H56 - Amend Environmental Laws. (SL 2017-209)

Overview: Session Law 2017-209 amends various environmental laws, including provisions involving the following:

• Modifications to financial assurance requirements for risk-based cleanups
• Repeal of obsolete hazardous waste provisions
• Establishment of requirements for imposition of land use restrictions for property contaminated by a petroleum discharge or release from a non-underground storage tank
• Consolidation of various water resources and water quality reports
• Modification of certain Coastal Area Management Act provisions
• Establishment of the Coastal Storm Damage Mitigation Fund
• Modification of the rule for pool lighting
• Modification of the rules for protection of existing buffers to exempt certain applicability requirements for public safety
• Modification of the rule for protection and maintenance of existing buffers in the Catawba River Basin to exempt certain applicability requirements for public walking trails
• A study of riparian buffer tax exclusions
• Establish additional requirements for water quality testing in the Catawba River
• Modifications to mining permit requirements
• Modifications to mitigation services law
• Clarification to the Energy Policy Council
• Modifications to certain laws governing solid waste management
• Clarification to the roles of geologists and soil scientists in wastewater system site evaluations
• Repeal of the plastic bag ban
• GenX response measures