BILL DRAFT 2003-RTfz-30 [v.4] (5/9) 

 Limit Liability for Environmental Cleanups 



1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 



2 AN ACT TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY FACILITATING THE 



3 REUSE OF CONTAMINATED REAL PROPERTY BY LIMITING THE 



4 LIABILITY OF PURCHASERS OF CONTAMINATED PROPERTY IN 



5 CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE SELLER OF THE PROPERTY OR ANOTHER 



6 PARTY ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESPONSE, REMEDIATION, AND 



7 NATURAL RESOURCES RESTORATION OF THE PROPERTY, AS 



8 RECOMMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION. 



9 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 



10 SECTION 1. G.S. 130A-310 is amended by adding a new subdivision to 



1 1 read: 



12 "(Is) 'Contiguous property owner' means a person who owns real property 



13 that touches along a boundary or at a point real property that is 



14 contaminated by a release of a hazardous substance. " 



15 SECTION 2. G.S. 143-215.77 is amended by adding a new subdivision to 



16 read: 



17 "(2a) 'Contiguous property owner' means a person who owns real property 



18 that touches along a boimdary or at a point real property that is 



19 contaminated by a release of a hazardous substance. " 



20 SECTION 3. G.S. 130A-310.3 is amended by adding a new subsection to 



21 read: 



22 "(bl) A responsible party who satisfies the Secretary that the responsible party has 



23 completed a remedial action for hazardous substances at an inactive hazardous 



24 substance or waste disposal site pursuant to this Part shall not be required to perform 



25 any remedial action for the same release pursuant to Article 21 or Article 21 A of 



26 Chapter 143 of the General Statutes. " 



27 SECTION 4. G.S. 130A-3 10.7 reads as rewritten: 



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