A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the fees applicable to hazardous waste generators, as recommended by the environmental review commission.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 130‑294.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A‑294.1.  Fees applicable to generators and transporters of hazardous waste, and to hazardous waste storage, treatment, and disposal facilities.
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(e)	A person who generates either one kilogram or more of any acute hazardous waste as listed in 40 C.F.R. § 261.30(d) or § 261.33(e) as revised 1 July 1987, or 1000 kilograms or more of hazardous waste, in any calendar month during the year beginning 1 July and ending 30 June shall pay an annual fee of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
(f)	A person who generates 100 kilograms or more of hazardous waste in any calendar month during the year beginning 1 July and ending 30 June but less than 1000 kilograms of hazardous waste in each calendar month during that year shall pay an annual fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(g)	A person who generates one kilogram or more of acute hazardous waste or 1000 kilograms or more of hazardous waste in any calendar month during the calendar year shall pay, in addition to any fee under subsections (e) and (f) of this section, a tonnage fee of one dollar ($1.00) per ton or any part thereof of hazardous waste generated during that year up to a maximum of 25,000 tons.
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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2003.