1 listed on the National Priorities List pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 



2 9605. " 



3 SECTION 7. G.S. 130A-310.31(b)(10) reads as rewritten: 



4 "(10) 'Prospective developer' means any person who d e sir e s with a bona 



5 fide, demonstrable desire to either buy or sell a brownfields property 



6 for the purpose of developing or redeveloping that brownfields 



7 property and who did not cause or contribute to the contamination at 



8 the brownfields property." 



9 SECTION 8. G.S. 130A-3 10.34(b) reads as rewritten: 



10 "(b) Publication of the approved summary of the Notice of Intent in the North 



1 1 Carolina Register and publication in a newspaper of general circulation shall begin a 



12 public comment period of at least 60 30 days fi-om the later date of publication. During 



13 the public comment period, members of the public, residents of the community in which 



14 the brownfields property is located, and local governments having jurisdiction over the 



15 brownfields property may submit comment on the proposed brownfields agreement, 



16 including methods and degree of remediation, fiiture land uses, and impact on local 



17 employment." 



18 SECTION 9. G.S. 1 30 A-3 10.34(c) reads as rewritten: 



19 "(c) Any person who desires a public meeting on a proposed brownfields agreement 



20 shall submit a written request for a public meeting to the Department within 3021 days 



21 after the public conmient period begins. The Department shall consider all requests for a 



22 public meeting and shall hold a pubUc meeting if the Department determines that there 



23 is significant public interest in the proposed brownfields agreement. If the Department 



24 decides to hold a pubUc meeting, the Department shall, at least ^15 days prior to the 



25 public meeting, mail written notice of the public meeting to all persons who requested 



26 the public meeting and to any other person who had previously requested notice. The 



27 Department shall also direct the prospective developer to publish, at least 3015 days 



28 prior to the date of the public meeting, a notice of the public meeting at least one time in 



29 a newspaper having general circulation in such county where the brownfields property 



30 is located. In any county in which there is more than one newspaper having general 



31 circulation, the Department shall direct the prospective developer to publish a copy of 



32 the notice in as many newspapers having general circulation in the county as the 



33 Department in its discretion determines to be necessary to assure that the notice is 



34 generally available throughout the county. The Department shall prescribe the form and 



35 content of the notice to be published. The Department shall prescribe the procedures to 



36 be followed in the public meeting. The Department shall take detailed minutes of the 



37 meeting. The minutes shall include any written comments, exhibits, or documents 



38 presented at the meeting." 



39 SECTION 10. G.S. 130A-3 10.37(c) reads as rewritten: 



40 "(c) The Department shall not enter into a brownfields agreement for a brownfi e lds 



41 site that is id e ntifi e d by the United States Environm e ntal Protection Agenc>' as a f e d e ral 



42 Sup e rfund sit e pursuant to 10 Code of F e d e ral R e gulations, Port 300 (1 July 1996 



43 Edition). anv site listed on the National Priorities List pursuant to CERCLA/SARA. " 



44 SECTION 11. G.S. 105-277. 13(a) reads as rewritten: 



46 



