GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 597

HOUSE BILL 261

 

AN ACT REQUIRING APPROVAL FOR A SANITARY LANDFILL BY THE COUNTY OR CITY WHERE THE LANDFILL IS TO BE LOCATED BEFORE APPROVAL OF A PERMIT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES CAN BE GIVEN.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 130A-294(a)(4) is amended by adding a sentence after the first sentence to read:  "No permit shall be granted for a sanitary landfill, excluding demolition landfills as defined in the rules of the Commission for Health Services, without the Department receiving the prior approval for such permit from the county where it is to be located, except if it is to be located within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction under Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, of a city as defined in G.S. 160A-1(2), from the city where it is to be located or whose jurisdiction it is in."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of July, 1987.