HB 968 — Legislative Response to Emerging Contaminants.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA H.B.SESSION 2017 H 1 HOUSE BILL 968 Short Title:

968 May 17, 2018 SESSION 2017 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK H D HOUSE BILL DRH40697-BRa-11A Short Title:

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Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House, if favorable, Appropriations May 21, 2018 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH ENHANCED REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGERS OF POLLUTANTS TO THE STATE'S AIR AND WATER, TO PROVIDE INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND TO MAKE OTHER STATUTORY CHANGES NECESSARY TO ADDRESS CONTAMINATION OF DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES IN THE STATE IN ORDER TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH.

*H968-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 "§ 130A-309.226.

*DRH40697-BRa-11A* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 Requirements under existing rules governing the use of coal combustion products for structural fill that do not conflict with the provisions of this Subpart shall continue to apply to such projects.

150B-19.3." 78 PROHIBIT THE DISCHARGE OF UNREGULATED TOXIC POLLUTANTS;

… Page 2 DRH40697-BRa-11AHouse Bill 968-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 … (9) If an investigation conducted pursuant to this Article or Article 21B of this Chapter reveals a violation of any rules, standards, or limitations adopted by the Commission pursuant to this Article or Article 21B of this Chapter, or a violation of any terms or conditions of any permit issued pursuant to G.S.

(12a) If the Secretary finds that a permittee has caused or permitted any pollutant, directly or indirectly, to be discharged to or in any manner intermixed with the waters of the State, which pollutant is not authorized byaby a permit, or which pollutant was discharged in exceedance of standards or limitations included in the permit, the Secretary shall order the permittee to provide and maintain waterHouse filtrationBill or968-First treatmentEdition processes adequate to remove the pollutant for DRH40697-BRa-11A Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 water filtration or treatment processes adequate to remove the pollutant for each local government located downstream from the point of discharge whose drinking water supplies would be impacted by the pollutant for as long as the pollutant persists in the environment.Permittees that have caused orpermitted any pollutant, directly or indirectly, to be discharged to or in any manner intermixed with the waters of the State, which pollutant is not authorized by a permit, or which pollutant was discharged in exceedance of standards or limitations included in the permit, shall be financially responsible for the removal of the pollutant discharged from public or private drinking water supplies impacted by the pollutant.

(2) One million nineteen thousand fifty dollars ($1,019,050) in nonrecurring funds for scientific analytical equipment, time-limited positions, and operations support to enable the Department to quicklyquicklyand andaffordably affordablytesttest the threat to public health and safety resulting from discharges of emerging compounds.

(4) Two million six hundred forty-three thousand four hundred seventy-four dollars ($2,643,474) in recurring funds for positions and operations support for the Department to launch a permitting transformation project to improve transparencyand streamline the permittingprocesspermitting byprovidingprocess onlinebyprovidingonline access and tracking for all permits.

SECTION 5.(b) The sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in recurring funds for the 2018-2019 fiscal year is appropriated from the General Fund to the Page 4 DRH40697-BRa-11AHouse Bill 968-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 Department of Environmental Quality to partially restore funds eliminated by Section 13.26 of S.L.

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