GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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HOUSE BILL 770

 

 

Short Title:      Noncommercial USTs/Rule-Making Report.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Representatives K. Hall, McElraft, B. Turner, and Harrison (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.

Referred to:

Environment

April 13, 2017

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to provide for a report on rules for remediation of certain underground storage tanks required by the 2015 Appropriations Act.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Department of Environmental Quality shall adopt temporary rules implementing Section 14.16B of S.L. 2015‑241 no later than October 1, 2017. Notwithstanding G.S. 150B‑21.1(d), the temporary rules shall remain in effect until the effective date of the permanent rule adopted to replace the temporary rule.

SECTION 2.  The Department shall report regarding the status of the rule making required by this act and by Section 14.16B of S.L. 2015‑241 to the Fiscal Research Division and the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources no later than December 31, 2017.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.