A ONE HUNDRED-YEAR POOL ELEVATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 104G-9(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	No later than 1 August 1989, the Authority shall select a minimum of two sites that are suitable for the location of a low-level radioactive disposal facility, for characterization.  No site shall be selected for the location of a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility without first having been characterized.  No site shall be selected for the location of a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility that would result in the facility or the facility's buffer zone being located within 3,000 feet of:
(1)	A 100-year floodplain; even if the site can be altered to protect it from flooding during a 100-year flood; or
(2)	A maximum 100-year pool elevation."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to final site selections made on or after that date.