NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 824

HOUSE BILL 119

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR INVESTIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF PROPOSED NEW INDUSTRY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  A new G.S. 113-15.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:

"§ 113-15.2.  Investigation of impact of proposed new and expanding industry. — It is hereby declared to be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Development, in the process of exercising its powers to promote the development of commerce and industry, to conduct an evaluation in conjunction with other State agencies having environmental responsibilities of the effects on the State's natural and economic environment of any new or expanding industry or manufacturing plant locating in North Carolina. In order to discharge this duty, the Director of the Department, with the approval of the Board, may hire persons expressly to conduct investigations and evaluations of new and expanding industry and to prepare reports outlining the impact of such industry on the environment. The Director may also, subject to approval by the Board, adopt such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out this duty."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of July, 1971.