GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
H 1
HOUSE BILL 275
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Short Title: Extend Moratorium on Swine Farms. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Hill; Faison, Pate, Spear, Stiller, and Tucker. |
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Referred to: |
Agriculture, if favorable, Environment and Natural Resources. |
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February 21, 2007
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to extend the statewide moratorium on the construction or expansion of swine farms.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a1) of Section 1.1 of S.L. 1997‑458, as amended by Section 2 of S.L. 1998‑188, Section 2.1 of S.L. 1999‑329, Section 1 of S.L. 2001‑254, and Section 1 of S.L. 2003‑266, reads as rewritten:
"(a1) There is hereby established a moratorium on the
construction or expansion of swine farms and on lagoons and animal waste
management systems for swine farms. The purposes of this moratorium are to
allow time for the completion of ongoing evaluations of animal waste management
technologies and related research and studies; to allow the General Assembly to
receive and act on the findings and recommendations of those evaluations,
research, and studies; and to allow for the implementation of any legislation
that may be enacted. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the
Environmental Management Commission shall not issue a permit for an animal
waste management system for a new swine farm or the expansion of an existing
swine farm for a period beginning on 1 March 1997 and ending on 1 September 2007.2010.
The construction or expansion of a swine farm or animal waste management system
for a swine farm is prohibited during the period of the moratorium regardless
of the date on which a site evaluation for the swine farm is completed and
regardless of whether the animal waste management system is permitted under G.S. 143‑215.1
or Part 1A of Article 21 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes or deemed
permitted under 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 2H.0217."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective August 31, 2007.