GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1114
     

 
Short Title:	Wastewater Standards for Day Care Centers.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Cole.	
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.	
April 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION FOR HEALTH SERVICES TO RECONSIDER THE minimum design DAILy FLOW of sewage required in calculating the design volume of sanitary sewage systems to serve Day CARE CENTERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The General Assembly finds:
(1)	The design volume of sanitary sewage systems for day care centers is governed by 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 18A.1949 and is based on a minimum design daily flow of 15 gallons per day per person.
(2)	The current rule does not take into consideration the number of children wearing diapers attending the day care center.
(3)	The current rule is based on a minimum design daily flow that is unreasonably high.
(4)	The current rule severely restricts the ability of a day care center to expand at its current facility.
(5)	The current rule should be amended to take into account the children who wear diapers and thereby make no or much less use of the sewage system than the children who no longer wear diapers.
SECTION 2.  The Commission for Health Services shall reconsider the minimum design daily flow used to determine the proper design volume of sanitary sewage systems for day care centers under 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 18A.1949 and amend the rule accordingly.  The Commission for Health Services shall report its proposed rule change to the General Assembly and to the Environmental Review Commission no later than December 1, 2001.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.