GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 



SESSION 1999 



S/H D 



BILL DRAFT ERCOO-RTZ-02 1 . 04 (5.9) 

 15-MAY-OO EZT / 17:17:14 



ATTENTION; This is a draft and is not ready for introduction. 



Short Title: Petroleum Discharge Amends-l. (Public; 



Sponsors : 



Referred to; 



1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 



2 AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO LAND-USE 



3 RESTRICTIONS THAT APPLY GENERALLY TO RISK-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL 



4 CLEANUPS DO NOT APPLY TO CLEANUPS OF PETROLEUM FROM LEAKING 



5 UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS AND TO DIRECT THE ENVIRONMENTAL 



6 REVIEW COMMISSION TO CONTINUE TO STUDY OF THE APPLICATION OF 



7 LAND-USE RESTRICTIONS TO THE CLEANUP OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE 



8 FROM THESE TANKS THROUGH A STAKEHOLDER NEGOTIATION PROCESS, AS 



9 RECOMMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION. 



10 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 



11 Section 1. G.S. 143B-279.9 reads as rewritten: 



12 "§ 14 3B-27 9.9. Land-use restrictions may be imposed to reduce 



13 danger to public health at contaminated sites. 



14 ( a ) In order to reduce or eliminate the danger to public 



15 health or the environment posed by the presence of contamination 



16 at a site, an owner, operator, or other responsible party may 



17 impose restrictions on the current or future use of the real 



18 property comprising any part of the site where the contamination 



19 is located if the restrictions meet the requirements of this 



