GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 



SESSION 1999 



S/H D 



BILL DRAFT ERCOO-RTZ-024 , 03 (5.9) 

 15-MAY-OO EZT / 16:21:03 



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



Short Title: Petroleum Discharges/De Minimis Reports. (Public) 



Sponsors : 



Referred to: 



1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 



2 AN ACT TO EXTEND THE DE MINIMIS REPORTING EXCEPTION TO ALL 



3 DISCHARGES OF PETROLEUM, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL 



4 REVIEW COMMISSION. 



5 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 



6 Section 1. G.S. 143-215.85 reads as rewritten: 



7 "§ 143-215.85. Required notice. 



8 (a) Ev e ry Except as provided in G.S. 143-2 15 . 94E( al ) and 



9 subsection (b) of this section, every person owning or having 



10 control over oil or other substances discharged in any 



11 circumstances other than pursuant to a rule adopted by the 



12 Commission, a regulation of the U. S. Environmental Protection 



13 Agency, or a permit required by G.S. 143-215.1 or the Federal 



14 Water Pollution Control Act, upon notice that such discharge has 



15 occurred, shall immediately notify the Department, or any of its 



16 agents or employees, of the nature, location and time of the 



17 discharge and of the measures whic.i are being taken or are 



18 proposed to be taken to contain and remove the discharge. The 



19 agent or employee of the Department receiving the notification 



