GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1989 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 492

SENATE BILL 876

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE INTENT OF THE PROHIBITION AGAINST ENTERING INTO CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF ANY AIR-CLEANING DEVICE PRIOR TO RECEIPT OF A PERMIT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S.143-215.108(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a)      After the effective date applicable to any air quality or emission control standards established pursuant to G.S. 143-215.107, no person shall do any of the following things or carry out any of the following activities which contravene or will be likely to contravene such standards until or unless such person shall have applied for and shall have received from the Commission a permit therefor and shall have complied with such conditions, if any, as are prescribed by such permit:

(1)       Establish or operate any air contaminant source;

(2)       Build, erect, use or operate any equipment which may result in the emission of air contaminants or which is likely to cause air pollution;

(3)       Alter or change the construction or method of operation of any equipment or process from which air contaminants are or may be emitted;

(4)       Enter into a irrevocable contract for the construction and installation of any air-cleaning device, or allow or cause such device to be constructed, installed, or operated."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 1989.